Predation on green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, hatchlings by invasive rats
Markus Gronwald
A C , Quentin Genet B and Margaux Touron B
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A School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
B Te mana o te moana, BP 1374 Papetoai, 98729 Moorea, French Polynesia.
C Corresponding author. Email: markus.gronwald@auckland.ac.nz
Pacific Conservation Biology 25(4) 423-424 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18087
Submitted: 12 November 2018 Accepted: 20 January 2019 Published: 14 February 2019
Abstract
We used camera traps to identify invasive Rattus rattus as predators at a green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, nest in French Polynesia. The footage shows that the hatchlings are a familiar food source for rats and that the control of invasive rats has to be considered for the protection of endangered green sea turtles.
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