Gregg R. Howald

TL;DR: To be successful, large-scale rodent campaigns should be integrated with programs to improve the livelihoods of residents, island biosecurity, and reinvasion response programs, and applied research can further aid in minimizing impacts.

TL;DR: Assessment of the effects of rats on seabirds can be improved by data derived from additional experimental studies, with emphasis on understudied seabird families such as Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Spheniscidae, Fregatidae, Pelecanoididae,Phaethontidae, and Diomedeidae and evaluation of rat impacts in tropical regions.

TL;DR: The global benefits of an increasingly used conservation action to stem biodiversity loss: eradication of invasive mammals on islands are estimated to be 107 highly threatened birds, mammals, and reptiles on the IUCN Red List—6% of all these highly threatened species—likely have benefitted from invasive mammal eradications on islands.

TL;DR: These principles for ethical wildlife control should guide development of international, national, and local standards and control decisions and implementation and be based on the specifics of the situation rather than negative labels applied to the target species.

TL;DR: It is outlined how a combination of new tools may render previously intractable rodent eradication problems feasible and a potential timeline for availability is outlined.