Lethal interactions among vertebrate top predators: a review of concepts, assumptions and terminology

R Lourenço, V Penteriani, JE Rabaça… - Biological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Lethal interactions among large vertebrate predators have long interested researchers
because of ecological and conservation issues. Research focusing on lethal interactions …

[LIBRO][B] Real-life applications with membrane computing

Membrane computing is a vibrant and fast-growing research area of natural computation
which covers the study of computing models, called membrane systems or P systems …

Drivers of seabird population recovery on New Zealand islands after predator eradication

RT Buxton, C Jones, H Moller… - Conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Eradication of introduced mammalian predators from islands has become increasingly
common, with over 800 successful projects around the world. Historically, introduced …

Endangered, apparently: the role of apparent competition in endangered species conservation

NJ DeCesare, M Hebblewhite, HS Robinson… - Animal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation biologists have reported growing evidence of food‐web interactions as causes
of species endangerment. Apparent competition is an indirect interaction among prey …

The next generation of rodent eradications: innovative technologies and tools to improve species specificity and increase their feasibility on islands

KJ Campbell, J Beek, CT Eason, AS Glen… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Rodents remain one of the most widespread and damaging invasive alien species on
islands globally. The current toolbox for insular rodent eradications is reliant on the …

Eradicating multiple invasive species on inhabited islands: the next big step in island restoration?

AS Glen, R Atkinson, KJ Campbell, E Hagen… - Biological …, 2013 - Springer
Invasive species are the greatest threat to island ecosystems, which harbour nearly half the
world's endangered biodiversity. However, eradication is more feasible on islands than on …

Feral cats and biodiversity conservation: the urgent prioritization of island management

M Nogales, E Vidal, FM Medina, E Bonnaud… - Bioscience, 2013 - academic.oup.com
A great part of the Earth's biodiversity occurs on islands, to which humans have brought a
legion of invasive species that have caused population declines and even extinctions. The …

[PDF][PDF] Review of feral cat eradications on islands

KJ Campbell, G Harper, D Algar… - Island invasives …, 2011 - researchgate.net
While islands make up a small percentage of the earth's total area, they harbour a relatively
large percentage of biodiversity, including many threatened species. Islands have also …

Responses of a top and a meso predator and their prey to moon phases

V Penteriani, A Kuparinen, M del Mar Delgado… - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
We compared movement patterns and rhythms of activity of a top predator, the Iberian lynx
Lynx pardinus, a mesopredator, the red fox Vulpes vulpes, and their shared principal prey …

A bio-inspired computing model as a new tool for modeling ecosystems: the avian scavengers as a case study

MÀ Colomer, A Margalida, D Sanuy… - Ecological …, 2011 - Elsevier
The models used for ecosystems modeling are generally based on differential equations.
However, in recent years new computational models based on biological processes, or …