Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

JCZ Woinarski, AA Burbidge, PL Harrison - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - pnas.org
The highly distinctive and mostly endemic Australian land mammal fauna has suffered an
extraordinary rate of extinction (> 10% of the 273 endemic terrestrial species) over the last∼ …

Impacts and management of feral cats Felis catus in Australia

TS Doherty, CR Dickman, CN Johnson… - Mammal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Feral cats are among the most damaging invasive species worldwide, and are implicated in
many extinctions, especially in Australia, New Zealand and other islands. Understanding …

Enumerating a continental-scale threat: how many feral cats are in Australia?

S Legge, BP Murphy, H McGregor, JCZ Woinarski… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Feral cats (Felis catus) have devastated wildlife globally. In Australia, feral cats are
implicated in most recent mammal extinctions and continue to threaten native species. Cat …

Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced …

S Legge, JCZ Woinarski, AA Burbidge… - Wildlife …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Many Australian mammal species are highly susceptible to predation by introduced
domestic cats (Felis catus) and European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). These predators have …

A continental‐scale analysis of feral cat diet in Australia

TS Doherty, RA Davis, EJB van Etten… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Reducing the impacts of feral cats (Felis catus) is a priority for conservation managers
across the globe, and success in achieving this aim requires a detailed understanding of the …

Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: the number of mammals killed in Australia

BP Murphy, LA Woolley, HM Geyle, SM Legge… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Predation by cats (Felis catus) is implicated in the decline and extinction of many Australian
mammal species. We estimate the number of mammals killed by cats across Australia …

Review of hyperdispersal in wildlife translocations

J Bilby, K Moseby - Conservation Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Species translocation is a common tool to reverse biodiversity loss, but it has a high failure
rate. One factor that contributes to failure is postrelease hyperdispersal, which we define as …

Translocation tactics: a framework to support the IUCN Guidelines for wildlife translocations and improve the quality of applied methods

WG Batson, IJ Gordon, DB Fletcher… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Translocation is a popular conservation tool, but the outcomes are variable. Many tactics can
be used to improve the probability of success, but a comprehensive summary of these does …

Spending to save: What will it cost to halt Australia's extinction crisis?

BA Wintle, NCR Cadenhead, RA Morgain… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As with most governments worldwide, Australian governments list threatened species and
proffer commitments to recovering them. Yet most of Australia's imperiled species continue …

Catastrophic cat predation: a call for predator profiling in wildlife protection programs

KE Moseby, DE Peacock, JL Read - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduced predators have been implicated in the decline of many fauna populations around
the world and are the main factor responsible for the failure of numerous fauna …