BIO/101 June, 3, 2013 Alison Barrett, Ed. D. Abstract Food Web Diagram Paper Small Indian Mongoose The small indian mongoose, or Herpestes javanicus, is a species introduced by sugar planters in 1883, as they “imported the small Indian mongoose from Jamaica to four Hawaiian islands, Hawai‘i, O‘ahu, Maui, and Kaua‘I”, (Hays & Contant, 2007, p. 3) with the hopes this specie would aid in controlling invasive rat and snake populations within this ecosystem. This organism was selected for its predatory nature…
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