Using social networks to deduce whether residents or dispersers spread parasites in a lizard population

AL Fenner, SS Godfrey… - Journal of Animal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneity of host behaviour can play an important role in the spread of parasites and
pathogens around wildlife populations. Social networks have previously been suggested to …

Managed relocation as an adaptation strategy for mitigating climate change threats to the persistence of an endangered lizard

DA Fordham, MJ Watts, S Delean… - Global change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The distributional ranges of many species are contracting with habitat conversion and
climate change. For vertebrates, informed strategies for translocations are an essential …

[HTML][HTML] Open areas associated with traditional agriculture promote functional connectivity among amphibian demes in Mediterranean agrosystems

L Albero, Í Martínez-Solano, M Hermida, M Vera… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context Functional connectivity across fragmented habitat patches is essential for the
conservation of animal populations in humanized landscapes. Given their low dispersal …

Life history influences how fire affects genetic diversity in two lizard species

AL Smith, CM Bull, MG Gardner… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 'Fire mosaics' are often maintained in landscapes to promote successional diversity
in vegetation with little understanding of how this will affect ecological processes in animal …

Movement patterns of an arboreal gecko in fragmented agricultural landscapes reveal matrix avoidance

NA Hansen, DA Driscoll, DR Michael… - Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animal movement through agricultural landscapes is critical for population persistence of
species within fragmented native vegetation patches. However, perceived habitat quality …

The role of dispersal, selection intensity, and extirpation risk in resilience to climate change: A trait‐based modelling approach

J Mo, PD Polly - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Factors that make species resilient to climate change can be difficult to study with
empirical data because conditions cannot be experimentally controlled. We used trait‐based …

Male-biased movement in pygmy bluetongue lizards: implications for conservation

JA Schofield, AL Fenner, K Pelgrim, CM Bull - Wildlife Research, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Translocation has become an increasingly common tool in the conservation of
species. Understanding the movement patterns of some species can be important to …

Spiders provide important resources for an endangered lizard

HL Fellows, AL Fenner, CM Bull - Journal of Zoology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation management requires knowledge of how a target species interacts with other
species. Some relatively common species can modify the environment to the advantage of …

[PDF][PDF] Back to the brink: population decline of the endangered grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla) following its rediscovery

WJ Dimond, WS Osborne, MC Evans… - Herpetological …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Lizard populations are under serious threat through widespread decline and predictions of
multiple extinctions through climate change. Yet detecting specific instances of decline …

Temporal trends in genetic data and effective population size support efficacy of management practices in critically endangered dusky gopher frogs (Lithobates …

KM Hinkson, SC Richter - Ecology and Evolution, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring temporal changes in population genetic diversity and effective population size
can provide vital information on future viability. The dusky gopher frog, Lithobates sevosus …