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 …

What to do when invaders are out of control?

JB Dunham, I Arismendi, C Murphy… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions threaten species and ecosystems worldwide. Impacts from invasions
are especially prevalent in freshwaters, where managers have struggled to contain the …

Angling selects against active and stress-resilient phenotypes in rainbow trout

B Koeck, L Závorka, D Aldvén… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Selection induced by human harvest can lead to different patterns of phenotypic change
than selection induced by natural predation and could be a major driving force of evolution …

What's for dinner? Assessing the value of an edible invasive species and outreach actions to promote its consumption

I Cerveira, V Baptista, MA Teodósio, P Morais - Biological Invasions, 2022 - Springer
The consumption of edible aquatic invasive species has gained popularity as a means to
minimize their impacts while easing pressure on native resources and ecosystems …

Scale-dependent patterns of intraspecific trait variations in two globally invasive species

C Evangelista, JD Olden, A Lecerf, J Cucherousset - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
Animal species often show substantial intraspecific trait variability (ITV), yet evidence for its
flexibility across multiple ecological scales remains poorly explored. Gaining this knowledge …

Behavior, size, and body condition predict susceptibility to management and reflect post-treatment frequency shifts in an invasive snake

MG Nafus, AAY Adams, SM Boback, SR Siers… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Foraging behavior can have population-level effects that are of interest for wildlife
management. For invasive species, foraging behavior has been tied to establishment ability …

Phenotypic responses of invasive species to removals affect ecosystem functioning and restoration

L Závorka, R Lassus, JR Britton… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing the abundances of invasive species by removals aims to minimize their ecological
impacts and enable ecosystem recovery. Removal methods are usually selective, modifying …

Contrasting ecological impacts of geographically close invasive populations

C Evangelista, J Cucherousset, A Lecerf - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
Intraspecific trait variability is now well recognized as a key component of biodiversity
explaining how individuals within a species can differentially interact with their environment …

Contact rates with nesting birds before and after invasive snake removal: estimating the effects of trap-based control

AA Yackel Adams, MG Nafus, PE Klug, B Lardner… - 2019 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Invasive predators are responsible for almost 60% of all vertebrate extinctions worldwide
with the most vulnerable faunas occurring on islands. The brown treesnake (Boiga …

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 …