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Eradication of the Brown Rat from the Toro Islets (Corsica): remarks about an unwanted colonizer
Auteurs : Jean-Claude THIBAULT
Année :
Ile : Toro (Corsica)
Pays : France
Abstract :
Between 1986 and 1988 the Brown Rat (Rattus rattus) was introduced onto the Toro Islets,
an important place for breeding birds (Cory’s Shcarwater Calonectris diomedea, Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus, Pallid Swift Apus pallidus, and other birds). The aims of this paper area (i) to describe and discuss the method used to climinate the rats from these islets in 1991-1992, (ii) to show the consequences of the Brown Rat’s introduction on seabirds on Corsican islets. Keeping islands free from rats appears lo be a major targe! for the conservation of seabirds in the Mediterranean.