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Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective by Tompkins, Daniel M, Carver, Scott, Jones, Menna E, Krkošek, Martin, Skerratt, Lee F

“…Highlights • We critically review the evidence for current vertebrate wildlife disease emergence. • Sufficient data on prior absence or difference are lacking…”
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Is avian malaria playing a role in native bird declines in New Zealand? Testing hypotheses along an elevational gradient by Niebuhr, Chris N, Poulin, Robert, Tompkins, Dan

“…Reports the findings of a survey conducted to identify patterns of avian malaria in wild birds in Nelson Lakes National Park, the overall aim of which was to…”
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Introduction of a male-harming mitochondrial haplotype via 'Trojan Females' achieves population suppression in fruit flies by Wolff, Jonci Nikolai, Gemmell, Neil J, Tompkins, Daniel M, Dowling, Damian K

“…Pests are a global threat to biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human health. Pest control approaches are thus numerous, but their implementation costly,…”
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Discovery of novel virus sequences in an isolated and threatened bat species, the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) by Wang, Jing, Moore, Nicole E, Murray, Zak L, McInnes, Kate, White, Daniel J, Tompkins, Daniel M, Hall, Richard J

“…Bats harbour a diverse array of viruses, including significant human pathogens. Extensive metagenomic studies of material from bats, in particular guano, have…”
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Infectious diseases of Antarctic penguins: current status and future threats by Grimaldi, Wray W., Seddon, Phil J., Lyver, Phil O’B., Nakagawa, Shinichi, Tompkins, Daniel M.

“…Until roughly 200 years ago, the Antarctic was untouched by humankind. With ratification of the Antarctic Treaty in 1961, this region was set aside forever for…”
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New alphacoronavirus in Mystacina tuberculata bats, New Zealand by Hall, Richard J, Wang, Jing, Peacey, Matthew, Moore, Nicole E, McInnes, Kate, Tompkins, Daniel M

“…Because of recent interest in bats as reservoirs of emerging diseases, we investigated the presence of viruses in Mystacina tuberculata bats in New Zealand. A…”
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Distribution and Impacts of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease by McCallum, Hamish, Tompkins, Daniel M., Jones, Menna, Lachish, Shelly, Marvanek, Steve, Lazenby, Billie, Hocking, Greg, Wiersma, Jason, Hawkins, Clare E.

“…The Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, is the largest extant marsupial carnivore. In 1996, a debilitating facial tumor was reported. It is now clear that…”
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Direct and indirect impacts of synthetic biology on biodiversity conservation by Macfarlane, Nicholas B.W., Adams, Jonathan, Bennett, Elizabeth L., Brooks, Thomas M., Delborne, Jason A., Eggermont, Hilde, Endy, Drew, Esvelt, Kevin M., Kolodziejczyk, Bartlomiej, Kuiken, Todd, Oliva, Maria Julia, Peña Moreno, Sonia, Slobodian, Lydia, Smith, Risa B., Thizy, Delphine, Tompkins, Daniel M., Wei, Wei, Redford, Kent H.

“…The world’s biodiversity is in crisis. Synthetic biology has the potential to transform biodiversity conservation, both directly and indirectly, in ways that…”
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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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Wildlife diseases: from individuals to ecosystems by Tompkins, Daniel M., Dunn, Alison M., Smith, Matthew J., Telfer, Sandra

“…1. We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual…”
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The Pacific Biosciences de novo assembled genome dataset from a parthenogenetic New Zealand wild population of the longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 by Guerrero, Felix D., Bendele, Kylie G., Ghaffari, Noushin, Guhlin, Joseph, Gedye, Kristene R., Lawrence, Kevin E., Dearden, Peter K., Harrop, Thomas W.R., Heath, Allen C.G., Lun, Yanni, Metz, Richard P., Teel, Pete, Perez de Leon, Adalberto, Biggs, Patrick J., Pomroy, William E., Johnson, Charles D., Blood, Philip D., Bellgard, Stanley E., Tompkins, Daniel M.

“…The longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, feeds upon a wide range of bird and mammalian hosts. Mammalian hosts include cattle, deer, sheep, goats,…”
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Spatial utilization predicts animal social contact networks are not scale-free by James, Alex, McLeod, Jeanette C., Rouco, Carlos, Richardson, Kyle S., Tompkins, Daniel M.

“…While heterogeneity in social behaviour has been described in many human contexts it is often assumed to be less common in the animal kingdom even though…”
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The complete mitogenome sequence of the agricultural pest, clover root weevil: the key to its own demise? by Al-Jiab, Rami A., Gillum, Joanne, Alexander, Alana, Tompkins, Daniel M., Phillips, Craig B., Dearden, Peter K., Gemmell, Neil J.

“…We report the complete mitogenome of Sitona obsoletus, an agricultural pest in New Zealand and some European countries. Like other Sitona mitogenomes, the 6…”
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Gene Drives and Rodent Control: Response to Piaggio et al by Gemmell, Neil J., Tompkins, Daniel M.

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Parasites lost - do invaders miss the boat or drown on arrival by MacLeod, Catriona J, Paterson, Adrian M, Tompkins, Daniel M, Duncan, Richard P

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 516-527 Host species that colonize new regions often lose parasite species. Using population arrival and establishment data for New…”
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Home range overlaps of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): implications for disease transmission by Tobajas, Jorge, Richardson, Kyle S., French, Nigel P., Buddle, Bryce, Jewell, Christopher, Tompkins, Daniel M., Rouco, Carlos

“…Understanding how bovine tuberculosis (TB) is maintained in wildlife reservoirs is critical for the management of this disease impacting cattle in many…”
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Mitonuclear interactions, mtDNA-mediated thermal plasticity and implications for the Trojan Female Technique for pest control by Wolff, Jonci N., Tompkins, Daniel M., Gemmell, Neil J., Dowling, Damian K.

“…Pest species pose major challenges to global economies, ecosystems and health. Unfortunately, most conventional approaches to pest control remain costly and…”
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Public Opinion Towards Gene Drive as a Pest Control Approach for Biodiversity Conservation and the Association of Underlying Worldviews by MacDonald, Edith A., Balanovic, Jovana, Edwards, Eric D., Abrahamse, Wokje, Frame, Bob, Greenaway, Alison, Kannemeyer, Robyn, Kirk, Nick, Medvecky, Fabien, Milfont, Taciano L., Russell, James C., Tompkins, Daniel M.

“…Synthetic gene drive approaches are nascent technologies with potential applicability for pest control for conservation purposes. Responsible science mandates…”
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Synergistic effects of glyphosate formulation and parasite infection on fish malformations and survival by Kelly, David W., Poulin, Robert, Tompkins, Daniel M., Townsend, Colin R.

“…1. Anthropogenic pollution and disease can cause both lethal and sub-lethal effects in aquatic species but our understanding of how these stressors interact is…”
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The Trojan female technique: a novel, effective and humane approach for pest population control by Gemmell, Neil J., Jalilzadeh, Aidin, Didham, Raphael K., Soboleva, Tanya, Tompkins, Daniel M.

“…Humankind's ongoing battle with pest species spans millennia. Pests cause or carry disease, damage or consume food crops and other resources, and drive global…”
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