Faunal responses to fire in Australian tropical savannas: Insights from field experiments and their lessons for conservation management

AN Andersen - Diversity and distributions, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Fire is particularly frequent, complex and contentious in the vast tropical savannas of
northern Australia, where declines in many threatened species are associated with fire, and …

Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species

T Cremona, AM Baker, SJB Cooper… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Australian sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps sl, is widely distributed across
eastern and northern Australia. Examination of historical and contemporary collections of …

Conservation biogeography of modern species of Australasian marsupials

JCZ Woinarski, DO Fisher - American and Australasian Marsupials: an …, 2023 - Springer
The diverse and distinctive Australasian marsupial fauna has experienced considerable loss
over the last 200 years. Extinctions of Australasian marsupials have been confined to …

[HTML][HTML] Pyrodiversity trade-offs: A simulation study of the effects of fire size and dispersal ability on native mammal populations in northern Australian savannas

HF Davies, C Visintin, BP Murphy, EG Ritchie… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Maximising the spatiotemporal variability of prescribed fire (ie pyrodiversity) is often thought
to benefit biodiversity. However, given mixed empirical support, the generality of the …

Patterns of niche contraction identify vital refuge areas for declining mammals

B von Takach, BC Scheele, H Moore… - Diversity and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Investigation of realized niche contraction in declining species can help us understand
how and where threats are being either mediated or tolerated across landscapes. It also …

Sharing meals: Predation on Australian mammals by the introduced European red fox compounds and complements predation by feral cats

AM Stobo-Wilson, BP Murphy, HM Crawford… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two introduced carnivores, the European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis
catus, have had, and continue to have, major impacts on wildlife, particularly mammals …

Bottom-up and top-down processes influence contemporary patterns of mammal species richness in Australia's monsoonal tropics

AM Stobo-Wilson, D Stokeld, LD Einoder… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent decades severe mammal declines have occurred in the vast and uncleared tropical
savannas of northern Australia. Mounting evidence suggests that feral cats (Felis catus) …

Feral cats are more abundant under severe disturbance regimes in an Australian tropical savanna

HF Davies, SW Maier, BP Murphy - Wildlife Research, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Context There is an increasing awareness that feral cats play a key role in driving the
ongoing decline of small mammals across northern Australia; yet, the factors that control the …

Expanding the biocultural benefits of species distribution modelling with Indigenous collaborators: Case study from northern Australia

BL Campbell, Y Rangers, YK Custodians… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urgent calls for biocultural conservation highlight the need to engage with Indigenous
peoples, whose lands cover some of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. In these places …

The intact and the imperilled: contrasting mammal population trajectories between two large adjacent islands

G Neave, BP Murphy, T Rangers, AN Andersen… - Wildlife …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Native mammals continue to suffer widespread and severe declines across northern
Australia's tropical savannas. There is an increasing body of evidence that the primary driver …