Everything we do is informed by science. Our team of ecologists, students and research partners are regularly writing and contributing articles to scientific papers and journals to share findings from research on the places we protect. Here's a list of recent articles to which they've contributed.
2019-20
Environmental Factors Influencing Hairy‐Nosed Wombat Abundance in Semi‐Arid Rangelands
Taggart D., Finlayson G., Sparrow E., Dibben R., Dibben J., Campbell E., Peacock D., Ostendorf B., White C. and Temple‐Smith P.
THE JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21858, 1-Sep. 2020.
Rapid plastic breeding response to rain matches peak prey abundance in a tropical savanna bird
Aranzamendi N., Hall M., Kingma S., van de Pol M. and Peters A.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 88, 1799-1811, 2020.
A superb solo, or a deviant duet? Overlapping songs in superb fairy-wrens
Taylor C., Hall M., Cain K. and Langmore N.
BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY 30, 1076-1086, 2019
Experimental increase in eviction load does not impose a growth cost for cuckoo chicks
Medina I., Hall M., Taylor C., Mulder R. and Langmore N.
BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 73, 2019
Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence
Eastwood J., Peacock L., Hall M., Roast M., Murphy S., Goncalves da Silva A. and Peters A.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE 8, 88-93, 2019
Female and male plumage colour signals aggression in a dichromatic tropical songbird
Leitao A., Hall M., Delhey K. and Mulder R
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 150, 285-301, 2019
New insights from female bird song: towards an integrated approach to studying male and female communication roles
Riebel K., Odom K., Langmore N. and Hall M.
BIOLOGY LETTERS 15, 2019
Conspicuous Plumage Does Not Increase Predation Risk: A Continent-Wide Test Using Model Songbirds
Cain K., Hall M., Medina I, Leitao A., Delhey K., Brouwer L., Peters A, Pruett-Jones S., Webster M., Langmore N. and Mulder R.
AMERICAN NATURALIST 193, 359-372, 2019
Early-life telomere length predicts lifespan and lifetime reproductive success in a wild bird
Eastwood J., Hall M., Teunissen N., Kingma S., Aranzamendi N., Fan M., Roast M., Verhulst S. and Peters A.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 28; 1127-1137, 2019
Ecology and breeding biology of a tropical bird, the Lovely Fairy-Wren (Malurus amabilis)
Leitao A., Hall M., Venables B. and Mulder R.
EMU-AUSTRAL ORNITHOLOGY 119; 1 to 13, 2019
Conserving the endangered Black-throated Finch southern subspecies: what do we need to know?
Laguna J., Reside A., Kutt A., Grice A., Buosi P., Vanderduys E., Taylor M. and Schwarzkopf L.
EMU-AUSTRAL ORNITHOLOGY 119; 331-345, 2019
Persistence through tough times: fixed and shifting refuges in threatened species conservation
Reside A., Briscoe N., Dickman C., Greenville A., Hradsky B., Kark S., Kearney M.; Kutt A.; Nimmo D., Pavey C., Read J., Ritchie E., Roshier D., Skroblin A., Stone Z., West M. and O Fisher D.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 28; 1303-1330, 2019
Systematic definition of threatened fauna communities is critical to their conservation
Hannah Fraser, Jeremy S Simmonds, Alex S Kutt, Martine Maron
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 25; 462-477, 2019
Monitoring large and complex wildlife aggregations with drones
Mitchell B Lyons, Kate J Brandis, Nicholas J Murray, John H Wilshire, Justin A McCann, Richard T Kingsford, Corey T Callaghan
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 10; 1024-1035, 2019.
Cryopreservation as a Tool for Reef Restoration: 2019
Mary Hagedorn, Rebecca Spinder, Jonathan Daly
ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1200; 489-505, 2019
Carbon isotope analysis shows introduced bovines have broader dietary range than the largest native herbivores in an Australian tropical savanna
Angela M Reid, Brett P Murphy, Tom Vigilante, Linda A Barry, David MJS Bowman
AUSTRAL ECOLOGY 45; 109-121, 2019.
Distribution and abundance of large herbivores in a northern Australian tropical savanna: A multi‐scale approach
Angela M. Reid, Brett P. Murphy, Tom Vigilante, Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation, David M. J. S. Bowman
AUSTRAL ECOLOGY https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12860
Systematic definition of threatened fauna communities is critical to their conservation
Fraser, H., Simmonds, J. S., Kutt, A. S. and Maron, M.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 25(3): p. 462-477. 2019.
Genomic population structure aligns with vocal dialects in Palm Cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus); evidence for refugial late-Quaternary distribution?
