KEY GROUP PUBLICATIONS
ConScience
2021
Hockings, K.J., Mubemba, B., Avanzi, C. et al. Leprosy in wild chimpanzees. Nature (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03968-4
Thurstan, R. H., Hockings, K. J., Hedlund, J. S. U., Bersacola, E., Collins, C., Early, R., Ermiasi, Y., Fleischer-Dogley, F., Gilkes, G., Harrison, M. E., Imron, M. A., Kaiser-Bunbury, C. N., Refly Katoppo, D., Marriott, C., Muzungaile, M.-M., Nuno, A., Regalla de Barros, A., van Veen, F., Wijesundara, I., … Bunbury, N. (2021). Envisioning a resilient future for biodiversity conservation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. People and Nature, 3, 990– 1013. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10262
Donaldson L, Bennie J, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2021) Designing effective protected area networks for multiple species Biological Conservation 258 109125 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109125
2020
Colman LP, Lara PH, Bennie J, Broderick AC, de Freitas JR, Marcondes A, Witt MJ, Godley BJ (2020) Assessing coastal artificial light and potential exposure of wildlife at a national scale: the case of marine turtles in Brazil Biodiversity and Conservation 29, 1135-1152 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01928-z
Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N. and Simmons, B.I., 2020. Restoration of pollination interactions in communities invaded by non-native plants. Plant Invasions: The Role of Biotic Interactions, 13, p.377.
Koester, A., Migani, V., Bunbury, N., Ford, A., Sanchez, C. and Wild, C., 2020. Early trajectories of benthic coral reef communities following the 2015/16 coral bleaching event at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-14.
Caswell B, Klein ES, Alleway HK, Ball J, Cardinale M, Eero M, Engelhard GH, Fortibuoni T, Hentati-Sundberg J, Jones P, Kittinger JN, Krause G, Lescrauwaet A, MacKenzie B, McKenzie M, Ojaveer H, Pandolfi JM, Raicevich S, Sundelöf A, Thorpe RB, zu Ermgassen PSE, Thurstan RH (2020). Something old, something new: 200 years of a blue growth agenda. Fish and Fisheries 21, 774-796.
Campbell E, Mangel JC, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Mena JL, Thurstan RH, Godley BJ (2020). Coexisting in the Peruvian Amazon: Interactions between fisheries and river dolphins. Journal for Nature Conservation 56, 125859.
Zu Ermgassen PSE, Thurstan RH, Corrales J, Alleway H, Carranza A, Dankers N, DeAngelis B, Hancock B, Kent F, Liu Q, McLeod I, Pogoda B, Sanderson W (2020). The benefits of bivalve reef restoration: a global synthesis of underrepresented species. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 30, 2050-2065.
Thurstan RH, Diggles BK, Gillies CL, Strong MK, Kerkhove R, Buckley SM, King RA, Smythe V, Heller-Wagner G, Weeks R, Palin F, McLeod I (2020). Charting two centuries of transformation in a coastal social-ecological system: a mixed methods approach. Global Environmental Change 61, 102058.
Shackleton, R.T., Bertzky, B., Wood, L.E., Bunbury, N., Jäger, H., van Merm, R., Sevilla, C., Smith, K., Wilson, J.R., Witt, A.B. and Richardson, D.M., 2020. Biological invasions in World Heritage Sites: current status and a proposed monitoring and reporting framework. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29(11), pp.3327-3347.
Donaldson L, Bennie J, Wilson RJ, Maclean IMD (2020) Quantifying resistance and resilience to local extinction to identify priority sites for the conservation of papyrus-endemic birds Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 101 1 1-5 https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1638
Burt, A.J., Raguain, J., Sanchez, C., Brice, J., Fleischer-Dogley, F., Goldberg, R., Talma, S., Syposz, M., Mahony, J., Letori, J. and Quanz, C., 2020. The costs of removing the unsanctioned import of marine plastic litter to small island states. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-10.
2019
Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., 2019. Restoring plant-pollinator communities: using a network approach to monitor pollination function. Island invasives: scaling up to meet the challenge, (62), p.568.
Yates KL, Clarke B, Thurstan RH (2019) Purpose vs performance: what does marine protected area success look like? Environmental Science & Policy 92, 76-86.
Russell, J.C. and Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., 2019. Consequences of multi-species introductions on island ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 50, pp.169-190.
Bunbury, N., Haverson, P., Page, N., Agricole, J., Angell, G., Banville, P., Constance, A., Friedlander, J., Leite, L., Mahoune, T. and Melton-Durup, E., 2019. Five eradications, three species, three islands: overview, insights and recommendations from invasive bird eradications in the Seychelles. Island invasives: Scaling up to meet the challenge. Occasional Paper SSC, (62), pp.282-288.
