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The following documents provide useful information on the impacts and management of invasive species on island:

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Fish, J.; Chiche, Y.; Day, R.; Efa, N.; Witt, A.; Fessehaie, R.; Johnson, K.; Gumisizira, G. and Nkandu, B. (2010) Mainstreaming gender into prevention and management
of invasive species.
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP), Washington DC, US, Nairobi,
Kenya. 64pp.

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Burgiel, S.W. and Muir, A.A. (2010). Invasive Species, Climate Change and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: Addressing Multiple Drivers of Global Change. Global Invasive
Species Programme (GISP), Washington, DC, US, and Nairobi, Kenya.

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Pacific Invasives Initiative (2010). Invasive Species Management in the Pacific: a review of national plans and current activities. Unpublished report for the Pacific Invasives Partnership. Prepared by Natasha Doherty and Souad Boudjelas. Pacific Invasives Initiative, Auckland, New Zealand. 26pp

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SPREP (2009). Guidelines for invasive species management in the Pacific : a Pacific strategy for managing pests, weeds and other invasive species. Compiled by Alan Tye. SPREP,Apia, Samoa

 

IUCN (2004).Turning the tide: the eradication of invasive species. Eds. Veitch, C.R. and Clouth, M.N.

 

Wegmann, A. (2008). Land crab interference with eradication projects: Phase I – compendium of available information. Pacific Invasives Initiative, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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Convention on Biological Diversity. (2003, 10-14 November 2003). Pilot Assessments: The Ecological and Socio-economic Impact of Invasive Alien Species on Island Ecosystems. Paper presented at the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Montreal.

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Convention on Biological Diversity. (2001, 12-16 March 2001). Invasive Alien Species, Case-studies and Country Comments on Invasive Alien Species. Paper presented at the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Montreal.

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McNeely, J. A., Mooney, H. A., Neville, L. E., Schei, P. J., & Waage, J. K. (2001). A Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK in collaboration with the Global Invasive Species Programme.

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Roberts, A. (2003). Island Biosecurity SOP Best Practice Manual. Southland: Department of Conservation.

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Sherley, G. (2000). Invasive Species in the Pacific: A Technical Review and Draft Regional Strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme with funding assistance from the Government of Australia.

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Species Survival Commission (SSC) Invasive Species Specialist Group. (2000). Guidelines for the Prevention of Biodiversity Loss Caused by Alien Invasive Species, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Approved by the 51st Meeting of the IUCN Council, Gland Switzerland.

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Wittenberg, R., & Cock, M. J. W. (2001). Invasive Alien Species: A Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices (Vol. 228): CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK.

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Dhami, M., & Nagle, B. (2009). Review of the Biology and Ecology of the Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) and some implications for management of this invasive species. Pacific Invasives Initiative, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Fasi, J. (2009). Quantifying the Dominance of the Little Fire Ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) and its effects on crops in the Solomon Islands. Unpublished Masters Thesis. The University of the South Pacific

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Narayan, E. (2009). Biology of the endangered Fijian Ground Frog (Platymantis vitiana): breeding and reproductive endocrinology. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy in Biology Thesis. The University of the South Pacific

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Landcare Research(2010) Prioritisation of targets for biological control of weeds on Pacific Islands. Landcare Research, New Zealand

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