The global contribution of invasive vertebrate eradication as a key island restoration tool

DR Spatz, ND Holmes, DJ Will, S Hein, ZT Carter… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Islands are global hotspots for biodiversity and extinction, representing~ 5% of Earth's land
area alongside 40% of globally threatened vertebrates and 61% of global extinctions since …

Mechanistic invasive species management models and their application in conservation

BK Thompson, JD Olden… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Management strategies to address the challenges associated with invasive species are
critical for effective conservation. An increasing variety of mathematical models offer insight …

Biological mechanisms matter in contemporary wildlife conservation

SJ Cooke, CL Madliger, RJ Lennox, JD Olden… - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
Given limited resources for wildlife conservation paired with an urgency to halt declines and
rebuild populations, it is imperative that management actions are tactical and effective …

Setting conservation priorities in multi-actor systems

CJ O'Bryan, JR Rhodes, OO Osunkoya… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Nature conservation is underresourced, requiring managers to prioritize where, when, and
how to spend limited funds. Prioritization methods identify the subset of actions that provide …

[HTML][HTML] Recovery of upland acid grasslands after successful Pteridium aquilinum control: Long-term effectiveness of cutting, repeated herbicide treatment and …

JG Alday, ES Cox, VM Santana, H Lee… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a clear need for the development of management strategies to control dominant,
perennial weeds and restore semi-natural communities and an important part of this is to …

Evaluating unintended consequences of intentional species introductions and eradications for improved conservation management

DE Pearson, TJ Clark, PG Hahn - Conservation Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Increasingly intensive strategies to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem function are being
deployed in response to global anthropogenic threats, including intentionally introducing …

Priorities for improving predictions of vessel-mediated marine invasions

K Hilliam, O Floerl, EA Treml - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Nonindigenous marine species are impacting the integrity of marine ecosystems worldwide.
The invasion rate is increasing, and vessel traffic, the most significant human-assisted …

Managing ecosystems in a sea of uncertainty: invasive species management and assisted colonizations

AR Rendall, DR Sutherland, CM Baker… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Managing ecosystems in the face of complex species interactions, and the associated
uncertainty, presents a considerable ecological challenge. Altering those interactions via …

Network approaches for formalizing conceptual models in ecosystem-based management

JCP Reum, CR Kelble, CJ Harvey… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Qualitative Network Models (QNMs), Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs), and Bayesian
Belief Networks (BBNs) have been proposed as methods to formalize conceptual models of …

Invasive rodent eradication on islands: assessment and mitigation of human exposure to rodenticides

PA Castaño, CC Hanson, KJ Campbell, V Carrión… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Use of rodenticides is a common method for eradication of invasive rodents from islands,
with eradication projects increasingly being undertaken on inhabited islands or islands used …