Conserving koalas: a review of the contrasting regional trends, outlooks and policy challenges

C McAlpine, D Lunney, A Melzer, P Menkhorst… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), one of the world's most iconic faunal species, was
recently listed under Australian government legislation as vulnerable in the northern states …

[HTML][HTML] Interweaving local, expert, and Indigenous knowledge into quantitative wildlife analyses: A systematic review

ER Stern, MM Humphries - Biological Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Inclusion of local, expert, or Indigenous knowledge about wildlife populations and their
habitats can inform wildlife research, while also increasing knowledge holder engagement …

Drought-driven change in wildlife distribution and numbers: a case study of koalas in south west Queensland

L Seabrook, C McAlpine, G Baxter, J Rhodes… - Wildlife …, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Global climate change will lead to increased climate variability, including more
frequent drought and heatwaves, in many areas of the world. This will affect the distribution …

Real-time drone derived thermal imagery outperforms traditional survey methods for an arboreal forest mammal

RR Witt, CT Beranek, LG Howell, SA Ryan, J Clulow… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) are cryptic and currently face regional extinction. The direct
detection (physical sighting) of individuals is required to improve conservation management …

Koalas and climate change: a case study on the Liverpool Plains, north-west New South Wales

D Lunney, MS Crowther, I Wallis, WJ Foley, J Lemon… - 2012 - meridian.allenpress.com
Koalas are prime candidates to study the impact of climate change because they are
specialised folivores and lack any ready means of avoiding weather extremes. Koalas are …

Assessing the validity of crowdsourced wildlife observations for conservation using public participatory map** methods

G Brown, C McAlpine, J Rhodes, D Lunney… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Public participatory map** is a method of crowdsourcing where the lay public can
contribute spatial information for a range of applications including conservation planning …

[PDF][PDF] South East Queensland koala population modelling study

JR Rhodes, H Beyer, H Preece, C McAlpine - 2015 - cabinet.qld.gov.au
This study was commissioned by the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage
Protection (EHP) to analyse data from the South East Queensland (SEQ) Koala Monitoring …

Extinction in Eden: identifying the role of climate change in the decline of the koala in south-eastern NSW

D Lunney, E Stalenberg, T Santika… - Wildlife …, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Reviews of climate change in Australia have identified that it is imposing additional
stresses on biodiversity, which is already under threat from multiple human impacts. Aims …

Climate‐mediated habitat selection in an arboreal folivore

MS Crowther, D Lunney, J Lemon, E Stalenberg… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The decisions that animals must make to achieve a balance between quantity and quality of
resources become more difficult when their habitats are patchy and differ greatly in quality …

Distribution models for koalas in S outh A ustralia using citizen science‐collected data

AMM Sequeira, PEJ Roetman, CB Daniels… - Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The koala (P hascolarctos cinereus) occurs in the eucalypt forests of eastern and southern
Australia and is currently threatened by habitat fragmentation, climate change, sexually …