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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

A Novel Invertebrate Predator on an Oceanic Island: Impacts and Invasion Dynamics of

Kita M Williams, Samuel Waite, Melissa Houghton, Jennifer Firn, Justine Shaw

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kita M WilliamsQueensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Queensland Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-6218
Samuel WaiteQueensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Queensland Australia.
Melissa HoughtonNatural Resources and Environment Tasmania New Town Tasmania Australia.
Jennifer FirnQueensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Queensland Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-8912
Justine ShawQueensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Queensland Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sub-Antarctic islands, characterised by high endemism and invertebrate-dominated terrestrial ecosystems, hold significant conservation value and are vulnerable to biological invasion. On Macquarie Island, the invasive terrestrial flatworm

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biosecurityecosystem impactinvertebratesland planarianPlatyhelminthesprey preference

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PMID40599878
PMCPMC12209868

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