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Exploring patterns of female house mouse spatial organisation among outbreaking and stable populations by Van de Weyer, Nikki, Ruscoe, Wendy A., Brown, Peter R., Henry, Steve, Robinson, Freya, Hinds, Lyn A., Oh, Kevin P.

“…The size and distribution of home ranges reflect how individuals within a population use, defend, and share space and resources, and may thus be an important…”
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Foliar nutritional quality explains patchy browsing damage caused by an invasive mammal by Windley, Hannah R

“…Determines if the nutritional quality of foliage can predict the browsing preferences of an invasive mammalian herbivore, the common brushtail possum…”
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Climate-based models for pulsed resources improve predictability of consumer population dynamics: outbreaks of house mice in forest ecosystems by Holland, E Penelope, James, Alex, Ruscoe, Wendy A, Pech, Roger P, Byrom, Andrea E

“…Accurate predictions of the timing and magnitude of consumer responses to episodic seeding events (masts) are important for understanding ecosystem dynamics…”
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Sex determination mode does not affect body or genital development of the central bearded dragon ( Pogona vitticeps ) by Whiteley, Sarah L, Holleley, Clare E, Ruscoe, Wendy A, Castelli, Meghan, Whitehead, Darryl L, Lei, Juan, Georges, Arthur, Weisbecker, Vera

“…The development of male- or female-specific phenotypes in squamates is typically controlled by either temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) or…”
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hare, the tortoise and the crocodile: the ecology of angiosperm dominance, conifer persistence and fern filtering by Coomes, D.A, Allen, R.B, Bentley, W.A, Burrows, L.E, Canham, C.D, Fagan, L, Forsyth, D.M, Gaxiola- Alcantar, A, Parfitt, R.L, Ruscoe, W.A

“…1 Angiosperm trees often dominate forests growing in resource-rich habitats, whereas conifers are generally restricted to less productive habitats. It has been…”
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Spatial and temporal variation in tree seed production and dispersal in a New Zealand temperate rainforest by Canham, Charles D, Ruscoe, Wendy A, Wright, Elaine F, Wilson, Deborah J

“…Spatial and temporal variation in tree seed production is an important driver of the population dynamics of trees and of mammalian and avian seed consumers…”
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Unexpected consequences of control: competitive vs. predator release in a four-species assemblage of invasive mammals by Ruscoe, Wendy A., Ramsey, David S. L., Pech, Roger P., Sweetapple, Peter J., Yockney, Ivor, Barron, Mandy C., Perry, Mike, Nugent, Graham, Carran, Roger, Warne, Rodney, Brausch, Chris, Duncan, Richard P.

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Landscape Complementation and Food Limitation of Large Herbivores: Habitat-Related Constraints on the Foraging Efficiency of Wild Pigs by Choquenot, David, Ruscoe, Wendy A.

“…1. The effect that the proximity of habitats containing essential resources has on animal abundance at large spatial scales is called landscape…”
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Background food influences rate of encounter and efficacy of rodenticides in wild house mice by Brown, Peter R., Henry, Steve, Hinds, Lyn A., Robinson, Freya, Duncan, Richard P., Ruscoe, Wendy A.

“…Baiting is widely used in wildlife management for various purposes, including lethal control, fertility control, disease and parasite control, and conditioned…”
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From chip to SNP: Rapid development and evaluation of a targeted capture genotyping-by-sequencing approach to support research and management of a plaguing rodent by Oh, Kevin P, Van de Weyer, Nikki, Ruscoe, Wendy A, Henry, Steve, Brown, Peter R

“…The management of invasive species has been greatly enhanced by population genetic analyses of multilocus single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) datasets that…”
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Effects of harvesting and stubble management on abundance of pest rodents (Mus musculus) in a conservation agriculture system by Ruscoe, Wendy A., Brown, Peter R., Henry, Steve, Weyer, Nikki, Robinson, Freya, Hinds, Lyn A., Duncan, Richard P.

