Special Issue "Management of Wildlife with the Goal of Localised Eradication"
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Wildlife".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal monitoring; development of new vertebrate control tools; community engagement in wildlife management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 2016, the New Zealand government announced the ambitious goal of a predator-free New Zealand (removing possums, rats and mustelids) by 2050. Since that announcement, both private and publicly funded research teams have worked on scaling up existing tools and the development of new control tools to help achieve this goal.
We invite original research papers that address improved methods for the large-scale monitoring and removal of mammalian pests, with the goal of localised eradication. Additional topics may include the use of machine learning for automatic classification of animals from photos and/or video, and techniques to reduce the risks of control for non-target species.
Dr. James Ross
Dr. Maggie Nichols
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- predator-free
- local elimination
- multi-kill traps
- smart traps
- social lures
- long life baits
- thermal cameras
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Body odours as lures for stoats Mustela erminea: captive and field trials
Authors: Elaine C. Murphy, Tim Sjoberg, Tom Agnew, Madeline Sutherland, Graeme Andrews, Jeff Williams, Raine Williams, James Ross, B. Kay Clapperton
Affiliation: Department of Conservation
Title: Possum freedom on the mainland can be achieved and maintained using targeted mop up and rapid response tools
Authors: Briar Cook
Affiliation: Zero Invasive predators
Title: Toxin choice and application strategies for localized eradication
Authors: Charles T. Eason, James G. Ross
Affiliation: Lincoln University