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Interactions between native and invasive species: A systematic review of the red squirrel-gray squirrel paradigm by Wauters, Lucas A., Lurz, Peter W. W., Santicchia, Francesca, Romeo, Claudia, Ferrari, Nicola, Martinoli, Adriano, Gurnell, John

“…The eastern gray squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ) has been labeled as one of the 100 worst invasive alien species by the IUCN. In Europe, the species has been…”
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ASSOCIATIVE BEHAVIOUR IN PRZEWALSKI’S HORSES REINTRODUCED INTO MONGOLIA by King, Sarah R.B., Gurnell, John

“…Allogrooming is an important associative behaviour in social mammals that has hygienic and/or social functions and may be mediated by kin selection or…”
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The changing patterns in the distribution of red and grey squirrels in the North of England and Scotland between 1991 and 2010 based on volunteer surveys by Gurnell, John, Lurz, Peter, Bertoldi, Walter

“…In the UK, alien grey squirrels have been replacing the native red squirrel for >100 years and by the turn of the century the distribution of grey squirrels…”
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Implications of squirrelpox virus for successful red squirrel translocations within mainland UK by Sainsbury, Anthony W., Chantrey, Julian, Ewen, John G., Gurnell, John, Hudson, Peter, Karesh, William B., Kock, Richard A., Lurz, Peter W. W., Meredith, Anna, Tompkins, Daniel M.

“…Remnant red squirrel populations in the UK mainland are threatened by squirrelpox viral disease and the reservoir of the squirrelpox virus, the invasive grey…”
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Understanding processes of island development on an island braided river over timescales from days to decades by Gurnell, Angela M., Bertoldi, Walter, Francis, Robert A., Gurnell, John, Mardhiah, Ulfah

“…Bar colonization by vegetation and subsequent island formation is a key bio‐geomorphological process in fluvial landscape evolution. Here we investigate…”
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A review of the competitive effects of alien grey squirrels on behaviour, activity and habitat use of red squirrels in mixed, deciduous woodland in Italy by Wauters, Luc, Tosi, Guido, Gurnell, John

“…The introduction of alien species can cause competitive exclusion of ecologically similar native species when there is no niche differentiation between them…”
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Hedgerows for Hedgehogs and Campus Biodiversity by Glen Cousquer, Emily Norris, Peter Lurz, Elizabeth Vander Meer, John Gurnell

“…Across society, organisations find themselves challenged to address the climate and nature emergencies.  Universities have a complex set of responsibilities…”
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Releasing grey squirrels into the wild by Sainsbury, Anthony W., Cunningham, Andrew A., Gurnell, John, Lurz, Peter W. W., McInnes, Colin

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Alien Species and Interspecific Competition: Effects of Introduced Eastern Grey Squirrels on Red Squirrel Population Dynamics by Gurnell, John, Wauters, Luc A., Peter W. W. Lurz, Tosi, Guido

“…1. Throughout much of Britain, Ireland and north Italy, red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris L.) have been replaced by alien grey squirrels (S. carolinensis Gmelin)…”
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The Effects of Food Availability and Winter Weather on the Dynamics of a Grey Squirrel Population in Southern England by Gurnell, John

“…1. The population ecology of grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis living in a 9-ha oak Quercus robur wood in southern England was studied between 1976 and 1987…”
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Effects of fly disturbance on the behaviour of a population of reintroduced Przewalski horses ( Equus ferus przewalskii) in Mongolia by King, Sarah R.B., Gurnell, John

“…Flies constitute a cost to animals by feeding from them, passing on disease or by preventing them feeding effectively. These costs could be more severe to…”
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Effects of spatial variation in food availability on spacing behaviour and demography of Eurasian red squirrels by Wauters, Luc A., Gurnell, John, Preatoni, Damiano, Tosi, Guido

“…In heterogeneous habitats with limited resources, spacing behaviour will affect individual variation in breeding success and density of populations, and is…”
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Interspecific Competition between Native Eurasian Red Squirrels and Alien Grey Squirrels: Does Resource Partitioning Occur? by Wauters, Luc A., Gurnell, John, Martinoli, Adriano, Tosi, Guido

“…In heterogeneous environments, differential niche selection by two competing species will result in niche partitioning so that individuals of each species can…”
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The effects of seed availability on habitat use by a specialist seed predator by Di Pierro, Erica, Ghisla, Anne, Wauters, Lucas A., Molinari, Ambrogio, Martinoli, Adriano, Gurnell, John, Tosi, Guido

“…Space-use patterns of seed predators are strongly affected by spatiotemporal variation in the abundance of different tree seeds, their major food source…”
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EPIZOOTIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH A NEWLY DESCRIBED ADENOVIRUS IN THE RED SQUIRREL, SCIURUS VULGARIS by Martínez-Jiménez, David, Graham, David, Couper, David, Benkö, Maria, Schöniger, Sandra, Gurnell, John, Sainsbury, Anthony W.

“…An infectious disease caused by Squirrelpox virus has contributed to the decline of red squirrels, Sciurus vulgaris, in the British Isles. Because of the…”
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Habitat use and spatial dynamics of takhi introduced to Hustai National Park, Mongolia by King, Sarah R.B., Gurnell, John

“…The successful introduction of captive bred takhi or Przewalski’s horse, Equus ferus przewalskii, into Mongolia in the 1990s is a good example of the benefits…”
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Poxviral Disease in Red Squirrels Sciurus vulgaris in the UK: Spatial and Temporal Trends of an Emerging Threat by Sainsbury, Anthony W., Deaville, Robert, Lawson, Becki, Cooley, William A., Farelly, Stephan S. J., Stack, Michael J., Duff, Paul, McInnes, Colin J., Gurnell, John, Russell, Peter H., Rushton, Stephen P., Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Nettleton, Peter, Lurz, Peter W. W.

“…The squirrel poxvirus (SQPV) is the probable mediator of apparent competition between the introduced invading gray squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ) and the…”
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Genomic characterization of a novel poxvirus contributing to the decline of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the UK by McInnes, Colin J, Wood, Ann R, Thomas, Kathryn, Sainsbury, Anthony W, Gurnell, John, Dein, F. Joshua, Nettleton, Peter F

“…1 Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik EH26 0PZ, UK 2 Institute of Zoology, London, UK 3 Queen Mary, University of London,…”
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Making red squirrels more visible: the use of baited visual counts to monitor populations by GURNELL, John, MCDONALD, Robbie, LURZ, Peter W.W

“…Understanding changes in the distribution and abundance of the red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris in Europe, as a result of the spread of the introduced North…”
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Interspecific Competition in Tree Squirrels: Do Introduced Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) Deplete Tree Seeds Hoarded by Red Squirrels (S. vulgaris)? by Wauters, Luc A., Tosi, Guido, Gurnell, John

“…Red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and introduced eastern grey squirrels (S. carolinensis) scatterhoard seeds of broadleaf trees. Scatterhoarded seeds are an…”
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