Over the past 1000 years New Zealand has lost 40–50% of its bird species, and over half of
these extinctions are attributable to predation by introduced mammals. Populations of many …

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 …

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 …

In 2014, baits laced with the poison sodium fluoroacetate (1080) were sown over 694 000
ha of mostly native beech forests in New Zealand to control rats, stoats and possums–a …

Effective long-term management is needed to address the impacts of invasive alien species
(IAS) that cannot be eradicated. We describe the fundamental characteristics of long-term …

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 …

The diverse and distinctive Australasian marsupial fauna has experienced considerable loss
over the last 200 years. Extinctions of Australasian marsupials have been confined to …

In 2003, a review of how introduced mammals were managed as pests in New Zealand was
published. Since then trends for the control of these mammals include moves from pest-by …

Invasions by alien pest species contribute heavily to global biodiversity decline, with
invasive mammals having some of the greatest impacts on endemic biota. Pest …

We review the recent rise to prominence in Aotearoa New Zealand of predation-focused
conservation management, critically assessing the likelihood that this will deliver outcomes …