By Professor Mike Ivan Letnic

Journal articles

Colman N; Gordon C; Crowther MS; Letnic MI, 2014, 'Lethal control of an apex predator has unintended cascading effects on forest mammal assemblages', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 281, pp. 20133094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3094

Letnic MI; Webb JK; Florance D; Jessop TJ; Dempster T , 2014, 'Artificial water points facilitate the spread of an invasive vertebrate in arid Australia', Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, pp. 795 - 803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12232

Webb JK; Letnic MI; Jessop TJ; Dempster T, 2014, 'Behavioural flexibility allows an invasive vertebrate to survive in a semi-arid environment', Biology Letters, 10, pp. 20131014 - 20131014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.1014

Johnson CN; Crowther MS; Dickman CR; Letnic MI; Newsome TM; Nimmo DG; Ritchie EG; Wallach AD, 2014, 'Experiments in no-impact control of dingoes: comment on Allen et al. 2013', Frontiers in Zoology, 11, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-11-17

Ripple W; Estes J; Beshta R; Wilmers C; Ritchie E; Hebblewhite M; Berger J; Elmhagen B; Letnic M; Nelson M; Schmitz O; Smith D; Wallach A; Wirsing A, 2014, 'Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores', Science, 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1241484

Fisher DO; Johnson CN; Lawes MJ; Fritz SA; Mccallum H; Blomberg SP; Vanderwal J; Abbott B; Frank A; Legge S; Letnic M; Thomas CR; Fisher A; Gordon IJ; Kutt A, 2014, 'The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: Is history repeating?', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, pp. 181 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12088

Letnic M; Tischler M; Gordon C, 2013, 'Desert small mammal responses to wildfire and predation in the aftermath of a La Nińa driven resource pulse', Austral Ecology, 38, pp. 841 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12063

Jessop TS; Letnic M; Webb JK; Dempster T, 2013, 'Adrenocortical stress responses influence an invasive vertebrate's fitness in an extreme environment.', Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 280, pp. 20131444

Pastro L; Dickman C; Letnic M, 2013, 'Effects of wildfire, rainfall and region on desert lizard assemblages: The importance of multi-scale processes', Oecologia, 173, pp. 603 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2642-7

Jessop T; Letnic M; Webb JK; Dempster T, 2013, 'Adrenocortical stress responses influence an invasive vertebrate's fitness in an extreme environment', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1444

Hu Y; Urlus J; Gillespie G; Letnic M; Jessop TS, 2013, 'Evaluating the role of fire disturbance in structuring small reptile communities in temperate forests', Biodiversity and Conservation, 22, pp. 1949 - 1963, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-013-0519-z

Letnic M; Baker L; Nesbitt B, 2013, 'Ecologically functional landscapes and the role of dingoes as trophic regulators in south-eastern Australia and other habitats', Ecological Management and Restoration, 14, pp. 101 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12035

Fisher DO; Blomberg SP; Johnson CN; Frank A; Lawes MJ; Fritz SA; Mccallum H; Vanderwal J; Abbott B; Fisher A; Legge S; Gordon IJ; Letnic M; Thomas CR; Kutt A, 2013, 'The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: Is history repeating?', Global Ecology and Biogeography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12088

Ripple B; Wirsig A; Wilmers C; Letnic M, 2013, 'Widespread mesopredator Effects after Wolf Extirpation', Biological Conservation, 160, pp. 70 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.12.033

Letnic M; Ritchie EG; Dickman CR, 2012, 'Top predators as biodiversity regulators: The dingo Canis lupus dingo as a case study', Biological Reviews, 87, pp. 390 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00203.x

Fillios M; Crowther M; Letnic M, 2012, 'The impact of the dingo on the thylacine in Holocene Australia', World Archaeology, 44, pp. 118 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2012.646112

Radford C; Letnic M; Fillios M; Crowther M, 2012, 'An assessment of the taxonomic status of wild canids in south-eastern New South Wales: phenotypic variation in dingoes', Australian Journal of Zoology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO12006

Letnic M; Fillios M; Crowther M, 2012, 'Could Direct Killing by Larger Dingoes Have Caused the Extinction of the Thylacine from Mainland Australia?', PLoS ONE, 7

Ritchie EG; Elmhagen B; Glen AS; Letnic M; Ludwig G; McDonald RA, 2012, 'Ecosystem restoration with teeth: What role for predators?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27, pp. 265 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.01.001

Tingley R; Phillips B; Letnic M; Brown G; Shine R; Baird S, 2012, 'Identifying optimal barriers to halt the invasion of cane toads Rhinella marina in arid Australia', Journal of Applied Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12021

Letnic M; Crowther M, 2012, 'Patterns in the abundance of kangaroo populations in arid Australia are consistent with the exploitation ecosystems hypothesis', Oikos, 122, pp. 761 - 769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.20121.20425.x

Letnic M; Shine R; Webb J; Timothy D; Ruchira S, 2012, 'Why does vulnerability to toxic invasive cane toads vary among populations of Australian freshwater crocodiles?', Animal Conservation, 16, pp. 86 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00578.x

Pastro L; Dickman C; Letnic M, 2011, 'Burning for biodiversity or burning biodiversity? Prescribed burn vs. wildfire impacts on plants, lizards, and mammals', Ecological Applications, 21, pp. 3238 - 3253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/10-2351.1

Letnic M; Story P; Story G; Field J; Brown O; Dickman CR, 2011, 'Resource pulses, switching trophic control, and the dynamics of small mammal assemblages in arid Australia', Journal of Mammalogy, 92, pp. 1210 - 1222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-S-229.1

Letnic M; Crowther MS; Dickman CR; Ritchie EG, 2011, 'Demonising the dingo: How much wild dogma is enough?', Current Zoology, 57, pp. 668 - 670

