The impacts of rats on the endangered native flora of French Polynesia (Pacific Islands): drivers of plant extinction or coup de grâce species?

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Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 11. Rattus rattus, the Black Rat (Rodentia: Muridae) (2014, background): “…is- lands that include R. rattus as part of the rodent community, but the particular rodent species responsible for such removals were not identified (e.g., Moles and Drake 1999, Uowolo and Denslow 2008, Meyer and Butaud 2009, Erwin and Young 2010, GrantHoffman et al. 2010, Chimera and Drake 2011).”
Are introduced rats (Rattus rattus) both seed predators and dispersers in Hawaii? (2011, background): “Rattus spp. can affect plant communities directly by destroying or dispersing seeds; however, on islands these rats are viewed mainly as seed predators (Campbell and Atkinson 2002; Towns et al. 2006; Meyer and Butaud 2009; Traveset et al. 2009; Towns 2009).”
Conservation of oceanic island floras: present and future global challenges. (2010, background): “Especially during the dry season, rodents may also prey on seedlings e.g. of palms (Kueffer, 2006), and on the stem and bark of adult trees (Meyer and Butaud, 2009).”
Invasive rats on tropical islands: Their population biology and impacts on native species (2015, background): “Meyer and Butaud (2009) noted the bark and stem damage by rats in the Indo-Pacific islands tended to occur in the families Araliaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Malvaceae, which have soft bark.”