Biological responses to the press and pulse of climate trends and extreme events

RMB Harris, LJ Beaumont, TR Vance, CR Tozer… - Nature climate …, 2018 - nature.com
The interaction of gradual climate trends and extreme weather events since the turn of the
century has triggered complex and, in some cases, catastrophic ecological responses …

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

JCZ Woinarski, AA Burbidge… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
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∼ …

Understanding variation in behavioural responses to human-induced rapid environmental change: a conceptual overview

A Sih - Animal Behaviour, 2013 - Elsevier
A key issue in animal behaviour is the need to understand variation in behavioural
responses to human-induced rapid environmental change (HIREC) such as habitat loss …

Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia

JCZ Woinarski, MF Braby, AA Burbidge, D Coates… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Through collation of global, national and state/territory threatened species lists, we conclude
that 100 Australian endemic species (one protist, 38 vascular plants, ten invertebrates, one …

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 …

Top predators as biodiversity regulators: the dingo Canis lupus dingo as a case study

M Letnic, EG Ritchie, CR Dickman - Biological Reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Top‐order predators often have positive effects on biological diversity owing to their key
functional roles in regulating trophic cascades and other ecological processes. Their loss …

Is the loss of A ustralian digging mammals contributing to a deterioration in ecosystem function?

PA Fleming, H Anderson, AS Prendergast… - Mammal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite once being described as common, digging mammal species have been lost from
the Australian landscape over the last 200 years. Around half of digging mammal species …

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 …

The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: context, cause, and response

JCZ Woinarski, S Legge, JA Fitzsimons… - Conservation …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a context to, attempts an explanation for, and proposes a response to
the recent demonstration of rapid and severe decline of the native mammal fauna of Kakadu …

A fresh framework for the ecology of arid Australia

SR Morton, DMS Smith, CR Dickman… - Journal of Arid …, 2011 - Elsevier
A revised set of propositions about ecology in arid Australia is presented, based on research
literature since publication of Stafford Smith and Morton (1990). Fourteen propositions distil …