“…BACKGROUND The shift to more environmentally sensitive agricultural practices over the last several decades has changed farmland landscapes worldwide. Changes…”
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Acute oral toxicity of zinc phosphide: an assessment for wild house mice (Mus musculus) by HINDS, Lyn A., HENRY, Steve, VAN DE WEYER, Nikki, ROBINSON, Freya, RUSCOE, Wendy A., BROWN, Peter R.

“…Irregular plagues of house mice, Mus musculus, incur major economic impacts on agricultural production in Australia. The efficacy of zinc phosphide (ZnP), the…”
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Unexpected consequences of control: competitive vs. predator release in a four‐species assemblage of invasive mammals by Ruscoe, Wendy A., Ramsey, David S. L., Pech, Roger P., Sweetapple, Peter J., Yockney, Ivor, Barron, Mandy C., Perry, Mike, Nugent, Graham, Carran, Roger, Warne, Rodney, Brausch, Chris, Duncan, Richard P.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1035–1042 Invasive species are frequently the target of eradication or control programmes to mitigate their impacts. However,…”
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Conservation agriculture practices have changed habitat use by rodent pests: implications for management of feral house mice by Ruscoe, Wendy A., Brown, Peter R., Henry, Steve, van de Weyer, Nikki, Robinson, Freya, Hinds, Lyn A., Singleton, Grant R.

“…The advent of ‘conservation agriculture’ (CA) farming using zero- or no-tillage practices and an accompanying change in crop rotations in the last 10–15 years…”
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Neighbourhood analyses of tree seed predation by introduced rodents in a New Zealand temperate rainforest by Wilson, Deborah J, Wright, Elaine F, Canham, Charles D, Ruscoe, Wendy A

“…House mice Mus musculus and other introduced rodents represent a novel source of predation on tree seeds in New Zealand forests. In the northern temperate…”
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Effects of Spatially Extensive Control of Invasive Rats on Abundance of Native Invertebrates in Mainland New Zealand Forests by RUSCOE, WENDY A., SWEETAPPLE, PETER J., PERRY, MIKE, DUNCAN, RICHARD P.

“…Predation on native fauna by non-native invasive mammals is widely documented, but effects of predation at the population level are rarely measured…”
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Thresholds in plant—herbivore interactions: predicting plant mortality due to herbivore browse damage by Holland, E. Penelope, Pech, Roger P., Ruscoe, Wendy A., Parkes, John P., Nugent, Graham, Duncan, Richard P.

“…Patterns of herbivore browse at small scales, such as the rate of leaf consumption or plant preferences, drive the impact of herbivores on whole-plant…”
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Century-scale effects of invasive deer and rodents on the dynamics of forests growing on soils of contrasting fertility by Forsyth, David M, Wilson, Deborah J, Easdale, Tomás A, Kunstler, Georges, Canham, Charles D, Ruscoe, Wendy A, Wright, Elaine F, Murphy, Lora, Gormley, Andrew M, Gaxiola, Aurora, Coomes, David A

“…Understanding the long-term impacts of invasive mammalian browsers and granivores in mixed forests is difficult due to the many processes potentially affecting…”
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Predator control on farmland for biodiversity conservation: a case study from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand by Glen, Alistair S., Perry, Mike, Yockney, Ivor, Cave, Sam, Gormley, Andrew M., Leckie, Campbell, Dickson, Rod, Rakete-Stones, Wendy, Rakete-Stones, Pouri, Norbury, Grant L., Ruscoe, Wendy A.

“…Invasive predator control to protect native fauna usually takes place in native habitat. We investigated the effects of predator control across 6000 ha of…”
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Episodic outbreaks of small mammals influence predator community dynamics in an east African savanna ecosystem by Byrom, Andrea E., Craft, Meggan E., Durant, Sarah M., Nkwabi, Ally J. K., Metzger, Kristine, Hampson, Katie, Mduma, Simon A. R., Forrester, Guy J., Ruscoe, Wendy A., Reed, Denne N., Bukombe, John, Mchetto, John, Sinclair, A. R. E.

“…Little is known about the dynamics of small mammals in tropical savanna: a critical gap in our understanding of Africa's best known ecosystems. Historical…”
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