Dr James Russell
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Statistics
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland
New Zealand

WORK

2013-now Senior Lecturer
University of Auckland - New Zealand
School of Biological Sciences & Department of Statistics

2010-2012 Lecturer
University of Auckland - New Zealand
School of Biological Sciences & Department of Statistics

2009-2010 Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California, Berkeley - U.S.A.
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management

2008 Postdoctoral Researcher
Université de la Réunion - France (Réunion Island)
ECOMAR (Marine Ecology Laboratory)

2007/2008 Visiting Researcher
Lund University - Sweden
Department of Animal Ecology

2007 Research Scientist
Landcare Research - New Zealand
Wildlife Ecology and Epidemiology

2002 Research Assistant
Invasive Species Specialist Group - New Zealand
Global Invasive Species Database

EDUCATION

2003-2007 Ph.D. - Biology and Statistics
University of Auckland - New Zealand
Doctorate thesis: Invasion Ecology and Genetics of Norway Rats on New Zealand Islands (download a ~20MB video clip wmv)

2002-2003 PG.Dip.Sci Statistics (distinction)
University of Auckland - New Zealand

2000-2001 M.Sc. Geography and Environmental Science (1st class honours)
University of Auckland - New Zealand
Masters thesis: Modelling the Distribution and Species Richness of Introduced Vertebrates on New Zealand Offshore Islands

1997-1999 B.Sc. Biology, Statistics, Environmental and Marine Science
University of Auckland - New Zealand

FIELD EXPEDITIONS (>1 week)

• Mar 2015 NZ Navy: Auckland Islands - 2 weeks (photos) (with NZ Herald)
• Feb 2015 CAPES: Fernando de Noronha - 3 weeks (photos)
• Jul 2013 NGS: Antipodes Island - 3 weeks (photos) (with NewsTalkZB)
• Jun 2012 CAS: Tibetan Plateau - 3 weeks (photos)
• Jun 2011 RSNZ: Faroe Islands - 2 weeks (photos) (with SvF)
• Jan 2011 NIWA: Antipodes Island - 4 weeks (photos)
• Dec 2010 AWC: Hauturu - 1 week (with Research Works Wonders)
• May 2010 Conservación de Islas: Banco Chinchorro - 3 weeks (photos)
• Jan 2010 BNHM: Tetiaroa - 3 weeks (with NZ Herald and Radio NZ)
• Jul 2009 SEAPRE: Tetiaroa - 1 week (photos)
• Nov 2008 ALIENS: Ile Europa - 8 weeks (photos)
• Jul 2008 ALIENS: Ile Juan de Nova - 8 weeks (photos)
• Mar 2008 ALIENS: Ile Europa - 4 weeks (photos)
• Oct 2005 ALIENS : Ile Surprise - 3 weeks (photos)
• Dec 2001 Heritage Expeditions: Subantarctic Islands - 2 weeks

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 2011-2015 BIOSCI739: Dialogues in Biology: Course Coordinator, University of Auckland.
• 2011-2015 BIOSCI104: New Zealand Ecology and Conservation: Guest Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2013-2015 ENVSCI733: Biodiversity Management and Conservation: Guest Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2011-2014 BIOSCI206: Principles of Ecology: Course Coordinator, University of Auckland.
• 2012-2014 BIOSCI738: Advanced Biological Data Analysis: Course Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2011-2014 BIOSCI394: Conservation Biology: Course Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2010-2014 BIOSCI395: Pacific Biogeography & Biodiversity: Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2011-2012 THEO304: Ecotheology: Guest Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2011 ESPM107: Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands: Guest Lecturer, University of California - Berkeley.
• 2011 161.321 & 161.771: Sampling, Experimental Design and Analysis: Course Lecturer, Massey University.
• 2010 BIOSCI748: Weed and Pest Management: Guest Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2009 ESPM290: Ecological Modeling and Statistics: Guest Lecturer, University of California - Berkeley.
• 2007 BIOSCI209: Biometry: Course Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2007 STATS10x: Introduction to Statistics: Course Lecturer, University of Auckland.
• 2003-2006 BIOSCI394: Conservation Biology: Guest Lecturer, University of Auckland.

