Baiting is a powerful tool used to manipulate wildlife populations and induce ecosystem
change. It involves delivering a substance to target individuals by deploying baits that they …

Abstract Aotearoa—New Zealand has only four rodent species, all introduced. In order of
arrival, they are Pacific rat Rattus exulans, brown rat R. norvegicus, house mouse Mus …

Small and cryptic species are challenging to detect and study in their natural habitat. Many
of these species are of conservation concern, and conservation efforts may be hampered by …

Globally, ambitious goals, or 'moonshots', have been used in a range of policy interventions.
In conservation, such targets may bring numerous auxiliary benefits, such that policies can …

Environmental noise and data sparsity present major challenges within the field of
bioacoustics. The presence of noise degrades the analysis of audio and field recordings …

Conservation decision makers must negotiate social and technical complexities to achieve
desired biodiversity outcomes. Quantitative models can inform decision making, by …

As New Zealand attempts to become predator free by 2050, transitioning aerial 1080
(sodium fluoroacetate) operations from predator control to complete predator removal has …

Invasive mammal eradications are increasingly attempted across large, complex
landscapes. Sequentially controlled management zones can be at risk of reinvasion from …

Nutria (Myocastor coypus) were introduced to the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, USA in
the 1940s. They reached peak densities in the late 1990s, causing massive wetland loss …

In the wake of controversies over first-generation biotechnologies, the growing field of
synthetic biology appears cognizant of the need to attend to the social, political, cultural, and …