Richard P. Duncan

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Richard P. Duncan

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Bachelors Ecology University of Auckland
Masters Ecology Victoria University of Wellington
PhD Ecology University of New Zealand

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A proposed unified framework for biological invasions. (2011) (1810)
Are treelines advancing? A global meta-analysis of treeline response to climate warming. (2009) (1035)
Avian Extinction and Mammalian Introductions on Oceanic Islands (2004) (781)
Big brains, enhanced cognition, and response of birds to novel environments. (2005) (763)
AN EVALUATION OF ERRORS IN TREE AGE ESTIMATES BASED ON INCREMENT CORES IN KAHIKATEA (DACRYCARPUS DACRYDIOIDES). (1989) (401)
A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras (2009) (356)
The Ecology of Bird Introductions (2003) (346)
Determinants of establishment success in introduced birds (2001) (316)
Density‐dependent effects on tree survival in an old‐growth Douglas fir forest (2000) (286)
A global synthesis of plant extinction rates in urban areas. (2009) (271)
Endemism, species selection and the origin and distribution of the vascular plant flora of New Zealand (2001) (259)
Negative soil feedbacks accumulate over time for non-native plant species. (2010) (232)
Global patterns of introduction effort and establishment success in birds (2004) (226)
Darwin's naturalization conundrum: dissecting taxonomic patterns of species invasions. (2008) (219)
Ecology: Darwin's naturalization hypothesis challenged (2002) (218)
Lag‐phases in alien plant invasions: separating the facts from the artefacts (2010) (204)
COMPETITION AND THE COEXISTENCE OF SPECIES IN A MIXED PODOCARP STAND (1991) (204)
Disturbances prevent stem size‐density distributions in natural forests from following scaling relationships (2003) (203)
High predictability in introduction outcomes and the geographical range size of introduced Australian birds: a role for climate (2001) (201)
Flood disturbance and the coexistence of species in a lowland podocarp forest, south Westland, New Zealand. (1993) (200)
The Impact of United States Recreational Fisheries on Marine Fish Populations (2009) (198)
Establishment patterns of exotic birds are constrained by non‐random patterns in introduction (2001) (168)
Prehistoric dates of the most recent Alpine fault earthquakes, New Zealand (1999) (163)
Unexpected consequences of control: competitive vs. predator release in a four-species assemblage of invasive mammals. (2011) (157)
Climatic Suitability, Life‐History Traits, Introduction Effort, and the Establishment and Spread of Introduced Mammals in Australia (2004) (155)
A framework for estimating the sensitivity of eDNA surveys (2016) (151)
Propagule Size and the Relative Success of Exotic Ungulate and Bird Introductions to New Zealand (2001) (150)
Dissecting components of population‐level variation in seed production and the evolution of masting behavior (2003) (145)
The Role of Competition and Introduction Effort in the Success of Passeriform Birds Introduced to New Zealand (1997) (144)
Extinction and endemism in the New Zealand avifauna (2004) (139)
Parasites lost - do invaders miss the boat or drown on arrival? (2010) (135)
Testing the metabolic theory of ecology: allometric scaling exponents in mammals. (2007) (133)
Magnitude and variation of prehistoric bird extinctions in the Pacific (2013) (131)
Forest dynamics in Westland, New Zealand: the importance of large, infrequent earthquake‐induced disturbance (2001) (130)
Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities (2011) (122)
Temporal and interspecific variation in rates of spread for insect species invading Europe during the last 200 years (2016) (121)
DETERMINANTS OF PLANT EXTINCTION AND RARITY 145 YEARS AFTER EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (2000) (121)
Salinized rivers: degraded systems or new habitats for salt-tolerant faunas? (2016) (117)
Learning from failures: testing broad taxonomic hypotheses about plant naturalization. (2009) (117)
Disturbance and climate warming influences on New Zealand Nothofagus tree‐line population dynamics (2001) (116)
Do climate envelope models transfer? A manipulative test using dung beetle introductions (2009) (108)
The temporal and spatial analysis of tree age distributions (1991) (107)
Concerning invasive species: Reply to Brown and Sax (2005) (98)
Interspecific Relationships among Growth, Mortality and Xylem Traits of Woody Species from New Zealand (2010) (96)
Prehistoric bird extinctions and human hunting (2002) (94)
Estimates of maximum annual population growth rates (rm) of mammals and their application in wildlife management (2010) (91)
Strong human association with plant invasion success for Trifolium introductions to New Zealand (2008) (90)
Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA‐based studies (2018) (89)
Model selection using information criteria, but is the "best" model any good? (2018) (89)
