Search Results - "McKay, Meredith"
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Implementing integrated measurements of Essential Biodiversity Variables at a national scale
Published in Ecological solutions and evidence (01-12-2020)“…1. There is a global need for observation systems that deliver regular, timely data on state and trends in biodiversity, but few have been implemented, and…”
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Cost-Effective Large-Scale Occupancy-Abundance Monitoring of Invasive Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus Vulpecula) on New Zealand's Public Conservation Land
Published in PloS one (01-06-2015)“…There is interest in large-scale and unbiased monitoring of biodiversity status and trend, but there are few published examples of such monitoring being…”
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Using helicopter counts to estimate the abundance of Himalayan tahr in New Zealand's Southern Alps
Published in The Journal of wildlife management (01-08-2022)“…Estimating the abundance and density of mountain ungulates is difficult because of rugged and remote terrain, high elevations, and rapidly changing weather…”
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Using propensity scores for causal inference in ecology: Options, considerations, and a case study
Published in Methods in ecology and evolution (01-03-2019)“…Applied ecologists are often interested in understanding the effects of management on ecological systems. If management (treatment) is applied nonrandomly, as…”
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Control history, longitude and multiple abiotic and biotic variables predict the abundances of invasive brushtail possums in New Zealand forests
Published in Biological invasions (01-08-2018)“…The factors affecting variation in the abundances of invasive mammal species have seldom been evaluated at large spatial scales. We used data collected in a…”
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The use and utility of surrogates in biodiversity monitoring programmes
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How practitioners integrate decision triggers with existing metrics in conservation monitoring
Published in Journal of environmental management (15-01-2019)“…Decision triggers are defined thresholds in the status of monitored variables that indicate when to undertake management, and avoid undesirable ecosystem…”
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Occupancy and relative abundances of introduced ungulates on New Zealand’s public conservation land 2012–2018
Published in New Zealand journal of ecology (01-01-2021)“…Introduced ungulates are an important management issue on New Zealand’s public conservation land (PCL). Ungulates are harvested by recreational and commercial…”
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Calibrating brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) occupancy and abundance index estimates from leg-hold traps, wax tags and chew cards in the Department of Conservation’s Biodiversity and Monitoring Reporting System
Published in New Zealand journal of ecology (01-01-2018)“…The Department of Conservation has implemented a Biodiversity and Monitoring Reporting System (BMRS) that estimates occupancy rates and relative abundances of…”
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How to get a national biodiversity monitoring programme off the ground: lessons from New Zealand
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Cost-Effective Large-Scale Occupancy-Abundance Monitoring of Invasive Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus Vulpecula) on New Zealand's Public Conservation Land: e0127693
Published in PloS one (01-06-2015)“…There is interest in large-scale and unbiased monitoring of biodiversity status and trend, but there are few published examples of such monitoring being…”
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