ABSTRACT 1 The successful introduction of the red fox Vulpes vulpes into Australia in the
1870s has had dramatic and deleterious impacts on both native fauna and agricultural …

Cox and Lima's [1] recent TREE review on prey naiveté and the impacts of alien predation is
a welcome addition to our understanding of why invasive species are so devastating …

Large mammalian carnivores are ecologically important because relatively few individuals
can cause strong predation-driven direct effects or fear-driven indirect effects that can ripple …

Of the forty mammal species known to have vanished in the world in the last 200 years,
almost half have been Australian. Our continent has the worst record of mammal extinctions …

The nesting habitat of most freshwater turtle species has been described, but factors
influencing maternal nest site selection have rarely been tested experimentally. Offspring …

Aim Introduced predators negatively impact biodiversity globally, with insular fauna often
most severely affected. Here, we assess spatial variation in the number of terrestrial …

Australian examples of surplus killing by mammalian predators were collated. These
included surplus killing of native mammals and birds by foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and stock …

Quantifying the relative impacts of top‐down vs. bottom‐up control of ecosystems remains a
controversial issue, with debate often focusing on the perennial question of how predators …

ABSTRACT 1 The production of food for human consumption has led to an historical and
global conflict with terrestrial carnivores, which in turn has resulted in the extinction or …

Australian mammals have suffered an exceptionally high rate of decline and extinction over
the last two hundred years. Body mass is linked to extinction risk in Australian mammals, but …