The eradication of feral cats from Ascension Island and its subsequent recolonization by seabirds
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Eradication of Feral Goats and Sheep from Island Ecosystems
Feral goats (Capra hircus) and feral sheep (Ovis aries) occur on numerous islands throughout the world and cause severe damage to island resources. Damage includes large-scale alteration of plant communities, negative impacts on insular endemic species of plants and animals, and damage to soils and cultural resources. Complete eradication is the best solution to the problem. Proposed control te...
متن کاملGastrointestinal parasites of feral cats from Christmas Island.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the gastrointestinal parasites present in feral cats on Christmas Island, with particular interest in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. PROCEDURE Faecal and serum samples were collected from 28 and 25 cats respectively that were trapped as part of an ongoing eradication program being run on Christmas Island by the Department of Environment and Conservation. Fa...
متن کاملA review of the successful eradication of feral cats from sub-Antarctic Marion Island, Southern Indian Ocean
M.N. Bester, J.P. Bloomer, R.J. van Aarde, B.H. Erasmus, P.J.J. van Rensburg, J.D. Skinner, P.G. Howell & T.W. Naude Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa Department of Pharmacology and Toxicolo...
متن کاملObservations on the Food of Feral Cats on Campbell Island
INTRODUCTION Subantarctic Campbell Island (52 S, 169 E), the southernmost of the outlying islands of New Zealand, is a Nature Reserve for the preservation of flora and fauna. It has been heavily modified by man and introduced animals and was farmed from before the turn of the century until 1931. The date cats (Felis catus) were introduced to Campbell Island is not known, but they were probably ...
متن کاملSome case histories from Ascension Island.
THE physician of today is aware of the numerous adverse effects and potential hazards of modern drug therapy, and it is both refreshing and instructive to look back to the days when the physician's 'armentarium' of therapeutic agents was of 'narrow spectrum', and when many of the 'drugs' available were basically only of 'nutritive' value. Such retrospective views, even though they are often bri...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Oryx
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0030-6053,1365-3008
DOI: 10.1017/s003060530999069x