Miller, S.D., Russell, J.C., MacInnes, H.E., Abdelkrim, J., and Fewster, R.M. Multiple paternity in wild populations of invasive Rattus species. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 34, 360-363, 2010.Full text (PDF) from NZ J Ecol website.
Russell, J.C., Miller, S.D., Harper, G.A., MacInnes, H.E., Wylie, M.J., and Fewster, R.M. Survivors or reinvaders? Using genetic assignment to identify invasive pests following eradication. Biological Invasions, 12, 1747-1757, 2010. Full text (open access).
Russell, J.C., and Fewster, R.M. 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 Series, Vol 3, Springer, Berlin, pp. 291-320, 2009. Online volume. Full text (PDF).
Miller, S.D., MacInnes, H.E., and Fewster, R.M. Detecting invisible migrants: an application of genetic methods to estimate migration rates. In: Thomson, D. L., Cooch, E. G., Conroy, M. J. (eds) Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations. Environmental and Ecological Statistics Series, Vol 3, Springer, Berlin, pp. 417-437, 2009. Online volume.
Russell, J.C., Abdelkrim, J., and Fewster, R.M. Early colonisation population structure of a Norway rat island invasion. Biological Invasions, 11, 1557-1567, 2009.
Russell, J.C., Towns, D.R., Anderson, S.H., and Clout, M.N. (2005). Intercepting the first rat ashore. Nature, 437 (7062), 1107.
Russell, J.C., McArdle B.H., and Clout, M.N. (2004) Island Biogeography and the Species Richness of Introduced Mammals on New Zealand Offshore Islands. Journal of Biogeography, 31 (4), 653-664.
Russell, J.C. and Clout, M. N. (2004) Modelling the Distribution and Interactions of Introduced Rodents on New Zealand Offshore Islands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 13 (6), 497-507.
The following presentations are in PowerPoint (PPT) format.
Russell, J. C. (October 2004) A Rats Guide To Invading Offshore Islands. Presented at 'Exposure04', Postgraduate Students Association (PGSA)
Russell, J. C. (September 2004) Invasion Dynamics of Rats on New Zealand Offshore Islands. Presented at University of Auckland/Landcare Research Joint Seminar Series
Russell, J. C. (June 2004) Combining Science to Understand Rat Invasions of Islands - Ecology, Genetics and Statistics. Presented at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Fewster, R. (2007) Population genetics in the rat race. Marsden Fund Update, 37, 1-2.
Witi Ihimaera. (2006) The Amazing Adventures of Razza the Rat.
Miller, S. (2006) Tu rattus turpis. New Zealand Education Review, 11(35), 8.
Rachel Fewster and Rats (14MB, requires Quicktime)
Rachel Fewster and Rats (32MB, requires DivX)
MathsReach video (14 mins) - courtesy of NZIMA, promoting mathematical sciences to school students.