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Oryctolagus cuniculus
(Leporidae)

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Species description or overview

Information about Oryctolagus cuniculus from IUCN's ISSG/GISD
Information about Carcinus maenas is available from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (a product of IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group [ISSG]).

Oryctolagus cuniculus description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Oryctolagus cuniculus as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Oryctolagus cuniculus information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Oryctolagus cuniculus, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

Impacts

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Oryctolagus cuniculus impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Oryctolagus cuniculus as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Control methods

Oryctolagus cuniculus management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Oryctolagus cuniculus as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Distribution

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Oryctolagus cuniculus worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Oryctolagus cuniculus is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Case studies

Community outreach and interagency involvement: Examples from Maui, Hawaii
The importance of interagency cooperation and public education when combatting alien species is exemplified by efforts on Maui to control feral rabbits and miconia (L. Loope, 1992).

Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

In the news

Rabbits excel at breeding and that's bad for islands View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Rabbits are the topic of the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) Kiai Moku Maui News column (4/9/2008).

Full-text articles

Rabbits invade Haleakala NP
Author unknown. 1991. Rabbits invade Haleakala NP. Park Science 11, no. 1:21-?

Strategies to prevent establishment of feral rabbits on Maui, Hawaii
Loope, Lloyd L., Arthur C. Medeiros, William P. Minyard, S. Jessel, and W. Evanson. 1992. Strategies to prevent establishment of feral rabbits on Maui, Hawaii. Pacific Science 46, no. 3:402-3.

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Characteristics and food habits of an invading population of European rabbits in high-elevation shrubland of Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, USA [abstract]
Cole, F. Russell, Lloyd L. Loope, S.J. Canter, and Arthur C. Medeiros. 1991. Characteristics and food habits of an invading population of European rabbits in high-elevation shrubland of Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, USA [abstract]. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 72:91.

Experts

Oryctolagus cuniculus contacts from GISD (ISSG)
Contact information for experts on Oryctolagus cuniculus as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Other resources

Rabbits invade Haleakala NP
Author unknown. 1991. Rabbits invade Haleakala NP. Park Science 11, no. 1:21-?

Strategies to prevent establishment of feral rabbits on Maui, Hawaii
Loope, Lloyd L., Arthur C. Medeiros, William P. Minyard, S. Jessel, and W. Evanson. 1992. Strategies to prevent establishment of feral rabbits on Maui, Hawaii. Pacific Science 46, no. 3:402-3.

Characteristics and food habits of an invading population of European rabbits in high-elevation shrubland of Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, USA [abstract]
Cole, F. Russell, Lloyd L. Loope, S.J. Canter, and Arthur C. Medeiros. 1991. Characteristics and food habits of an invading population of European rabbits in high-elevation shrubland of Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, USA [abstract]. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 72:91.

Oryctolagus cuniculus references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Oryctolagus cuniculus as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

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