LOW DETECTABILITY OF ALIEN REPTILES CAN LEAD TO BIOSECURITY MANAGEMENT FAILURE: A CASE STUDY FROM CHRISTMAS ISLAND (AUSTRALIA)

Low detectability of alien reptiles can lead to biosecurity management failure: a case study from Christmas Island (Australia)

When we assume that contemporary management actions will be effective against the global rise of emerging alien species, we can develop management complacency, which leads to potentially disastrous outcomes for native biodiversity.Here, we propose the use of the probability of detection as a metric to assess the Bread feasibility of management acti

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The Story of Elaeagia Resin (Mopa-Mopa), So Far

The unusual Pie Press resin from some species of Elaeagia, a genus now found in certain parts of Central America and South America, was probably first utilized by native peoples in Colombia more than a thousand years ago.It became a crucial part of often elaborately decorated objects made in the southwestern city of Pasto in the colonial period, an

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