Potential ecological and human health risks associated with the presence of pharmaceutically active compounds in the aquatic environment

OAH Jones, N Voulvoulis, JN Lester - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, considerable interest has developed regarding the presence of pharmaceuticals
in the environment, but as yet the potential ecological effects associated with the presence of …

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 …

Impacts of the brown tree snake: patterns of decline and species persistence in Guam's avifauna

GJ Wiles, J Bart, RE Beck Jr, CF Aguon - Conservation biology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Predation by brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) devastated the avifauna of Guam in the
Mariana Islands during the last half of the twentieth century, causing the extirpation or …

Biology and impacts of Pacific island invasive species. 2. Boiga irregularis, the brown tree snake (Reptilia: colubridae) 1

GH Rodda, JA Savidge - Pacific Science, 2007 - BioOne
ABSTRACT The Brown Tree Snake, Boiga irregularis (Merrem, 1802), was accidentally
transported to the island of Guam shortly after World War II. Over the following two decades it …

[图书][B] Canine ergonomics: the science of working dogs

WS Helton - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
Since Canis lupus familiaris first shared a fire with man more than 15,000 years ago, dogs
have been trusted and valued coworkers. Yet the relatively new field of canine ergonomics …

Modelling detection probabilities to evaluate management and control tools for an invasive species

MT Christy, AA Yackel Adams… - Journal of Applied …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
For most ecologists, detection probability (p) is a nuisance variable that must be modelled to
estimate the state variable of interest (ie survival, abundance, or occupancy). However, in …

The aggressive invasion of exotic reptiles in Florida with a focus on prominent species: A review

R Engeman, E Jacobson, ML Avery… - Current …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Florida, along with Hawaii, has among the two worst invasive species problems in the USA,
and the state is especially susceptible to establishment by alien reptiles. Besides the large …

[PDF][PDF] Why you should use capture-recapture methods when estimating survival and breeding probabilities: on bias, temporary emigration, overdispersion, and …

BR Schmidt, M Schaub, BR Anholt - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2002 - iee.unibe.ch
The global decline of amphibians (Blaustein and Wake, 1990; Houlahan et al., 2000) has
created an urgent need to better understand amphibian population dynamics (Meyer et al …

Accounting for animal movement improves vaccination strategies against wildlife disease in heterogeneous landscapes

KM McClure, G Bastille‐Rousseau… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oral baiting is used to deliver vaccines to wildlife to prevent, control, and eliminate infectious
diseases. A central challenge is how to spatially distribute baits to maximize encounters by …

Pharmaceuticals in the environment: sources and their management

CG Daughton - Comprehensive analytical chemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) comprise a
remarkably diverse array of thousands of unique chemical substances that are mostly …