After invasive rats were eliminated from a Pacific island in 2005, scientists monitored seabirds for years; three species eventually recorded populations two to ten times larger than before the remova...
A Pacific island has recorded a significant recovery in several seabird populations following the removal of invasive rats in 2005. A study published in Conservation Biology examined how seven seabird species responded after rodents were eradicated from Surprise Island in New Caledonia.