Marshall Islands Mammals
An Eclectic Bibliography

compiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann





Anonymous
1941Rats-crabs-birds; how PAA unwittingly upset nature's balance at Wake Island. Pacific Islands Monthly Vol. 12 (3), October 1941, Page 68.


Berry, R.J., & W.B.Jackson
1979House mice on Enewetak Atoll. Journal of Mammalogy 60, 222-225.


Fosberg, F.R
1955Northern Marshall Islands Expedition 1951-1952. Narrative. Atoll Research Bulletin 37. Washington: Pacific Science Board.
1959Notes on rats and pest control on Wake Island, 1952. In: E.H.Bryan, Notes on the geography and natural history of Wake Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 66. Washington: Pacific Science Board. pp. 7-8

1966. Northern Marshall Islands Land Biota: birds. Atoll Research Bulletin 114. Washington: Smithsonian Institution.
1990. A review of the Natural History of the Marshall Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin. 330. Washington: Smithonian Institution.

Hiyane, J.T
1971aRats and coconuts in the Marshall Islands. Agricultural Extension Circular No. 12. Saipan, Mariana Islands: Divison of Agriculture, Department of Resources and Development, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.


Jackson, W.B. & R.L. Strecker
1962Ecological Distribution and relative numbers. In: N. Storer, Pacific Island Rat Ecology. Report on a study made on Ponape and adjacent islands 1955 - 1958. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 225. Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum. Pp. 45-63.


Jackson, W.B., S.H.Vessey & R.K.Bastian
1987Biology of the Rodents of Enewetak Atoll. In: Devaney, D.N., E.S.Reese, B.L.Burch & P.Helfrich, The Natural History of Enewetak Atoll. Volume I. The Ecosystem: Environments, Biotas, and Processes. Oak Ridge, Ten.: U.S.Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Pp. 203-214.


Lamberson, Janet O
1987Reptiles of Enewetak Atoll in Devaney, D.N., E.S.Reese, B.L.Burch & P.Helfrich, The Natural History of Enewetak Atoll. Volume II. Biogeography and Systematics. Oak Ridge, Ten.: U.S.Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Pp. 325 - 330.


Marshall, J.T
1950Vertebrate ecology of Arno Atoll. Atoll Research Bulletin 3. Washington: Pacific Science Board.


Marshall, J.T
1957Atolls visited during the first phase of the Pacific Islands Rats Ecology project. Atoll Research Bulletin 56. Washington: Pacific Science Board.


Poole, A.J. & V.S.Schantz
1942Catalog of type specimens of mammals in the U.S. National Museum. U.S.National Museum Bulletin 178. Washington, D.C.: U.S.National Museum.


Reese, Ernst S
1987Mammals of Enewetak Atoll in Devaney, D.N., E.S.Reese, B.L.Burch & P.Helfrich, The Natural History of Enewetak Atoll. Volume II. Biogeography and Systematics. Oak Ridge, Ten.: U.S.Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Pp. 333 - 336.


Schnee, Paul
1904 . Die Landfauna der Marshall-Inseln nebst einigen Bemerkungen zur Fauna der Insel Nauru. Zoologische Jahrbücher 20, 387-412.
The paper, written by the German Government Physician of the Marshall Islands, summarises the german knowledge of the fauna of the Marshall Islands. Schnee lists eigth species of mammals (including domestic and commensal species), 4 species of domestic and 24 species of wild birds and 6 species of reptiles. Most of his effort was directed to collect insects.


Spennemann, Dirk H.R.
1997 . Distribution of rat species on the atolls of the Marshall Islands: Past and present dispersal. Atoll Research Bulletin 445, 1-8.
The paper reviews the evidence for past and present dispersal of rats (Rattus exulans, R. rattus and R. norvegicus) in the Marshall Islands. The introduction of R. rattus to various atolls can be traced to the military developments of World War II, mainly the construction of jetties.




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