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34
Citations
4157
World Ranking
7660
National Ranking
101

Overview

Graham Nugent is affiliated with Landcare Research in New Zealand and specializes in Environmental Science with a strong focus on Ecology. Their research broadly encompasses Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Ecology and Biodiversity Studies. In addition, their work touches on Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

The scientist has contributed to multiple academic publications, appearing in venues such as the New Zealand Journal of Ecology, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, and Wildlife Research. Their publication record includes a range of topics related to pest control, wildlife population dynamics, and ecological impacts.

  • Alternatives for mammal pest control in New Zealand in the context of concerns about 1080 toxicant (sodium fluoroacetate), 2021, New Zealand Journal of Zoology
  • Effects of aerial 1080 operations on deer populations in New Zealand, 2020, New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  • Ecology, impacts and management of wild deer in Australia, 2023, Wildlife Research
  • Dual 1080 bait switching for killing cereal-bait-shy possums, 2020, New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Nugent often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Bruce Warburton, David M. Forsyth, Charles Eason, Penny Fisher, and N Hancox. Such collaborations reflect the interdisciplinary and applied nature of their research.

  • Bruce Warburton
  • David M. Forsyth
  • Charles Eason
  • Penny Fisher
  • N Hancox

Their work spans subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Insect Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation, demonstrating a multifaceted approach to environmental issues. Research topics consistently focus on understanding and managing wildlife populations, pest control measures, and ecological consequences of human interventions.

Best Publications

  • Unexpected consequences of control: competitive vs. predator release in a four‐species assemblage of invasive mammals

    Wendy A. Ruscoe;David S. L. Ramsey;Roger P. Pech;Peter J. Sweetapple

  • Maintenance, spillover and spillback transmission of bovine tuberculosis in multi-host wildlife complexes: A New Zealand case study

    Graham Nugent

  • Top down or bottom up? Comparing the impacts of introduced arboreal possums and ‘terrestrial’ ruminants on native forests in New Zealand

    Graham Nugent;Wayne Fraser;Peter Sweetapple

  • Landscape‐level vegetation recovery from herbivory: progress after four decades of invasive red deer control

    Andrew J. Tanentzap;Larry E. Burrows;William G. Lee;Graham Nugent

  • Diet and diet preferences of introduced ungulates (Order: Artiodactyla) in New Zealand

    D. M. Forsyth;D. A. Coomes;G. Nugent;G. M. J. Hall

  • Advances in Understanding Disease Epidemiology and Implications for Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis in Livestock: The Experience From New Zealand

    T.J. Ryan;P.G. Livingstone;D.S.L. Ramsey;G.W. de Lisle

  • Advances in New Zealand mammalogy 1990–2000: Deer

    G. Nugent;K. W. Fraser;G. W Asher;K. G. Tustin

  • Ship rat demography and diet following possum control in a mixed podocarp-hardwood forest

    P. J. Sweetapple;G. Nugent

  • Responses of kukupa (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) and other birds to mammal pest control at Motatau, Northland

    John Innes;Graham Nugent;Kevin Prime;Eric B. Spurr

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

    Peter Sweetapple;Graham Nugent

  • Toward eradication: the effect of Mycobacterium bovis infection in wildlife on the evolution and future direction of bovine tuberculosis management in New Zealand

    PG Livingstone;N Hancox;G Nugent;GW de Lisle

  • The epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in wild deer and feral pigs and their roles in the establishment and spread of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand wildlife

    G. Nugent;Christian Gortázar;G. Knowles

  • Epidemiology and control of Mycobacterium bovis infection in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), the primary wildlife host of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand

    G Nugent;BM Buddle;G Knowles

  • Forage availability and the diet of fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Blue Mountains, Otago.

    G. Nugent

  • Pests or valued resources? Conflicts in management of deer

    G. Nugent;K. W Fraser

  • A novel approach to assess the probability of disease eradication from a wild-animal reservoir host.

    D. P. Anderson;D. S. L. Ramsey;G. Nugent;M. Bosson

  • Recent advances in the management of bovine tuberculosis in free-ranging wildlife.

    Daniel J. O’Brien;Stephen M. Schmitt;Brent A. Rudolph;Brent A. Rudolph;Graham Nugent

  • The evaluation of indices of animal abundance using spatial simulation of animal trapping

    Dave Ramsey;Murray Efford;Steve Ball;Graham Nugent

  • Big-game, small-game, and gamebird hunting in New Zealand: Hunting effort, harvest, and expenditure in 1988

    G. Nugent

  • Commercial Exploitation as a Pest Control Tool for Introduced Mammals in New Zealand

    John P. Parkes;Graham Nugent;Bruce Warburton

  • A method for estimating wildlife detection probabilities in relation to home-range use: insights from a field study on the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

    Stephen J. Ball;David Ramsey;Graham Nugent;Bruce Warburton

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger P. Pech
Roger P. Pech Landcare Research
Richard P. Duncan
Richard P. Duncan University of Canberra
G.W. de Lisle
G.W. de Lisle AgResearch
David M. Forsyth
David M. Forsyth New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
David A. Coomes
David A. Coomes University of Cambridge
Daniel M. Tompkins
Daniel M. Tompkins Landcare Research
Dianne M. Gleeson
Dianne M. Gleeson University of Canberra
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha

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