A systematic review of factors affecting wildlife survival during rehabilitation and release

HR Cope, C McArthur, CR Dickman, TM Newsome… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Millions of native animals around the world are rescued and rehabilitated each year by
wildlife rehabilitators. Triage and rehabilitation protocols need to be robust and evidence …

Translocations of digging mammals and their potential for ecosystem restoration: a review of goals and monitoring programmes

BJ Palmer, LE Valentine, M Page, RJ Hobbs - Mammal Review, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, translocations are commonly used to improve the conservation status of threatened
species. There is increasing recognition that translocations of ecosystem engineers also …

Life in linear habitats: the movement ecology of an endangered mammal in a peri‐urban landscape

SJ Maclagan, T Coates, BA Hradsky… - Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animal movement can be significantly altered in human‐dominated landscapes such as
urban and peri‐urban areas, where habitat is often fragmented and/or linear. Knowledge …

The hitchhiker's guide to Australian conservation: A parasitological perspective on fauna translocations

JA Dunlop, MJ Watson - Austral Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Translocation is a widely used conservation tool for reintroducing, introducing or restocking
wildlife for conservation purposes. Disease and parasites are often unintended hitchhikers …

Heterogeneous patterns of heterozygosity loss in isolated populations of the threatened eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)

JG Black, ARJ van Rooyen, D Heinze… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying and analysing isolated populations is critical for conservation. Isolation can make
populations vulnerable to local extinction due to increased genetic drift and inbreeding, both …

Remnant vegetation provides genetic connectivity for a critical weight range mammal in a rapidly urbanising landscape

K Ottewell, G Pitt, B Pellegrino, R Van Dongen… - Landscape and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Urbanisation is one of the most pervasive agents of contemporary landscape change
globally. Rapid land use change and competing land uses pose multiple challenges for …

Telemetry tails: a practical method for attaching animal-borne devices to small vertebrates in the field

KA Cornelsen, CM Arkinstall, J Van Weenen… - Wildlife …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Continued miniaturisation of tracking technology increases its utility in animal
applications. However, species morphology often dictates the type of animal-borne device …

Phylogeography of southern brown and golden bandicoots: implications for the taxonomy and distribution of endangered subspecies and species

SJB Cooper, K Ottewell, AJ MacDonald… - Australian Journal of …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Southern brown (Isoodon obesulus) and golden (Isoodon auratus) bandicoots are iconic
Australian marsupials that have experienced dramatic declines since European settlement …

Prioritising source populations for supplementing genetic diversity of reintroduced southern brown bandicoots Isoodon obesulus obesulus

NM Robinson, C Rhoades, J Pierson… - Conservation …, 2021 - Springer
Reintroduction programs can benefit from optimisation of source populations to maximise
genetic diversity. Here, we report an approach to guide genetic supplementation of founder …

The role of grass-tree Xanthorrhoea semiplana (Asphodelaceae) canopies in temperature regulation and waterproofing for ground-dwelling wildlife

S Petit, DS Frazer - Pacific Conservation Biology, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Context The iconic grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea semiplana) of Australia are used by many
animal species, but their role as shelters against weather extremes is poorly known. The …