Miles V. Keighley, Robert Heinsohn, Naomi E. Langmore,Stephen A. Murphy &Joshua V. Peñalba
EMU-AUSTRAL ORNITHOLOGY, 2019. 119(1): p. 24-37.
Genetic diversity and structure of the threatened striped legless lizard, Delma impar: management implications for the species and a translocated population.
Murphy, C., Burnett, S., Conroy, G. C., Howland, B. W. A., Lamont, R. W., Sumner, J. and Ogbourne, S. M.
CONSERVATION GENETICS, 2019. 20(2): p. 245-257.
Systematic planning can rapidly close the protection gap in Australian mammal havens.
Ringma, J., Legge, S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Radford, J. Q., Wintle, B., Bentley, J., Burbidge, A. A., Copley, P., Dexter, N., Dickman, C. R., Gillespie, G. R., Hill, B., Johnson, C. N., Kanowski, J., Letnic, M., Manning, A., Menkhorst, P., Mitchell, N., Morris, K., Moseby, K., Page, M., Palmer, R. and Bode, M.
CONSERVATION LETTERS 2019. 12(1): p. 8.
Reversing the effects of evolutionary prey naivete through controlled predator exposure.
Ross, A. K., Letnic, M., Blumstein, D. T. and Moseby, K. E.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 2019. 56(7): p. 1761-1769.
Stromatolite provinces of Hamelin Pool: Physiographic controls on Stromatolites and associated lithofacies
Suosaari, E. P., Reid, R. P., Oehlert, A. M., Playford, P. E., Steffensen, C. K., Andres, M. S., Suosaari, G. V., Milano, G. R. and Eberli, G. P.
JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH 2019. 89(3): p. 207-226.
Southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons) in the Gawler Ranges region of South Australia: population growth from 1988 to 2016.
Swinbourne, M., Taggart, D., Swinbourne, A. and Ostendorf, B.
AUSTRALIAN MAMMALOGY, 2019. 41(1): p. 112-122.
Habitat amount and quality, not patch size, determine persistence of a woodland-dependent mammal in an agricultural landscape
Gardiner, R., Bain, G., Hamer, R., Jones, M. E. and Johnson, C. N.
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, 2018. 33(11): p. 1837-1849.
Standardized reporting of the costs of management interventions for biodiversity conservation
Iacona, G. D., Sutherland, W. J., Mappin, B., Adams, V. M., Armsworth, P. R., Coleshaw, T., Cook, C., Craigie, I., Dicks, L. V., Fitzsimons, J. A., McGowan, J., Plumptre, A. J., Polak, T., Pullin, A. S., Ringma, J., Rushworth, I., Santangeli, A., Stewart, A., Tulloch, A., Walsh, J. C. and Possingham, H. P.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 2018. 32(5): p. 979-988.
Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators
Legge, S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Burbidge, A. A., Palmer, R., Ringma, J., Radford, J. Q., Mitchell, N., Bode, M., Wintle, B., Baseler, M., Bentley, J., Copley, P., Dexter, N., Dickman, C. R., Gillespie, G. R., Hill, B., Johnson, C. N., Latch, P., Letnic, M., Manning, A., McCreless, E. E., Menkhorst, P., Morris, K., Moseby, K., Page, M., Pannell, D. and Tuft, K.
WILDLIFE RESEARCH, 2018. 45(7): p. 627-644.
Quantifying current and potential contributions of Australian indigenous peoples to threatened species management
Leiper, I., Zander, K. K., Robinson, C. J., Carwadine, J., Moggridge, B. J. and Garnett, S. T.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 2018. 32(5): p. 1038-1047.
Strength of a Trophic Cascade Between an Apex Predator, Mammalian Herbivore and Grasses in a Desert Ecosystem Does Not Vary with Temporal Fluctuations in Primary Productivity
Letnic, M., Feit, A. and Forsyth, D. M.
ECOSYSTEMS, 2018. 21(1): p. 153-165.
Estimation of aboveground herbaceous biomass using visually ranked digital photographs
Morgan, H. R., Reid, N. and Hunter, J. T.
RANGELAND JOURNAL, 2018. 40(1): p. 9-18.
Understanding and managing the threats to Night Parrots in south-western Queensland
Murphy, S. A., Paltridge, R., Silcock, J., Murphy, R., Kutt, A. S. and Read, J.
EMU, 2018. 118(1): p. 135-145.
Making the connection: expanding the role of restoration genetics in restoring and evaluating connectivity
Proft, K. M., Jones, M. E., Johnson, C. N. and Burridge, C. P.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 2018. 26(3): p. 411-418.
Degrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial non-volant mammal species to predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and feral cat (Felis catus)
Radford, J. Q., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Legge, S., Baseler, M., Bentley, J., Burbidge, A. A., Bode, M., Copley, P., Dexter, N., Dickman, C. R., Gillespie, G., Hill, B., Johnson, C. N., Kanowski, J., Latch, P., Letnic, M., Manning, A., Menkhorst, P., Mitchell, N., Morris, K., Moseby, K., Page, M. and Ringma, J.
WILDLIFE RESEARCH, 2018. 45(7): p. 645-657.
An exotic woody weed in a pastoral landscape provides habitat for many native species, but has no apparent threatened species conservation significance
Ranyard, C. E., Kirkpatrick, J. B., Johnson, C. N., Barmuta, L. A. and Jones, M. E.
ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION, 2018. 19(3): p. 212-221.
How to ensure threatened species monitoring leads to threatened species conservation
Robinson, N. M., Scheele, B. C., Legge, S., Southwell, D. M., Carter, O., Lintermans, M., Radford, J. Q., Skroblin, A., Dickman, C. R., Koleck, J., Wayne, A. F., Kanowski, J., Gillespie, G. R. and Lindenmayer, D. B.
ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION, 2018. 19(3): p. 222-229.
A decision tree for assessing the risks and benefits of publishing biodiversity data
Tulloch, A. I. T., Auerbach, N., Avery-Gomm, S., Bayraktarov, E., Butt, N., Dickman, C. R., Ehmke, G., Fisher, D. O., Grantham, H., Holden, M. H., Lavery, T. H., Leseberg, N. P., Nicholls, M., O'Connor, J., Roberson, L., Smyth, A. K., Stone, Z., Tulloch, V., Turak, E., Wardle, G. M. and Watson, J. E. M.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 2018. 2(8): p. 1209-1217.
Detecting microrefugia in semi-arid landscapes from remotely sensed vegetation dynamics
Andrew, M. E. and Warrener, H.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017. 200: p. 114-124.
The Uunguu Monitoring and Evaluation Committee: Intercultural Governance of a Land and Sea Management Programme in the Kimberley, Australia
Austin, B. J., Vigilante, T., Cowell, S., Dutton, I. M., Djanghara, D., Mangolomara, S., Puermora, B., Bundamurra, A. and Clement, Z.
Ecological Management & Restoration, 2017. 18(2): p. 124-133.
The Unexpected depths of genome-skimming data: a case study examining goodeniaceae floral symmetry genes
Berger, B. A., Han, J. H., Sessa, E. B., Gardner, A. G., Shepherd, K. A., Ricigliano, V. A., Ily, R. S. J. and Howarth, D. G.
Applications in Plant Sciences, 2017. 5(10): p. 10.
Capitalising on conservation knowledge: Using Conservation Action Planning, Healthy Country Planning and the Open Standards in Australia
Carr, B., Fitzsimons, J., Holland, N., Berkinshaw, T., Bradby, K., Cowell, S., Deegan, P., Koch, P., Looker, M., Varcoe, T., Walsh, P. and Weisenberger, F.
Ecological Management & Restoration, 2017. 18(3): p. 176-189.
Ecosystem Responses to Fire: Identifying Cross-taxa Contrasts and Complementarities to Inform Management Strategies
Doherty, T. S., van Etten, E. J. B., Davis, R. A., Knuckey, C., Radford, J. Q. and Dalgleish, S. A.
Ecosystems, 2017. 20(5): p. 872-884.
Going, going, gone? Loss of genetic diversity in two critically endangered Australian freshwater fishes, Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis and Chlamydogobius squamigenus, from Great Artesian Basin springs at Edgbaston, Queensland, Australia
Faulks, L. K., Kerezsy, A., Unmack, P. J., Johnson, J. B. and Hughes, J. M.
Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2017. 27(1): p. 39-50.
Observations on breeding Night Parrots (Pezoporus occidentalis) in western Queensland
Murphy, S. A., Austin, J. J., Murphy, R. K., Silcock, J., Joseph, L., Garnett, S. T., Leseberg, N. P., Watson, J. E. M. and Burbidge, A. H.
Emu, 2017. 117(2): p. 107-113.
Movements and habitat use of the night parrot Pezoporus occidentalis in south-western Queensland
Murphy, S. A., Silcock, J., Murphy, R., Reid, J. and Austin, J. J.
Austral Ecology, 2017. 42(7): p. 858-868.
