Invasive rodent eradication on islands

G Howald, CJ Donlan, JP Galvan… - Conservation …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive mammals are the greatest threat to island biodiversity and invasive rodents are
likely responsible for the greatest number of extinctions and ecosystem changes …

Detection dogs in nature conservation: A database on their world‐wide deployment with a review on breeds used and their performance compared to other methods

A Grimm‐Seyfarth, W Harms… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last century, dogs have been increasingly used to detect rare and elusive species
or traces of them. The use of wildlife detection dogs (WDD) is particularly well‐established in …

Predator-free New Zealand: conservation country

JC Russell, JG Innes, PH Brown, AE Byrom - BioScience, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Eradications of invasive species from over 1000 small islands around the world have
created conservation arks, but to truly address the threat of invasive species to islands …

Eradicating multiple invasive species on inhabited islands: the next big step in island restoration?

AS Glen, R Atkinson, KJ Campbell, E Hagen… - Biological …, 2013 - Springer
Invasive species are the greatest threat to island ecosystems, which harbour nearly half the
world's endangered biodiversity. However, eradication is more feasible on islands than on …

The potential for the use of gene drives for pest control in New Zealand: a perspective

PK Dearden, NJ Gemmell, OR Mercier… - Journal of the Royal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Genetic technologies such as gene editing and gene drive systems have recently emerged
as potential tools for pest control. Gene drives, in particular, have been described as …

[图书][B] Invasive species management: a handbook of principles and techniques

MN Clout, PA Williams - 2009 - books.google.com
Invasive alien species are a major and growing threat to biodiversity worldwide. The
transport of organisms through increased levels of trade and tourism is leading to the …

[PDF][PDF] Conservation translocations of New Zealand birds, 1863–2012

CM Miskelly, RG Powlesland - Notornis, 2013 - researchgate.net
Translocations (deliberate movement and release of wildlife) have been of crucial
importance in the management of New Zealand threatened birds, and as part of site …

Fifty years of rodent eradications in New Zealand: another decade of advances

JC Russell, KG Broome - New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 2016 - JSTOR
New Zealand has just passed half a century of rodent eradications on islands. Confirmation
of the first rat eradication in New Zealand on Maria Island/Ruapuke coincided with the …

Conditioned taste aversion enhances the survival of an endangered predator imperilled by a toxic invader

S O'Donnell, JK Webb, R Shine - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Even when we cannot eradicate an invasive species, we may be able to reduce its
ecological impact. In Australia, a critically endangered predator, the northern quoll Dasyurus …

The invasion ecology of mammals: a global perspective

MN Clout, JC Russell - Wildlife Research, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
Of the extant species of land mammals, 124 (2.6%) can be classed as 'successful invaders',
whereas 1038 (21.6%) are classed as threatened, according to the 2006 IUCN Red List …