Importance of lethal control of invasive predators for island conservation.

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James C. Russell,∗† Holly P. Jones,‡ Doug P. Armstrong,§ Franck Courchamp,∗∗ Peter J. Kappes,†† Philip J. Seddon,‡‡ Steffen Oppel,§§ Mark J. Rauzon,∗∗∗ Phil E. Cowan,††† Gerard Rocamora,† Piero Genovesi,‡‡‡ Elsa Bonnaud,∗∗ Bradford S. Keitt,§§§ Nick D. Holmes,§§§ and Bernie R. Tershy∗∗∗∗ ∗School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand, email j.russell@auckland.ac.nz †Island Biodiversity & Conservation Center, University of Seychelles, P.O. Box 1348, Anse Royale, Republic of Seychelles ‡Department of Biological Sciences and Institute for the Study of the Environment, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, U.S.A. §Wildlife Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand ∗∗Ecologie Systematique Evolution, Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Universite Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France ††Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A. ‡‡Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand §§RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, United Kingdom ∗∗∗Geography Department, Laney College, Oakland, CA 94607, U.S.A. †††Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand ‡‡‡Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Via V. Brancati 48, Rome I-00144, Italy §§§Island Conservation, 2161 Delaware Avenue Suite A, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, U.S.A. ∗∗∗∗University of California Santa Cruz, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, U.S.A.