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Guam, USGS Closed Population (NWFN), an experimental eradication of brown treesnakes in a 5-ha study site, 2016 - 2023

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2016-10-24
End Date
2023-04-27

Citation

Nafus, M.G., Collins, A., Viernes, M., Hopkins, C., and Nacpil, A., 2023, Guam, USGS Closed Population (NWFN), an experimental eradication of brown treesnakes in a 5-ha study site, 2016 - 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QRWKQB.

Summary

These data represent a case study on managing the invasive brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) on Guam within a 5 ha snake enclosure located on Northern Guam. The site code (NWFN or North West Field North) reflects a location on Andersen Air Force Base, Northern Guam, which has been a study site for close to two decades. The experimental process followed an adaptive resource management process to develop an integrated pest management strategy for either eradication or validating whether extant species (rodents, lizards, and birds) would respond to population suppression over a 6 year removal effort. The program included an evaluation of the Aerial Delivery System, as well as a comparison of bait species (quail, chickens, rats, and [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Melia G Nafus
Originator :
Melia G Nafus, Aaron F Collins, Marijoy C Viernes, Charlene B Hopkins, Amn Michael G Nacpil
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey - PIERC
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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NWFN Eradication Final Data Release v3.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		72.58 KB application/fgdc+xml
NWFN Capture Data.csv 291.07 KB text/csv
NWFN Toxic Baiting with Camera Mon Data v2.csv 67.8 KB text/csv
NWFN Trapping Effort Data v2.csv 79.35 KB text/csv
NWFN Visual Survey Effort Data.csv 2.41 MB text/csv
DSC_0797.JPG
“Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) climbing a tree. Credit: Melia Nafus.” 		thumbnail 5.04 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

The data were collected to use to test how and whether brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) could be eradicated within a snake exclusion barrier in a manner that could be scaled up to large scales. The appropriate use of these data is limited to demographic calculations or understanding snake and/or prey response to control application for snakes within a fully closed population on Guam.
Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) climbing a tree. Credit: Melia Nafus.
Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) climbing a tree. Credit: Melia Nafus.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9QRWKQB

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