The red squirrel conservation work is based on the following peer reviewed publictions.
Research Publications
- Tompkins, D.M. White, A & Boots, M. 2003. Ecological replacement of native red squirrels by invasive greys driven by disease. Ecology Letters. 6, 189-196. PDF COPY
- Bell, S. S., White, A., Sherratt, J.A. and Boots, M. 2009. Invading with biological weapons: the effect of shared disease on ecological invasions. Theoretical Ecology. 2, 53-66. PDF COPY
- Strauss, A., White, A. and Boots, M. 2012. Invading with biological weapons: the importance of disease-mediated invasions. Functional Ecology. 26, 1249-1261. PDF COPY
- White, A., Bell, S.S., Lurz, P.W.W. and Boots, M. 2014. Conservation management within strongholds in the face of disease-mediated invasions: red and grey squirrels as a case study. Journal of Applied Ecology. 51, 1631-1642. PDF COPY
- White, A., Lurz, P.W.W., Jones, H.E., Boots, M., Bryce, J., Tonkin, M., Ramoo, K., Bamforth, L. & Jarrott, A. 2015. The use of mathematical models in red squirrel conservation: Assessing the threat from grey invasion and disease to the Fleet basin stronghold. In: Red Squirrels: Ecology, Conservation & Management in Europe. C.M. Shuttleworth, P.W.W. Lurz & Warrington-Hayward, M. eds. Red Squirrel Survival Trust. PDF COPY
- White, A., Lurz, P. W. W., Bryce, J., Tonkin, M., Ramoo, K., Bamforth, L., Jarrott, A. & Boots, M. 2016. Modelling disease spread in real landscapes: Squirrelpox spread in Southern Scotland as a case study. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 27, 1. PDF COPY
- Macpherson, M. F., Davidson, R. S., Duncan, D. B., Lurz, P. W., Jarrott, A., & White, A. 2016. Incorporating habitat distribution in wildlife disease models: conservation implications for the threat of squirrelpox on the Isle of Arran. Animal Conservation. PDF COPY
- Jones, H. E. M., White, A., Geddes, N., Clavey, P., Farries, J., Dearnley, T., Boots, M. & Lurz, P. W. W. 2016. Modelling the impact of forest design plans on an endangered mammal species: the Eurasian red squirrel. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 27, 1. PDF COPY
- Jones, H.E.M, White, A., Lurz, P.W.W., Boots, M. & Shuttleworth, C.M. 2016. Mathematical Models of grey squirrel invasion: a case study on Anglesey. In: Grey Squirrels: Ecology & Management of an invasive species in Europe. C.M. Shuttleworth, P.W.W. Lurz & J. Gurnell. eds. European Squirrel Initiative. PDF COPY
- Jones, H.E.M, White, A., Lurz, P.W.W., Boots, M. & Shuttleworth, C.M. 2017. Mathematical models for invasive species management: Grey squirrel control on Anglesey. Ecological Modelling 359, 276-284 PDF COPY
- Slade, A., White, A., Kortland, K., & Lurz, P.W.W. 2020. An assessment of long-term forest management policy options for red squirrel conservation in Scotland. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 31, 137-147.Open Access here
- Slade, A., White, A., Kortland, K., & Lurz, P.W.W. 2021. Natural strongholds for red squirrel conservation in Scotland. Nature Conservation 43, 93-108. Open Access here
- Slade, A., White, A., Lurz, P.W.W., Shuttleworth, C.M. & Lambin, X. 2022. A temporal refuge from predation can change the outcome of prey species competition. Oikos e08565. Open Access here
- Kortland, K., de Raad, L., Lurz, P.W.W., White, A., & Slade, A. 2022. Red squirrels and forestry: is it time for a review of policy and practice? Scottish Forestry 76, 32-35. PDF COPY
- Slade, A., White, A., Lurz, P.W.W., Shuttleworth, C.M., Tosh, D.G. & Twinning, J.P. 2023. Indirect effects of pine marten recovery result in benefits to native prey through suppression of an invasive species and a shared pathogen. Ecological Modelling 476. Open Access here