2014-06-02

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MinuteEarth

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Dealing with invasive species is a real bugger, especially in a modern, globalized world.

CREDITS

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Kate Yoshida | Script Writer

Henry Reich | Narrator

Ever Salazar | Illustration and Animation

Nathaniel Schroeder | Music

Our staff: Alex Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, Henry Reich, Kate Yoshida, and Peter Reich.

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IMAGE CREDITS

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Earthworm

Photo by: Rob Hille

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earthworm_01.jpg

Yellow Crazy Ant

Based on photo by: John Tann

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31031835@N08/5698998061/

Cassowary

Photo by: Flickr user thinboyfatter

https://www.flickr.com/photos/1234abcd/5738935515/

Wooroonooran Josephine Falls

Photo by: Wikimedia user LecomteB

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooroonooran_Josephine_Falls.jpg

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REFERENCES

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Boland, C.R.J., Smith, M.J., Maple D.J., Tiernan, B., Barr, R., Reeves, R., and Napier, F. (2011). Heli-baiting using low concentration fipronil to control invasive yellow crazy ant supercolonies on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. 152-156 In: Veitch, C. R.; Clout, M. N. and Towns, D. R. (eds.). 2011.  Island invasives: eradication and management. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. http://www.issg.org/pdf/publications/island_invasives/pdfhqprint/2boland.pdf

Csurhes, S. and Hankamer, C. (2012) Pest Animal Risk Assessment: Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes). Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/63372/IPA-Yellow-Crazy-Ant-Risk-Assessment.pdf

Hoffman, B. (2009) Dhimurru Yellow Crazy Ant Management Plan: a report prepared for Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation. http://www.dhimurru.com.au/uploads/8/9/3/6/8936577/dhimurru_draft_plan_of_crazy_ant_management_.pdf

Hoffmann, B.D., Auina, S., and Stanley, M.C. (2014). Targeted Research to Improve Invasive Species Management: Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in Samoa. PLoS ONE 9(4): e95301. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0095301

O'Dowd D.J., Green P.T., and Lake P.S. (2003). Invasional 'meltdown' on an oceanic island. Ecology Letters 6: 812--817. http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~ldyer/classes/396/odowd.pdf

Parkes, J., and Murphy, E. (2003). Management of introduced mammals in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30: 335--359. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.130.877&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Pimentel, D., Zuniga, R. and Morrison, D. (2005). Update on the environmental and economic costs associated with alien invasive species in the United States. Ecological Economics, 52(3): 273-288. http://www.forestpests.org/pdf/Update%20on%20the%20environmental%20and%20economic%20costs%20associated%20with%20alien-invasive%20species%20in%20the%20US.pdf

Webb, G.A. and Hoffmann, B.D. (2013). Field evaluations of the efficacy of Distance Plus on invasive ant species in northern Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 106(4):1545-52. http://www.sumitomo-chem.com.au/sites/default/files/pdf/science/webb_hoffmann_2013.pdf