A5016035864- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Marine and fisheries research
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Rabies epidemiology and control
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
2015-2024
The University of Western Australia
2022
Macquarie University
2015-2018
University of New England
1997
University of California, Davis
1996
Rotorua Hospital
1989
Abstract Mechanistic forecasts of how species will respond to climate change are highly desired but difficult achieve. Because processes at different scales explicit in such models, careful assessments their predictive abilities can provide valuable insights that be relevant functionally similar species. However, there surprisingly few comprehensive field tests mechanistic niche models the literature. We applied a general, thermodynamically grounded modeling framework determine fundamental...
Primary forest cover in western Madagascar declined from 12.5% 1950 to 2.8% 1990. Approximately 23% of remaining is located within reserves, but this no guarantee protection. Forest the Andranomena Reserve has been reduced by 44% since 1950. The identification priority areas for establishment development projects constrained lack information on distribution, abundance, and habitat requirements threatened species size, condition, threats survival remnants. We evaluate a rapid fauna survey...
For ectotherms such as lizards, the importance of behavioural thermoregulation in avoiding thermal extremes is well-established and increasingly acknowledged modern studies climate warming its impacts. Less appreciated understood are buffering roles retreat sites activity phase, part because logistical challenges studying below-ground activity. Burrowing nocturnal key adaptations that have enabled a diverse range reptiles to survive extreme environmental temperatures within hot desert...
In the past, when scientists encountered and studied 'new' environmental phenomena, they rarely considered existing knowledge of First Peoples (also known as Indigenous or Aboriginal people). The scientific debate over regularly spaced bare patches (so-called fairy circles) in arid grasslands Australian deserts is a case point. Previous researchers used remote sensing, numerical modelling, aerial images field observations to propose that circles arise from plant self-organization. Here we...
Context Animal and plant populations in arid regions fluctuate size extent response to rainfall, fire predation. Understanding the influence of these drivers on status trends is crucial implementing effective conservation actions. Aims In this study, we quantified long-term a threatened lizard, great desert skink (Liopholis kintorei; Tjakura), central western deserts Australia. Methods We collated 23 years (2002–2023) active Tjakuṟa burrow count data from 31 sites clustered following four...
Context Prescribed burning is widely adopted as a conservation-management tool, with priorities largely being the protection of fire-sensitive plant communities, threatened fauna habitat and minimising risk impacts broad-scale wildfire. However, an improved understanding ecological mechanisms that underpin species responses to fire will assist development refinement prescribed-burning practice. Aims To examine effect on burrow-system occupancy breeding success at different spatial temporal...
Abstract Habitat modification and invasive species are among the most important contemporary drivers of biodiversity loss. These two threatening processes often studied independently few studies have focused on how they interact to influence declines. Here we assess predation pressure placed threatened great desert skink ( Liopholis kintorei ) this interacts with fire‐induced habitat modifications. We collected daily track data potential predators for 1 month at 30 burrow‐systems where...
Abstract Fire regimes are predicted to change under climate change, with associated impacts on species and ecosystems. However, the magnitude direction of regime changes uncertain, as will be species’ responses. For many species, how they respond determine their medium‐long‐term viability. We propagate fire response uncertainties through a 50‐year viability analysis great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei , in central Australia, characterizing three scenarios. Species’ uncertainty was...
Abstract Dama (tammar) wallabies (Macropus eugenii) have become established in New Zealand around Rotorua and on Kawau Island. They originated from Australia, but which of the populations South Australia Western is not recorded. Examination has been made allozymic, serum protein red cell antigenic markers population. Comparisons with same Australian populations. The results clearly indicate that population very similar to Kangaroo Island (South Australia), quite distinct Garden (Western...
Abstract Scientists aspire to ‘discover’ new environmental phenomena; they rarely consider the existing knowledge of First Peoples. The scientific debate1 over ‘fairy circles’ (regular bare patches within arid grasslands) is a case in point. Ecologists visiting Australia used brief field observations and numerical modelling explain as plants responding dispersion water nutrients2,3. By contrast, Australian Aboriginal people have long understood be created by termites. They linyji...