Does Size Matter? An Experimental Evaluation of the Relative Abundance and Decay Rates of Aquatic Environmental DNA. (2018) (87)
Determinants of geographical range sizes: a test using introduced New Zealand birds (1999) (79)
Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity (2020) (76)
Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration (2017) (74)
A SUBSTANTIAL ENERGETIC COST TO MALE REPRODUCTION IN A SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC UNGULATE (2005) (72)
Safe sites, seed supply, and the recruitment function in plant populations. (2009) (67)
Earthquake impacts in old-growth Nothofagus forests in New Zealand (2001) (67)
SEVERE INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND NO EVIDENCE OF PURGING IN AN EXTREMELY INBRED WILD SPECIES—THE CHATHAM ISLAND BLACK ROBIN (2014) (64)
Size-Specific Tree Mortality Varies with Neighbourhood Crowding and Disturbance in a Montane Nothofagus Forest (2011) (64)
Lessons from the establishment of exotic species: a meta-analytical case study using birds (2005) (64)
Seedling growth rate and survival do not predict invasiveness in naturalized woody plants in New Zealand (2004) (64)
Quantifying invasion risk: the relationship between establishment probability and founding population size (2014) (59)
A novel framework for disentangling the scale‐dependent influences of abiotic factors on alpine treeline position (2014) (59)
Investigating geographic variation in clutch size using a natural experiment (2005) (58)
What determines pine naturalization: species traits, climate suitability or forestry use? (2012) (56)
Hope and caution: rewilding to mitigate the impacts of biological invasions (2018) (55)
Functional differences between alien and native species: do biotic interactions determine the functional structure of highly invaded grasslands? (2013) (55)
Climate change and tree-ring relationships of Nothofagus menziesii tree-line forests (2001) (55)
Herbarium records identify the role of long‐distance spread in the spatial distribution of alien plants in New Zealand (2010) (54)
Seasonal and temperature dependence of photosynthesis and respiration for two co-occurring broad-leaved tree species with contrasting leaf phenology. (2003) (54)
Seed dispersal increases local species richness and reduces spatial turnover of tropical tree seedlings (2017) (54)
A performance evaluation of targeted eDNA and eDNA metabarcoding analyses for freshwater fishes (2019) (54)
Removal of introduced predators, but not artificial refuge supplementation, increases skink survival in coastal duneland (2010) (52)
THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF HIERACIUM SPECIES (HAWKWEEDS) IN THE DRY GRASSLANDS OF CANTERBURY AND OTAGO (1997) (51)
Functional equivalence, competitive hierarchy and facilitation determine species coexistence in highly invaded grasslands. (2015) (51)
Why islands are easier to invade: human influences on bullfrog invasion in the Zhoushan archipelago and neighboring mainland China (2006) (48)
Environmental gradients shift the direction of the relationship between native and alien plant species richness (2013) (48)
Do leaves of plants on phosphorus‐impoverished soils contain high concentrations of phenolic defence compounds? (2010) (46)
Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens (2018) (46)
Declining plant species richness in the tussock grasslands of Canterbury and Otago, South Island, New Zealand (2001) (46)
Effects of Spatially Extensive Control of Invasive Rats on Abundance of Native Invertebrates in Mainland New Zealand Forests (2013) (45)
The vulnerability of habitats to plant invasion: disentangling the roles of propagule pressure, time and sampling effort (2012) (44)
Causes of extinction in island birds (2007) (44)
Evidence of widespread, synchronous, disturbance‐initiated forest establishment in Westland, New Zealand. (1998) (43)
Causes of tree line stability: stem growth, recruitment and mortality rates over 15 years at New Zealand Nothofagus tree lines (2012) (43)
Impacts of culling and exclusion of browsers on vegetation recovery across New Zealand forests (2012) (42)
Measuring mast seeding behavior: relationships among population variation, individual variation and synchrony. (2003) (42)
BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Experimental introduction of the alien plant Hieracium lepidulum reveals no significant impact on montane plant communities in New Zealand (2010) (42)
Reduced availability of rhizobia limits the performance but not invasiveness of introduced Acacia (2013) (40)
Factors Affecting the Release, Establishment and Spread of Introduced Birds in New Zealand (2006) (39)
AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora (2021) (39)
Establishing accurate baseline estimates of breeding populations of a burrowing seabird, the grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera gouldi) in New Zealand (2014) (38)
Floodplain and regional scale variation in earthquake effects on forests, Westland, New Zealand (2003) (37)
