2011 Proceedings
Cover Page
Inside Front Cover
Credits Page
Table of Contents
Opening Address
Invasive species, nature’s systems and human survival
Keynote Address
Are we turning the tide? Eradications in times of crisis: how the global community is responding to biological invasions
Presented Papers
Overviews and Proposals
A pilot study for the proposed eradication of feral cats on Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia
A review of small Indian mongoose management and eradications on islands
Rodent eradication to protect seabirds in New Caledonia: the importance of baseline biological surveys, feasibility studies and community support
Introduced land snails in the Fiji Islands: are there risks involved?
Review of feral cat eradications on islands
Preparations for the eradication of mice from Gough Island: results of bait acceptance trials above ground and around cave systems
Considering native and exotic terrestrial reptiles in island invasive species eradication programmes in the Tropical Pacific
Invasive alien species on European islands: eradications and priorities for future work
Introduced rodents in the Galápagos: colonisation, removal and the future
The history of mammal eradications in Hawai`i and the United States associated islands of the Central Pacific
The Global Islands Invasive Vertebrate Eradication Database: A tool to improve and facilitate restoration of island ecosystems
What does it take to eradicate a feral pig population?
Eradication of beaver (Castor canadensis), an ecosystem engineer and threat to southern Patagonia
Strategy to control the invasive alien tree Miconia calvescens in Pacific islands: eradication, containment or something else?
Non-indigenous freshwater fishes on tropical Pacific islands: a review of eradication efforts
Argentine ants on Santa Cruz Island, California: conservation issues and management options
Strategies to improve landscape scale management of mink populations in the west coast of Scotland: lessons learned from the Uists 2001-2006
Rat invasion of Tetiaroa Atoll, French Polynesia
Variable efficacy of rat control in conserving Oahu elepaio populations
Attempting to eradicate invasive Gambian giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) in the United States: lessons learned
Eradication of invasive rodents on islands of the United States
New Techniques
Successful control of an incipient invasive amphibian: Eleutherodactylus coqui on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
Invasions and stable isotope analysis – informing ecology and management
Heli-baiting using low concentration fipronil to control invasive yellow crazy ant supercolonies on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
The Quail Island story – thirteen years of multi-species pest control: successes, failures and lessons learnt
Earth, fire and water: applying novel techniques to eradicate the invasive plant, procumbent pearlwort Sagina procumbens, on Gough Island, a World Heritage Site in the South Atlantic
Eradicating stoats (Mustela erminea) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) off islands in Fiordland
Targeting multiple species – a more efficient approach to pest eradication
Eradicating multiple pests: an overview
Field efficacy of the Curiosity feral cat bait on three Australian islands
Benefits of supporting invasive plant and animal eradication projects with helicopters
Planning for the eradication of feral cats on Guadalupe Island, México: home range, diet, and bait acceptance
A successful mouse eradication explained by site-specific population data
Campbell Island – pushing the boundaries of rat eradications
Trophic considerations in eradicating multiple pests
Control and eradication of feral cats: field trials of a new toxin
Removal of the American bullfrog Rana (Lithobates) catesbeiana from a pond and a lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
A summary of the current progress toward eradication of the Mexican gray squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster F. Cuvier, 1829) from Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA
Small Indian mongoose – management and eradication using DOC 250 kill traps, first lessons from Hawaii
Planning processes for eradication of multiple pest species on Macquarie Island – an Australian case study
The Ka Mate reverse-bait snap trap – a promising new development
Rat eradication campaigns on tropical islands: novel challenges and possible solutions
Consideration of rat impacts on weeds prior to rat and cat eradication on Raoul Island, Kermadecs
Results and Outcomes
Island restoration in Mexico: ecological outcomes after systematic eradications of invasive mammals
Return of endemic plant populations on Trindade Island, Brazil, with comments on the fauna
A targeted approach to multi-species control and eradication of escaped garden and ecosystem modifying weeds on Motuopao Island, Northland, New Zealand
