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Dispersal and survival of juvenile feral ferrets Mustela furo in New Zealand.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Byrom, A. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introduced feral ferrets Mustela furo are a significant pest of both conservation and economic importance in New Zealand. Ferrets prey on indigenous w...

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Estimation of badger abundance using faecal DNA typing.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Wilson, G. J. & Frantz, A. C. & Pope, L. C. & Roper, T. J. & Burke, T. A. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Delahay, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife management and conservation programmes often require accurate information on population density, but this can be difficult to obtain, particu...

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Wildlife-livestock conflict: the risk of pathogen transmission from bison to cattle outside Yellowstone National Park.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Kilpatrick, A. M. & Gillin, C. M. & Daszak, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interactions between wildlife and domestic livestock have created conflict for centuries because of pathogen transmission, competition for space and f...

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Estimating population size by genotyping remotely plucked hair: the Eurasian badger.

Published online: 17 Nov 2004

Authors: Frantz, A. C. & Schaul, M. & Pope, L. C. & Fack, F. & Schley, L. & Muller, C. P. & Roper, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Size is a basic attribute of any population but it is often difficult to estimate, especially if the species under investigation is rare or cryptic. F...

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European badger (Meles meles) responses to low-intensity, selective culling: using mark-recapture and relatedness data to assess social perturbation.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Allen, A. & Milne, G. & McCormick, C. & Collins, S. & O'Hagan, M. & Skuce, R. & Trimble, N. & Harwood, R. & Menzies, F. & Byrne, A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Culling the main wildlife host of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain (GB) and Ireland, the European badger (Meles meles), has been employed in both ...

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Phylodynamic analysis of an emergent Mycobacterium bovis outbreak in an area with no previously known wildlife infections.

Published online: 20 Apr 2022

Authors: Rossi, G. & Crispell, J. & Brough, T. & Lycett, S. J. & White, P. C. L. & Allen, A. & Ellis, R. J. & Gordon, S. V. & Harwood, R. & Palkopoulou, E. & Presho, E. L. & Skuce, R. & Smith, G. C. & Kao, R. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how emergent pathogens successfully establish themselves and persist in previously unaffected populations is a crucial problem in diseas...

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Contact rates between possums revealed by proximity data loggers.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Ji WeiHong & White, P. C. L. & Clout, M. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Information on close interactions between wild animals is difficult to obtain for cryptic species, but is important for understanding their social and...

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