Indirect effects of invasive species removal devastate World Heritage Island
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1 Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston 7050, Australia; 2 School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 76, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia; 3 Blatant Fabrications Pty Ltd, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; and 4 Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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