The ground-based eradication of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from the Isle of Canna, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Preliminary ecosystem response following invasive Norway rat eradication on Rat Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Eradication of feral goats (Capra hircus) from Makua Military Reservation, Oahu, Hawaii
Eradication of alien invasive species: surprise effects and conservation successes
Vegetation change following rabbit eradication on Lehua Island, Hawaiian Islands
Live capture and removal of feral sheep from eastern Santa Cruz Island, California
Environmental monitoring for brodifacoum residues after aerial application of baits for rodent eradication
Wetapunga (Deinacrida heteracantha) population changes following Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) eradication on Little Barrier Island
Monitoring of a population of Galápagos land iguanas (Conolophus subcristatus) during a rat eradication using brodifacoum
Restoration through eradication: protecting Chesapeake Bay marshlands from invasive nutria (Myocastor coypus)
Invasive species removal and ecosystem recovery in the Mariana Islands; challenges and outcomes on Sarigan and Anatahan
Recent plant eradications on the islands of Maui County, Hawai‘i
Introduced mammal eradications in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia
Eradication of exotic mammals from offshore islands in New South Wales, Australia
Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands 25 years after cat eradication: the recovery of seabirds in a biogeographical context
Rodent eradications on Mexican islands: advances and challenges
Eradicating mammal pests from Pomona and Rona Islands in Lake Manapouri, New Zealand: a focus on rodents
Eradication of the house crow from Socotra Island, Yemen
Eradications of vertebrate pests from islands around New Zealand: what have we delivered and what have we learned?
Changes in bird numbers on Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, following the eradication of goats, rats, and cats
Recovery of both a mesopredator and prey in an insular ecosystem after the eradication of rodents: a preliminary study
Eradications of invasive mammals on islands in Mexico: the roles of history and the collaboration between government agencies, local communities and a non-government organisation
Cat impact and management on two Mediterranean sister islands: “the French conservation touch”
The use of volunteer hunting as a control method for feral pig populations on O’ahu, Hawai’i
Eradicating Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) from Nu’utele and Nu’ulua Islands, Samoa – some of the challenges of operating in the tropical Pacific
Density estimates and detection models inform stoat (Mustela erminea) eradication on Resolution Island, New Zealand
Animal welfare and ethical issues in island pest eradication
Removal of red deer (Cervus elaphus) from Anchor and Secretary Islands, Fiordland, New Zealand
DNA profiling – a management tool for rat eradication
Advantages and challenges of government, non-profit and for-profit approaches to eradications: leveraging synergies by working together
Behaviour of invader ship rats experimentally released behind a pest-proof fence, Maungatautari, New Zealand
Tawharanui Open Sanctuary – detection and removal of pest incursions
Invasive alien fauna in Sri Lanka: National list, impacts and regulatory framework
The Rakiura Tītī Islands Restoration Project: community action to eradicate Rattus rattus and Rattus exulans for ecological restoration and cultural wellbeing
Eradication of stoats (Mustela erminea) from Secretary Island, New Zealand
The essential non-science of eradication programmes: creating conditions for success
Running the gauntlet: advocating rat and feral cat eradication on an inhabited island – Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Estimating the duration and cost of weed eradication programmes
What is required to eradicate red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Tasmania?
Enhancing biosecurity at the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), Kiribati
Bagging them all in one go – personal reflections of a project manager about community-based multi-species animal pest eradication programmes in New Zealand
Increasing the return on investments in island restoration
Creating an island sanctuary: a case study of a community-led conservation initiative
Developing a Regional Invasive Species Strategy for the United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic
Involving the community in rodent eradication on Tristan da Cunha
Rodent eradication on Lord Howe Island: challenges posed by people, livestock, and threatened endemics
Closing Address
2001 to 2010 and beyond: Trends and future directions in the eradication of invasive species on islands
Abstracts
Author Index