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Niche partitioning in a guild of invasive mammalian predators by Garvey, Patrick M., Glen, Alistair S., Clout, Mick N., Nichols, Margaret, Pech, Roger P.

“…Predators compete aggressively for resources, establishing trophic hierarchies that influence ecosystem structure. Competitive interactions are particularly…”
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A global biological conservation horizon scan of issues for 2023 by Sutherland, William J., Bennett, Craig, Brotherton, Peter N.M., Butterworth, Holly M., Clout, Mick N., Côté, Isabelle M., Dinsdale, Jason, Esmail, Nafeesa, Fleishman, Erica, Gaston, Kevin J., Herbert-Read, James E., Hughes, Alice, Kaartokallio, Hermanni, Le Roux, Xavier, Lickorish, Fiona A., Matcham, Wendy, Noor, Noor, Palardy, James E., Pearce-Higgins, James W., Peck, Lloyd S., Pettorelli, Nathalie, Pretty, Jules, Scobey, Richard, Spalding, Mark D., Tonneijck, Femke H., Tubbs, Nicolas, Watson, James E.M., Wentworth, Jonathan E., Wilson, Jeremy D., Thornton, Ann

“…We present the results of our 14th horizon scan of issues we expect to influence biological conservation in the future. From an initial set of 102 topics, our…”
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Exploiting interspecific olfactory communication to monitor predators by Garvey, Patrick M., Glen, Alistair S., Clout, Mick N., Wyse, Sarah V., Nichols, Margaret, Pech, Roger P.

“…Olfaction is the primary sense of many mammals and subordinate predators use this sense to detect dominant species, thereby reducing the risk of an encounter…”
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Spatial heterogeneity of mesopredator release within an oceanic island system by Rayner, Matt J, Hauber, Mark E, Imber, Michael J, Stamp, Rosalie K, Clout, Mick N

“…Predator-prey communities are ubiquitous in ecology, but introduced predators can drive native species to extinction within island systems, prompting the…”
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A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity by Sutherland, William J., Barnard, Phoebe, Broad, Steven, Clout, Mick, Connor, Ben, Côté, Isabelle M., Dicks, Lynn V., Doran, Helen, Entwistle, Abigail C., Fleishman, Erica, Fox, Marie, Gaston, Kevin J., Gibbons, David W., Jiang, Zhigang, Keim, Brandon, Lickorish, Fiona A., Markillie, Paul, Monk, Kathryn A., Pearce-Higgins, James W., Peck, Lloyd S., Pretty, Jules, Spalding, Mark D., Tonneijck, Femke H., Wintle, Bonnie C., Ockendon, Nancy

“…We present the results of our eighth annual horizon scan of emerging issues likely to affect global biological diversity, the environment, and conservation…”
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A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010 by Sutherland, William J., Clout, Mick, Côté, Isabelle M., Daszak, Peter, Depledge, Michael H., Fellman, Liz, Fleishman, Erica, Garthwaite, Rachel, Gibbons, David W., De Lurio, Jennifer, Impey, Andrew J., Lickorish, Fiona, Lindenmayer, David, Madgwick, Jane, Margerison, Ceri, Maynard, Trevor, Peck, Lloyd S., Pretty, Jules, Prior, Stephanie, Redford, Kent H., Scharlemann, Jörn P.W., Spalding, Mark, Watkinson, Andrew R.

“…Horizon scanning identifies emerging issues in a given field sufficiently early to conduct research to inform policy and practice. Our group of horizon…”
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Quantifying the direct transfer costs of common brushtail possum dispersal using least-cost modelling: a combined cost-surface and accumulated-cost dispersal kernel approach by Etherington, Thomas R, Perry, George L W, Cowan, Phil E, Clout, Mick N

“…Dispersal costs need to be quantified from empirical data and incorporated into dispersal models to improve our understanding of the dispersal process. We are…”
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A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2014 by Sutherland, William J., Aveling, Rosalind, Brooks, Thomas M., Clout, Mick, Dicks, Lynn V., Fellman, Liz, Fleishman, Erica, Gibbons, David W., Keim, Brandon, Lickorish, Fiona, Monk, Kathryn A., Mortimer, Diana, Peck, Lloyd S., Pretty, Jules, Rockström, Johan, Rodríguez, Jon Paul, Smith, Rebecca K., Spalding, Mark D., Tonneijck, Femke H., Watkinson, Andrew R.