Functional trait changes in the floras of 11 cities across the globe in response to urbanization (2017) (37)
Enhanced niche opportunities: can they explain the success of New Zealand's introduced bird species? (2009) (36)
Investigating leaf lifespans with interval-censored failure time analysis. (2003) (36)
Addressing context dependence in ecology. (2021) (34)
Causes of exotic bird establishment across oceanic islands (2005) (33)
How propagule size and environmental suitability jointly determine establishment success: a test using dung beetle introductions (2016) (32)
Effect of one-hit control on the density of possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) and their impacts on native forest. (2010) (31)
Don't be fooled by a name: a reply to Thompson and Davis. (2011) (31)
Taxonomic similarity, more than contact opportunity, explains novel plant-pathogen associations between native and alien taxa. (2016) (30)
Small-scale species richness in forest canopy gaps: the role of niche limitation versus the size of the species pool (1998) (27)
Light environments occupied by conifer and angiosperm seedlings in a New Zealand podocarp-broadleaved forest (2009) (27)
Disturbance, succession and the coexistence of species in a lowland podocarp forest, South Westland, New Zealand (1991) (26)
Interacting effects of management and environmental variability at multiple scales on invasive species distributions (2009) (26)
Morphological over-dispersion in game birds (Aves: Galliformes) successfully introduced to New Zealand was not caused by interspecific competition (2002) (26)
Quantifying invasion resistance: the use of recruitment functions to control for propagule pressure. (2014) (25)
Landscape Effects on the Spread of Invasive Species (2016) (25)
Thresholds in plant–herbivore interactions: predicting plant mortality due to herbivore browse damage (2013) (25)
eDNA surveys to detect species at very low densities: A case study of European carp eradication in Tasmania, Australia (2019) (24)
The lowland vegetation pattern, south Westland, New Zealand 2. Ohinemaka forest (1990) (24)
Burrowing seabirds affect forest regeneration, Rangatira Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (2007) (22)
Resolving the invasion paradox: pervasive scale and study dependence in the native-alien species richness relationship. (2019) (22)
Non-uniform interhemispheric temperature trends over the past 550 years (2010) (21)
Colonization pressure: a second null model for invasion biology (2019) (20)
Identifying error and accurately interpreting environmental DNA metabarcoding results: A case study to detect vertebrates at arid zone waterholes (2020) (20)
Pattern of natural regeneration of narrow-leaved snow tussock chionochloa rigida ssp. Rigida in central otago, new zealand (1993) (20)
The ecology and impact of non-indigenous birds. (2005) (20)
Modelling population persistence on islands: mammal introductions in the New Zealand archipelago (2006) (19)
Insect performance and host-plant stress: a review from a biological control perspective. (2003) (19)
The relationship between possum density and browse damage on kamahi in New Zealand forests (2011) (19)
How robust is the Australian Weed Risk Assessment protocol? A test using pine invasions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres (2012) (19)
Using prior information to build probabilistic invasive species risk assessments (2012) (18)
Plant mutualisms with rhizosphere microbiota in introduced versus native ranges (2016) (18)
Trifolium species associate with a similar richness of soil‐borne mutualists in their introduced and native ranges (2016) (18)
Timing of late Holocene paleoearthquakes on the Hurunui segment of the Hope fault: Implications for plate boundary strain release through South Island, New Zealand (2013) (18)
Competition and the assembly of introduced bird communities (2006) (17)
Widespread native and alien plant species occupy different habitats (2015) (17)
The influence of residence time and geographic extent on the strength of plant–soil feedbacks for naturalised Trifolium (2018) (16)
Seed rain in successional vegetation, Port Hills Ecological District, New Zealand (2001) (16)
Simulated carbon uptake for a canopy of two broadleaved tree species with contrasting leaf habit (2004) (16)
Can increased niche opportunities and release from enemies explain the success of introduced Yellowhammer populations in New Zealand (2005) (16)
Extrinsic and intrinsic controls on the distribution of the critically endangered cress, Ischnocarpus exilis (Brassicaceae) (2003) (15)
The impact of exotic weed competition on a rare New Zealand outcrop herb, Pachycladon cheesemanii (Brassicaceae) (2004) (15)
No difference in the competitive ability of introduced and native Trifolium provenances when grown with soil biota from their introduced and native ranges (2016) (15)
Landscape-level persistence and distribution of alien feral crops linked to seed transport (2015) (14)
Population age structure and recent Dracophyllum spread on subantarctic Campbell Island (2005) (14)
