Management of overabundant rodents at a landscape scale is complex but often required to
sustainably reduce rodent abundance below damage thresholds. Current conventional …

Vertebrate pests cost Australia at least $1 billion annually in lost agricultural production and
environmental damage. The spectacular success of myxomatosis in the 1950s and more …

Two immunocontraceptive antigens (AgE and AgF) were constructed that included different
combinations of highly species‐specific peptides from the mouse reproductive antigens …

Rodents remain one of the most widespread and damaging invasive alien species on
islands globally. The current toolbox for insular rodent eradications is reliant on the …

Summary 1 Horizon scanning is an essential tool for environmental scientists if they are to
contribute to the evidence base for Government, its agencies and other decision makers to …

Genetic options for the control of invasive fishes were recently reviewed and synthesized at
a 2010 international symposium, held in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA. The only option …

Genetic engineering now enables the design of live viral vaccines that are potentially
transmissible. Some designs merely modify a single viral genome to improve on the age-old …

Vaccines that autonomously transfer among individuals have been proposed as a strategy
to control infectious diseases within inaccessible wildlife populations. However, rates of …

In this study, the ecological effects of culling programs are considered in the context of
rodent pest management. Despite the escalation of rodent problems globally, over the past …

The release of novel genetically modified (GM) virus applications into the environment for
agricultural, veterinary, and nature-conservation purposes poses a number of significant …