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Assuring future food productivity and security will require that better use is made of pest regulation provided by naturally occurring ecological serv...
Read moreProtected natural areas often inherit legacies of altered habitat and predator-prey dynamics. Extirpation of top predators and ecosystem engineers mod...
Read moreIslands experience major impacts from introduced species, especially nocturnal predators. The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) extirpated almost t...
Read moreAs part of a research project on the population dynamics of a polyphagous noctuid pest, Helicoverpa armigera, on crops commonly grown in small-scale a...
Read moreAggressive behaviour of top predators may have strong effects on the distribution and abundance of mesopredator species. Such interactions between pre...
Read moreLarge gulls (Larus) spp. are voracious predators of eggs and chicks of other colonial birds and may threaten rare or endangered species. We tested the...
Read moreInvasive species pose ecological threats in many areas, but attempts to control invaders by introducing other exotic species may cause further unantic...
Read moreEven when we cannot eradicate an invasive species, we may be able to reduce its ecological impact. In Australia, a critically endangered predator, the...
Read moreIntroduced predators are a major threat to island avifaunas world-wide. In the Western Isles of Scotland, recently introduced hedgehogs Erinaceus euro...
Read morePredators can shape the distributions and dynamics of their prey through direct and indirect mechanisms. Where prey animals are regarded as pests, the...
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