Lessons from introductions of exotic species as a possible information source for managing translocations of birds (2008) (14)
Influence of climate and regeneration microsites on Pinus contorta invasion into an alpine ecosystem in New Zealand (2016) (14)
Response to Comment on "Avian Extinction and Mammalian Introductions on Oceanic Islands" (2005) (14)
A correction for including competitive asymmetry in measures of local interference in plant populations (1995) (13)
The structure and dynamics of rimu-dominated forests on glacial moraines, South Westland (1998) (13)
Naturalised plants transform the composition and function of the New Zealand flora (2020) (13)
A general model for alien species richness (2019) (13)
Updated Perspective on Biological Invasions in New Zealand (2006) (13)
Cointroductions of Australian acacias and their rhizobial mutualists in the Southern Hemisphere (2019) (13)
Prior exposure to non-pathogenic calicivirus RCV-A1 reduces both infection rate and mortality from rabbit haemorrhagic disease in a population of wild rabbits in Australia. (2018) (13)
Transport pathways shape the biogeography of alien freshwater fishes in Australia (2018) (13)
Propagule Pressure (2019) (12)
Bilaterian Burrows and Grazing Behavior at >585 Million Years Ago (2012) (12)
Tree regeneration in a New Zealand rain forest influenced by disturbance and drainage interactions (2005) (11)
Population density and geographical range size in the introduced and native passerine faunas of New Zealand (2001) (11)
Changes in the breeding biology of the Welcome Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) in New Zealand since colonisation (2003) (11)
Importance of niche quality for Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella nestling survival, development and body condition in its native and exotic ranges: the role of diet (2005) (10)
Application of DArT seq derived SNP tags for comparative genome analysis in fishes; An alternative pipeline using sequence data from a non-traditional model species, Macquaria ambigua (2019) (9)
Interactions in statistical models: Three things to know (2021) (9)
Cold-induced photoinhibition and winter leaf-loss in the broad-leaved tree Aristotelia serrata (Elaeocarpaceae). (2003) (9)
Measuring competitive impact: Joint‐species modelling of invaded plant communities (2019) (9)
Globally, plant‐soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance (2021) (9)
PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY MASKS RANGE-WIDE GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION FOR VEGETATIVE BUT NOT REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS IN A SHORT-LIVED PLANT. (2020) (9)
Mutualism vs. antagonism in introduced and native ranges: can seed dispersal and predation determine Acacia invasion success? (2013) (9)
Effects of leaf emergence on leaf lifespan are independent of life form and successional status (2008) (8)
Phylogenetic signals and predictability in plant–soil feedbacks (2020) (7)
Do Yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella achieve higher breeding productivity in their introduced range than in their native range? (2005) (7)
Karyotypes and Sex Chromosomes in Two Australian Native Freshwater Fishes, Golden Perch (Macquaria ambigua) and Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii) (Percichthyidae) (2019) (7)
Creek habitats as sources for the spread of an invasive herb in a New Zealand mountain landscape. (2015) (6)
Novel interactions between alien pathogens and native plants increase plant–pathogen network connectance and decrease specialization (2019) (6)
Threats to Avifauna on Oceanic Islands Revisited (2008) (6)
Effect of detection heterogeneity in occupancy‐detection models: an experimental test of time‐to‐first‐detection methods (2019) (6)
Eruptive dynamics are common in managed mammal populations. (2020) (6)
Quantifying niche availability, niche overlap and competition for recruitment sites in plant populations without explicit knowledge of niche axes (2019) (6)
Leaf morphology shift is not linked to climate change (2013) (5)
Segregation, nestedness and homogenisation in plant communities dominated by native and alien species (2018) (5)
Potential Impacts of PIT Tagging on a Critically Endangered Small-Bodied Fish: A Trial on the Surrogate Mountain Galaxias (2018) (5)
Calculating the uncertainty associated with log response ratios in plant–soil feedback studies (2019) (5)
Consequences of deer control for Kaweka mountain beech forest dynamics (2006) (5)
Time lags and the invasion debt in plant naturalisations. (2020) (5)
The value of quantitative environmental DNA analyses for the management of invasive and endangered native fish (2021) (4)
Predicting invasion success: a basic framework using plant functional traits. (2010) (3)
The more the merrier: using environmental flows to improve floodplain vegetation condition (2021) (3)
Length of cultivation determines native and non-native weed richness in crop fields worldwide (2018) (3)
