Expeditions

Eagle Island De-ratting Expedition

Field of study

Removal of rats for Eagle Island

Vessel(s)

Pacific Marlin

Funder(s)

BIOT, FFI, DEFRA,

Start

2/2006

End

/4/2006

Description

Expedition involved camping on the northern on Eagle Island for 3 months cutting paths through the vegetation to create a system of 20m2 so that they could hand-cast (throw) bait for rats. Unfortunately the de-ratting efforts proved unsuccessful.

Expedition leader

Guntram Meier

Expedition leader email

Members

• Andrew Sheppard
• Darryl Birch
• N Cole
• Elaine Fraser
• P Haverson
• Jesse Hillman
• N Lohrmann
• E McManus
• F Molenaar
• A Page
• G Meier

Publications

• Seabird populations of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: an evaluation of IBA sites - 1
• Herpetofaunal observations on Eagle Island, Middle Brother, North Brother and Diego Garcia, with an overview of previous records in the Chagos Archipelago - 2009

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