Control history, longitude and multiple abiotic and biotic variables predict the abundances of invasive brushtail possums in New Zealand forests

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 20; no. 8; pp. 2209 - 2225
• Main Authors: Forsyth, David M., Ramsey, David S. L., Perry, Mike, McKay, Meredith, Wright, Elaine F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.08.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; Abundance; Baiting; Biodiversity; data collection; Density; Developmental Biology; ecological invasion; Ecology; Food; Food plants; Forests; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; humidity; Invasive species; islands; Life Sciences; Longitude; Marsupials; monitoring; New records; New Zealand; Nonnative species; Original Paper; Pasture; pastures; Plant Sciences; Plant species; possums; prediction; Regression analysis; Regression models; Solar radiation; Spatial data; species diversity; Species richness; trees; Trichosurus vulpecula; Vegetation; vegetation structure; Weinmannia; New Zealand; Biological invasions; Boosted regression trees; Biodiversity monitoring systems; Food availability; Survivable climate space

The factors affecting variation in the abundances of invasive mammal species have seldom been evaluated at large spatial scales. We used data collected in a large-scale biodiversity monitoring program to identify variables predicting abundances of common brushtail possums ( Trichosurus vulpecula ; ‘...