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Possums in dryland ecosystems
Al Glen summarises some interesting aspects of possum research on Molesworth Station The introduced brushtail possum is a major environmental and agricultural pest in New Zealand. Little informat Continue Reading...
Choosing the best methods for controlling possums and other pests
Choosing the best methods to control possums, rats, ferrets, stoats and feral cats has been made easier with the production of a publicly available internet-based Decision Support System or ‘DSS’. Continue Reading...
TB and pest management on Molesworth
Ivor Yockney and several wild sentinel pigs were (slightly reluctant) film stars in TVNZ's 'Country Calendar'. Last autumn, Country Calendar were filming the huge Molesworth cattle muster an Continue Reading...
Managing multiple mammalian pest populations
Wendy Ruscoe (Landcare Research) says that despite spending approximately $110 million per annum on the management of mammalian pests, they are still here and still threatening biodiversity conser Continue Reading...
Future freedom from bovine TB
Graham Nugent (Landcare Research) says it is amazing there are now less than 80 TB infected deer and cattle herds in New Zealand compared to over 1,700 in 1994. Bovine TB is a bacterial disease t Continue Reading...
Return trip to Whanganui National Park
Grant Morriss (Landcare Research) picks up the story. Aerial 1080 baiting was completed in November 2009 and the monitoring crew were back in to check the results the next month. Roger Carran was Continue Reading...
Animal monitoring trip in Whanganui National Park
Roger Carran (Landcare Research) with a story of a 16-day field trip that got a lot more challenging than expected. The aim of this trip was to establish lines of chew cards and tra Continue Reading...
Managing multiple mammalian pest populations
Despite spending approximately $110 million per annum on the management of mammalian pests, they are still here and still threatening biodiversity conservation. Even where pests are managed, effect Continue Reading...
From Spain to Central Otago
Carlos Rouco Zufiaurre is investigating possum ecology in dryland ecosystems Since arriving from Spain last January, Carlos has been working with Grant Norbury, James Smith, Roger Pech a Continue Reading...