By Professor Mike Ivan Letnic

Journal articles

Chu N; Cornwell W; Letnic M, 2021, 'Mistletoes Facilitate a Desert Herbivore by Improving the Quality of Shade', Ecosystems, 24, pp. 1393 - 1401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00590-9

Ross AK; Lawes JC; Lowry JA; Letnic M, 2021, 'DIY radio-collar attachment for small macropods', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM20068

Crowther MS; Cairns KM; van Eeden LM; Letnic M, 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

Steindler L; Letnic M, 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, pp. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02952-8

Cairns KM; Crowther MS; Nesbitt B; Letnic M, 2021, 'The myth of wild dogs in Australia: Are there any out there?', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM20055

Mills CH; Wijas B; Gordon CE; Lyons M; Feit A; Wilkinson A; Letnic M, 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

Mills CH; Waudby H; Finlayson G; Parker D; Cameron M; Letnic M, 2020, 'Grazing by over-abundant native herbivores jeopardizes conservation goals in semi-arid reserves', Global Ecology and Conservation, 24, pp. e01384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01384

Kingsford R; West R; Pedler R; Keith D; Moseby K; read J; Letnic M; Leggett K; Ryall S, 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

Letnic M; Crowther MS, 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

Steindler LA; Blumstein DT; West R; Moseby KE; Letnic M, 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

McHugh D; Goldingay R; Parkyn J; Goodwin A; Letnic M, 2020, 'Short-term response of threatened small macropods and their predators to prescribed burns in subtropical Australia', Ecological Management and Restoration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12407

McHugh D; Goldingay RL; Parkyn J; Goodwin A; Letnic M, 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

Rees J; Crowther M; Kingsford R; Letnic M, 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

Jessop TS; Ariefiandy A; Forsyth DM; Purwandana D; White CR; Benu YJ; Madsen T; Harlow HJ; Letnic M, 2020, 'Komodo dragons are not ecological analogs of apex mammalian predators', Ecology, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2970

Feit B; Dempster T; Jessop T; Webb J; Letnic M, 2020, 'A trophic cascade initiated by an invasive vertebrate alters the structure of native reptile communities', Global Change Biology, 26, pp. 2829 - 2840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15032

Jessop T; Ariefiandy A; Forsyth D; Purwandana D; White C; Benu Y; Madsen T; Harlow H; Letnic M, 2020, 'Komodo dragons are not ecological analogs of apex mammalian predators', Ecology

Jessop TS; Ariefiandy A; Forsyth DM; Purwandana D; White CR; Benu YJ; Madsen T; Harlow HJ; Letnic M, 2020, 'Deadly but not Dangerous: How Ecologically Effective are Komodo Dragons as an Apex Predator?', The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1671

Cairns K; Nesbitt B; Laffan S; Letnic M; Crowther M, 2019, 'Geographic hot spots of dingo genetic ancestry in southeastern Australia despite hybridisation with domestic dogs', Conservation Genetics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01230-z

Contos P; Letnic M, 2019, 'Diet of the crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) in the Strzelecki Desert', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM19003

Blumstein DT; Letnic M; Moseby K, 2019, 'In situ predator conditioning of naive prey prior to reintroduction', Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0058

Brink H; Purcell B; Letnic M; Webster H; Appleby R; Jordan N, 2019, 'Pets and pests: a review of the contrasting economics and fortunes of dingoes and domestic dogs in Australia, and a proposed new funding scheme for non-lethal dingo management', Wildlife Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR19030

Rees J; Rees G; Kingsford R; Letnic M, 2019, 'Indirect commensalism between an introduced apex predator and a native avian predator', Biodiversity and Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01787-8

Ross A; Letnic M; Blumstein D; Moseby K, 2019, 'Reversing the effects of evolutionary prey naiveté through controlled predator exposure', Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, pp. 1761 - 1769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13406

McHugh D; Goldingay R; Link J; Letnic M, 2019, 'Habitat and introduced predators influence the occupancy of small threatened macropods in subtropical Australia', Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5203

Feit B; Feit A; Letnic M, 2019, 'Apex predators decouple population dynamics between mesopredators and their prey', Ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00360-2

Contos P; Letnic M, 2019, 'Top-down effects of a large mammalian carnivore in arid Australia extend to epigeic arthropod assemblages', Journal of Arid Environments, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.03.002

Smith B; Cairns K; Adams J; Newsome T; Fillios M; Deaux E; Parr W; Letnic M; van Eden L; Appelby R; Bradshaw C; Savolainen P; Ritchie E; Nimmo D; Archer-Lean C; Greenville A; Dickman C; Watson L; Moseby K; Doherty T; Wallach A; Morrant D; Crowther M, 2019, 'Taxonomic status of the Australian dingo: the case for Canis dingo meyer, 1793', Zootaxa, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.6

Gordon C; Letnic M, 2019, 'Evidence that the functional extinction of small mammals facilitates shrub encroachment following wildfire in arid Australia', Journal of Arid Environments, 164, pp. 60 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.01.015

Ariefiandy A; Purwandana D; Benu J; Letnic M; Jessop T, 2019, 'Knee deep in trouble: Rusa deer use an aquatic escape behaviour to delay Komodo dragon attac', Australian Mammalogy

