Targeted control of widespread exotic species for biodiversity conservation: the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in New South Wales, Australia.

摘要: Summary  Widespread exotic species provide one of the greatest challenges to biodiversity conservation because they often have devastating impacts on native biota but are near impossible eradicate. The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) is established across most mainland Australia, where it has been linked severe declines and extinctions a broad suite fauna. A targeted approach reducing Foxes was instigated in New South Wales 2001 under Threat Abatement Plan. It based three simple steps. First, explicit priorities for control by identifying which at risk from predation sites these critical. Second, high-frequency broad-area Fox-control programmes all land tenures priority sites. Third, monitoring measure response fauna control. Monitoring helps refine methods used over time. This provides model strategic widespread pests threaten biodiversity.