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Overview

Ross N. Cuthbert is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work prominently spans subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Insect Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main research topics include Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Biological Control of Invasive Species, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Ross N. Cuthbert include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biological Invasions
  • NeoBiota
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Scientific Reports

Ross N. Cuthbert's recent papers include:

  • Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biological invasion costs reveal insufficient proactive management worldwide, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ross N. Cuthbert are:

  • Phillip J. Haubrock
  • Tatenda Dalu
  • Franck Courchamp
  • Elizabeta Briski
  • Ryan J. Wasserman

Best Publications

  • Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species

    Ross N. Cuthbert;Zarah Pattison;Nigel G. Taylor;Laura Verbrugge

  • Biological invasion costs reveal insufficient proactive management worldwide.

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  • Economic costs of invasive alien species across Europe

    Phillip J. Haubrock;Anna J. Turbelin;Ross N. Cuthbert;Ana Novoa

  • Economic costs of biological invasions in the United States.

    Jean E. Fantle-Lepczyk;Phillip J. Haubrock;Phillip J. Haubrock;Andrew M. Kramer;Ross N. Cuthbert

  • Up and away: ontogenic transference as a pathway for aerial dispersal of microplastics.

    Rana Al-Jaibachi;Ross N. Cuthbert;Amanda Callaghan

  • Are the “100 of the world's worst” invasive species also the costliest?

    Ross N. Cuthbert;Christophe Diagne;Phillip J. Haubrock;Phillip J. Haubrock;Anna J. Turbelin

  • Detailed assessment of the reported economic costs of invasive species in Australia

    Corey J.A. Bradshaw;Andrew J. Hoskins;Phillip J. Haubrock;Ross N. Cuthbert

  • Biological invasions are as costly as natural hazards

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  • Identifying economic costs and knowledge gaps of invasive aquatic crustaceans.

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  • Economic costs of invasive bivalves in freshwater ecosystems

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  • Advancing biological invasion hypothesis testing using functional diversity indices.

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  • Knowledge gaps in economic costs of invasive alien fish worldwide.

    Phillip J. Haubrock;Phillip J. Haubrock;Camille Bernery;Ross N. Cuthbert;Ross N. Cuthbert;Chunlong Liu;Chunlong Liu

  • Economic costs of biological invasions within North America

    Robert Crystal-Ornelas;Emma J. Hudgins;Ross N. Cuthbert;Phillip J. Haubrock

  • Examining effects of ontogenic microplastic transference on Culex mosquito mortality and adult weight.

    Rana Al-Jaibachi;Ross N. Cuthbert;Amanda Callaghan

  • Invasion impacts and dynamics of a European‐wide introduced species

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  • The Functional Response Ratio (FRR): advancing comparative metrics for predicting the ecological impacts of invasive alien species

    Ross N. Cuthbert;James W. E. Dickey;Neil E. Coughlan;Patrick W. S. Joyce

  • Invasive alien species as simultaneous benefits and burdens: trends, stakeholder perceptions and management

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  • Biological control agent selection under environmental change using functional responses, abundances and fecundities; the Relative Control Potential (RCP) metric

    Ross N. Cuthbert;Ross N. Cuthbert;Jaimie T.A. Dick;Amanda Callaghan;James W.E. Dickey

  • Economic costs of invasive alien species in the Mediterranean basin

    Melina Kourantidou;Ross N. Cuthbert;Phillip J. Haubrock;Phillip J. Haubrock;Ana Novoa

  • Economic costs of biological invasions in Asia

    Chunlong Liu;Christophe Diagne;Elena Angulo;Achyut Kumar Banerjee

  • Spatiotemporal variation in microplastic contamination along a subtropical reservoir shoreline.

    Rendani Mbedzi;Ross N. Cuthbert;Ryan J. Wasserman;Florence M. Murungweni

  • Salinity tolerance and geographical origin predict global alien amphipod invasions

    Ross N Cuthbert;Ross N Cuthbert;Syrmalenia G Kotronaki;Jaimie T A Dick;Elizabeta Briski

  • Effects of urbanisation and a wastewater treatment plant on microplastic densities along a subtropical river system

    Tatenda Dalu;Thabiso Banda;Thendo Mutshekwa;Linton F. Munyai

  • The influence of microplastics on trophic interaction strengths and oviposition preferences of dipterans

    Ross N. Cuthbert;Rana Al-Jaibachi;Tatenda Dalu;Jaimie T. A. Dick

  • On the RIP: using Relative Impact Potential to assess the ecological impacts of invasive alien species

    J.W.E. Dickey;R.N. Cuthbert;J. South;J.R. Britton

  • Resistance is futile: lack of predator switching and a preference for native prey predict the success of an invasive prey species.

    Ross N. Cuthbert;James W. E. Dickey;Clare McMorrow;Ciaran Laverty

  • Invasion costs, impacts, and human agency: response to Sagoff 2020

    Ross N. Cuthbert;Ross N. Cuthbert;Sven Bacher;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Elizabeta Briski

  • Parched plants: survival and viability of invasive aquatic macrophytes following exposure to various desiccation regimes

    Neil E. Coughlan;Neil E. Coughlan;Ross N. Cuthbert;Thomas C. Kelly;Marcel A.K. Jansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryan J. Wasserman
Ryan J. Wasserman Rhodes University
Tatenda Dalu
Tatenda Dalu University of Mpumalanga
Jaimie T. A. Dick
Jaimie T. A. Dick Queen's University Belfast
Amanda Callaghan
Amanda Callaghan University of Reading
Franck Courchamp
Franck Courchamp University of Paris-Saclay
Olaf L. F. Weyl
Olaf L. F. Weyl South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Elizabeta Briski
Elizabeta Briski GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Frances E. Lucy
Frances E. Lucy Institute of Technology Sligo
Hugh J. MacIsaac
Hugh J. MacIsaac University of Windsor
Elena Angulo
Elena Angulo Spanish National Research Council

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