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From:BioScience (Vol. 39, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedReintroduction of Captive Mammals for Conservation Repatriating an endangered species to its homeland is an attractive, although expensive, approach to saving rare or endangered species currently maintained in...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Lepeletier 1836), is native to Southeast Asia and has been unintentionally introduced in France. The species is spreading in many areas of the...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThis study was performed to analyse the genetic and morphological diversity of the sabellid annelid genus Branchiomma, with special emphasis on a taxon so far identified as Branchiomma bairdi. This species, originally...
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From:Pacific Science (Vol. 75, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWe present a first limnological study of three humic crater lakes in the archipelago of Samoa. The basins of Lakes Lanoto'o (17.5 m deep) and Olomaga (12.2m) on Upolu Island and of Lake Mataulano (5.6 m) on Savai'i...
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From:Science (Vol. 288, Issue 5471) Peer-ReviewedSome plant and animal species become highly invasive when introduced to alien habitats by humans, and much ecological research effort is currently devoted to understanding what confers invasive characteristics on such...
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From:Southwestern Naturalist (Vol. 63, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIntroduced (or exotic) species are any taxa living outside their native range. The ecological impact of these species is highly variable although many have altered, at the ecosystem level, biological communities and...
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From:Science (Vol. 294, Issue 5551) Peer-ReviewedWhen Europeans settled in New Zealand in the late 18th century, they brought with them browsing mammals, notably goat and deer, and thereby initiated a long-term experiment on the effects of introducing an alien life...
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From:AQ - Australian Quarterly (Vol. 81, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedPets or pests, rabbits hold a special place in the hearts and minds of children and adults alike in most western civilisations. Despite his 70 years of age, Bugs Bunny is still the favourite, followed by the Easter...
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From:Science (Vol. 254, Issue 5037) Peer-ReviewedIN THE 1870s, SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD of the U.S. Fish Commission, relying on the cutting-edge scientific thinking of his day, had a bold idea: He'd improve the fish fauna of the growing United States by bringing in a...
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From:Nature (Vol. 534, Issue 7605) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Quentin Rome 1 , Claire Villemant 1 Author Affiliations: (1) Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France We agree...
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From:Bothalia- African Biodiversity & Conservation (Vol. 47, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedGlobally, invasive amphibians are known for their environmental and social impacts that range from poisoning of local fauna and human populations to direct predation on other amphibians. Although several countries on...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) and the invasive European fire ant (Myrmica rubra) are both expanding throughout their sympatric range in coastal New England. Ixodes scapularis is the primary vector of the...
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From:Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (Vol. 11, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedFisheries managers have a growing interest in the use of carbon dioxide (C[O.sub.2]) as a tool for controlling invasive fishes. However, limited published data exist on susceptibility of many commonly encountered...
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From:Estonian Journal of Ecology (Vol. 61, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe aim of this paper was to report the arrival and rapid colonization of the nektobenthic crustacean Rhithropanopeus harrisii in the shallow north-eastern Gulf of Riga. The crab was found for the first time from the...
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From:Pacific Science (Vol. 61, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: Eight anuran species were recorded for the first time in Guam in the period May 2003-December 2005, all apparently the result of arrivals to the island since 2000. Three of the eight species (Rana guentheri,...
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From:Pacific Science (Vol. 73, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: Oceanic islands are simplified ecosystems, which are very useful for understanding the processes related to the structuring of natural communities and for assessing cascade effects after perturbations. Socorro...
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From:Bothalia- African Biodiversity & Conservation (Vol. 47, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed
Alien animals in South Africa - composition, introduction history, origins and distribution patterns
There is no comprehensive inventory and analysis of the composition, distribution, origin and rate of introduction of the alien fauna of South Africa. To provide such an analysis to facilitate effective ecological... -
From:Journal of Shellfish Research (Vol. 27, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Published data indicate that spawning seasons for the Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis and the eastern oyster C. virginica overlap. Hybrids can form, but the larvae are not viable. If C. ariakensis is...
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From:Pacific Science (Vol. 69, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: Sixteen species of reptiles (two sea turtles, seven geckos, six skinks, and one monitor lizard) are recorded from Lukunor Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia. None is endemic to the atoll, and nearly all are...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe European native, noble crayfish (Astacus astacus) has suffered from a serious and long term population decline due to habitat destruction, water pollution and the impact of the invasive North American crayfish that...