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• Bakker, V.J.& Van Vuren, D.H. (2004)
  Gap-crossing decisions by the Red Squirrel, a forest-dependent small mammal. Conservation Biology 18: 689-697.
• Corbett, G.B. & Harris, S. (1991)
  The Handbook of British Mammals. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK.
• Gurnell, J. (2004)
  Grey Squirrels Invade Europe. Mammals UK. Mammals Trust UK, London
• Gurnell, J., Lurz, P.W.W., Shirley, M.D.F., Cartmel, S., Garson, P.J., Magris, L., & Steele, J. (2004)
  Monitoring red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris and grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis in Britain. Mammal Review 34: 51-74.
• Gurnell, J., Wauters, L.A., Lurz, P.W.W. & Tosi, G. (2004)
  Alien species and interspecific competition: effects of introduced eastern grey squirrels on red squirrel population dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 26-35.
• Hale, M. L., Lurz, P. W. W. & Wolff, K. (2004).
  Patterns of genetic diversity in the red squirrel: footprints of biogeographic history and artificial introductions. Conservation Genetics 5: 167-179.
• Hale, M. L. & Lurz, P. W. W. (2003).
  Morphological changes in a British mammal as a result of introductions and changes in landscape management: the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Journal of Zoology, London: 260: 159-167.
• Harris, S., Morris, P., Wray, S. & Yalden, D. 1995.
  A review of British mammals: population estimates and conservation status of British mammals other than cetaceans . Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
• Hewson, C., Fuller, R., Mayle, B. & Smith, K. (2004)
  Possible impacts of grey squirrels on birds and other wildlife.British Wildlife 15: 183-191.
• Kenward, R.E. & Holm, J.L. (1993)
  On the replacement of the red squirrel in Britain: a phytotoxic explanation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 251: 187-194.
• Kenward, R.E., Hodder, K. H. & Rose, R.J. (1995)
  Conservation of red squirrels; Final report. ITE, Dorest.
• Lurz, P. W. W., Geddes, N., Lloyd, A. J., Shirley, M. D. F., Rushton, S. P. & Burlton, B. (2003)
  Planning a red squirrel conservation area: using a spatially explicit population dynamics model to predict the impact of felling and forest design plans. Forestry, 76, 95-108.
• Lurz, P. W. W., Rushton, S. P. & Gurnell. J. (2003)
  Kielder Red Squirrel Project. Report for FE Kielder Forest and Mammals Trust UK. 22 pp.
• Mayle, B. A. & Gurnell, J. (2004)
  Increasing efficiency of grey squirrel control in conifer habitats. Forestry and British Timber April 2004.
• Mayle B.A. (2004)
  Grey Squirrel management in woodlands. In Quine, Shore & Trout (Eds) Managing Woodlands and their Mammals. Proceedings of a symposium organised jointly by the Mammal Society and the Forestry Commission. Forestry Commission: Edinburgh.
• Moore, H.D.M. (1997)
  On developing an immunocontraceptive vaccine for grey squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis. Pp 127 -131 In J. Gurnell & P.W.W. Lurz (Eds). The conservation of red squirrels, Sciurus vulgaris L. People's Trust for Endangered Species, London, UK.
• Moore, H.D.M., Jenkins, N.M. &Wong, C. (1997)
  Immunocontraception in rodents: a review of the development of a sperm-based immunocontraceptive vaccine for the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Reproductive Fertility Development. 9, 125-129.
• O'Teangana, D., Reilly, S., Montgomery, W.I., & Rochford, J. (2000)
  Distribution and status of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis ) in Ireland. Mammal Review,30 (1); 45-55.
• O'Teangana, D. (1999).
  The distribution and ecology of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in Northern Ireland. The Queens University of Belfast. Unpublished PhD thesis.
• Pepper, H & Moore, H. (2001)
  Squirrel Management 1. Development of a contraceptive vaccine for the grey squirrel. Forest Research Annual Report and Accounts 1999-2000. p25
• Scott, A.C., Keymer, I.F. & Labram, J. (1981)
  Parapox infection of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Veterinary Record 109; 202.
• Shuttleworth, C.M (2004a)
  A study of nest box use by a low density red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) population within a commercial conifer plantation. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 98, 113-119.
• Shuttleworth, C.M (2004b)
  Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) control as a tactic in the conservation of the red squirrel ( Sciurus vulgaris): a positive outcome. pp 151-168. In Advances in Vertebrate Pest Management Vol. III, C.J. Feare & D.P. Cowan (eds). Furth: Filander Verlag.
• Shuttleworth, C.M. (2003)
  A tough nut to crack: red squirrel conservation in Wales. Biologist 50, 231-235
• Shuttleworth C.M. (2001)
  Traffic related mortality in a red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) population receiving supplemental feeding. Urban Ecosystems, 5(2);109-118.
• Thomas, T., Tompkins, D.M., Sainsbury, A.W., Wood, A.R., Dalziel. R., Nettleton, P.F. & McInnes, C.J. (2003)
  A novel poxvirus lethal to red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Journal of General Virology, 84;3337-3341.
• Tompinks, D.M., Sainsbury, A.W., Nettleton, P., Buxton, D. and Gurnell, J. (2001)
  Parapoxvirus causes a deleterious disease in red squirrels associated with UK population declines. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 269, 529-533.
• Warren, R.D. & Matthews, J.E. (1999)
  The Wales Red Squirrel Strategy. CCW Natural Science Report: 99/9/2.
• Wauters, L.A., Matthysen, E. Adriaensen, F. & Tosi, G. (2004)
  Within-sex density-dependence and population dynamics of red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris. Journal of Animal Ecology 73:11-25.

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