GRANTS & AWARDS

• 2014 Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment: Rutherford Discovery Fellow
• 2014 CAPES: Special Visiting Researcher
• 2013 National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration: Winter in the subantarctic
• 2013 National Natural Science Foundation of China: The impacts of social behavior on gene flow of population in plateau pikas
• 2013 University of Auckland: Early career research excellence award
• 2012 Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize (with TV1, TV9, Radio NZ, Primary, Unlimited, Pheno and Uninews)
• 2011 Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowship for Young International Scientists: Population ecology and genetics of plateau pika
• 2010 RSNZ International Mobility Fund: Rodent invasion on the Faroe Islands (with SvF news)
• 2009 SEAPRE Junior Scientist Exchange: Tetiaroa ecological survey
• 2008 FRST Postdoctoral Fellowship: Island Invasion dynamics of invasive rats
• 2008 WIOMSA MARG-III Travel Grant: Indian Ocean Seabird Conference
• 2007 MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year: Overall runner-up (with TV1, Breakfast Show and Radio NZ)
• 2007 MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year: Understanding Planet Earth
• 2006 Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference Student Presentation 1st Prize: Wildlife Management
• 2006 Solander Travel Grant: Lund University, Sweden
• 2006 New Zealand Ecological Society: Best Publication by a New Researcher
• 2006 Fulbright Travel Award: Rats, Humans & Islands Conference, Hawaii
• 2004 RSNZ ISAT International Linkages Grant: National Museum of Natural History, France
• 2003 FRST 'Bright Futures' Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship
• 2003 Edward and Isabel Kidson Scholarship
• 2002 North Harbour Club AMES Award: Education
• 2001 Todd Foundation Award for Excellence
• 2000 Bart Baker Memorial Scholarship in Vertebrate Pest Management

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters, Research Articles, and Conference Proceedings

