Rats and seabirds: effects of egg size on predation risk and the potential of conditioned taste aversion as a mitigation method.

Seabirds nesting on islands are threatened by invasive rodents, such as mice and rats, which may attack eggs, chicks and even adults. The low feasibility of rat eradications on many islands makes the development of alternate control plans necessary. We used a combination of field experiments on a Me...

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Main Authors: Lucía Latorre, Asier R Larrinaga, Luis Santamaría
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3776756?pdf=render