One of the world’s largest programs to eradicate multiple predators and pests has started to restore the island and its once vast nesting colonies to their former glory.
Disiplin ilmiah, gaya jurnalistik
Artikel-artikel mengenai Pest species
Menampilkan semua artikel
The two pest ant species have huge impacts on the areas they invade. The fire ants can even kill people. Unfortunately, these ants will be hard to eliminate.
From pine trees to camphor laurel and even the Cootamundra wattle, trees can be weeds too.
The UK wants gardeners to stop thinking of slugs and snails as pests and to embrace garden biodiversity. Is it worth considering in Australia?
Research into fox scents suggests a complex form of ‘chemical communication’ underlies the animal’s behaviour. The findings could help improve pest control methods and protect native wildlife.
If all, or even most, offspring of the survivors are shy, we could be facing an introduced pest population that is incredibly difficult to remove.
Kontributor teratas
-
Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
-
Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
-
PhD candidate, University of Sydney
-
Professor Emeritus, University of Tasmania
-
Research Scientist, CSIRO
-
Professor of Behavioural Ecology, University of Sydney
-
Adjunct Research Associate, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
-
Research Associate, Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Tasmania
-
Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
-
Senior Research Fellow in Antarctic and island conservation science, Queensland University of Technology