Fukuda Y; Letnic M; Manolis C; Lindner G; Webb G, 2011, 'Recovery of saltwater crocodiles following unregulated hunting in tidal rivers of the Northern Territory, Australia', Journal of Wildlife Management, 75, pp. 1253 - 1266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.191

Russell B; Fleming P; Letnic M, 2011, 'Managing feral goat impacts by manipulating their access to water in the rangelands', Rangeland Journal, 33, pp. 143 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RJ10070

Cupples J; Crowther M; Letnic M, 2011, 'Dietary overlap and prey selectivity among sympatric carnivores: Could dingoes suppress foxes through competition for prey?', Journal of Mammalogy, 92, pp. 590 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-164.1

Walther BD; Dempster T; Letnic M; McCulloch MT, 2011, 'Movements of Diadromous Fish in Large Unregulated Tropical Rivers Inferred from Geochemical Tracers', PLoS ONE, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018351

Letnic M; Greenville A; Denny E; Dickman CR; Tischler M; Gordon C; Koch F, 2011, 'Does a top predator suppress the abundance of an invasive mesopredator at a continental scale?', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20, pp. 343 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00600.x

Florance D; Webb J; Dempster T; Worthing A; Letnic M, 2011, 'Excluding access to invasion hubs can contain the spread of an invasive vertebrate', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278, pp. 2900 - 2908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0032

Carmody P; Burke J; Letnic M, 2011, 'Problem crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in the freshwater, Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia', Australian Zoologist, 35, pp. 858 - 863, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.038

Letnic M; Dworjanyn SA, 2011, 'Does a top predator reduce the predatory impact of an invasive mesopredator on an endangered rodent?', Ecography, 34, pp. 827 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06516.x

Letnic M; Story P; Story G; Field J; Brown O; Dickman CR, 2011, 'Resource pulses, Switching trophic control, and the dynamics of desert small-mammal assemblages in arid Australia: test of a conceptual model', Journal of Mammalogy, 92, pp. 1210 - 1222

Letnic M; Dickman CR, 2010, 'Resource pulses and mammalian dynamics: Conceptual models for hummock grasslands and other Australian desert habitats', Biological Reviews, 85, pp. 501 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00113.x

Letnic M; Koch F, 2010, 'Are dingoes a trophic regulator in arid Australia? A comparison of mammal communities on either side of the dingo fence', Austral Ecology, 35, pp. 167 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02022.x

Fillios M; Gordon C; Koch F; Letnic M, 2010, 'The effect of a top predator on kangaroo abundance in arid Australia and its implications for archaeological faunal assemblages', Journal of Archaeological Science, 37, pp. 986 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.031

Letnic M; Koch F; Gordon C; Crowther MS; Dickman CR, 2009, 'Keystone effects of an alien top-predator stem extinctions of native mammals', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, pp. 3249 - 3256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0574

Letnic M; Crowther MS; Koch F, 2009, 'Does a top-predator provide an endangered rodent with refuge from an invasive mesopredator?', Animal Conservation, 12, pp. 302 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00250.x

Greenville AC; Dickman CR; Wardle GM; Letnic M, 2009, 'The fire history of an arid grassland: the influence of antecedent rainfall and ENSO', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 18, pp. 631 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF08093

Letnic M, 2008, 'A comparison of saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) populations in freshwater-floodplain and tidal river habitats of the adelaide river catchment, Northern Territory, Australia', Applied Herpetology, 5, pp. 243 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157075408785911066

Letnic M; Webb JK; Shine R, 2008, 'Invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) cause mass mortality of freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) in tropical Australia', Biological Conservation, 141, pp. 1773 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.031

LETNIC M; DICKMAN CR, 2008, 'The responses of small mammals to patches regenerating after fire and rainfall in the Simpson Desert, central Australia', Austral Ecology, 30, pp. 24 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.tb00363.x

Doody JS; Sims RA; Letnic M, 2007, 'Environmental manipulation to avoid a unique predator: Drinking hole excavation in the agile wallaby, Macropus agilis', Ethology, 113, pp. 128 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01298.x

Phillips P; Hauser P; Letnic M, 2007, 'Displacement of black flying-foxes Pteropus alecto from Batchelor, Northern Territory', Australian Zoologist, 34, pp. 119 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2007.009

Letnic M; Connors G, 2006, 'Changes in the distribution and abundance of saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in the upstream, freshwater reaches of rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia', Wildlife Research, 33, pp. 529 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR05090

Letnic M; Dickman CR, 2006, 'Boom means bust: Interactions between the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), rainfall and the processes threatening mammal species in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 15, pp. 3847 - 3880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-005-0601-2

Holmgren M; Stapp P; Dickman CR; Gracia C; Graham S; Gutiérrez JR; Hice C; Jaksic F; Kelt DA; Letnic M; Lima M; López BC; Meserve PL; Milstead WB; Polis GA; Previtali MA; Richter M; Sabaté S; Squeo FA, 2006, 'Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4, pp. 87 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2006)004[0087:ECESAA]2.0.CO;2

Brown OJF; Field J; Letnic M, 2006, 'Variation in the taphonomic effect of scavengers in semi-arid Australia linked to rainfall and the El Niño southern oscillation', International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 16, pp. 165 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.833

Holmgren M; Stapp P; Dickman CR; Gracia C; Graham S; Gutiérrez JR; Hice C; Jaksic F; Kelt DA; Letnic M; Lima M; López BC; Meserve PL; Milstead WB; Polis GA; Previtali MA; Richter M; Sabaté S; Squeo FA, 2006, 'A synthesis of ENSO effects on drylands in Australia, North America and South America', Advances in Geosciences, 6, pp. 69 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-6-69-2006

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