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Resources
Learn about the challenges posed by island invasive from the Cabritos Island Restoration Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=72&v=5cDIxmSVMEQ
Bellard, C., Cassey, P., & Blackburn, T. M. (2016).Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions. Biology letters, 12(2), 20150623.
Cruz, F., Carrion, V., Campbell, K. J., Lavoie, C., & Donlan, C. J. (2009).Bio-economics of large-scale eradication of feral goats from Santiago Island, Galápagos. Journal of Wildlife Management, 73(2), 191-200.
DIISE, 2015. The Database of Island Invasive Species Eradications, developed by Island Conservation, Coastal Conservation Action Laboratory UCSC, IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, University of Auckland and Landcare Research New Zealand. http://diise.islandconservation.org.
Ramsey, D. and Will, D. (2012).Framework for undertaking eradication programs on insular populations of vertebrate pests. Unpublished Client Report for Island Conservation, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research.
Ramsey, D. S. L., J. P. Parkes, D. Will, C. C. Hanson, & K. J. Campbell (2011).Quantifying the success of feral cat eradication, San Nicolas Island, California. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 35(2), 163-173
Spatz, D. R., Zilliacus, K. M., Holmes, N. D., Butchart, S. H., Genovesi, P., Ceballos, G., … & Croll, D. A. (2017). Globally threatened vertebrates on islands with invasive species. Science Advances, 3(10), e1603080.http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/10/e1603080.full
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