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Relative performance on test and target plants in laboratory tests predicts the risk of non-target attack in the field for arthropod weed biocontrol agents.
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Paynter, Q.E

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Fowler, S.V

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Gourlay, A.H

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Peterson, P.G

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Smith, L.A

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Winks, C.J

2015
We tested the hypothesis that quantifying the relative performance of candidate weed biocontrol agents on test and target plants during laboratory host-range testing can predict the probability of test plants being attacked in the field. For arthropo
Translating host-specifcity test results into the real world: The need to harmonize the yin and yang of current testing procedures
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Briese, D.T

2005
In its modern era, the discipline of biological control can be perceived as being subject to a series of tensions due to differences in philosophy, different needs, and different practices; these include the view that biological control is environmen
Biological Invasion Costs Reveal Insufficient Proactive Management Worldwide
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Ross N. Cuthbert

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Christophe Diagne

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Emma J. Hudgins

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Anna Turbelin

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Danish A. Ahmed

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Céline Albert

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Thomas W. Bodey

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Elizabeta Briski

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Franz Essl

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Phillip J. Haubrock

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Rodolphe E. Gozlan

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Natalia Kirichenko

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Melina Kourantidou

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Andrew M. Kramer

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Franck Courchamp

2022
The global increase in biological invasions is placing growing pressure on the management of ecological and economic systems. However, the effectiveness of current management expenditure is difficult to assess due to a lack of standardised measuremen
How the race to achieve Aichi Target 11 could jeopardize the effective conservation of biodiversity in Canada and beyond.
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Lemieux, C J

2019
n 2010 Parties to the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed to reduce the rate ofbiodiversity loss within a decade by achieving 20 objectives that are commonly known as the Aichi Targets.
Improving invasive ant eradication as a conservation tool : a review
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Benjamin. D, Gloria. L, Celine. B, Nick. H, Josh, C.

2016
While invasive species eradications are at the forefront of biodiversity conservation, ant eradication failures are common. We reviewed ant eradications worldwide to assess the practice and identify knowledge gaps and challenges. We documented 316 er
Potential economic damage from introduction of Brown Tree Snakes, Boiga Irregularis (Reptilia: Colubridae), to the Islands of Hawaii

Shwiff, Stephanie A.

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Gebhardt, Karen

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Kirkpatrick, Katy N.

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Shwiff, Steven S.

2010
The Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) has caused ecological and economic damage to Guam, and the snake has the potential to colonize other islands in the Paci c Ocean. This study quanti es the potential economic damage if the snake were translocat
Special Issue Article: Tropical rat eradication. The next generation of rodent eradications: Innovative technologies and tools to improve species specificity and increase their feasibility on islands. Biological Conservation. Volume 185, May 2015
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Campbell K.J

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Beek. J

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Eason C.T

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Glen A.S

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Godwin. J

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Gould. F

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Holmes. N.D

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Howald. G.R

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Madden F.M

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Ponder J.B

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Threadgill. D.W

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Wegmann. A.S

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Baxter. G.S.

2015
Rodents remain one of the most widespread and damaging invasive alien species on islands globally. The current toolbox for insular rodent eradications is reliant on the application of sufficient anticoagulant toxicant into every potential rodent terr
Special Issue Article: Tropical rat eradication. Improving the odds: Assessing bait availability before rodent eradications to aid in selecting bait application rates. Biological Conservation. Volume 185, May 2015
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Pott. M

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Wegmann. A.S

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Griffiths. R.

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Samaniego-Herrera. A

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Cuthbert. R.J

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Brooke. M.L

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Pitt. W.C

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Berentsen. A.R

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Holmes. N.D

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Howald. G.R

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Ramos-Rend¢n. G

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Russell. J.C

2015
Rodent eradications undertaken on tropical islands are more likely to fail than eradications undertaken at higher latitudes. We report on 12 independent rodent eradication projects undertaken on tropical islands that utilized the results of an in sit
Special Issue Article: Tropical rat eradication. The response of black rats (Rattus rattus) to evergreen and seasonally arid habitats: Informing eradication planning on a tropical island. Biological Conservation. Volume 185, May 2015
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Grant A. Harper

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Martijn van Dinther

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James C. Russell

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Nancy Bunbury

2015
Rat eradications on tropical islands have been less successful than operations in temperate climates. This is likely due to poor understanding of the factors unique to tropical regions that rat populations respond to, such as high numbers of land cra
Special Issue Article: Tropical rat eradication. Trophic roles of black rats and seabird impacts on tropical islands: Mesopredator release or hyperpredation? Biological Conservation. Volume 185, May 2015
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Ringler. D

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Russell. J.C

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Le Corre. M.

2015
Rats contribute to the decline of tropical seabird populations by affecting their breeding success through direct predation of eggs and chicks. When they coexist with other predators, invasive rats may also generate indirect interactions via the chan

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