• Russell, J. C.; Innes, J. G.; Brown, P. H.; Byrom, A. E. (2015) Predator-Free New Zealand: conservation country. BioScience, 65 (5), 520-525 (with New Yorker, NewsTalkZB and Morgan Foundation).
• Elliott, G. P.; Greene, T. C.; Nathan, H. W.; Russell, J. C. (2015) Winter bait uptake trials and related field work on Antipodes Island in preparation for mouse (Mus musculus) eradication. DOC Research and Development Series 345. Department of Conservation, Wellington.
• Russell, J. C.; Shepherd, L. D.; Faulquier, L.; Tennyson, A. J. D. (2015) White-headed petrel (Pterodroma lessonii) in French Polynesia. Notornis, 62, 45-46.
• Nathan, H. W.; Clout, M. N.; MacKay, J. W. B.; Murphy, E. C.; Russell, J. C. (2015) Experimental island invasion of house mice. Population Ecology, 57 (2), 363-371 (with BBC & NZ Herald).
• Russell, J. C.; Holmes, N. D. (2015) Tropical island conservation: Rat eradication for species recovery. Biological Conservation, 185, 1-7 (with editor's choice).
• Holmes, N. D.; Griffiths, R.; Pott, M.; Alifano, A.; Will, D.; Wegmann, A. S.; Russell, J. C. (2015) Factors associated with rodent eradication failure. Biological Conservation, 185, 8-16.
• Ringler, D.; Russell, J. C.; Le Corre, M. (2015) Trophic roles of black rats and seabird impacts on tropical islands: Mesopredator release or hyperpredation? Biological Conservation, 185, 75-84.
• Harper, G.; Van Dinther, M.; Russell, J. C.; Bunbury, N. (2015) The response of black rats (Rattus rattus) to evergreen and seasonally arid habitats: Informing eradication planning on a tropical island. Biological Conservation, 185, 66-74.
• Russell, J. C.; Caut S.; Anderson, S. H.; Lee, M. (2015) Invasive rat interactions and over-invasion on a coral atoll. Biological Conservation, 185, 59-65.
• Pott, M.; Wegmann, A. S.;, Griffiths, R.; Samaniego-Herrera, A.; Cuthbert, R.; Brooke, M. de L.; Pitt, W.; Berentsen, A.; Holmes, N. D.; Howald, G. R.; Ramos-Rendón, K.; Russell, J. C. (2015) Improving the odds: Assessing bait availability before rodent eradications to aid in selecting bait application rates. Biological Conservation, 185, 27-35.
• Russell, J. C.; Stjernman, M.; Lindström, Å.; Smith, H. (2015) Community occupancy before-after-control-impact (CO-BACI) analysis of Hurricane Gudrun on Swedish forest birds. Ecological Applications, 25 (3), 685-694.
• Ringler, D.; Le Corre, M.; Russell, J. C. (2014) Invasive rodent biological data and management planning on tropical islands: a case study in the Iles Eparses. In: Timms, R. M.; O'Brien, J. M. (eds) Proceedings of the 26th Vertebrate Pest Conference. University of California, Davis, pp. 135-139.
• Samaniego-Herrera, A.; Russell, J. C.; Choquenot, D.; Aguirre-Muñoz, A.; Clout, M. N. (2014) Invasive rodents on tropical islands: eradication recommendations from Mexico. In: Timms, R. M.; O'Brien, J. M. (eds) Proceedings of the 26th Vertebrate Pest Conference. University of California, Davis, pp. 43-50.
• Bellard, C.; Russell, J.; Hoffman, B. D.; Leclerc, C.; Courchamp, F. (2015) Adapting island conservation to climate change. Response to Andréfouët et al.. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30 (1), 2-3.
• Russell, J. C. (2014) A comparison of attitudes towards introduced wildlife in New Zealand in 1994 and 2012. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 44 (4), 136-151.
• Russell, J. C.; Sataruddin, N. S.; Heard, A. D. (2014) Over-invasion by functionally equivalent invasive species. Ecology, 95 (8), 2268-2276 & Supplemental Material.
• Ringler, D.; Russell, J. ; Jaeger, A.; Pinet, P.; Bastien, M.; Le Corre, M. (2014) Invasive rat space use on tropical islands: implications for bait broadcast. Basic and Applied Ecology, 15 (2), 179-186.
• Bates, J. H.; Spotswood, E. N.; Russell, J. C. (2014) Behavior and habitat partitioning in sympatric invasive birds in French Polynesia. Notornis, 61 (1), 35-42.
• Courchamp, F.; Hoffman, B. D.; Russell, J. C.; Leclerc, C.; Bellard, C. (2014) Climate change, sea-level rise and conservation: keeping island biodiversity afloat. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 29 (3), 127-130 (with NZ Herald and Radio NZ).
• D'Amico, M.; Rouco, C.; Russell, J. C.; Roman, J.; Revilla, E. (2013) Invaders on the road: synanthropic bird foraging along highways. Oecologia Australis, 17 (1), 86-95.
• Ruffino, L.; Russell, J. C.; Vidal, E. (2013) Anthropogenic subsidies mitigate environmental variability for insular rodents. Oecologia, 172 (3), 737-749.
• Gartrell, B. D.; French, N. P.; Howe, L.; Nelson, N. J.; Houston, M.; Burrows, E. A.; Russell, J. C.; Anderson, S. H. (2013) First detection of Chlamydia psittaci from a wild native passerine bird in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 61 (3), 174-176.
