{"id":2185,"date":"2013-09-04T18:50:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T18:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2019-12-05T22:47:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:47:21","slug":"status-and-range-of-introduced-mammals-on-st-martin-lesser-antilles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/04\/status-and-range-of-introduced-mammals-on-st-martin-lesser-antilles\/","title":{"rendered":"Status and Range of Introduced Mammals on St. Martin, Lesser Antilles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Introduced_Mammals_On-St.Maartin_Brown_2008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Introduced_Mammals_On-St.Maartin_Brown_2008-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2186\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The introduction of mammals to islands is one of the leading causes of extirpation of native biota worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data gaps in the introduction of\u00a0 mammals to islands have led to inadequate management practices which do not take into consideration the potential destruction caused by those mammals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herein, we report the current status of introduced mammals on the island of St. Martin within the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean. We surveyed the island for introduced mammals and interviewed residents on their observations, from 2000 &#8211; 2007. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to recording domesticated\u00a0 mammals (i.e. dogs, Canis familiaris), we recorded six species of feral\u00a0 introduced mammals including raccoons (Procyon lotor) and African green\u00a0 vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/introduced_mammals_on_st._martin-brown_2008.pdf\">Introduced Mammals on St. Martin &#8211; Brown 2008<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The introduction of mammals to islands is one of the leading causes of extirpation of native biota worldwide. Data gaps in the introduction of\u00a0 mammals to islands have led to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,35,57],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13347,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185\/revisions\/13347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeaninvasives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}