History, control, epidemiology, ecology, and economy of the invasion of European rabbits in Chile: a comparison with Australia

JP Correa-Cuadros, G Flores-Benner… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
We reviewed existing studies on the European rabbit in Chile regarding history, control,
epidemiology, ecology, and economic impacts, comparing them with Australia's …

Recovering Australia's arid‐zone ecosystems: learning from continental‐scale rabbit control experiments

G Finlayson, P Taggart, B Cooke - Restoration Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduced rabbits are a continuing threat to native Australian flora and fauna. Three
interventions using biological control agents, myxomatosis, European rabbit fleas, and rabbit …

Evolution of a coastal transgressive dunefield to a parabolic dunefield, Canunda dunes, South Australia

ACB Lopez, PA Hesp - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
Various studies have detailed the evolution of barchan dunes to parabolic dunes and a very
few studies describe the evolution of coastal transgressive dunefields and continental sand …

Frequent intergenotypic recombination between the non-structural and structural genes is a major driver of epidemiological fitness in caliciviruses

JE Mahar, M Jenckel, N Huang, E Smertina… - Virus …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The diversity of lagoviruses (Caliciviridae) in Australia has increased considerably in recent
years. By the end of 2017, five variants from three viral genotypes were present in …

Utilizing molecular epidemiology and citizen science for the surveillance of lagoviruses in Australia

NYG Peng, RN Hall, N Huang, P West, TE Cox… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Australia has multiple lagoviruses with differing pathogenicity. The circulation of these
viruses was traditionally determined through opportunistic sampling events. In the lead up to …

Changes in virus transmission dynamics following the emergence of RHDV2 shed light on its competitive advantage over previously circulating variants

PL Taggart, RN Hall, TE Cox, J Kovaliski… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) is highly pathogenic to European rabbits. Until
recently, only one serotype of RHDV was known, GI. 1/RHDV. RHDV2/GI. 2 is a novel virus …

Sustained impact of RHDV2 on wild rabbit populations across Australia eight years after its initial detection

DS Ramsey, KK Patel, S Campbell, RN Hall… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Following the arrival of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) in Australia, average
rabbit population abundances were reduced by 60% between 2014 and 2018 based on …

Age and infectious dose significantly affect disease progression after RHDV2 infection in naïve domestic rabbits

RN Hall, T King, T O'Connor, AJ Read, J Arrow… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2 or GI. 2, referring to any virus with lagovirus
GI. 2 structural genes) is a recently emerged calicivirus that causes generalised hepatic …

Comparative epidemiology of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus strains from viral sequence data

C Pacioni, RN Hall, T Strive, DSL Ramsey, MS Gill… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since their introduction in 1859, European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) have had a
devastating impact on agricultural production and biodiversity in Australia, with competition …

Do land managers apply best-practice integrated pest management: a case study of the European rabbit

PL Taggart, B Cooke, DE Peacock, P West… - Journal of Pest …, 2024 - Springer
Integrated pest management (IPM) is widely recommended for managing invasive pests to
maximise effectiveness. However, the extent to which IPM occurs is typically unknown. We …