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    Details of this species in Bedout Is.
    Status: Alien
    Invasiveness: Invasive
    Occurrence: Eradicated
    Source: Burbidge and Morris., 2002
    Arrival Date:
    Introduction:
    Species Notes for this Location:
    Management Notes for this Location:
    Ship rats were eradicated from Bedout Island in 1981, using oats vacuum-impregnated with pindone on a 25 m grid.
    Location Notes:
    Bedout Island (24 ha) has a breeding seabird population.
    Last Modified: 13/01/2005 9:35:08 a.m.
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