Short-term tracking of three red foxes in the Simpson Desert reveals large home-range sizes
Newsome, T. M., Spencer, E. E. and Dickman, C. R.
Australian Mammalogy, 2017. 39(2): p. 238-242.
Fire and cattle disturbance affects vegetation structure and rain forest expansion into savanna in the Australian monsoon tropics
Ondei, S., Prior, L. D., Vigilante, T. and Bowman, Dmjs
Journal of Biogeography, 2017. 44(10): p. 2331-2342.
Water, land, fire, and forest: Multi-scale determinants of rainforests in the Australian monsoon tropics
Ondei, S., Prior, L. D., Williamson, G. J., Vigilante, T. and Bowman, Dmjs
Ecology and Evolution, 2017. 7(5): p. 1592-1604.
Exploring relationships between native vertebrate biodiversity and grazing land condition
Parsons, S. A., Kutt, A., Vanderduys, E. P., Perry, J. J. and Schwarzkopf, L.
Rangeland Journal, 2017. 39(1): p. 25-37.
Spatiotemporal variance of environmental conditions in Australian artesian springs affects the distribution and abundance of six endemic snail species
Rossini, R. A., Fensham, R. J. and Walter, G. H.
Aquatic Ecology, 2017. 51(4): p. 511-529.
Can environmental tolerances explain convergent patterns of distribution in endemic spring snails from opposite sides of the Australian arid zone?
Rossini, R. A., Tibbetts, H. L., Fensham, R. J. and Walter, G. H.
Aquatic Ecology, 2017. 51(4): p. 605-624.
Does the response of bird assemblages to fire mosaic properties vary among spatial scales and foraging guilds?
Burgess, E. E. and Maron, M.
Landscape Ecology, 2016. 31(3): p. 687-699.
Conserving long unburnt vegetation is important for bird species, guilds and diversity
Davis, R. A., Doherty, T. S., van Etten, E. J. B., Radford, J. Q., Holmes, F., Knuckey, C. and Davis, B. J.
Biodiversity and Conservation, 2016. 25(13): p. 2709-2722.
Cattle removal in arid Australia benefits kangaroos in high quality habitat but does not affect camels
Frank, A. S. K., Wardle, G. M., Greenville, A. C. and Dickman, C. R.
Rangeland Journal, 2016. 38(1): p. 73-84.
Utilizing next-generation sequencing to resolve the backbone of the Core Goodeniaceae and inform future taxonomic and floral form studies
Gardner, A. G., Sessa, E. B., Michener, P., Johnson, E., Shepherd, K. A., Howarth, D. G. and Jabaily, R. S.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2016. 94: p. 605-617.
Spatial and temporal synchrony in reptile population dynamics in variable environments
Greenville, A. C., Wardle, G. M., Nguyen, V. and Dickman, C. R.
Oecologia, 2016. 182(2): p. 475-485.
Population dynamics of desert mammals: similarities and contrasts within a multispecies assemblage
Greenville, A. C., Wardle, G. M., Nguyen, V. and Dickman, C. R.
Ecosphere, 2016. 7(5): p. 19.
Birds of a feather flock together: Using trait-groups to understand the effect of macropod grazing on birds in grassy habitats
Howland, B. W. A., Stojanovic, D., Gordon, I. J., Radford, J., Manning, A. D. and Lindenmayer, D. B.
Biological Conservation, 2016. 194: p. 89-99.
The impact of private sanctuary networks on reintroduction programs
Innes, J., Burns, B., Sanders, A. and Hayward, M. W.
Advances in Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna, ed. D.P. Armstrong, et al. 2015, Clayton: Csiro Publishing. 185-199.
Identification of reliable predictors of golden sun moth Synemon plana habitat over multiple survey years can benefit conservation, restoration and surveys for new populations
Kutt, A. S., Dalton, K. and Wills, T. J.
Journal of Insect Conservation, 2016. 20(4): p. 691-699.
Long-term patterns of invertebrate abundance and relationships to environmental factors in arid Australia
Kwok, A. B. C., Wardle, G. M., Greenville, A. C. and Dickman, C. R.
Austral Ecology, 2016. 41(5): p. 480-491.
Post-fire resprouting strategies of rainforest and savanna saplings along the rainforest-savanna boundary in the Australian monsoon tropics
Ondei, S., Prior, L. D., Vigilante, T. and Bowman, Dmjs
Plant Ecology, 2016. 217(6): p. 711-724.
Determining optimal sampling strategies for monitoring threatened endemic macro-invertebrates in Australia's artesian springs
Rossini, R. A., Fensham, R. J. and Walter, G. H.