2018
Fogell, D.J., Martin, R.O., Bunbury, N., Lawson, B., Sells, J., McKeand, A.M., Tatayah, V., Trung, C.T. and Groombridge, J.J., 2018. Trade and conservation implications of new beak and feather disease virus detection in native and introduced parrots. Conservation Biology, 32(6), pp.1325-1335.
Bunbury, N., von Brandis, R., Currie, J.C., van de Crommenacker, J., Accouche, W., Birch, D., Chong-Seng, L., Doak, N., Haupt, P., Haverson, P. and Jean-Baptiste, M., 2018. Late stage dynamics of a successful feral goat eradication from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles. Biological Invasions, 20(7), pp.1735-1747.
2017
Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., Mougal, J., Whittington, A.E., Valentin, T., Gabriel, R., Olesen, J.M. and Blüthgen, N., 2017. Ecosystem restoration strengthens pollination network resilience and function. Nature, 542(7640), pp.223-227.
Buckley SM, Thurstan RH, Tobin A, Pandolfi JM (2017) Historical spatial reconstruction of a spawning aggregation fishery. Conservation Biology 31, 1322-1332.
2016
Roelfsema C, Thurstan RH, Beger M, Dudgeon C, Loder J, Kovacs E, et al. (2016) A citizen science approach: a detailed ecological assessment of subtropical reefs at Point Lookout, Australia. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0163407.
Jackson, H.A., Bunbury, N., Przelomska, N. and Groombridge, J.J., 2016. Evolutionary distinctiveness and historical decline in genetic diversity in the Seychelles Black Parrot Coracopsis nigra barklyi. Ibis, 158(2), pp.380-394.
2015
Kaiser‐Bunbury, C.N., Mougal, J., Valentin, T., Gabriel, R. and Blüthgen, N., 2015. Herbicide application as a habitat restoration tool: impact on native island plant communities. Applied Vegetation Science, 18(4), pp.650-660.
van de Crommenacker, J., Bourgeois, Y.X.C., Warren, B.H., Jackson, H., Fleischer‐Dogley, F., Groombridge, J. and Bunbury, N., 2015. Using molecular tools to guide management of invasive alien species: assessing the genetic impact of a recently introduced island bird population. Diversity and Distributions, 21(12), pp.1414-1427.
Harper, G.A. and Bunbury, N., 2015. Invasive rats on tropical islands: their population biology and impacts on native species. Global Ecology and Conservation, 3, pp.607-627.
Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N. and Blüthgen, N., 2015. Integrating network ecology with applied conservation: a synthesis and guide to implementation. AoB Plants, 7.
Kaiser‐Bunbury, C.N., Fleischer‐Dogley, F., Dogley, D. and Bunbury, N., 2015. Scientists’ responsibilities towards evidence‐based conservation in a Small Island Developing State. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(1), pp.7-11.
2014
Kaiser-Bunbury, C., Cuthbert, H., Fox, R., Birch, D. and Bunbury, N., 2014. Invasion of yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in a Seychelles UNESCO palm forest. NeoBiota, 22, p.43.
Howarth LM, Roberts CM, Thurstan RH, Stewart BD (2014) The unintended consequences of simplifying the sea: making the case for complexity. Fish and Fisheries 15, 690-711.
Kueffer, C. and Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., 2014. Reconciling conflicting perspectives for biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12(2), pp.131-137.
2013
Šúr, M., van de Crommenacker, J. and Bunbury, N., 2013. Assessing effectiveness of reintroduction of the flightless Aldabra rail on Picard Island, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles. Conservation Evidence, 10, pp.80-84.
2010
Kaiser‐Bunbury, C.N., Muff, S., Memmott, J., Müller, C.B. and Caflisch, A., 2010. The robustness of pollination networks to the loss of species and interactions: a quantitative approach incorporating pollinator behaviour. Ecology letters, 13(4), pp.442-452.
Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., Traveset, A. and Hansen, D.M., 2010. Conservation and restoration of plant–animal mutualisms on oceanic islands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 12(2), pp.131-143.
Thurstan RH, Roberts CM (2010) Ecological meltdown in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland: 120 years of change in a coastal marine ecosystem. PLoS ONE 5(7): e11767.
2009
Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N. and Müller, C.B., 2009. Indirect interactions between invasive and native plants via pollinators. Naturwissenschaften, 96(3), pp.339-346.
2008
Bunbury, N., Jones, C.G., Greenwood, A.G. and Bell, D.J., 2008. Epidemiology and conservation implications of Trichomonas gallinae infection in the endangered Mauritian pink pigeon. Biological Conservation, 141(1), pp.153-161.