After invasive rats were eliminated from a Pacific island in 2005, scientists monitored seabirds for years; three species eventually recorded populations two to ten times larger than before the removal

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• Invasive rats and mice were eradicated from Surprise Island in New Caledonia in 2005, with success confirmed in 2006.
• Researchers monitored seven seabird species using nest counts before and after the eradication, including surveys from 1995 to 2021.