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Book Chapters
2022, 'Observing wildlife and its signs', in Smith B; Waudby H; Alberthsen C; Hampton J (ed.), Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods, CSIRO, Melbourne, pp. 45 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486313457
,2014, 'Carnivore communities: challenges and opportunities for conservation.', in Glen A; Dickman C (ed.), Carnivores of Australia : Past, Present and Future, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 405 - 415, http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6708.htm
,2014, 'Introducing a new top predator, the dingo', in Prins H; Gordon IR (ed.), Invasion Biology and Ecosystem Theory - Insights from a Continent in Transition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 414 - 428, http://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/life-sciences/ecology-and-conservation/invasion-biology-and-ecological-theory-insights-continent-transformation
,2013, 'Dogs as predators and trophic regulators', in Gompper M (ed.), Free-Ranging Dogs and Wildlife Conservation, Oxford University Press, pp. 55 - 68
,2013, 'The arrival and impact of the dingo', in Glen AS; Dickman AR (ed.), Carnivores of Australia, edn. Original, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia
,2012, 'Us and them correspondence', in Tingle L (ed.), Quarterly Essay - Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation, edn. 46, Black Inc., Victoria, Australia, pp. 79 - 81
,2010, 'Reptiles, amphibians and fish: going with the flow.', in Robin L; Dickman C (ed.), Desert Channels: The impulse to conserve, CSIRO, Melbourne, pp. 192 - 209
,2010, 'The pituri country stories', in Robin L; Dickman C (ed.), Desert Channels: The impulse to conserve, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne
,2009, 'Reintroducing the Dingo: Can Australia's Conservation Wastelands be Restored?', in Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators, pp. 238 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444312034.ch11
,2008, 'Problem crocodiles: Reducing the risk of attacks by Crocodylus porosus in Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia', in Mitchell JC; Jung Brown RE; Bartholomew B (ed.), Urban Herpetology. Herpetological Conservation 3, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Salt lake City, pp. 509 - 517
,2007, 'The pastoral industry: history and impact on arid zone fauna.', in Lunney D; Dickman C; Burgin S (ed.), Animals of arid Australia: out on their own?, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney, pp. 65 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/FS.2007.041
,Journal articles
2024, 'Male dingo urinary scents code for age class and wild dingoes respond to this information', Chemical Senses, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjae004
,2023, 'Fire severity influences the post-fire habitat structure and abundance of a cool climate lizard', Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13410
,2023, 'Herbivores’ Impacts Cascade Through the Brown Food Web in a Dryland', Ecosystems, 26, pp. 969 - 982, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00810-4
,2023, 'Diet of the Dingo in Subtropical Australian Forests: Are Small, Threatened Macropods at Risk?', Animals, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13142257
,2023, 'Genome-wide variant analyses reveal new patterns of admixture and population structure in Australian dingoes', Molecular Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16998
,2023, 'Herbivores disrupt the flow of food resources to termites in dryland ecosystems', Ecology, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4035
,2023, 'Spatial effects of nitrogen deposition on soil organic carbon stocks in patchy degraded saline-alkaline grassland', Geoderma, 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116408
,2023, 'Negative frequency dependent prey selection by two canid predators and its implications for conservation of a threatened rodent in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02570-6
,2023, 'Addressing prey naivety in native mammals by accelerating selection for antipredator traits', Ecological Applications, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2780
,2023, 'Understanding conflict among experts working oncontroversial species: A case study on the Australian dingo', Conservation Science and Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12900
,2023, 'Effects of the Australian 2019–2020 megafires on a population of endangered broad-headed snakes Hoplocephalus bungaroides', Austral Ecology, 48, pp. 24 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13118
,2023, 'Short-term impacts of the 2019–20 fire season on biodiversity in eastern Australia', Austral Ecology, 48, pp. 3 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13247
,2023, 'Can native predators be used as a stepping stone to reduce prey naivety to novel predators?', Behavioral Ecology, 34, pp. 63 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac097
,2022, 'A single introduction of wild rabbits triggered the biological invasion of Australia', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122734119
,2022, 'Irrupting prey populations in the absence of a mammalian apex predator drive shifts in prey selection by eagles', Science of Nature, 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-022-01804-x
,2022, 'Dingoes have greater suppressive effect on fox populations than poisoning campaigns', Australian Mammalogy, 44, pp. 387 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM21036
,2022, 'Occupancy and co-occurrence patterns of endemic mammals and introduced predators across a broad geographical gradient in eastern Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 31, pp. 989 - 1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02374-0
,2021, 'Diet and occurrences of the letter-winged kite in a predation refuge', Science of Nature, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-021-01772-8
,2021, 'Top-down effects have primacy over bottom-up effects on the population dynamics of a flightless desert bird', Journal of Arid Environments, 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104611
,2021, 'The impact of headstarting on the survival and naiveté of an endangered terrestrial mammal after return to the wild', Animal Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12745
,2021, 'Individual traits influence survival of a reintroduced marsupial only at low predator densities', Animal Conservation, 24, pp. 904 - 913, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12690
,2021, 'Headstarting as a cost-effective conservation strategy for an endangered mammal', Current Biology, 31, pp. R465 - R466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.017
,2021, 'Impacts of grazing by kangaroos and rabbits on vegetation and soils in a semi-arid conservation reserve', Journal of Arid Environments, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104526
,2021, 'Frequent consumption of sap suggests that omnivory is widespread among Australian geckos', Science of Nature, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-021-01720-6
,2021, 'Pelage variation in dingoes across southeastern Australia: implications for conservation and management', Journal of Zoology
,2021, 'Remote sensing of trophic cascades: multi-temporal landsat imagery reveals vegetation change driven by the removal of an apex predator', Landscape Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01206-w
,2021, 'Mistletoes Facilitate a Desert Herbivore by Improving the Quality of Shade', Ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00590-9
,2021, 'DIY radio-collar attachment for small macropods', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM20068
,2021, 'Introgression does not influence the positive ecological and functional role of dingo populations', Australian Zoologist, 41, pp. 338 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.016
,2021, 'Not so naïve: endangered mammal responds to olfactory cues of an introduced predator after less than 150 years of coexistence', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02952-8
,2021, 'The myth of wild dogs in Australia: Are there any out there?', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM20055
,2021, 'Two alternate states: shrub, bird and mammal assemblages differ on either side of the Dingo Barrier Fence', Australian Zoologist, 41, pp. 534 - 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.005
,2020, 'Grazing by over-abundant native herbivores jeopardizes conservation goals in semi-arid reserves', Global Ecology and Conservation, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01384
,2020, 'Strategic Adaptive Management planning - restoring a desert ecosystem by managing introduced species and native herbivores and reintroducing mammals', Conservation Science and Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.268
,2020, 'Pesticide use is linked to increased body size in a large mammalian carnivore', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131, pp. 220 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa084
,2020, 'Exposure to a novel predator induces visual predator recognition by naïve prey', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02884-3
,2020, 'Short-term response of threatened small macropods and their predators to prescribed burns in subtropical Australia', Ecological Management and Restoration, 21, pp. 97 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12407
,2020, 'Direct and indirect effects of carrion subsidies in an arid rangeland: Carrion has positive effects on facultative scavengers and negative effects on a small songbird', Journal of Arid Environments, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104174
,2020, 'Komodo dragons are not ecological analogs of apex mammalian predators', Ecology, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2970
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