Ted Grosholz tried to eliminate an invasive species using total eradication efforts. Their study describes how these efforts failed but they learned how a functional eradication plan was the key to success.

Read the release

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/when-eradicated-species-bounce-back-vengeance

See the study

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/12/e2003955118

Acknowledge The Aggie

https://theaggie.org/2021/05/11/uc-davis-researchers-at-the-grosholz-lab-tackle-the-challenge-of-eradicating-invasive-species