The Langara Island Seabird Habitat Recover Project: Eradication of Norway Rats, 1993-1997
- ISBN-10
- 0662263987
- ISBN-13
- 9780662263982
- Category
- Rats
- Pages
- 85
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Delta, B.C. : Canadian Wildlife Service
- Authors
- Gary W. Kaiser, Canadian Wildlife Service. Pacific and Yukon Region
Description
Norway rats introduced to Langara Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands contributed to the decline of ancient murrelets and other seabirds nesting on the island.
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