Current threats to the planet's biodiversity are unprecedented, and they particularly imperil
insular floras. In this investigation, we use the threat factors identified by the Millennium …

Islands harbour much of the world's threatened biodiversity. Recent work has highlighted
how it is not species diversity per se but rather the interactions between organisms that …

The black rat, roof rat, or ship rat (Rattus rattus L.) is among the most widespread invasive
vertebrates on islands and continents, and it is nearly ubiquitous on Pacific islands from the …

Research on the impacts of house mice Mus musculus introduced to islands is patchy
across most of the species' global range, except on islands of the Southern Ocean. Here we …

In this first comprehensive review of negative effects of introduced rodents on insular small
mammals, the focal species Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, R. exulans and Mus musculus are …

Invasive rodents are among the most ubiquitous and problematic species introduced to
islands; more than 80% of the world's island groups have been invaded. Introduced rats …

The black rat (Rattus rattus) is among the world's worst invasive species, having spread
across the globe in close association with the spread of human settlement. It is the source of …

Invasive alien species have widespread impacts on native biodiversity and ecosystem
services. Since the number of introductions worldwide is continuously rising, it is essential to …

Oceanic islands remained free of humans until relatively recent times. On contact, humans
encountered pristine environments with unique ecosystems and species highly vulnerable …

The colonization of islands by humans dramatically transformed environments, initiating
extinctions, extirpations, and a complex array of ecosystem changes (eg Kirch 1997; …