Marine and Freshwater Research, 2016. 67(5): p. 653-665.
Environmental pressures influencing living stromatolites in Hamelin Pook. Shark Bay, Western Australia
Suosaari, E. P., Reid, R. P., Araujo, T. A. A., Playford, P. E., Holley, D. K., McNamara, K. J. and Eberli, G. P.
Palaios, 2016. 31(10): p. 483-496.
New multi-scale perspectives on the stromatolites of Shark Bay, Western Australia
Suosaari, E. P., Reid, R. P., Playford, P. E., Foster, J. S., Stolz, J. F., Casaburi, G., Hagan, P. D., Chirayath, V., Macintyre, I. G., Planavsky, N. J. and Eberli, G. P.
Scientific Reports, 2016. 6: p. 13.
Fire management strategies to maintain species population processes in a fragmented landscape of fire-interval extremes
Tulloch, A. I. T., Pichancourt, J. B., Gosper, C. R., Sanders, A. and Chades, I.
Ecological Applications, 2016. 26(7): p. 2175-2189.
The effect of targeted high-threat weed control on wet forest understorey vegetation in the Central Highlands region, Victoria
Wills, T. J. and Kutt, A. S.
Ecological Management & Restoration, 2016. 17(3): p. 250-253.
The influence of a variable fire regime on woodland structure and composition
Burgess, E. E., Moss, P., Haseler, M. and Maron, M.
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2015. 24(1): p. 59-69.
Fuel dynamics and vegetation recovery after fire in a semiarid Australian shrubland
Dalgleish, S. A., van Etten, E. J. B., Stock, W. D. and Knuckey, C.
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2015. 24(5): p. 613-623.
Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia
Doherty, T. S.
Australian Mammalogy, 2015. 37(2): p. 219-224.
A game of cat-and-mouse: microhabitat influences rodent foraging in recently burnt but not long unburnt shrublands
Doherty, T. S., Davis, R. A. and van Etten, E. J. B.
Journal of Mammalogy, 2015. 96(2): p. 324-331.
A continental-scale analysis of feral cat diet in Australia
Doherty, T. S., Davis, R. A., van Etten, E. J. B., Algar, D., Collier, N., Dickman, C. R., Edwards, G., Masters, P., Palmer, R. and Robinson, S.
Journal of Biogeography, 2015. 42(5): p. 964-975.
Response of a shrubland mammal and reptile community to a history of landscape-scale wildfire
Doherty, T. S., Davis, R. A., van Etten, E. J. B., Collier, N. and Krawiec, J.
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2015. 24(4): p. 534-543.
New species of Simona Moulds, 2012 and Chelapsalta Moulds, 2012 cicadas (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) from Australia: comparative morphology, songs, behaviour and distributions
Ewart, A., Popple, L. W. and Marshall, D. C.
Zootaxa, 2015. 4001(1): p. 1-65.
Biological, ecological, conservation and legal information for all species and subspecies of Australian bird
Garnett, S. T., Duursma, D. E., Ehmke, G., Guay, P. J., Stewart, A., Szabo, J. K., Weston, M. A., Bennett, S., Crowley, G. M., Drynan, D., Dutson, G., Fitzherbert, K. and Franklin, D. C.
Scientific Data, 2015. 2: p. 6.
Landscape properties mediate the homogenization of bird assemblages during climatic extremes
Haslem, A., Nimmo, D. G., Radford, J. Q. and Bennett, A. F.
Ecology, 2015. 96(12): p. 3165-3174.
Effects of long-term fire exclusion and frequent fire on plant community composition: A case study from semi-arid shrublands
Knuckey, C. G., Van Etten, E. J. B. and Doherty, T. S.
Austral Ecology, 2016. 41(8): p. 964-975.
A Landscape-Scale, Applied Fire Management Experiment Promotes Recovery of a Population of the Threatened Gouldian Finch, Erythrura gouldiae, in Australia's Tropical Savannas
Legge, S., Garnett, S., Maute, K., Heathcote, J., Murphy, S., Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Astheimer, L.
Plos One, 2015. 10(10): p. 27.
On the validity of visual cover estimates for time series analyses: a case study of hummock grasslands
Nguyen, V., Greenville, A. C., Dickman, C. R. and Wardle, G. M.
Plant Ecology, 2015. 216(7): p. 975-988.
Mismatch in the distribution of floral ecotypes and pollinators: insights into the evolution of sexually deceptive orchids
Phillips, R. D., Bohman, B., Anthony, J. M., Krauss, S. L., Dixon, K. W. and Peakall, R.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2015. 28(3): p. 601-612.