The Science.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Lassaline CR, Toomes A, Fagan-Jeffries E, Cassey P (2025) From forest floor to market door: The global terrestrial invertebrate trade. Biological Conservation 308: 111266, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111266.

  • Toomes A, Stringham OC, Moncayo S, Hill KGW, Maher J, Watters F, Chekunov S, García-Díaz P, Mitchell L, Ross JV, Cassey P (2025) The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk. Conservation Science and Practice 7: e13298, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13298.

  • Chekunov S, Stringham O, Toomes A, Prowse T, Cassey P (2024) Scale of unregulated international trade in Australian reptiles and amphibians. Conservation Biology 38: e14355, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1435.

  • Tlusty MF, Cassey P, Rhyne AL, Omrow DA, Stoett P (2024) Species-level, digitized wildlife trade data are essential for achieving biodiversity targets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121: e2306869121, doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306869121.

  • Fukushima CS, Toomes A, Veríssimo D, Cardoso P (2023) A big and hairy business: Investigating the interplay of species traits and trade dynamics in the tarantula pet market. bioRxiv: 2023.2007.2028.550999, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.28.550999

  • Cardoso P, Amponsah-Mensah K, Barreiros JP, Bouhuys J, Cheung H, Davies A, Kumschick S, Longhorn SJ, Martínez-Muñoz CA, Morcatty TQ, Peters G, Ripple WJ, Rivera-Téllez E, Stringham OC, Toomes A, Tricorache P, Fukushima CS (2021) Scientists' warning to humanity on illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade. Biological Conservation 263: 109341, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109341.

  • Fukushima CS, Tricorache P, Toomes A, Stringham OC, Rivera-Téllez E, Ripple WJ, Peters G, Orenstein RI, Morcatty TQ, Longhorn SJ, Lee C, Kumschick S, de Freitas MA, Duffy RV, Davies A, Cheung H, Cheyne SM, Bouhuys J, Barreiros JP, Amponsah-Mensah K, Cardoso P (2021) Challenges and perspectives on tackling illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade. Biological Conservation 263: 109342, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109342.

  • Heinrich S, Toomes A, Gomez L (2020) Valuable stones: The trade in porcupine bezoars. Global Ecology and Conservation 24: e01204, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01204.