Rattus exulans (Muridae)

Rattus exulans
(Muridae)

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Species description or overview

Information about Rattus exulans from IUCN's ISSG/GISD
Information about Anoplolepis gracilipes is available from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (a product of IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group [ISSG]).

Rattus exulans description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Rattus exulans as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Rattus exulans information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Rattus exulans, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

Impacts

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000)

The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Rattus exulans impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Rattus exulans as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Control methods

Rattus exulans management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Rattus exulans as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Human health issues

Parasites cause intense pain for Big Island victims
Rat lungworm disease has hospitalized Big Island residents (Honolulu Star Bulletin, 1/5/2009).

Distribution

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000)

Rattus exulans worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Rattus exulans is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

In the news

Fiji joins rat race (rat eradication on seabird colony island)
"A team of specialist consultants from New Zealand has given the green light to a BirdLife Fiji Programme project to eradicate rats on Vatuira Island, which holds internationally important seabird colonies and has been identified as an Important Bird Area. This means that two rat eradications will be carried in Fiji this year: the other is the removal of rats on Viwa Island by a team from the University of the South Pacific (USP)."

Full-text articles

Could poor seed dispersal contribute to predation by rodents in a Hawaiian dry forest? (citation)
The citation for the article on rodents is available at the HEAR bibliography site (Biological Invasions, 2011).

Kanaio Natural Area Reserve: biological inventory and management recommendations
Medeiros, Arthur C., Lloyd L. Loope, and C.G. Chimera. 1993. Kanaio Natural Area Reserve: biological inventory and management recommendations. Natural Area Reserve System, State of Hawaii.

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest
Medeiros, A.C. 2004. Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

Experts

Rattus exulans contacts from GISD (ISSG)
Contact information for experts on Rattus exulans as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Other resources

Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest
After rain forest of Haleakala National Park was fenced in the late 1980s, native vegetation responded vigorously yet three problematic plant invaders (Clidemia hirta, Hedychium gardnerianum, and Psidium cattleianum) continued to spread unabated and became of great concern to Park managers. This contribution provides a quantitative assessment of crucial life history junctures (quantitative phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal, seed predation, seedling establishment) to assist Haleakala NP and other managers of Hawaiian rain forests. It also provides detailed information for potentially identifying key characteristics in prevention, rapid response, and prioritization of incoming invasive species. (This document is the 2004 Ph.D. dissertation of Dr. Arthur C. Medeiros for the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii.)

Rattus exulans references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Rattus exulans as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

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