A5016100998- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Food Supply Chain Traceability
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Insect and Pesticide Research
The University of Adelaide
2019-2025
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2022
Hudson Institute
2021
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2021
Illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade is growing at a global level, threatening the traded species and coexisting biota, promoting spread of invasive species. From loss ecosystem services to diseases transmitted from humans, connections with major organized crime networks disruption local economies, its ramifications are pervading our daily lives perniciously affecting well-being. Here we build on manifesto 'World Scientists' Warning Humanity, issued by Alliance World Scientists. As group...
The unrivaled growth in e-commerce of animals and plants presents an unprecedented opportunity to monitor wildlife trade inform conservation, biosecurity, law enforcement. Using the internet quantify scale (volume frequency) is a relatively recent rapidly developing approach that lacks accessible framework for locating relevant websites collecting data. We produced guide internet-based surveillance. detailed repeatable method involving systematic search, with search engines, locate content....
Illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade (IUWT) currently presents one of the most high-profile conservation challenges. There is no “one-size-fits-all” strategy, and a variety disciplines actors are needed for any counteractive approach to work effectively. Here, we detail common challenges faced when tackling IUWT, describe some available tools technologies curb track IUWT (e.g. bans, quotas, protected areas, certification, captive-breeding propagation, education awareness). We discuss gaps...
The international trade of non-domesticated pets impacts both conservation and biosecurity via the harvest release live animals beyond their native distributions. extent to which individual countries mitigate these regulation is inconsistent, as capacity monitor internet facilitated trade. We investigated online vertebrate within Australia, a country with reputation for relatively stringent pet-importation regulations world-class border biosecurity. Using semi-automated data mining (i.e.,...
Abstract The ever‐increasing and expanding globalisation of trade transport underpins the escalating global problem biological invasions. Developing biosecurity infrastructures is crucial to anticipate prevent introduction invasive alien species. Still, robust defensible forecasts potential invaders are rare, especially for species without known invasion history. Here, we aim support decision‐making by developing a quantitative risk assessment tool based on syndromes (i.e., generalising...
Abstract Live animal smuggling presents a suite of conservation and biosecurity concerns, including the introduction invasive species diseases. Yet, understanding why certain are smuggled over others, predicting which will be smuggled, remains relatively unexplored. Here, we compared live reptile illegally to Australia (75 species) legal trade in United States. Almost all were found US pet market (74 species), observed an average time lag 5.6 years between first appearing States its...
Abstract The pet trade is a major driver of both biodiversity loss and the introduction invasive alien species. Building comprehensive understanding would improve prediction conservation biosecurity threats, with aim to prevent further negative impacts. We used South Australia’s native wildlife permit reporting system as data‐rich example vertebrate market, spanning 590 distinct taxa across 105 families terrestrial vertebrates (mammals, reptiles, birds amphibians). Using piecewise structural...
Abstract Contemporary wildlife trade is massively facilitated by the Internet. By design, dark web one layer of Internet that difficult to monitor and continues lack thorough investigation. Here, we accessed a comprehensive database marketplaces search across c . 2 million advertisements over 5 years using 7 k trade‐related terms. We found 153 species traded in 3332 ( 600 per year). characterized highly specialized market, where 90% dark‐web were for recreational drugs. verified 68 contained...
Abstract The trade of alien species as pets is increasingly recognized a biosecurity risk due to their intentional and accidental release into the wild. However, are often categorized native or non‐native at national level, meaning that presence outside range, yet within country, may be an overlooked threat. So‐called “domestic non‐natives” have established new populations across several countries and, in some cases, become invasive. Here, we investigated extent domestic Australian pet...
Automated monitoring of websites that trade wildlife is increasingly necessary to inform conservation and biosecurity efforts. However, e-commerce trading can contain a vast number advertisements, an unknown proportion which may be irrelevant researchers practitioners. Given many wildlife-trade advertisements have unstructured text format, automated identification relevant listings has not traditionally been possible, nor attempted. Other scientific disciplines solved similar problems using...
Abstract The trade and keeping of exotic pets has serious implications for both biosecurity biodiversity conservation. In Australia, the online live invertebrates is an understudied unregulated issue, with almost non‐existent monitoring. It uncertain what species are being traded, whether they identified correctly, how sourced (i.e., captive bred or wild harvested, native, alien). Consequently, potential invasion risks conservation concerns remain unknown. Here, we explored terrestrial in...
