... ethics feral animal management invasion biology native species threatened species 852017 Introduction Feral: having become wild from a state of cultivation or domestication (Darwin 1872: 559) Domestication has historically been described as that revolution whereby man ceased to be purely...

... to many species of native predators in Australia. Corresponding author: rick.shine@mq.edu.au Anura biological invasion Bufo marinus Myriapoda predator-prey The fauna fights back: invasive Cane Toads killed by native centipedes in tropical Australia John Pomeroy1, Gregory P. Brown2...

... amounts of toxin; and hence, facilitate taste aversion learning by the predator. The context of the encounters, such as differences in geography, may help to explain why the invasion of cane toads has not significantly impacted on crocodile populations at this site, in contrast to heavy impacts reported...

... of the people who undertake it. Conservation is an opportunity for service that many volunteers welcome. Feral animals weeds pests metaphors for environmental sustainability community conservation animal ethics invasion biology environmental management 1032017 Framing the problem of feral animals...

...Matthew Greenlees; Michael Crossland; Richard Shine The viability of a metamorph anuran can be influenced by its body size and the time it has taken to complete larval development. In a laboratory experiment, we show that the presence of tadpoles of the invasive Cane Toad Rhinella marina causes...

... pathways for flora and fauna to breach previously impervious geographic barriers (Lowe et al. 2000; Stachowicz et al. 2002). Despite Australia's geographic isolation, it has not escaped this phenomenon as there are an estimated 80 invasive, non-indigenous vertebrate species, an order of magnitude more...

... to understand the threat this invasion may pose to the unique biodiversity of this World Heritage Area and attempt to mitigate the threat. cane toad Bufo marinus Border Ranges World Heritage rainforest frog Alford, R.A., L. Schwarzkopf, G. Brown, B. Phillips, and Shine, R. 2006...

... the habitable range. Approximately 70% of the continent, with the exception of the wet tropics and extremely arid areas, were colonised by rabbits within 70 years, one of the fastest ever recorded colonisations of a vertebrate invasive species (Stodart and Parer 1988). Their reproductive prowess, combined...

... of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 4072. Mailing address: 639 Gold Creek Rd., Brookfield, QLD 4069. 5 Invasive Plants & Animals Research, Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane Q 4001, Australia. A BS TR...

...Peter J. S. Fleming; Guy Ballard ABSTRACT Animal invasions threaten native biodiversity globally and are the most important threat to Australian faunal biodiversity. Lethal control predominates efforts to manage invasive animal impacts upon agricultural and ecological values, but increasingly...

...Gregory P. Brown; Jeremy Hemphill; Richard Shine ABSTRACT We describe a case of a free-ranging Carpet Python Morelia spilota consuming a toxic Cane Toad Rhinella marina , and dying as a result. Such an encounter would not be surprising at the toad invasion front, where predators first confront...

...Matthew Mo ABSTRACT The invasive Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans has spread extensively, forming naturalised populations on all continents except Antarctica. Ranked among the 100 worst invasive species, there are biosecurity concerns that native turtles become outcompeted and displaced...

... recovery. This project aimed to determine spatial patterns in populations and assemblages of vertebrates, vertebrate temporal activity, and the diet of the invasive Red Fox Vulpes vulpes , across burnt and unburnt sites. Using remote camera traps we surveyed 12 unburnt and 10 burnt sites approximately 12...

...S. Sotorra; D. Blair; W. Blanchard; D. Lindenmayer ABSTRACT Many invasive species have had negative effects on the Australian environment, including the introduced Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor) . However, there is a paucity of information on the factors influencing the fine scale distribution...

... experiment elucidated dingo’s effects on small livestock, their per capita predation rates, and their invasiveness or their ability to adapt and change their environment. The experiment confirmed that dingoes have the capacity to decimate populations of small livestock species and trigger a trophic cascade...

... and invasive species, fauna and flora, direct and indirect (e.g. scat) targets, on land and at sea, across every continent and most taxa from fire ants to whales. Here, we emphasise the versatility of detection dogs through their multiple uses applied to one species, the koala Phascolarctos cinereus . We...