Biodiversity on marine islands is characterized by unique biogeographic, phylogenetic and
functional characteristics. Islands hold a disproportionate amount of the world's biodiversity …

Shearwaters and petrels (hereafter petrels) are highly adapted seabirds that occur across all
the world's oceans. Petrels are a threatened seabird group comprising 124 species. They …

Invasive alien species (IASs) on islands have broad impacts across biodiversity, agriculture,
economy, health and culture, which tend to be stronger than on continents. Across small …

The endemic fauna of New Zealand evolved in the absence of mammalian predators and
the introduction of the latter has been devastating. There have been numerous avian …

We recently suggested in TREE that recent elements of invasion biology discourse might be
categorised as cases of more general science denialism [1]. We did not intend to be …

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 eradication of invasive species from islands is an important part of managing these
ecologically unique and at‐risk regions. Island eradications are complex projects and …

Invasive species can have disastrous effects on the ecosystems they invade, requiring
costly, labour-intensive mitigation. Public awareness campaigns are often used as a tool to …

The 2019 rodent eradication on 1,455-ha Lord Howe Island was the second and largest
attempted on a permanently inhabited island. With 350 residents, it presented numerous …

Predators play a critical role in ecosystems; however, when overly abundant, they can
disrupt natural processes and cause extinctions of species. In particular, oceanic islands …