Short website news article about rat eradication on Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean and how bird populations increase without rat predation increasing nutrients from bird guano into the coral reefs; cites letter article in Springer Nature - Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning inthe absence of invasive rats, Nichaolas A.J. Graham, Shaun K. Wilson, Peter Carr, Andrew S. Hoey, Simon Jennings, M. Aaron MacNeil https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0202-3
BBC Website Science & Environment news article Accessed 6 December 2018
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| Publisher | SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN) |
| Modified | 15 February 2022 |
| Release Date | 19 August 2021 |
| Source URL | https://library.sprep.org/content/killing-rats-could-save-coral-reefs |
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| Author | Gill, Victoria |
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