A5031810117- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Marine animal studies overview
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Livestock Farming and Management
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
The University of Queensland
2022-2025
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
2025
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
2025
Phnom Penh International University
2023
Abstract Wildlife must adapt to human presence survive in the Anthropocene, so it is critical understand species responses humans different contexts. We used camera trapping as a lens view mammal changes activity during COVID-19 pandemic. Across 163 sampled 102 projects around world, amount and timing of animal varied widely. Under higher activity, mammals were less active undeveloped areas but unexpectedly more developed while exhibiting greater nocturnality. Carnivores most sensitive,...
Some animal species shift their activity towards increased nocturnality in disturbed habitats to avoid predominantly diurnal humans. This may alter diel overlap among species, a precondition most predation and competition interactions that structure food webs. Here, using camera trap data from 10 tropical forest landscapes, we find hyperdiverse Southeast Asian wildlife communities peak early mornings intact dawn dusk (increased crepuscularity). Our results indicate anthropogenic disturbances...
Abstract Re‐establishing extirpated wildlife—or “rewilding”—is touted as a way to restore biodiversity and ecosystem processes, but we lack real‐world examples of this process, particularly in Southeast Asia. Here, use decade aggregated camera trap data, N ‐mixture occupancy models, input from local wildlife experts describe the unassisted recolonization two native large herbivores Singapore. Sambar deer ( Rusa unicolor ) escaped captivity (in private or public zoos) 1970s contemporary data...
Abstract Changes in land use and fire regimes are a major threat to species ecosystems worldwide. Species' responses altered livestock grazing likely vary depending on the local ecosystem attributes of disturbance regimes. We used single‐species, single‐season occupancy modelling investigate 15 commonly occurring mammal reptile regime an Australian subtropical woodland. Thirty‐one hypotheses were formed based species' these reported other studies conducted Australia. expected that our would...
Habitat loss and degradation can undermine wildlife communities ecosystem functioning. However, certain generalist species like mesopredators omnivores exploit these disturbed habitats, sometimes leading to population increases (e.g. 'mesopredator release' in degraded areas). Although mesopredator release may cause negative effects on food webs zoonotic disease management, some disturbance-tolerant help perpetuate important ecological interactions, such as seed dispersal. We evaluated the...
Abstract Predator–prey dynamics are a fundamental part of ecology, but directly studying interactions has proven difficult. The proliferation camera trapping enabled the collection large datasets on wildlife, researchers face hurdles inferring from observational data. Recent advances in hierarchical co‐abundance models infer species while accounting for two species' detection probabilities, shared responses to environmental covariates, and propagate uncertainty throughout entire modeling...
The "trophic downgrading of planet Earth" refers to the systematic decline world's largest vertebrates. However, our understanding why megafauna extinction risk varies through time and importance site- or species-specific factors remain unclear. Here, we unravel unexpected variability in remaining terrestrial assemblages across 10 Southeast Asian tropical forests. Consistent with global trends, every landscape experienced Holocene and/or Anthropocene extirpations, four most disturbed...
Abstract Southeast Asia supports the greatest diversity of felids globally, but this is threatened by severe forest loss and degradation occurring in region. The response to disturbances appears differ depending on their ecology. For example, largely terrestrial nocturnal leopard cat ( Prionailurus bengalensis ) thrives near edges oil palm plantations where it hunts rodents (Muridae) at night, thereby avoiding human activity peaks. Conversely, we hypothesized that sympatric similar‐sized...
Abstract The persistence of seed-dispersing animals in degraded habitats could be critical for ensuring the long-term conservation value and restoration forests. This is particularly important Southeast Asia, where > 70% remaining forest areas are within 1 km a edge, many (e.g. logged). We synthesized information on habitat associations binturong Arctictis , large, semi-arboreal, frugivorous civet one most seed dispersers region, especially figs ( Ficus spp). adopted multiscale approach...
Information on tropical Asian vertebrates has traditionally been sparse, particularly when it comes to cryptic species inhabiting the dense forests of region. Vertebrate populations are declining globally due land-use change and hunting, latter frequently referred as "defaunation." This is especially true in Asia where there extensive high human densities. Robust monitoring requires that large volumes vertebrate population data be made available for use by scientific applied communities....
Habitat loss and degradation threaten forest specialist wildlife species, but some generalist mesopredators exploit disturbed areas human-derived food, which brings them into closer contact with humans. Mesopredator release is also important for human health known zoonotic disease reservoirs, such as Asian civets (Viverridae family), since this group includes the intermediator species SARS-CoV-1 outbreak. Here we use camera trapping to evaluate habitat associations of widespread banded civet...
Deforestation and poaching in Southeast Asia have driven a stark decline the region's apex predators, including large felids like tigers leopards. Meanwhile, some small thrive human-modified landscapes. The extent to which medium-sized cope with anthropogenic disturbances remains poorly understood, but this information is crucial for conservation of threatened key trophic interactions that maintain high-diversity food webs. Here, we use largest camera-trap dataset from conduct multi-scale...
Abstract Pangolins are the most trafficked animals worldwide and presumed to be restricted pristine habitats due poaching intensity in more accessible degraded areas or intrinsic habitat preferences. We tested hypothesis that pangolins' could persist near humans if is controlled. used occurrence records from new published camera trapping studies across Southeast Asia conduct a multiscale analysis of associations for Critically Endangered Sunda pangolin, encompassing poached non‐poached...
Abstract Fragments and edges account for most remaining forest habitats globally. Apex predators megaherbivores often decline in these degraded while smaller generalist omnivores can persist or thrive edges, especially if they utilize nonnative resources (“cross‐boundary food subsidies”). Outcomes small‐medium carnivores (mesopredators) remain unclear idiosyncratic. We tested responses of a widespread common mesopredator to the composition adjacent nonforested areas using 91 camera trapping...
Abstract Habitat loss and fragmentation profoundly impact Southeast Asian rainforest biodiversity ecosystem functioning. While many larger herbivores are hunted area‐demanding apex predators lost from degraded forests (logged forests, forest fragments edges), smaller herbivore species may be comparatively resilient or even benefit a release competition predation in forests. Mousedeer (or chevrotains) the Tragulus genus some of world's smallest ungulates (1.5–4.5 kg) widespread Asia. We...
Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ) populations in Cambodia are currently declining, and the effect of environmental degradation on abundance health elephants is poorly understood. We used camera trap data from 42 locations between 2016 to 2020 southern Cardamom Mountains investigate impact condition elephants. Camera were organized using CameraSweet software retrieve both number individuals their condition. For a individuals, we defined independent captures spatially temporally. To assess...