• Shin, B.- S.; Zeng, Y.; Russell, J. C.; Klette, R. (2012) Improved segmentation for footprint recognition of small mammals. In: McCane, B.; Mills, S.; Deng, J. (eds) Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand. ACM, New York, pp. 268-273.
• Le Corre, M.; Jaeger, A.; Pinet, P.; Kappes, M. A.; Weimerskirch, H.; Catry, T.; Ramos, J. A.; Russell, J. C.; Shah, N.; Jacquemet, S. (2012) Tracking seabirds to identify potential Marine Protected Areas in the tropical western Indian Ocean. Biological Conservation, 156, 83-93.
• Shin, B.- S.; Russell, J. C.; Klette, R. (2012) Feature extraction and classification for insect footprint recognition. In: Alvarez, L.; Mejail, M.; Gomez, L.; Jacobo, J. (eds) Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 196-203.
• Russell, J. C. (2012) Spatio-temporal patterns of introduced mice and invertebrates on Antipodes Island. Polar Biology, 35 (8), 1187-1195 (with DOC, Close Up, AWMS and Ice, Mice and Men, p.193).
• Russell, J. C.; Ruffino, L. (2012) The influence of spatio-temporal resource fluctuations on insular rat population dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 279 (1729), 767-774 (with Uninews).
• Veale, A. J.; Hannaford, O. D.; Russell, J. C.; Clout, M. N. (2012) Modelling the distribution of stoats on New Zealand offshore islands. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 36 (1), 38-47.
• Russell, J. C.; Faulquier, L.; Tonione, M. A. (2011) Rat invasion of Tetiaroa atoll, French Polynesia. In: Veitch, C. R.; Clout, M. N.; Towns, D. R. (eds) Island Invasives: eradication and management. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Gland, Switzerland, pp. 118-123.
• MacKay J. W. B.; Murphy, E. C.; Anderson, S. H.; Russell, J. C., Hauber, M. E.; Clout, M. N. (2011) A successful mouse eradication explained by site-specific population data. In: Veitch, C. R.; Clout, M. N.; Towns, D. R. (eds) Island Invasives: eradication and management. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Gland, Switzerland, pp. 198-203.
• Geng, H.; Russell, J. C.; Shin, B.- S.; Nicolescu, R.; Klette, R. (2011) A flexible method for localisation and classification of footprints of small species. In: Ho. Y.- S. (ed) Advances in Image and Video Technology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 274-286.
• Russell, J. C.; Ringler, D.; Trombini, A.; Le Corre, M. (2011) The island syndrome and population dynamics of introduced rats. Oecologia, 167 (3), 667-676.
• Towns, D. R.; Byrd, G. V.; Jones, H. P.; Rauzon, M. J.; Russell, J. C.; Wilcox, C. (2011) Impacts of introduced predators on seabirds. In: Mulder, C. P. H.; Anderson W. B.; Towns, D. R.; Bellingham, P. J. (eds) Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 56-90.
• Drake, D. R.; Bodey, T.; Russell, J. C.; Towns, D. R.; Nogales, M.; Ruffino, L. (2011) Direct impacts of seabird predators on island biota other than seabirds. In: Mulder, C. P. H.; Anderson W. B.; Towns, D. R.; Bellingham, P. J. (eds) Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 91-132.
• Russell, J. C. (2011) Indirect effects of introduced predators on seabird islands. In: Mulder, C. P. H.; Anderson W. B.; Towns, D. R.; Bellingham, P. J. (eds) Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 261-279.
• Dunlevy, P. A.; Ebbert, S. M.; Russell, J. C.; Towns, D. R. (2011) Eradication of invasive predators on seabird islands. In: Mulder, C. P. H.; Anderson W. B.; Towns, D. R.; Bellingham, P. J. (eds) Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 283-316.
• Russell, J. C.; Gleeson, D. M.; Le Corre, M. (2011) The origin of Rattus rattus on the Iles Eparses, Western Indian Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 38 (9), 1834-1836.
• Ruffino, L.; Russell, J. C.; Pisanu, B.; Caut, S.; Vidal, E. (2011) Low individual-level diet plasticity in an island-invasive generalist forager. Population Ecology, 53 (4), 535-548.
• Blackie, H. M.; Russell, J. C.; Clout, M. N. (2011) Maternal influence on philopatry and space use by juvenile brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula). Journal of Animal Ecology, 80 (2), 477-483.
• Dumont, Y.; Russell, J. C.; Lecomte, V.; Le Corre, M. (2010) Conservation of endemic seabirds within a multi-predator context: the Barau's Petrel in Réunion Island. Natural Resource Modeling, 23 (3), 381-436.
• Miller, S. D.; Russell, J. C.; MacInnes, H. E.; Abdelkrim, J.; Fewster, R. M. (2010) Multiple paternity in wild populations of invasive Rattus species. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 34 (3), 360-363.
• Russell, J. C.; Miller, S. D.; Harper, G. A.; MacInnes, H. E.; Wylie, M. J.; Fewster, R. M. (2010) Survivors or reinvaders? Using genetic assignment to identify invasive pests following eradication. Biological Invasions, 12 (6), 1747-1757 (with NZ Geographic).
