Black rats, island characteristics and colonial nesting birds in the Mediterranean: Consequences of an ancient introduction
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The colonial nesting species restricted to island, are affected by devastation of island faunas. Black rats introduced in islands from six archipelagoes in the western Mediterranean cause local extinction or reduction in bird abundance. The presence of islands varying in size and substrate allows most archipelagos to retain their suite of colonial nesting bird species, even after reduced abundance for most species.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2000
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Defining Conservation Strategies with Historical Perspectives: a Case Study from a Degraded Oak Grassland Ecosystem
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Historical and current habitat loss, fire suppression, and plant invasion provide challenges to endangered oak restoration in British Columbia. Data were drawn from documents dating between 1790 to 1951.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2004
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A Natural Experiment on the Impact of Overabundant Deer on Forest Invertebrates
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Overabundant Sitka deer populations on British Columbia islands have been found to pose a threat to forest invertebrates, particularly those in edge and understory vegetation habitats.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2005
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