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Journal articles
2019, 'Review of translocations of the greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor): Lessons learnt to facilitate ongoing recovery', Wildlife Research, 46, pp. 455 - 475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR19021
,2018, 'Understanding predator densities for successful co-existence of alien predators and threatened prey', Austral Ecology, 44, pp. 409 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12697
,2018, 'Degrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial non-volant mammal species to predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and feral cat (Felis catus).', Wildlife Research, 45, pp. 645 - 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR18008
,2018, 'Searching for an effective pre-release screening tool for translocations: can trap temperament predict behaviour and survival in the wild?', Biodiversity and Conservation
,2018, 'Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators', Wildlife Research, 45, pp. 627 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR17172
,2018, 'Choice or opportunity: are post-release social groupings influenced by familiarity or reintroduction protocols?', Oryx
,2018, 'Prey naïveté and the anti-predator responses of a vulnerable marsupial prey to known and novel predators', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72, pp. 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2568-5
,2018, 'Conservation challenges and benefits of multispecies reintroductions to a national park – a case study from New South Wales, Australia', Pacific Conservation Biology, 24, pp. 397 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC17058
,2018, 'Ecological Role of an Apex Predator Revealed by a Reintroduction Experiment and Bayesian Statistics', Ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0269-6
,2018, 'Peak hour in the bush: linear anthropogenic clearings funnel predator and prey species', Austral Ecology, 43, pp. 159 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12553
,2018, 'Long-term genetic consequences of mammal reintroductions into an Australian conservation reserve', Biological Conservation, 219, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.038
,2018, 'Too much of a good thing; successful reintroduction leads to overpopulation in a threatened mammal', Biological Conservation, 219, pp. 78 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.006
,2018, 'Discrimination of introduced predators by ontogenetically naïve prey scales with duration of shared evolutionary history', Animal Behaviour, 137, pp. 133 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.013
,2018, 'Antipredator behaviour of a native marsupial is relaxed when mammalian predators are excluded', Wildlife Research, 45, pp. 726 - 736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR18060
,2018, 'Designer prey: Can controlled predation accelerate selection for anti-predator traits in naïve populations?', Biological Conservation, 217, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.022
,2018, 'Small marsupial, big dispersal? Broad- and fine-scale genetic structure of an endangered marsupial from the Australian arid zone', Australian Journal of Zoology, 66, pp. 214 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO18054
,2018, 'The desert dweller: Forging a career in arid zone ecology', Pacific Conservation Biology, 24, pp. 230 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC18022
,2018, 'The use of hair tubes in detecting irruptive arid-zone rodents', Australian Mammalogy, 40, pp. 230 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM15025
,2018, 'Designer prey: Can controlled predation accelerate selection for anti-predator traits in naïve populations?', Biological Conservation, 217, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.022
,2017, 'Predator exposure improves anti-predator responses in a threatened mammal', Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, pp. 147 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12947
,2017, 'The role of refuges in the persistence of australian dryland mammals', Biological Reviews, 92, pp. 647 - 664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12247
,2017, 'Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?', Biological Conservation, 206, pp. 293 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.032
,2017, 'Vegetation damage caused by high densities of burrowing bettongs (Bettongia lesueur) at Arid Recovery', Australian Mammalogy, 39, pp. 33 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM15040
,2016, 'Rabbit biocontrol and landscape-scale recovery of threatened desert mammals', Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 30, pp. 774 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12684
,2016, 'Deep evolutionary experience explains mammalian responses to predators', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, pp. 1755 - 1763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2181-4
,2016, 'How high is your hummock? The importance of Triodia height as a habitat predictor for an endangered marsupial in a fire-prone environment', Austral Ecology, 41, pp. 382 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12323
,2016, 'Feral cat home-range size varies predictably with landscape productivity and population density', Journal of Zoology, 298, pp. 112 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12290
,2016, 'Predator swamping and supplementary feeding do not improve reintroduction success for a threatened Australian mammal, Bettongia lesueur', Australian Mammalogy, 38, pp. 177 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM15020
,2015, 'Catastrophic cat predation: A call for predator profiling in wildlife protection programs', Biological Conservation, 191, pp. 331 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.07.026
,2015, 'Harnessing natural selection to tackle the problem of prey naïveté', Evolutionary Applications: evolutionary approaches to environmental, biomedical and socio-economic issues, 9, pp. 334 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12332
,2015, 'Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration', Restoration Ecology, 23, pp. 201 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12186
,2015, 'Dingo interactions with exotic mesopredators: Spatiotemporal dynamics in an Australian arid-zone study', Wildlife Research, 42, pp. 529 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR15104
,2015, 'Factors that influence trap success of sandhill dunnarts (Sminthopsis psammophila) and other small mammals in Triodia dunefields of South Australia', Australian Mammalogy, 37, pp. 212 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM14020
,2015, 'How to snap your cat: Optimum lures and their placement for attracting mammalian predators in arid Australia', Wildlife Research, 42, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR14193
,2015, 'Toxic Trojans: Can feral cat predation be mitigated by making their prey poisonous?', Wildlife Research, 42, pp. 689 - 696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR15125
,2014, 'Tailoring release protocols to individual species and sites: One size does not fit all', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099753
,2014, 'Recommended guiding principles for reporting on camera trapping research', Biodiversity and Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0712-8
,2014, 'Improved technique for capturing the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) using burrow cage traps', Australian Mammalogy, 36, pp. 259 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM14011
,2014, 'Recommended guiding principles for reporting on camera trapping research', Biodiversity and Conservation, 23, pp. 2321 - 2343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0712-8
,2013, 'The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia', Australian Mammalogy, 35, pp. 65 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM12021
,2012, 'Can predator avoidance training improve reintroduction outcomes for the greater bilby in arid Australia?', Animal Behaviour, 83, pp. 1011 - 1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.023
,2012, 'Landowner Surveys Inform Protected Area Management: A Case Study from Tetepare Island, Solomon Islands', Human Ecology, 40, pp. 227 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9460-0
,2012, 'Interactions between a top order predator and exotic mesopredators in the Australian rangelands', International Journal of Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/250352
,2011, 'Predation determines the outcome of 10 reintroduction attempts in arid South Australia', Biological Conservation, 144, pp. 2863 - 2872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.003
,2011, 'The use of poison baits to control feral cats and red foxes in arid South Australia I. Aerial baiting trials', Wildlife Research, 38, pp. 338 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR10235
,2011, 'The use of poison baits to control feral cats and red foxes in arid South Australia II. Bait type, placement, lures and non-target uptake', Wildlife Research, 38, pp. 350 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR10236
,2011, 'Eradication of rabbits from landscape scale exclosures: Pipedream or possibility?', Ecological Management and Restoration, 12, pp. 46 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00567.x
,2011, 'Can the invasive European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) assume the soil engineering role of locally-extinct natives?', Biological Invasions, 13, pp. 3027 - 3038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-9987-9
,2010, 'One-way gates: Initial trial of a potential tool for preventing overpopulation within fenced reserves', Ecological Management and Restoration, 11, pp. 139 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2010.00532.x
,2010, 'Initial conservation outcomes of the Tetepare Island Protected Area', Pacific Conservation Biology, 16, pp. 173 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc100173
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