Rodent management in Aotearoa New Zealand: approaches and challenges to landscape‐scale control

JG Innes, G Norbury, A Samaniego, S Walker… - Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

New Zealand ecosanctuaries: types, attributes and outcomes

J Innes, N Fitzgerald, R Binny, A Byrom… - Journal of the Royal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We define an ecosanctuary in a New Zealand context as 'a project larger than 25 ha
implementing multi-species, pest mammal control for ecosystem recovery objectives, and …

Scale and complexity implications of making New Zealand predator-free by 2050

DA Peltzer, PJ Bellingham, IA Dickie… - Journal of the Royal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The goal to make New Zealand predator-free by 2050 has drawn strong praise and criticism,
but these critiques have focused largely on economic or technological feasibility of long-term …

Habitat provision is a major driver of native bird communities in restored urban forests

E Elliot Noe, J Innes, AD Barnes, C Joshi… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization, and the drastic loss of habitat it entails, poses a major threat to global avian
biodiversity. Ecological restoration of urban forests is therefore increasingly vital for native …

Dual aerial 1080 baiting operation removes predators at a large spatial scale

M Nichols, H Nathan, N Mulgan - New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 2021 - JSTOR
As New Zealand attempts to become predator free by 2050, transitioning aerial 1080
(sodium fluoroacetate) operations from predator control to complete predator removal has …

Kea survival during aerial poisoning for rat and possum control

JR Kemp, CC Mosen, GP Elliott, CM Hunter… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2019 - JSTOR
The kea (Nestor notabilis) is a highly intelligent and adaptable omnivorous New Zealand
parrot. These traits potentially put kea at risk of poisoning during vertebrate pest poisoning …

Overview of risk factors and strategies for management of insect-derived ear injury and aflatoxin accumulation for maize grown in subtropical areas of North America

LS Pruter, M Weaver, MJ Brewer - Journal of Integrated Pest …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Pest and disease risk factors causing maize yield and kernel quality issues in subtropical
areas of North America (between 35° N and 23.5° N latitude) are reviewed: preharvest …

Robustness of field studies evaluating biodiversity responses to invasive species management in New Zealand

RB Allen, DM Forsyth, DI MacKenzie… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2023 - JSTOR
Benefits of invasive species management for terrestrial biodiversity are widely expected and
promoted in New Zealand. Evidence for this is presented in policy and scientific reviews of …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in bird counts 1978–2020 in a New Zealand Nothofagus forest with variable control of mammalian predators

L Rossignaud, D Kelly, EB Spurr… - Avian Conservation …, 2022 - ace-eco.org
ABSTRACT Many New Zealand native bird species are threatened by introduced
mammalian predators, and pest management programs are common in the country. Despite …

Functional group‐dependent responses of forest bird communities to invasive predator control and habitat fragmentation

S Morgan, NA Binks, RK Didham… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Mounting global pressure on bird populations from invasive predators and habitat loss
has driven a rapid growth in restoration and conservation action around the world, yet the …