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Restoring the Pontine Archipelago ecosystem through management of rats and other invasive alien species (LIFE PonDerat)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Background The breeding success of bird species with unfavourable conservation status, such as Scopoli’s shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) and Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), is seriously threatened by the black rat (Rattus rattus), as demonstrated by international scientific literature. This negative trend is occurring in several Mediterranean ...
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AQUAtic INVAders: Early Detection, Control and Management (AQUAINVAD-ED)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) are on the rise due to the synergistic effects of climate change and habitat destruction. The impacts of AIS on Biodiversity, human health, and loss of ecosystem services are well known, but their control and management has now become a worldwide priority. Successful management of AIS is challenging because it requires several steps in succession: (1) early detectio ...
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Protection of the largest population of Puffinus yelkouan on Earth and containment and eradication of invasive alien species (LIFE Puffinus Tavolara)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

Background Predation by the black rat (Rattus rattus) is threatening the world’s largest population of Mediterranean Shearwaters (Puffinus yelkouan) – 9 991 to 13 424 pairs out of a global population of 15 337 to 30 519 pairs. On Tavolara, Shearwaters can only successfully reproduce at a reduced number of nests, located in caves in rat-free high cliff ...
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Montecristo 2010: eradication of invasive plant and animal aliens and conservation of species/habitats in the Tuscan Archipelago,Italy. (Montecristo 2010)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Background Habitats on the small island of Montecristo, one of seven islands in the Tuscan Archipelago of Italy’s Tyrrhenian Sea, are seriously threatened by the invasive alien tree of heaven species Ailanthus altissima. Meanwhile, the nests and eggs of the shearwater Puffinus yelkouan and other sea birds are vulnerable to black rats (Rattus rattus). Co ...
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