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Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 1. A Worldwide Review of Effects of the Small Indian Mongoose, Herpestes javanicus (Carnivora: Herpestidae)

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Hays, Warren S. T., Conant, Sheila.·2007·Pacific Science
DOI 10.1353/psc.2007.0006
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ABSTRACT The small Indian mongoose, Herpestes javanicus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818), was intentionally introduced to at least 45 islands (including 8 in the Pacific) and one continental mainland between 1872 and 1979. This small carnivore is now found on the mainland or islands of Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania. In this review we document the impact of this species on native birds, mammals, and herpetofauna in these areas of introduction.

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  • The damaging effects of introduced predators on nesting seabirds at offshore colony islands has led to an implicit assumption in much of the published literature that terrestrial carnivores and colonial seabirds cannot coexist.

    “The damaging effects of introduced predators on nesting seabirds at offshore colony islands has led to an implicit assumption in much of the published literature that terrestrial carnivores and colonial seabirds cannot coexist (Courchamp et al. 2003; Hays and Conant 2007; Croxall et al. 2012; Nogales et al. 2013).”

    From River Otter Predation of Nesting Seabirds Along the Coasts of North America (2025) · cites this paper as Hays and Conant 2007

    The “Impact on Bird Populations” section reports probable mongoose-driven extinction of the Jamaica petrel and evidence of predation on Hawaiian petrels. It does not discuss offshore colony islands or say that the published literature assumes terrestrial carnivores and colonial seabirds cannot coexist; it also describes some ground-nesting birds persisting alongside mongooses. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Hays, W. S. T., & Conant, S.
Venue
Pacific Science
Publisher
Project MUSE
Published
2007
Volume
61
Issue
1
Pages
3-16
ISSN
  • 0030-8870 (ISSN-L)
  • 1534-6188
DOI
10.1353/psc.2007.0006
OpenAlex
W2179413043
Cited by
161
References
40
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FWCI
5.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Pacific Science (publishedVersion)
  • ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa) (submittedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
  • BioOne Complete (BioOne) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Keywords
small Indian mongoose, Herpestes javanicus, invasive species, Pacific Islands, ecological impacts, native birds, native mammals, herpetofauna, biological control, species distribution

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