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Regional assessment on ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and biodiversity in Oceania.
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2016
The Oceania region is very prone to natural disasters having experienced two Category 5 cyclones in as many years; Tropical Cyclone (TC)Pam struck Vanuatu on 13 March 2015 and TC Winston struck Fiji on 20 February 2016.
Reptile ecology and conservation. A handbook of techniques.

Dodd C K, JR

2016
The two most fundamental pieces of information necessary to begin developing ecological studies and conservation strategies for reptiles (or any organisms) are identifying the species and knowing what a species does in its natural habitat.
The legacy of Big South Cape: rat irruption to rat eradication
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Bell, Elizabeth A.

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Bell, Brian D.

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Merton, Don V.

2016
Big South Cape Island (Taukihepa) is a 1040 ha island, 1.5 km from the southwest coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. This island was rat-free until the incursion of ship rats (Rattus rattus) in, or shortly before, 1963, suspected to have be
Large-scale, multidirectional larval connectivity among coral reef fish populations in the Great Barrier Reef marine park.
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Williamson, D H

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Harrison, H B

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Almany G R

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Berumen, M L

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Bode, M

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Bonin, M C

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Choukroun, S

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Doherty, P J

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Frisch, A J

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Agudelo, P S

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Jones, G P

2016
Larval dispersal is the key process by which populations of most marine fishes and invertebrates are connected and replenished.
Marine protected areas increase resilience among coral reef communities.
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Mellin, C

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Macneil, A

2016
With marine biodiversity declining globally at accelerating rates, maximising the effectiveness of conservation has become a key goal for local, national and international regulators
The cane or marine toad, rhinella marina (Anura, Bufonidae): two genetically and morphologically distint species.
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Acevedo, Aldemar A.

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Lampio, Margarita

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Cipriani, Roberto

2016
Rhinella marina is a Neotropical toad that has been introduced widely worldwide. Its toxic effects to frog-eating predators threaten the native and domestic fauna of some regions where it has been introduced. Despite previous studies suggesting two g
Massive yet grossly underestimated global costs of invasive insects
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Bradshaw, Corey J.A.

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Leroy, Boris.

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Bellard, Celine.

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Roiz, David.

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Albert, Celine.

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Fournier, Alice.

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Barbet-Massin, Morgane.

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Salles, Jean-Michel.

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Simard, Frederic.

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Courchamp, Franck.

2016
Insects have presented human society with some of its greatest development challenges by spreading diseases, consuming crops and damaging infrastructure. Despite the massive human and financial toll of invasive insects, cost estimates of their impact
Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains
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Jones, Holly P.

2016
More than US$21 billion is spent annually on biodiversity conservation. Despite their importance for preventing or slowing extinctions and preserving biodiversity, conservation interventions are rarely assessed systematically for their global impact.
Will climate change impact the potential distribution of a native vine (Merremia peltata) which is behaving invasively in the Pacific region?
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Taylor, Subhashni

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Kumar, Lalit

2016
Merremia peltata is a species with uncertain status in the island nations of the Pacific region. It has been designated introduced and invasive in some countries whereas it is considered native in others. Recent increase in its abundance across some
Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities
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Early, Regan

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Bradley, Bethany A.

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Dukes, Jeffrey S.

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Lawler, Joshua J.

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Olden, Julian D.

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Blumenthal, Dana M.

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Gonzalez, Patrick

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Grosholz, Edwin D.

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Ibañez, Ines

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Miller, Luke P.

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Sorte, Cascade J.B.

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Tatem, Andrew J.

2016
Invasive alien species (IAS) threaten human livelihoods and biodiversity globally. Increasing globalization facilitates IAS arrival, and environmental changes, including climate change, facilitate IAS establishment. Here we provide the first global,

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