Burmese pythons in Florida: A synthesis of biology, impacts, and management tools

JC Guzy, BG Falk, BJ Smith, JD Willson, RN Reed… - 2023 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) are native to southeastern Asia, however, there
is an established invasive population inhabiting much of southern Florida throughout the …

Evaluation of camera trap‐based abundance estimators for unmarked populations

SM Amburgey, AA Yackel Adams… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Estimates of species abundance are critical to understand population processes and to
assess and select management actions. However, capturing and marking individuals for …

Mammalian lures monitored with time-lapse cameras increase detection of pythons and other snakes

M McCampbell, MK Spencer, K Hart, G Link, A Watson… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background Enhancing detection of cryptic snakes is critical for the development of
conservation and management strategies; yet, finding methods that provide adequate …

Adaptive resource management: Achieving functional eradication of invasive snakes to benefit avian conservation

MG Nafus, A Reyes, T Fies… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural resource management often co‐occurs with considerable uncertainty. One approach
to mitigating uncertainty is through adaptive resource management (ARM), a specialized …

Brown treesnake mortality after aerial application of toxic baits

SM Goetz, ET Hileman, MG Nafus… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative evaluation of control tools for managing invasive species is necessary to assess
overall effectiveness and individual variation in treatment susceptibility. Invasive brown …

Predation thresholds for reintroduction of native avifauna following suppression of invasive Brown Treesnakes on Guam

RM McElderry, EH Paxton, AV Nguyen… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The brown treesnake (BTS)(Boiga irregularis) invasion on Guåhan (in English, Guam) led to
the extirpation of nearly all native forest birds. In recent years, methods have been …

Automated aerial baiting for invasive brown treesnake control: system overview and program status

SR Siers, JD Eisemann, WC Pitt, L Clark… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - escholarship.org
The economically and ecologically catastrophic introduction of invasive brown treesnakes to
the Pacific Island of Guam has long served as a cautionary tale about the dangers of …

Demographic response of brown treesnakes to extended population suppression

MG Nafus, SR Siers, BA Levine… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
From a management perspective, reptiles are relatively novel invasive taxa. Few methods
for reptile control have been developed and very little is known about their effectiveness for …

Evaluating lethal toxicant doses for the largest individuals of an invasive vertebrate predator with indeterminate growth

SR Siers, SM Goetz, RM Volsteadt, MG Nafus - 2021 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
The brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) was accidentally introduced to Guam and caused
severe ecological and economic damages. Acetaminophen is an effective, low-risk oral …

[PDF][PDF] Can we prove that an undetected species is absent? Evaluating whether brown treesnakes are established on the island of Saipan using surveillance and …

AA Yackel Adams, PD Barnhart… - Management of …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Detection of invasive species and decisions centered around early detection and rapid
response (EDRR) are notorious challenges for decision makers. Detection probability is low …