Subject: [SEABIRD:738] Rat eradication report (fwd)
Date: Mar 26 19:45:11 1998
From: "Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney" - festuca at olywa.net


Hi folks

I saw this note about seabird colony protection on the Seabird-L list, and thought that the
subject would be interesting for the Tweeters community.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:58:42 +0200
From: "Kaiser,Gary [PYR]" <Gary.Kaiser at ec.gc.ca>

Available at no cost but in limited quantities:

Kaiser, G.W., R.H. Taylor, P.D. Buck, J.E. Elliott, G.R. Howald, and
M.C. Drever. 1997. The Langara Island Seabird Habitat Recovery Project:
Eradication of Norway rats - 1993-1997. Tech. Report Series #304.
Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, British Columbia.

The report covers the major features of the successful eradication of
rats on a temperate zone, forested island of 3,100 ha. Considerable
attention is paid to issues of secondary and non-target poisoning.

Please contact: Gary.Kaiser at ec.gc.ca

Gary Kaiser
Endangered Species Coordinator
Pacific Wildlife Research Centre

Tel. (604) 940-4671
FAX (604) 946-7022
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