Table 1.
Numbers of species with demonstrated benefits from invasive mammal eradications
Animal | Resident population recovery | Unassisted colonization | Unassisted recolonization | Reintroduction | Conservation introduction |
Invertebrate | 5 (5) | 0 | 0 | 16 (29) | 1 (1) |
Landbird | 35 (50) | 12 (12) | 16 (33) | 36 (122) | 11 (17) |
Seabird | 41 (73) | 22 (28) | 50 (89) | 9 (12) | 0 |
Mammal | 3 (11) | 0 | 1 (1) | 7 (7) | 4 (5) |
Reptile | 31 (55) | 0 | 0 | 22 (44) | 2 (2) |
Numbers of populations are shown in parentheses.