Tagged: predators

Conservation’s horizon in New Zea la-la land - Politecol

- Wayne Linklater • Jan 30, 2017 •

• conservation,
• ecology,
• exotic,
• Horizon Scan,
• invasive,
• pests,
• predator free New Zealand,
• predators

Designing ecosystems, reconciliation ecology for conservation The theme for the influential Ecological Society of America’s annual conference last year was “Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene”. A novel ecosystem is a human-made habitat and community of plants and animals. Novel ecosystems can be planned, accidental, or caused by poor environmental management that cannot be undone. And Anthropocene describes the current geological age when … Read More

Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry - Guest Work

Guest Work • Nov 27, 2016 •

• artificial light,
• human impacts,
• light pollution,
• lighting,
• marine conservation,
• marine ecology,
• predators

By Damon Bolton, UNSW Australia; Alistair Becker; Emma Johnston, UNSW Australia; Graeme Clark, UNSW Australia; Katherine Dafforn, UNSW Australia, and Mariana Mayer-Pinto, UNSW Australia Light pollution is changing the day-night cycle of some fish, dramatically affecting their feeding behaviour, according to our recently published study. In one of the … Read More

Invasive predators are eating the world’s animals to extinction – and the worst is close to home - Unsorted

Guest Work • Sep 25, 2016 •

• Biodiversity,
• cats,
• conservation,
• extinction,
• pests,
• possums,
• predators,
• rats

By Tim Doherty, Research Fellow, Deakin University; Chris Dickman, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney; Dale Nimmo, Lecturer in Ecology, Charles Sturt University, and Euan Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Invasive species are a threat to wildlife across the … Read More

Predator free NZ: Can we do it? - News

John Kerr • Jul 26, 2016 •

• 1080,
• cats,
• conservation,
• native birds,
• pest control,
• pests,
• possums,
• predator,
• predator free New Zealand,
• predators,
• rats,
• stoats

The New Zealand Government has just unveiled ‘the world’s most ambitious conservation project’: eliminating introduced predators such as rats, possums and stoats by 2050. But is it a realistic goal? The Prime Minister John Key announced the target yesterday , starting off with with a new $28 million joint venture, Predator Free New Zealand Limited, which will sponsor community partnerships and pest … Read More