Abstract ContextAustralia has a high diversity of endemic vertebrate fauna. Yet, transnational human activities continue to increase the rate transportation, introduction and establishment new alien vertebrates in Australia, detriment environmental socioeconomic services. Eradication invasive is often costly without guarantee success; therefore, methods for detecting, intercepting preventing transport species earlier invasion pathway provide substantial benefit. AimTo anticipate emergent...
Globalisation of the live pet trade facilitates major pathways for transport and introduction invasive alien species across longer distances at higher frequencies than previously possible. Moreover, unsustainable is a driver over-exploitation wild populations. Australia minimises biosecurity conservation risk international by implementing highly stringent regulations on import keeping pets beyond its CITES obligations. However, public desire to possess prohibited has never been quantified...
Reptiles and amphibians are popular in the exotic pet trade, where Australian species valued for their rarity uniqueness. Despite a near-complete ban on export of wildlife, smuggling subsequent international trade frequently occur an unregulated unmonitored manner. In 2022, Australia listed over 100 squamates Appendix III Convention International Trade Endangered Species Wild Fauna Flora (CITES) to better monitor this trade. We investigated current assessed value CITES listing using...
Abstract Unsustainable wildlife trade threatens an increasing number of species globally. Australia has a particularly rich and endemic herpetofauna, which is coveted on the international pet market. While implements domestic protection most its native species, there little to no regulation once live animals have been smuggled out country. This threat for variety rare, unique and/or range‐restricted subspecies locality morphs. One these shingleback lizard ( Tiliqua rugosa ). We compiled...
Old-world porcupines (Order: Rodentia Family: Hystricidae) face many threats, including an increasing demand for their different body parts such as meat, quills, hairs and bezoars. Bezoars are masses of undigested organic inorganic material that occasionally formed in animal's gastrointestinal tract. a variety species, especially porcupines, have been used medicinal purposes centuries high commercial value. Demand bezoars appears to increased substantially recent years. We monitored...
The unrivalled growth in e-commerce of animals and plants presents an unprecedented opportunity to monitor wildlife trade inform conservation, biosecurity, law enforcement. Using the Internet quantify scale (volume, frequency) is a relatively recent rapidly developing approach, which currently lacks accessible framework for locating relevant websites collecting data. Here, we present guide Internet-based surveillance, uses repeatable systematic method automate data collection from websites....
Western countries are less frequently implicated in illegal wildlife trade (IWT), contrasted with other transnational consumers, yet substantial evidence suggests that they contribute prominently. Live animal smuggling presents a suite of biosecurity concerns, including invasive species and disease risks. Here, we compared the live alien reptile smuggled to Australia (75 species) legal United States (US) constructed Bayesian regularized model predict most likely be greatest future risk...
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) threatens conservation and biosecurity efforts. Internet has greatly facilitated the of wildlife, researchers have increasingly examined to uncover trade. However, most efforts locate on are targeted one or few taxa products. Large-scale find (e-commerce, social media, dark web) may be by a systematic compilation illegally traded their uses. Here, we provide such dataset. We used seizure records from three global databases compile identity seized along with...
The Philippine Sailfin Lizard (Agamidae: Hydrosaurus pustulatus) is a nationally protected endemic species. It threatened by habitat destruction, pollution and overexploitation for the domestic pet trade, yet less known about international component of trade. Here we investigate trade in spp. (H. weberi, H. amboinensis, with an emphasis on pustulatus. We analysed seizures combined online sales data United States America (USA). export pustulatus from Philippines has been prohibited since...
Abstract Species traits significantly influence pet trade dynamics, affecting demand, exploitation, and extinction risk. We examined the effect of species- advertisement-level attributes on tarantula abundance price in online markets, exploring rarely-considered fine-scale traits. Data from 977 ads showing 217 species 81 ‘trade names’’ were collected eight e-commerce websites located six countries analyzed using Structural Equation Models. Hairy, aggressive, popular tarantulas more abundant...
Abstract The exotic pet trade has largely shifted from traditional brick-and-mortar shops to online commerce. Understanding the dynamics of trade, including relationships between species characteristics and a species’ relative popularity, can assist in informing regulation for conservation biosecurity. Here, we identified leading correlates behind abundance Australian parrot (Psittaciformes) songbird (Passeriformes) species. We examined 14,000 sales parrots songbirds collected popular...