U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Date of this Version
2011
Citation
Rodents and other vertebrate invaders in the United States. 2011. MW Fall, ML Avery, TA Campbell, PJ Egan, RM Engeman, D Pimentel, WC Pitt, SA Shwiff, GW Witmer. Pages 381-410 (Chapter 16) in D Pimentel, ed. Biological Invasions, 2nd edition. CRC press, Boca Raton, FL. 449 pp.
Abstract
Contents
16.1 Introduction 381
16.2 Assessing impacts of rodents and other vertebrate invaders 385
16.3 Accounts of some important vertebrate invaders 386
16.3.1 Norway rant (Rattus norvegicus) 386
16.3.2 Roof Rat (Rattus rattus) 387
16.3.3 Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) 388
16.3.4 House mouse (Mus Musculus) 388
16.3.5 Nutria (Myocastor coypus) 389
16.3.6 Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) 390
16.3.7 Feral swine (Sus scofa) 390
16.3.8 Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) 391
16.3.9 Rock pigeon (Columba livia) 392
16.3.10 House sparrow (Passer domesticus) 393
16.3.11 European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 393
16.3.12 Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) 394
16.3.13 Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) 395
16.3.14 Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) 396
16.3.15 Coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) 397
16.3.16 Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) 397
16.3.17 European and Asian carp (Cyprinidae) 398
16.4 Offshore Threats 399
16.5 Discussion 400
Acknowledgements 401
References 401