Publications

Peer-Reviewed Papers

Stringham O.C., Moncayo, S., Thomas, E., Heinrich, S., Toomes, A., Maher, J., Hill, K.G.W., Mitchell, L., Ross, J.V., Shepherd, C.R., Cassey, P. (in review) Dataset of seized wildlife and their intended uses. Preprint

Stringham O.C., García-Díaz, P., Toomes, A., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (in revision) Reptile smuggling is predicted by trends in the legal exotic pet trade. Preprint

Stringham O.C., Moncayo, S., Toomes, A., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (2021) Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses. Full Text

Heinrich, H., Toomes, A., Shepherd, C.R., Stringham, O.C., Swan, M., Cassey, P. (2021) Strengthening protection of endemic wildlife threatened by the international pet trade: the case of the Australian shingleback lizard. Animal Conservation. link

Sinclair, J., Stringham, O.C., Udell, B., Mandrak, N., Leung, B., Romagosa, C.M., Lockwood J.L. (2021) The international vertebrate pet trade network: data synthesis and a case study of US imports of pet amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals and reptiles. BioScience. PDF

Stringham, O.C. & Lockwood, J.L. (2021) Reducing propagule pressure to lower the establishment risk of potential invasive species: using a sensitivity analysis to develop context-specific policy goals. Ecological Applications. PDF from ResearchGate

Stringham O.C., Toomes, A., Kanishka, A., Heinrich, S., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (2020) A guide to using the internet to study the wildlife trade. Conservation Biology. PDF from ResearchGate

Toomes, A., Stringham, O.C., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (2020) Australia’s wish list of exotic pets: biosecurity and conservation implications of desired exotic pet species. NeoBiota. Full Text

Lockwood, J.L., Welbourne, D., Romagosa, C., Cassey, P., Mandrak, N., Strecker, A., Leung, B., Stringham, O.C., Udell, B., Episcopio-Sturgeon, D., Tlusty, M., Sinclair, J., Springborn, M., Pienaar, E., Rhyne, A. (2019) When Pets Become Pests: The Role of the Exotic Pet Trade in Producing Invasive Vertebrate Animals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. PDF

Stringham, O.C. & Lockwood, J.L. (2018) Pet problems: Biological and economic factors that influence the release of alien reptiles and amphibians by pet owners. Journal of Applied Ecology. PDF from ResearchGate

Maslo, B., Stringham, O. C., Bevan, A. J., Brumbaugh, A. Sanders, C. Hall, M. & Fefferman, N. H. (2017) High annual survival in infected wildlife populations may veil a persistent extinction risk from disease. Ecosphere. PDF

Robinson, O. J., Lockwood, J. L., Stringham, O. C., & Fefferman, N. H. (2015). A novel tool for making policy recommendations based on PVA: helping theory become practice. Conservation Letters. PDF

Stringham, O. C., & Robinson, O. J. (2015). A modeling methodology to evaluate the efficacy of predator exclosures versus predator control. Animal Conservation. PDF

Reports

Hill, K., Cassey P. Stringham, O.C., Toomes, A. (2020). Response to the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment on their ‘Import risk review for psittacine birds from all countries’. PDF

Cassey, P., Wittmann, T., Toomes, A., Stringham, O.C. (2020). Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Threat To Environmental Biosecurity, Biodiversity, Human Health and Wellbeing. Center for Invasive Species Solutions & University of Adelaide, Australia. PDF

Boicourt, B., Pirani R., Johnson, M., Svendsen, E., Campbell, L..(2016) Connecting with Our Waterways: Public Access and Its Stewardship in the New York – New Jersey Harbor Estuary. New York – New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program, Hudson River Foundation. New York, NY. [Stringham, O.C. as GIS Specialist] PDF

Van Abs, D.J., Stringham, O.C., Gao, Y., Evans, T. (2014). Effects of Land Development on Water Resources of the Pinelands Region. Prepared for New Jersey Future. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ. PDF