Using species distribution models and decision tools to direct surveys and identify potential translocation sites for a critically endangered species

AC Eyre, NJ Briscoe, DKP Harley… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Occurrence records for cryptic species are typically limited or highly uncertain, leaving
their distributions poorly resolved and hampering conservation. This can apply to well …

Predicting plant species distributions using climate‐based model ensembles with corresponding measures of congruence and uncertainty

SB Stewart, M Fedrigo, S Kasel… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The increasing availability of regional and global climate data presents an opportunity
to build better ecological models; however, it is not always clear which climate dataset is …

[HTML][HTML] Climate extreme variables generated using monthly time‐series data improve predicted distributions of plant species

SB Stewart, J Elith, M Fedrigo, S Kasel… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme weather can have significant impacts on plant species demography; however, most
studies have focused on responses to a single or small number of extreme events. Long …

Ten years of camera trapping for a cryptic and threatened arboreal mammal–a review of applications and limitations

D Harley, A Eyre - Wildlife Research, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
For many cryptic mammal species, limited distributional data restrict the scope or
effectiveness of conservation actions, particularly in relation to habitat protection and/or …

Unburnt refugia support post-fire population recovery of a threatened arboreal marsupial, Leadbeater's possum

LK Durkin, PD Moloney, JK Cripps, JL Nelson… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Large wildfires have the potential to create heterogeneous landscapes in forest ecosystems.
Range-restricted species in fire-prone regions have evolved to persist in the face of periodic …

Spatial and temporal dynamics of habitat availability and stability for a critically endangered arboreal marsupial: implications for conservation planning in a fire-prone …

CR Nitschke, R Trouvé, LF Lumsden, LT Bennett… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Effective conservation planning for species depends on vegetation models that can
capture the dynamics of habitat elements across both spatial and temporal domains …

Testing the utility of species distribution modelling using Random Forests for a species in decline

PA Burns, N Clemann, M White - Austral Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat suitability estimates derived from species distribution models (SDMs) are
increasingly used to guide management of threatened species. Poorly estimating species' …

Accounting for detectability and abundance in survey design for a declining species

PA Burns, C McCall, KC Rowe… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim As populations decline they become harder to detect simply because there are fewer
animals to observe. In such cases, survey effort that was once reliable may become …

Feral cat predation on Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) and observations of arboreal hunting at nest boxes

LB McComb, PE Lentini, DKP Harley… - Australian …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Feral cats have been identified as a major threat to Australian wildlife; however, their
impacts on the critically endangered Leadbeater's possum (Gymobelideus leadbeateri) are …

Short range extension delineating the north-eastern limit, and use of atypical habitat by highland Leadbeater's possum

PV Macak, JL Nelson, LK Durkin, JK Cripps… - Australian …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Within its core highland range, Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) occurs
predominantly in tall montane ash forest dominated by Eucalyptus regnans, E. delegatensis …