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Thanks to Wet Tropics Management Authority for supporting MinuteEarth - Dealing with invasive species is a real bugger, especially in a modern, globalized world. CREDITS ********* 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. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC IMAGE CREDITS ***************** Earthworm Photo by: Rob Hille : Yellow Crazy Ant Based on photo by: John Tann @N08/5698998061/ Cassowary Photo by: Flickr user thinboyfatter Wooroonooran Josephine Falls Photo by: Wikimedia user LecomteB : SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: - Our merch: - Our book: - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) OUR LINKS ************ TikTok | @minuteearth Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Website | Apple Podcasts| REFERENCES ************** Bohlen, P.J., Scheu, S. Hale, C.M., McLean, A.M., Migge, A., Groffman, P.M., and Parkinson, D. (2004). Non-native invasive earthworms as agents of change in northern temperate forests. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(8): 427-435. Boland, ., 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. Csurhes, S. and Hankamer, C. (2012) Pest Animal Risk Assessment: Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes). Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. Hoffman, B. (2009) Dhimurru Yellow Crazy Ant Management Plan: a report prepared for Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation. 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. :doi/ O'Dowd D.J., Green P.T., and Lake P.S. (2003). Invasional 'meltdown' on an oceanic island. Ecology Letters 6: 812--817. ~ldyer/classes/396/ Parkes, J., and Murphy, E. (2003). Management of introduced mammals in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30: 335--359. 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. on the environmental and economic costs associated with alien-invasive species in the 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.
