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Overview

Phillip Cassey is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research covers a range of topics, with particular focus on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Recent publications demonstrate engagement with invasive species management, economic assessments, wildlife trade monitoring, metabolic rate analysis in animals, and policy evaluation. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable," 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Detailed assessment of the reported economic costs of invasive species in Australia," 2021, NeoBiota
  • "A guide to using the internet to monitor and quantify the wildlife trade," 2020, Conservation Biology
  • "Meta-analysis reveals that resting metabolic rate is not consistently related to fitness and performance in animals," 2021, Journal of Comparative Physiology B
  • "Management Policies for Invasive Alien Species: Addressing the Impacts Rather than the Species," 2020, BioScience

Frequent collaborators include Oliver Stringham, Thomas A. A. Prowse, Adam Toomes, Joshua V. Ross, and Lewis Mitchell. These coauthors have worked with Phillip Cassey on numerous publications, indicating active collaborative research efforts.

Phillip Cassey has published extensively in venues such as NeoBiota, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Ecology, Biological Conservation, and Conservation Biology. This reflects a broad engagement with journals specializing in ecology and conservation science.

Best Publications

  • The role of propagule pressure in explaining species invasions.

    Julie L. Lockwood;Phillip Cassey;Tim Blackburn

  • Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions

    Céline Bellard;Phillip Cassey;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Avian extinction and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands.

    Tim M. Blackburn;Phillip Cassey;Richard P. Duncan;Karl L. Evans

  • Big brains, enhanced cognition, and response of birds to novel environments.

    Daniel Sol;Richard P. Duncan;Tim M. Blackburn;Phillip Cassey

  • The more you introduce the more you get: the role of colonization pressure and propagule pressure in invasion ecology

    Julie L. Lockwood;Phillip Cassey;Tim M. Blackburn

  • Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups

    Wayne Dawson;Dietmar Moser;Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Holger Kreft

  • Avian Invasions: The Ecology and Evolution of Exotic Birds

    Tim M. Blackburn;Julie L. Lockwood;Phillip Cassey

  • THE INFLUENCE OF NUMBERS ON INVASION SUCCESS

    Tim M. Blackburn;Julie L. Lockwood;Phillip Cassey

  • Allometric exponents do not support a universal metabolic allometry

    Craig R. White;Phillip Cassey;Phillip Cassey;Tim M. Blackburn

  • When pets become pests: the role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive vertebrate animals

    Julie L. Lockwood;Dustin J. Welbourne;Christina M. Romagosa;Phillip Cassey

  • Global patterns of introduction effort and establishment success in birds.

    Phillip Cassey;Tim M. Blackburn;Daniel Sol;Richard P. Duncan

  • Dissecting the null model for biological invasions: A meta-analysis of the propagule pressure effect

    Phillip Cassey;Steven Delean;Julie L. Lockwood;Jason S. Sadowski

  • Influences on the transport and establishment of exotic bird species: an analysis of the parrots (Psittaciformes) of the world

    Phillip Cassey;Tim M. Blackburn;Gareth J. Russell;Kate E. Jones

  • Remoteness promotes biological invasions on islands worldwide.

    Dietmar Moser;Bernd Lenzner;Patrick Weigelt;Wayne Dawson

  • Where did all the pangolins go? International CITES trade in pangolin species

    Sarah Heinrich;Talia A. Wittmann;Thomas A.A. Prowse;Joshua V. Ross

  • The role of species traits in the establishment success of exotic birds

    Tim M. Blackburn;Phillip Cassey;Julie L. Lockwood

  • Variations on a theme: sources of heterogeneity in the form of the interspecific relationship between abundance and distribution.

    Tim M. Blackburn;Phillip Cassey;Kevin J. Gaston

  • The Global Distribution and Drivers of Alien Bird Species Richness.

    Ellie E. Dyer;Ellie E. Dyer;Phillip Cassey;David W. Redding;Ben Collen

  • Dodging silver bullets: good CRISPR gene-drive design is critical for eradicating exotic vertebrates

    Thomas A. A. Prowse;Phillip Cassey;Joshua V. Ross;Chandran Pfitzner

  • Facultative primary sex ratio variation: a lack of evidence in birds?

    John G. Ewen;Phillip Cassey;Anders P. Møller

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim M. Blackburn
Tim M. Blackburn University College London
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
Julie L. Lockwood
Julie L. Lockwood Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Tomáš Grim
Tomáš Grim Palacký University, Olomouc
John G. Ewen
John G. Ewen Zoological Society of London
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Richard P. Duncan
Richard P. Duncan University of Canberra
Craig R. White
Craig R. White Monash University
Barry W. Brook
Barry W. Brook University of Tasmania
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter

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