The rise of invasive species denialism
Scientific consensus on the negative impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) is increasingly being challenged. Whereas informed scepticism of impacts is important, science denialism is…
Biosecurity - Prevention
Research focussed on keeping potentially destructive species out of Aotearoa.
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Population recovery of alien black rats Rattus rattus: A test of reinvasion theory
Reinvasion of pest animals after incomplete control is a major challenge for invasive species management, yet little is known about the behavioural and demographic categories…
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SO3 scoping panel report
This report was put together by the Strategic Outcome 3 group, focused on predicting both emerging and latent biosecurity risks, and avoiding new or recurring…
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Opportunities and limitations for DNA metabarcoding in Australasian plant-pathogen biosecurity
Protecting plants from new pathogen incursions requires effective surveillance practices. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding shows considerable promise for detecting invasive organisms in terrestrial and aquatic…
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A systematic review of non-market ecosystem service values for biosecurity protection
While quantified environmental benefits from biosecurity protection programmes are available, they remain scarce, patchy, and context-specific. This contributes to the oversight of non-market economic values…
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Worldwide border interceptions provide a window into human-mediated global insect movement
As part of national biosecurity programs, cargo imports, passenger baggage, and international mail are inspected at ports of entry to verify compliance with phytosanitary regulations…
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BRIEF: What really matters? – Characterising values relevant to biosecurity and biodiversity
Resource managers are often required to consider the implications of their decisions on a wide range of different economic, environmental, socio-cultural and te ao Māori…
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Crazy & Ambitious 3: He Tangata, He Taiao, He Ōhanga
Keynote Speaker: Graeme Marshall (Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital) Presentations from He Tangata, He Taiao, He Ōhanga: 1) Melanie Newfield (independent contractor) 2) Christine Reed (independent)…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library (Day 1)
Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4 (Day 1): Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library, with Manpreet Dhami, Maanaki Whenua Landcare Research.
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Crazy & Ambitious 4 – 2024
A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge conference, Crazy & Ambitious 3. 24 – 27 May 2022, at Te Papa,…
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Troubling travellers: are ecologically harmful alien species associated with particular introduction pathways?
Prioritization of introduction pathways is seen as an important component of the management of biological invasions. We address whether established alien plants, mammals, freshwater fish…
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Landowners’ Perspectives on Coordinated, Landscape-Level Invasive Species Control: The Role of Social and Ecological Context
We conducted in person and mail surveys of 68 landowners in and adjacent to the area of a proposed invasive predator control program in New…
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Pro-Environmental Behaviour in Relation to Kauri Dieback: When Place Attachment Is Not Enough
The iconic kauri tree of Aotearoa New Zealand is under increasing threat due to the plant disease kauri dieback, with human activity believed to be…
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Phylogeography of Invasive Rats in New Zealand
Two species of invasive rats (Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus) arrived in New Zealand with Europeans in the mid to late eighteenth and nineteenth century…
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How an Indigenous community responded to the incursion and spread of myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) that threatens culturally significant plant species – a case study from New Zealand
The incursion of the myrtle rust disease (Austropuccinia psidii) was officially confirmed on 3 May 2017 at a plant nursery located in Kerikeri, North Island,…
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Isolation management to protect threatened native galaxiidfish species: Lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand
The use of barriers in freshwater systems to mitigate invasions, known as isolation management, has been increasingly implemented as a protection strategy for native fish.…
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