A5022233286- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Renal cell carcinoma treatment
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Identification and Quantification in Food
The University of Western Australia
2016-2025
Southern Cross University
2023
University College Cork
2023
University of Alberta
2015-2018
Auckland City Hospital
2007-2015
Danderyds sjukhus
2015
Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria
2015
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
2015
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
2015
The George Institute for Global Health
2015
Abstract Translocations are being increasingly proposed as a way of conserving biodiversity, particularly in the management threatened and keystone species, with aims maintaining biodiversity ecosystem function under combined pressures habitat fragmentation climate change. Evolutionary genetic considerations should be an important part translocation strategies, but there is often confusion about concepts goals. Here, we provide classification translocations based on specific goals for both...
Comprehensive assessments of species' extinction risks have documented the crisis1 and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks2. Global reveal that, among tetrapods, 40.7% amphibians, 25.4% mammals 13.6% birds are threatened with extinction3. Because global been lacking, reptiles omitted from conservation-prioritization analyses that encompass other tetrapods4-7. Reptiles unusually diverse in arid regions, suggesting they may different conservation needs6. Here we provide a...
Context Many Australian mammal species are highly susceptible to predation by introduced domestic cats (Felis catus) and European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). These predators have caused many extinctions driven large distributional population declines for more species. The serendipitous occurrence of, deliberate translocations of mammals to, ‘havens’ (cat- fox-free offshore islands, mainland fenced exclosures capable excluding foxes) has helped avoid further extinction. Aims aim this study was...
Abstract Aim After environmental disasters, species with large population losses may need urgent protection to prevent extinction and support recovery. Following the 2019–2020 Australian megafires, we estimated recovery in fire‐affected fauna, inform conservation status assessments management. Location Temperate subtropical Australia. Time period 2019–2030 beyond. Major taxa terrestrial freshwater vertebrates; one invertebrate group. Methods From > 1,050 taxa, selected 173 whose...
How will climate change affect species' reproduction and subsequent survival? In many egg-laying reptiles, the sex of offspring is determined by temperature experienced during a critical period embryonic development (temperature-dependent determination, TSD). Increasing air temperatures are likely to skew ratios in absence evolutionary or plastic adaptation, hence we urgently require means for predicting future distributions species with TSD. Here develop mechanistic model that demonstrates...
Abstract Aim The incidence of major fires is increasing globally, creating extraordinary challenges for governments, managers and conservation scientists. In 2019–2020, Australia experienced precedent‐setting that burned over several months, affecting seven states territories causing massive biodiversity loss. Whilst the were still burning, Australian Government convened a Expert Panel to guide its bushfire response. A pressing need was target emergency investment management reduce chance...
Abstract Sea turtles are vulnerable to climate change since their reproductive output is influenced by incubating temperatures, with warmer temperatures causing lower hatching success and increased feminization of embryos. Their ability cope projected increases in ambient will depend on capacity adapt shifts climatic regimes. Here, we assessed the extent which phenological could mitigate impacts from (from 1.5 3°C air 1.4 2.3°C sea surface 2100 at our sites) four species turtles, under a...
Abstract Visual systems adapt to different light environments through several avenues including optical changes the eye and neurological in how signals are processed interpreted. Spectral sensitivity can evolve via visual pigments housed retinal photoreceptors gene duplication loss, differential coexpression, sequence evolution. Frogs provide an excellent, yet understudied, system for evolution research due their diversity of ecologies (including biphasic aquatic-terrestrial life cycles)...
Abstract Global climate change is of particular concern for small and isolated populations reptiles with temperature‐dependent sex determination because low genetic variation can limit adaptive response in pivotal temperatures, leading to skewed ratios. We explore the demographic consequences ratios on viability a tuatara population characterized by diversity. studied rare species ( Sphenodon guntheri ) 4 ha North Brother Island New Zealand over two nesting seasons captured 477 individuals,...
Anthropogenic climate change is a key threat to global biodiversity. To inform strategic actions aimed at conserving biodiversity as changes, conservation planners need early warning of the risks faced by different species. The IUCN Red List criteria for threatened species are widely acknowledged useful risk assessment tools informing under constraints imposed limited data. However, doubts have been expressed about ability detect potentially slow-acting threats such change, particularly...
Understanding the mechanisms underlying population declines is critical for preventing extinction of endangered populations. Positive feedbacks can hasten process collapse and create an 'extinction vortex,' particularly in small, isolated We provide a case study male-biased sex ratio creating conditions natural tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) on North Brother Island Cook Strait New Zealand. combine data from long term mark-recapture surveys, updated model estimates hatchling ratio, viability...
A common feature of many citizen science projects is the collection data by unpaid contributors with expectation that will be used in research. Here we report a teaching strategy combined inquiry-based learning to offer first year university students an authentic research experience. six-year partnership Australian phenology program ClimateWatch has enabled biology from University Western Australia contribute phenological on plants and animals, conduct unvalidated species datasets...
Context Over the last 230 years, Australian terrestrial mammal fauna has suffered a very high rate of decline and extinction relative to other continents. Predation by introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) feral cat (Felis catus) is implicated in many these extinctions, ongoing extant species. Aims To assess degree which non-volant species are susceptible at population level predation cat, allocate each category predator susceptibility. Methods We collated available evidence complemented this...
High temperatures can pose significant thermoregulation challenges for endotherms, and determining how individual species respond to high will be important predicting the impact of global warming on wild populations. Animals adjust their behaviour or physiology cope with higher temperatures, but physical costs these changes are not well known. We assessed effect temperature foraging behaviour, thermoregulatory body condition in a wild, habituated population Western Australian Magpies...
Populations of threatened animals are increasingly preserved within predator-free havens, where populations tend to grow rapidly, resource competition increases, and traits relevant avoiding predation may be selected against. We examine this phenomenon using a ten-year longitudinal dataset on Australian mammal; the woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi). Behavioural morphological data were collected during routine monitoring havened population an adjacent wild predators occur, from which six...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 236:129-135 (2002) - doi:10.3354/meps236129 Latitudinal diversity patterns of deep-sea marine nematodes and organic fluxes : a test from central equatorial Pacific P. John D. Lambshead1,*, Caroline J. Brown1,3, Timothy Ferrero1, Nicola Mitchell1, Craig R. Smith2, Lawrence E. Hawkins3, Tietjen4 1Department...