“…•This is the fifth in our annual series of horizon scans published in TREE.•We identify 15 issues that we considered insufficiently known by the conservation…”
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Rodent eradications as ecosystem experiments: a case study from the Mexican tropics by Samaniego-Herrera, Araceli, Clout, Mick N., Aguirre-Muñoz, Alfonso, Russell, James C.

“…For effective and efficient pest management it is essential to understand the ecology of the target species and recipient ecosystems. The use of rodent…”
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A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2013 by Sutherland, William J., Bardsley, Sarah, Clout, Mick, Depledge, Michael H., Dicks, Lynn V., Fellman, Liz, Fleishman, Erica, Gibbons, David W., Keim, Brandon, Lickorish, Fiona, Margerison, Ceri, Monk, Kathryn A., Norris, Kenneth, Peck, Lloyd S., Prior, Stephanie V., Scharlemann, Jörn P.W., Spalding, Mark D., Watkinson, Andrew R.

“…This paper presents the findings of our fourth annual horizon-scanning exercise, which aims to identify topics that increasingly may affect conservation of…”
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Responses of house mice to the removal of mammalian predators and competitors by GOLDWATER, NICK, PERRY, GEORGE L. W., CLOUT, MICK N.

“…Efforts to eradicate multiple mammal pests from offshore islands and fenced mainland ‘habitat islands’ often fail to remove mice, and such failures can result…”
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Trends in the detections of a large frugivore (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) and fleshy-fruited seed dispersal over three decades by Carpenter, Joanna K., Kelly, Dave, Clout, Mick N., Karl, Brian J., Ladley, Jenny J.

“…The kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) is a large fruit pigeon that in New Zealand is an important seed disperser for native plant species. However, little is…”
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A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012 by Sutherland, William J., Aveling, Ros, Bennun, Leon, Chapman, Eleanor, Clout, Mick, Côté, Isabelle M., Depledge, Michael H., Dicks, Lynn V., Dobson, Andrew P., Fellman, Liz, Fleishman, Erica, Gibbons, David W., Keim, Brandon, Lickorish, Fiona, Lindenmayer, David B., Monk, Kathryn A., Norris, Kenneth, Peck, Lloyd S., Prior, Stephanie V., Scharlemann, Jörn P.W., Spalding, Mark, Watkinson, Andrew R.

“…Our aim in conducting annual horizon scans is to identify issues that, although currently receiving little attention, may be of increasing importance to the…”
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Size-based fruit selection by a keystone avian frugivore and effects on seed viability by Pegman, Andrew Paul McKenzie, Perry, George L. W., Clout, Mick N.

“…The non-random selection of fruits by frugivores can affect plant demography by changing the probability of seedling recruitment. We investigated whether the…”
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Intercepting the first rat ashore by Russell, James C, Towns, David R, Anderson, Sandra H, Clout, Mick N

“…A single Norway rat released on to a rat-free island was not caught for more than four months, despite intensive efforts to trap it. The rat first explored the…”
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Kakapo habitat selection on Hauturu-o-toi in relation to plant phenology by Stone, Zoë L., Burns, Bruce, Moorhouse, Ron, Clout, Mick N.

“…Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) breed only when certain gymnosperm species produce unusually abundant mast seed crops, events that can occur up to 5 years apart…”
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Contact rates between possums revealed by proximity data loggers by Ji, W, White, P.C.L, Clout, M.N

“…1. 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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Sex allocation theory aids species conservation by Robertson, Bruce C, Elliott, Graeme P, Eason, Daryl K, Clout, Mick N, Gemmell, Neil J

“…Strigops habroptilus…”
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Effects of supplementary feeding on the offspring sex ratio of kakapo: a dilemma for the conservation of a polygynous parrot by Clout, Mick N., Elliott, Graeme P., Robertson, Bruce C.

“…The kakapo ( Strigops habroptilus) is a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot, endemic to New Zealand. It is critically endangered, with a world population of…”
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Experimental island invasion of house mice by Nathan, Helen W, Clout, Mick N, MacKay, Jamie W. B, Murphy, Elaine C, Russell, James C

“…The ability of invasive species to recurrently establish populations from small numbers of founders, while threatened species struggle at the same low…”
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