Has Eradicating Invasive Species Actually Helped Native Ones?

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Once thought extinct, New Zealand storm petrels were rediscovered breeding on Little Barrier/Hauturu-o-toi following cat and rat eradication. Stephanie Borrelle

While islands occupy 5.5 percent of the terrestrial surface area, they contain more than 15 percent of all terrestrial species. According to new work published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, invasive mammal eradication is an important tool for protecting threatened island-dwellers.