Scalability of genetic biocontrols for eradicating invasive alien mammals
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چکیده
CRISPR-based gene drives offer novel solutions for controlling invasive alien species, which could ultimately extend eradication efforts to continental scales. Gene suppressing vertebrates are now under development. Using a landscape-scale individual-based model, we present the first estimates of times long-lived mammals. We show that demography and life-history traits interact determine scalability vertebrate pest eradication. Notably, optimism around eradicating smaller-bodied pests (rodents rabbits) with gene-drive technologies does not easily translate into larger-bodied species (cats foxes).
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: NeoBiota
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1314-2488']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.74.82394