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∼ …

Loss of terrestrial biodiversity in Australia: Magnitude, causation, and response

S Legge, L Rumpff, ST Garnett, JCZ Woinarski - Science, 2023 - science.org
Australia's biota is species rich, with high rates of endemism. This natural legacy has rapidly
diminished since European colonization. The impacts of invasive species, habitat loss …

Invasive predators and global biodiversity loss

TS Doherty, AS Glen, DG Nimmo… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Invasive species threaten biodiversity globally, and invasive mammalian predators are
particularly damaging, having contributed to considerable species decline and extinction …

The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

S Legge, L Rumpff, JCZ Woinarski… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim After environmental disasters, species with large population losses may need urgent
protection to prevent extinction and support recovery. Following the 2019–2020 Australian …

Implications of the 2019–2020 megafires for the biogeography and conservation of Australian vegetation

RC Godfree, N Knerr, F Encinas-Viso… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Australia's 2019–2020 'Black Summer'bushfires burnt more than 8 million hectares
of vegetation across the south-east of the continent, an event unprecedented in the last 200 …

Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other …

S Legge, JCZ Woinarski, BC Scheele… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The incidence of major fires is increasing globally, creating extraordinary challenges for
governments, managers and conservation scientists. In 2019–2020, Australia experienced …

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 …

Museum genomics reveals the rapid decline and extinction of Australian rodents since European settlement

E Roycroft, AJ MacDonald, C Moritz… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Australia has the highest historically recorded rate of mammalian extinction in the world, with
34 terrestrial species declared extinct since European colonization in 1788. Among …

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 …