Burmese pythons in Florida: A synthesis of biology, impacts, and management tools

JC Guzy, BG Falk, BJ Smith, JD Willson, RN Reed… - 2023 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) are native to southeastern Asia, however, there
is an established invasive population inhabiting much of southern Florida throughout the …

Diet of the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes in Australia: analysis of temporal and spatial patterns

PA Fleming, HM Crawford, AM Stobo‐Wilson… - Mammal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The red fox Vulpes vulpes is one of the world's most widespread carnivores. A key to its
success has been its broad, opportunistic diet. The fox was introduced to Australia about …

Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators

AM Stobo‐Wilson, BP Murphy, SM Legge… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Introduced predators negatively impact biodiversity globally, with insular fauna often
most severely affected. Here, we assess spatial variation in the number of terrestrial …

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 …

Natural and anthropogenic processes influence the occurrence of vertebrate fauna in coastal dunes

A Chadwick, MA Weston, T Burns, G Randall… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastal dunes represent habitat for wildlife yet are chronically understudied and are
threatened by anthropogenically driven processes from their landward and seaward …

Distinctive diets of eutherian predators in Australia

PA Fleming, AM Stobo-Wilson… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Introduction of the domestic cat and red fox has devastated Australian native fauna. We
synthesized Australian diet analyses to identify traits of prey species in cat, fox and dingo …

Interspecific variation in the diet of a native apex predator and invasive mesopredator in an alpine ecosystem

ER Thompson, DA Driscoll, SE Venn… - Austral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carnivores have key ecological roles in structuring and regulating ecosystems through their
impacts on prey populations. When apex‐and meso‐predators co‐occur in ecosystems …

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the dominant predator of lizard models in a semi‐arid landscape, and predation risk is reduced by vegetation cover

S Braun, EG Ritchie, TS Doherty, DG Nimmo - Austral Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation structure affects predation risk in ecosystems around the world. Spinifex (Triodia
spp.) is a foundation species in fire‐prone grasslands and woodlands that cover more than a …

Carrion use by a reptile is influenced by season, habitat and competition with an apex mammalian scavenger

RJ Cairncross, EE Spencer, N Meisuria… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Scavenging on carrion is critical and often fiercely competitive for a range of vertebrate
species, from native apex predators to invasive species and even reptiles. Within Australia, a …

Disturbance and ecosystem management interact to shape reptile body condition

KJ Macdonald, TS Doherty, BA Hradsky… - Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fire, invasive predators and low rainfall are key disturbances that interact to negatively
impact wildlife. Reptiles are a highly threatened group, yet they have rarely been the focus of …