Sweeney O; Turnbull J; Jones M; Letnic M; Newsome T; Sharp A, 2019, 'An Australian perspective on rewilding', Conservation Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13280

Jessop T; Ariefandy A; Purwandana D; Benu YJ; Hyatt M; Letnic M, 2019, 'Little to fear: largest lizard predator induces weak defense responses in ungulate prey', Behavioral Ecology, 30, pp. 624 - 636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary200

Ringma J; Legge S; Woinarski JCZ; Radford JQ; Wintle B; Bentley J; Burbidge A; Copley P; Dexter N; Dickman C; Gillespie GR; Hill B; Johnson CN; Kanowski J; Letnic M; Manning A; Menkhorst P; Mitchell N; Morris K; Moseby K; Page M; Palmer R; Bode M, 2019, 'Systematic planning can rapidly close the protection gap in Australian mammal havens', Conservation Letters, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12611

Moseby K; Letnic M; Blumstein D; West R, 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

Doody S; Mchenry C; Letnic M; Everitt C; Sawyer G; Clulow S, 2018, 'Forecasting spatiotemporal pattern of cane toad invasion into northwestern Australia', Wildlife Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR18091

Radford J; Woinarski J; Legge S; Baseler M; Bentley J; Burbidge A; Bode M; Copley P; Dexter N; Dickman C; Gillespie G; Hill B; Johnson C; Kanowski J; Latch P; Letnic M; Manning A; Menkhorst P; Mitchell N; Morris K; Moseby K; Page M; Ringma J, 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

Leo V; Reading R; Gordon C; Letnic M, 2018, 'Apex predator suppression is linked to restructuring of ecosystems via multiple ecological pathways', Oikos, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.05546

Jessop T; Webb J; Dempster T; Feit B; Letnic M, 2018, 'Interactions between cortcosterone phenotype, environmental stressor pervasiveness and irruptive movement related survival', Journal of Experimental Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.187930

West R; Blumstein D; Letnic M; Moseby K, 2018, 'Searching for an effective pre-release screening tool for translocations: can trap temperament predict behaviour and survival in the wild?', Biodiversity and Conservation

Doherty T; Davis N; Dickman CR; Forsyth D; Letnic M; Nimmo D; Palmer R; Ritchie E; Benshemesh J; Edwards G; Lawrence J; Lumsden L; Pascoe C; Sharp A; Stokeld D; Myers C; Story G; Story P; Triggs B; Venosta M; Wysong M; Newsome T, 2018, 'Continental patterns in the diet of a top predator: Australia's dingo', Mammal Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12139

Legge S; Woinarski J; Burbidge A; Palmer R; Ringma J; Radford J; Mitchell N; Bode M; Wintle B; Baseler M; Bentley J; Copley P; Dexter N; Dickman C; Gillespie G; Hill B; Johnson C; Latch P; Letnic M; Manning A; McCreless E; Menkhorst P; Morris K; Moseby K; Page M; Pannell D; Tuft K, 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

Harris RMB; Beaumont LJ; Vance TR; Tozer CR; Remenyi TA; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Mitchell PJ; Nicotra AB; McGregor S; Andrew NR; Letnic M; Kearney MR; Wernberg T; Hutley LB; Chambers LE; Fletcher MS; Keatley MR; Woodward CA; Williamson G; Duke NC; Bowman DMJS, 2018, 'Erratum to: Biological responses to the press and pulse of climate trends and extreme events (Nature Climate Change, (2018), 8, 7, (579-587), 10.1038/s41558-018-0187-9)', Nature Climate Change, 8, pp. 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0237-3

Moseby K; Blumstein D; Letnic M; West R, 2018, 'Choice or opportunity: are post-release social groupings influenced by familiarity or reintroduction protocols?', Oryx

Saxon-Mills E; Moseby K; Blumstein D; Letnic M, 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

Lyons M; Gordon C; Mills C; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Linking trophic cascades to changes in desert dune geomorphology using high-resolution drone data', Journal of the Royal Society Interface, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0327

Harris R; Beaumont L; Vance T; Tozer C; Remenyi T; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Mitchell P; Nicotra A; McGregor S; Andrew N; Letnic MI; Kearney M; Wernberg T; Hutley L; Chambers L; Fletcher M; Keatley M; Woodward C; Williamson G; Duke N; Bowman D, 2018, 'Biological responses to the press and pulse of climate trends and extreme events', Nature Climate Change, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0187-9

Pedler R; West R; Read J; Moseby K; Letnic MI; Keith D; Leggett K; Ryall S; Kingsford R; Leggett K, 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

Rees J; Kingsford R; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Changes in desert avifauna associated with the functional extinction of a terrestrial top predator', Ecography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03661

Moseby KE; Crowther M; Letnic MI, 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

Forsyth DM; Latham D; Davis N; Caley P; Letnic MI; Moloney P; Woodford L; Woolnough A, 2018, 'Interactions between dingoes and introduced wild ungulates: concepts, evidence and knowledge gaps', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM17042

Steindler L; Blumstein D; West R; Moseby K; Letnic MI, 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

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