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John P. Parkes, Auteur ; Brent Glentworth, Auteur ; Graham Sullivan, AuteurThe evolutionary race between diseases and their hosts may lead to attenuation of the disease agent, increasing resistance in the host, or both. This is an undesirable outcome when the disease is being used as a biocontrol agent but a desired ou[...]
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David M. Forsyth, Auteur ; John P. Parkes, Auteur ; Andrew P. Woolnough, Auteur ; Greg Pickles, Auteur ; Marnie Collins, Auteur ; Ian Gordon, AuteurMany species of wildlife are harvested for sale but there are few time-series analyses of the factors determining the number of animals harvested. Economic theory predicts that price paid per animal is likely to be an important determinant of th[...]
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Michael P. Scroggie, Auteur ; John P. Parkes, Auteur ; Grant Norbury, Auteur ; Ben Reddiex, Auteur ; Richard Heyward, AuteurContext. Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are major pests in the semiarid grasslands of eastern South Island. As the benefits of a viral biological control agent (rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus) introduced in 1997 begin to wane, landowners are[...]
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John P. Parkes, Auteur ; David S. L. Ramsey, Auteur ; Norman Macdonald, Auteur ; Kelvin Walker, Auteur ; Sean McKnight, Auteur ; Brian S. Cohen, Auteur ; Scott A. Morrison, AuteurEradication of invasive alien species from islands is often necessary to protect native biota. The rapidity in which eradication projects are implemented can help reduce risk they will fail. We describe the eradication of feral pigs (Sus scrofa)[...]
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Graham Nugent, Auteur ; Laurie E. Twigg, Auteur ; Bruce Warburton, Auteur ; Aaron McGlinchy, Auteur ; Penny Fisher, Auteur ; Andrew M. Gormley, Auteur ; John P. Parkes, AuteurSodium fluoroacetate (1080) has been used as an aerially distributed toxin against mammalian pests in New Zealand since the 1950s. Although its use for rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) control ceased temporarily after the illegal release of rabbit[...]
