N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 35(2), 2011

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Note

In November 2008, a two-day symposium of 25 invited papers on the theme of search and detection: theory and application in disease and wildlife management was held in Wellington. Papers were presented to an audience of about 60 people by authors from New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Mexico, and the USA. Some of these papers are published in this special issue, along with two on the theme that were submitted after the symposium. The abstracts of the other papers presented at the symposium are reprinted in this issue.

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N.Z.J.Ecol., Volume 35(2), 2011

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Editorial

Introduction to the symposium on search and detection

Review Article

Improved design method for biosecurity surveillance and early detection of non-indigenous rats

Modelling detectability of kiore (Rattus exulans) on Aguiguan, Mariana Islands, to inform possible eradication and monitoring efforts

Research Article

Chew-track-cards: a multiple-species small mammal detection device

Quantifying the success of feral cat eradication, San Nicolas Island, California

Canine detection of free-ranging brown treesnakes on Guam

Evaluation of feral pig control in Hawaiian protected areas using Bayesian catch-effort models

Short Communication

Calculating the probability of absence using the Credible Interval Value

Conference Abstract

A brief history of the many faces of detection in ecology and wildlife management

Comparing two methods of calculating the probability of absence: the Negative Predictive Value, and a Credible Interval

Network theory as a method for developing biosecurity preparedness: Netweork topology of Paratrechina longicornis in the Pacific and within New Zealand

Population probability models for insect eradication

Protected species and predator detection dog use in New Zealand wildlife conservation projects

Using network theory to survey for Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

Biosecurity surveillance design: detecting non-indigenous vertebrate introductions using risk and power

Eradication of feral goats on Guadalupe Island: absence confirmation

Canine detection of radio-telemetered brown treesnakes

Reliable mop-up of surviving pests: a more cost-effective and fail-safe approach to local extirpation

Using genetics and Bayesian modelling to evaluate the eradication of stoats (Mustela erminea) from Resolution Island, Fiordland, New Zealand

Random exploratory behaviour by individual island colonists

Application of techniques for the quantitative analysis of complex surveillance systems to disease and wildlife management

Searching for weeds – how to search where the weeds are?

Searching for weeds – a GIS tool

Quantitative evaluation of complex surveillance systems for pest and disease detection

Combining surveillance data from, and comparing the relative utility of wildlife sentinels for detecting bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand

Spatially-explicit wildlife surveillance to prove freedom from diseases or pests

Combining livestock and wildlife surveillance data to assess the likelihood of freedom from bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand

Caught between validation of results and the case definition

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

Modelling the policy and economic context for detection- based monitoring tools: the costs and benefits of detecting last survivors and first re-colonisers

Aspects of eradicating disease from wildlife vectors

Evaluation of feral pig removal in Hawaiian preserves

Evaluating black rat eradications on islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico