A review of the literature on the worldwide distribution, spread of, and efforts to eradicate the coypu (Myocastor coypus)

By Jacoby Carter, B. Leonard. 2002

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Invasive species, climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation : addressing multiple drivers of global change (2010, background): “The animal feeds on the rhizomes and young shoots of aquatic vegetation which significantly impacts plant cover and the bird, fish, plant and invertebrate species depending on this habitat (Carter and Leonard 2002).”
Rating the rat: Global patterns and research priorities in impacts and management of rodent pests (2014, background): “…their natural range, many rodents such as rats, mice, squirrels and coypus may have a detrimental impact on native species and ecosystems, requiring the implementation of control or eradication programs (see Carter & Leonard 2002, Howald et al. 2007, Bertolino et al. 2008, Capizzi et al. 2010).”
Population control of coypu Myocastor coypus in Italy compared to eradication in UK: a cost-benefit analysis (2007, background): “Several countries are carrying out permanent population control campaigns (Lever 1985), and the rodent has been successfully eradicated from two small areas in the United States (Carter & Leonard 2002) and from a large area in East Anglia, England (Gosling 1989).”
Aquatic alien species in Greece (2009): tracking sources, patterns and effects on the ecosystem. (2009, methodology): “It is not therefore possible to suggest any kind of management before baseline studies assess current impacts of these alien populations (Carter & Leonard, 2002).”