The biogeography of avian extinctions on oceanic islands revisited (2009) (3)
A habitat‐based assessment of the role of competition in plant invasions (2020) (3)
Soil biotic effects and competition; What are the mechanisms behind being a successful invader? (2021) (3)
Taxonomic patterns in the naturalisation rate of plant species in New Zealand (3)
Ant preference for seeds without awns increases removal of exotic relative to native grass seeds (2020) (2)
Field Trial of the Framework for the Assessment of River and Wetland Health (FARWH) in the Wet/Dry Tropics: Daly River and Fitzroy River Catchments: Report to the National Water Commission (2010) (2)
Taxonomic patterns in the naturalization rate of plant species in New Zealand. (2002) (2)
Temporal and interspecific variation in rates of spread for insect species invading Europe during the last 200 years (2016) (2)
Barriers to hybridisation and their conservation implications for a highly threatened Australian fish species (2019) (2)
Pollinators and predators at home and away: do they determine invasion success for Australian Acacia in New Zealand? (2015) (2)
The cumulative impacts of anthropogenic stressors vary markedly along environmental gradients (2022) (2)
Improved house mouse control in the field with a higher dose zinc phosphide bait. (2022) (1)
Performance and Host-plant Preference of Two Insect Biological Control Agents on Moisture Stressed Broom, Cytisus Scoparius (2009) (1)
Testing weed risk assessment paradigms: Intraspecific differences in performance and naturalisation risk outweigh interspecific differences in alien Brassica (2018) (1)
Niche partitioning overrides interspecific competition to determine plant species distributions along a nutrient gradient (2022) (1)
Reproductive ecology of a critically endangered alpine galaxiid. (2020) (1)
Causes of exotic bird establishment (2005) (1)
Multiple Lines of Evidence Indicate Limited Natural Recruitment of Golden Perch (Macquaria ambigua) in the Highly Regulated Lachlan River (2020) (1)
Do Freshwater Turtles Use Rainfall to Increase Nest Success? (2022) (1)
Transplant experiments predict potential future spread of alien succulents along an elevation gradient (2019) (0)
Plant invasions downunder (2015) (0)
ARTICLE Pollinators and predators at home and away: do they determine invasion success for Australian Acacia in New (2015) (0)
Risk assessment predicts success at the introduction and naturalisation but not the spread stages of invasion for commercial forestry trees (Pinus spp.). (2010) (0)
Landscape Effects on the Spread of Invasive Species (2016) (0)
How robust is the Australian Weed Risk Assessment protocol? A test using pine invasions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres (2011) (0)
Coexistence in a forest where plants don't move (2018) (0)
Correction to: Length of cultivation determines native and non-native weed richness in crop fields worldwide (2021) (0)
Using prior information to build probabilistic invasive species risk assessments (2011) (0)
Do mutualists matter? The significance of pollinators, seed dispersers and rhizobia on the differential success of Acacia species in New Zealand. (2010) (0)
Colonization pressure: a second null model for invasion biology (2019) (0)
A general model for alien species richness (2019) (0)
Transplant experiments predict potential future spread of alien succulents along an elevation gradient (2019) (0)
Length of cultivation determines native and non-native weed richness in crop fields worldwide (2018) (0)
Calculating the uncertainty associated with log response ratios in plant–soil feedback studies (2019) (0)
A General Model for Alien Species Richness 1 2 (2019) (0)
Genetic differentiation can be predicted from observational data for reproductive but not vegetative traits in a widespread short-lived plant (2021) (0)
slimr: An R package for integrating data and tailor-made population genomic simulations over space and time (2021) (0)
Implications of dioecy for sustainable forest management (2006) (0)
Thresholds in plant–herbivore interactions: predicting plant mortality due to herbivore browse damage (2012) (0)
How do propagule pressure, climate and land use interact to determine weed abundance and distribution on Banks Peninsula? (2010) (0)
Multiple anthropogenic stressors have inconsistent cumulative effects across a large spatial gradient (2021) (0)
PIT POP! Bursting the bubble on home-range bias with fine-scale PIT telemetry (2022) (0)
using dung beetle introductions Do climate envelope models transfer ? A manipulative test (2009) (0)
How propagule size and environmental suitability jointly determine establishment success: a test using dung beetle introductions (2016) (0)
Correction to: Length of cultivation determines native and non-native weed richness in crop fields worldwide (2021) (0)
The relationship between propagule pressure and establishment success in alien bird populations: a re-analysis of Moulton & Cropper (2019) (2020) (0)

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