How do invasive predators and their native prey respond to prescribed fire?

DJ Watchorn, TS Doherty, BA Wilson… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fire shapes animal communities by altering resource availability and species interactions,
including between predators and prey. In Australia, there is particular concern that two …

Experimenting with artificial shelters to assist habitat restoration for medium‐sized ground‐dwelling mammals

D McLean, R Goldingay, M Letnic - Restoration ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many terrestrial vertebrates require microhabitat shelter structures for survival. Where
anthropogenic or environmental disturbances have degraded or depleted shelter, artificial …

Artificial refuges did not increase small mammal abundance after fire

DJ Watchorn, TS Doherty, BA Wilson… - … Science and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The interacting threats of invasive predators and altered fire regimes are key conservation
issues for many native species globally. Artificial refuges have been proposed as a potential …

Wildfire in rainforest margins is associated with variation in mammal diversity and habitat use

RR Bird, RR Zsoldos, MVJ Sandoval… - Wildlife …, 2025 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Rainforests typically evolved without the influence of fire or with only low-intensity
fires, making them vulnerable to contemporary increases in fire frequency and intensity …