Black Rats, Island Characteristics, and Colonial Nesting Birds in the Mediterranean: Consequences of an Ancient Introduction

By Jean-Louis Martin, J. Thibault, Vincent Bretagnolle. 2000

161 citations recorded by the source corpus.

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/3c02702b667efbfda09f9a1837e01d79346d78fd

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Ecology

In Genetics

Citations in the corpus

Eradications of invasive alien species in Europe: a review (2005, background): “In an analysis of the consequences of the black rat (Rattus rattus) introduction in the Mediterranean, Martin et al. (2000) concluded that the elimination of rats from medium-sized Mediterranean islands may be particularly efficient in recovering several bird species, some of which are highly…”
The impacts of rats on the endangered native flora of French Polynesia (Pacific Islands): drivers of plant extinction or coup de grâce species? (2009, background): “…to extirpations (local extinction) or complete extinctions (see, e.g., Atkinson 1985; Tomich 1986 in Hawai’i; Towns et al. 2006 in New Zealand; Martin et al. 2000, J.-Y. Meyer (&) Délégation à la Recherche, Government of French Polynesia, B.P. 20981, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia…”
Impacts of the Brown Tree Snake: Patterns of Decline and Species Persistence in Guam's Avifauna (2003, background): “Our results indicate that 22 species, including 17 of 18 native species, were severely affected by snakes.”
Invasive rats and seabirds after 2,000 years of an unwanted coexistence on Mediterranean islands (2009, background): “Although rat presence on islands was not a significant component of storm petrel distribution at the scale of the Western Mediterranean, at the archipelago scale, storm petrels only breed on rat-free islands (Massa and Sultana 1990–1991; Martin et al. 2000).”
A review on the effects of alien rodents in the Balearic (Western Mediterranean Sea) and Canary Islands (Eastern Atlantic Ocean) (2009, background): “In small islands of both archipelagos, there is a clear negative association between presence of R. rattus and occurrence of small seabird species (Amengual and Aguilar 1998; Martin et al. 2000).”
Nest boxes: A successful management tool for the conservation of an endangered seabird (2012, background): “The introduction of alien mammalian species on islands (Martin et al., 2000); the incidental mortality in fisheries, especially in longlining (Lewison et al., 2004); and the loss or deterioration of breeding habitat (Cadiou et al., 2010) are their most important threats.”
Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 11. Rattus rattus, the Black Rat (Rodentia: Muridae) (2014, background): “…rattus (n = 12) was recorded from den sites during nighttime foraging averaged 45 m (Shiels 2010). reproduction and population dynamics Owing to the prolific nature of rodents, rapid, exponential increases in populations are common ( Krebs et al. 1973), especially on islands (Martin et al. 2000).”
Using stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon to study seabird ecology: applications in the Mediterranean seabird community* (2003, background): “A second, but not less important, problem of conservation in seabird populations is the vulnerability of ground-nesting birds breeding on islands to introduced predators, especially rats (Rattus spp.) (Bailey and Kaiser, 1993; Bertram, 1995; Seto and Conat, 1996; Martin et al., 2000).”
Effects of feral mink removal on seabirds, waders and passerines on small islands in the Baltic Sea (2003, background): “Island characteristics, such as height, size, vegetation and isolation may influence the effects of predator removal on prey populations (Terbourgh et al., 1997; Martin et al., 2000; Owens and Bennett, 2000).”
Potential impacts of invasive Spartina alterniflora on spring bird communities at Chongming Dongtan, a Chinese wetland of international importance (2009, background): “Invasive species not only alter local abiotic environments but also greatly affect native biodiversity (Forys and Allen, 1999; McKinney and Lockwood, 1999; Martin et al., 2000; Wiles et al., 2003).”
Nest predation in forest birds: influence of predator type and predator's habitat quality (2003, unknown): “…of non-native predators, particularly on islands (Atkinson 1985, Scott et al. 1986, Savidge 1987, Drake et al. 1989, Sieving 1992, Penloup et al. 1997, Martin et al. 2000) or after habitat changes favourable to generalist nest predators (Wilcove 1985, Bayne and Hobson 1997, Heske et al. 1999).”