• Russell, J. C.; McMorland, A. J. C.; MacKay, J. W. B. (2010) Exploratory behaviour of colonizing rats in novel environments. Animal Behaviour, 79 (1), 159-164.
• Russell, J. C.; Le Corre, M. (2009) Introduced mammal impacts on seabirds in the Iles Eparses, Western Indian Ocean. Marine Ornithology, 37 (2), 121-128.
• Pinet, P.; Salamolard, M.; Probst, J.-M.; Russell, J. C.; Jaquemet, S.; Le Corre, M. (2009) Barau's petrel (Pterodroma baraui): history, biology and conservation of an endangered endemic petrel. Marine Ornithology, 37 (2), 107-113.
• Russell, J. C.; Hasler, N.; Klette, R.; Rosenhahn, B. (2009) Automatic track recognition of footprints for identifying cryptic species. Ecology, 90 (7), 2007-2013 (with Dominion Post, NZ Herald and YouTube).
• Russell, J. C.; Abdelkrim, J.; Fewster, R. M. (2009) Early colonisation population structure of a Norway rat island invasion. Biological Invasions, 11 (7), 1557-1567.
• Russell, J. C.; MacKay, J. W. B.; Abdelkrim, J. (2009) Insular pest control within a metapopulation context. Biological Conservation, 142 (7), 1404-1410.
• Russell, J. C.; Lecomte, V.; Dumont, Y.; Le Corre, M. (2009) Intraguild predation and mesopredator release effect on long-lived prey. Ecological Modelling, 220 (8), 1098-1104.
• Russell, J. C.; Fewster, R. M. (2009) Evaluation of the linkage disequilibrium method for estimating effective population size. In: Thomson, D. L.; Cooch, E. G.; Conroy, M. J. (eds) Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations. Environmental and Ecological Statistics Vol. 3. Springer, Berlin, pp. 291-320 (corrections to equations on p. 311).
• Russell, J. C.; Towns, D. R.; Clout M. N. (2008) Review of rat invasion biology: implications for island biosecurity. Science for Conservation 286, Department of Conservation, Wellington (without cover photo).
• Russell, J. C.; Beaven, B. M.; MacKay, J. W. B.; Towns, D. R.; Clout, M. N. (2008) Testing island biosecurity systems for invasive rats. Wildlife Research, 35 (3), 215-221.
• Clout, M. N.; Russell, J. C. (2008) The invasion ecology of mammals: a global perspective. Wildlife Research, 35 (3), 180-184.
• MacKay, J. W. B.; Russell, J. C.; Anderson, S. H. (2007) Birds of Motuhoropapa I, Noises Group, Hauraki Gulf, North Is, New Zealand. Notornis, 54 (4), 197-200.
• MacKay, J. W. B.; Russell, J. C.; Murphy, E. C. (2007) Eradicating house mice from islands: successes, failures and the way forward. In: Witmer, G. W.; Pitt, W. C.; Fagerstone, K. A. (eds) Managing Vertebrate Invasive Species: Proceedings of an International Symposium. USDA/APHIS/WS, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, pp. 294-304.
• Russell, J. C.; Clout, M. N.; Towns, D. R. (2007) Early detection and eradication of invading rats. In: Witmer, G. W.; Pitt, W. C.; Fagerstone, K. A. (eds) Managing Vertebrate Invasive Species: Proceedings of an International Symposium. USDA/APHIS/WS, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, pp. 268-272.
• Howald, G.; Donlan, C. J.; Galván, J. P.; Russell, J. C.; Parkes, J.; Samaniego, A.; Wang, Y.; Veitch, C. R.; Genovesi, P.; Pascal, M.; Saunders, A.; Tershy, B. (2007) Invasive rodent eradication on islands. Conservation Biology, 21 (5), 1258-1268 & Supplementary Information.
• Clout, M. N.; Russell, J. C. (2006) The eradication of mammals from New Zealand islands. In: Koike, F.; Clout, M. N.; Kawamichi, M.; De Poorter, M.; Iwatsuki, K. (eds) Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K., and Shoukadoh Book Sellers, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 127-141.
• Russell, J. C.; Towns, D. R.; Anderson, S. H.; Clout, M. N. (2005) Intercepting the first rat ashore. Nature, 437 (7062), 1107 & Supplementary Information (with Nature Podcast, NY Times, NPR, TV1, a childrens book The Amazing Adventures of Razza the Rat based on the story, featured in Conservation Magazine and Rat Island, p.180).
• Yuan, G.; Russell, J.; Klette, R.; Rosenhahn, B.; Stones-Havas, S. (2005) Understanding tracks of different species of rats. In: McCane, B. (ed) Proceedings of Image and Vision Computing New Zealand 2005. University of Otago, Dunedin, pp. 493-499.
• Russell, J. C.; Clout, M. N. (2005) Rodent incursions on New Zealand islands. In: Parkes, J.; Statham, M.; Edwards, G. (eds) Proceedings of the 13th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference. Landcare Research, Lincoln, pp. 324-330.
• Russell, J. C.; Clout, M. N. (2004) Modelling the distribution and interaction of introduced rodents on New Zealand offshore islands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 13 (6), 497-507.
• Russell, J. C.; Clout, M. N.; McArdle B. H. (2004) Island biogeography and the species richness of introduced mammals on New Zealand offshore islands. Journal of Biogeography, 31 (4), 653-664.