A5030963535- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
2006-2024
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
2006-2024
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2006-2019
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,...
Summary The habitat hectares approach is an explicit, quantitative method for assessing the quality of vegetation by adding scores that are assigned to 10 attributes. We believe it will be more repeatable and transparent than other methods rely on subjective judgement. However, we have four principal criticisms as currently proposed: (i) measurement some attributes may subject considerable error varies among assessors; (ii) comparison each measure with a single benchmark does not accommodate...
Abstract Animal movement can be significantly altered in human‐dominated landscapes such as urban and peri‐urban areas, where habitat is often fragmented and/or linear. Knowledge regarding how wildlife respond to anthropogenic change vital for informing conservation efforts landscapes, including the design of nature reserves corridors. To better understand threatened species persist behave within we examined home range space use nationally endangered southern brown bandicoot Isoodon obesulus...
Whenever population viability analysis (PVA) models are built to help guide decisions about the management of rare and threatened species, an important component model building is specification a habitat describing how species related landscape or bioclimatic variables. Model-selection uncertainty may arise because there often great deal ambiguity which structure best approximates true underlying biological processes. The standard approach incorporate into PVA assume correct, ignoring...
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Because of the ubiquitous and intractable threat posed by fox predation in many parts south-east Australia, exclusion fences are increasingly seen as playing an important role long-term management some biodiversity reserves. However, while can help to reduce pressure on populations small medium-sized vertebrates, they may also restrict movement non-target species require maintenance ensure their continued effectiveness. One challenges facing conservation agencies is construct that costs...
European red foxes were systematically removed from a 370 ha conservation reserve on Melbourne?s urban fringe between December 2003 and September 2005. Activity indexes monitored throughout the removal phase indicated that fox population declined dramatically when poison baits available then increased again predictably during winter summer each subsequent year. Three alternate indices of activity highly synchronous study suggesting bait-removal index used widely in Australia may provide...
Abstract Understanding how fundamental aspects of species’ ecology, such as diet, are affected in human‐dominated landscapes is vital for informing management and conserving biodiversity – particularly where species influence important ecosystem functions. Digging, mycophagous (‘fungus‐eating’) mammals play various roles, including the dispersal hypogeal (‘truffle‐like’) fungi. The endangered, southern brown bandicoot ( Isoodon obesulus : Peramelidae) persists a peri‐urban landscape...
The swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus) is one of the few Australian terrestrial mammals that commonly active between dawn and dusk. species has typically been considered cathemeral (active throughout diel cycle) with variation in circadian activity dependant on proximate factors such as risk predation or competition closely related taxa. Data from camera trapping over 8 years across 79 sites South Central Victoria confirmed was effectively diurnal region night relatively uncommon. Activity...
Summary Coincident with a decade of introduced predator suppression, there was an increase in populations range native mammals at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Cranbourne). A small, regionally significant population Black Wallaby ( Wallabia bicolor ) grew exponentially from estimated 0.6 individuals km −2 2001 to more than 70 2013. The measured mean annual instantaneous rate derived regular spotlight survey ˜0.37 and extrapolates doubling approximately every 2 years. There little...