By Professor Mike Ivan Letnic

Journal articles

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

Bradshaw CJA; Fukuda Y; Letnic M; Brook BW, 2006, 'Incorporating known sources of uncertainty to determine precautionary harvests of saltwater crocodiles', Ecological Applications, 16, pp. 1436 - 1448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1436:IKSOUT]2.0.CO;2

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

Brown O; Field JH; Letnic M, 2006, 'Variation in the taphonomic effect of scavengers in semi-arid NSW linked to rainfall and the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO).', International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 16, pp. 165 - 176

Letnic M; Tamayo B; Dickman CR, 2005, 'THE RESPONSES OF MAMMALS TO LA NIÑA (EL NIÑO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION)ASSOCIATED RAINFALL, PREDATION, AND WILDFIRE IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA', Journal of Mammalogy, 86, pp. 689 - 703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542%282005%29086%5b0689%3atromtl%5d2.0.co%3b2

Letnic M; Dickman CR, 2005, '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.1442-9993.2004.01410.x

Letnic M; Ward S, 2005, 'Observation of Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) preying upon Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) in the Northern Territory', Herpetofauna, 35, pp. 98 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.432646

Letnic M; Dickman CR; Tischler MK; Tamayo B; Beh CL, 2004, 'The responses of small mammals and lizards to post-fire succession and rainfall in arid Australia', Journal of Arid Environments, 59, pp. 85 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.01.014

Letnic M, 2004, 'Cattle grazing in a hummock grassland regenerating after fire: The short-term effects of cattle exclusion on vegetation in south-western Queensland', Rangeland Journal, 26, pp. 34 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RJ04003

Letnic M, 2003, 'The effects of experimental patch burning and rainfall on small mammals in the Simpson Desert, Queensland', Wildlife Research, 30, pp. 547 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR02093

Dickman CR; Haythornthwaite AS; McNaught GH; Mahon PS; Tamayo B; Letnic M, 2001, 'Population dynamics of three species of dasyurid marsupials in arid central Australia: A 10-year study', Wildlife Research, 28, pp. 493 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR00023

Letnic M, 2001, 'Long distance movements and the use of fire mosaics by small mammals in the Simpson Desert, Central Australia', Australian Mammalogy, 23, pp. 125 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM01125

Letnic M; McNaught G; Dickman C, 2000, 'Bet-hedging and germination in the Australian arid zone shrub Acacia ligulata', Austral Ecology, 25, pp. 368 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01047.x

Letnic M, 2000, 'The politics of science and conservation: Why not anonymous publication?', Biodiversity and Conservation, 9, pp. 707 - 709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008928217438

Letnic M; Dickman CR; McNaught G, 2000, 'Bet-hedging and germination in the Australian arid zone shrub Acacia ligulata', AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, 25, pp. 368 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00042.x

Letnic M, 2000, 'Dispossesion, degradation and extinction:environmental history in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, pp. 295 - 308

Dickman CR; Letnic M; Mahon PS, 1999, 'Population dynamics of two species of dragon lizards in arid Australia: The effects of rainfall', Oecologia, 119, pp. 357 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004420050796

Letnic MI; Madden KE, 1997, 'The gecko, Gehyra australia, feeding on the sap of Acacia holosericea.', Western Australian Naturalist,, 21, pp. 207 - 208

Letnic M; Fox BJ, 1997, 'The impact of industrial fluoride fallout on faunal succession following sand mining of dry sclerophyll forest', Biological Conservation, pp. 63 - 81

Letnic M; Fox BJ, 1997, 'The impact of industrial fluoride fallout on faunal succession following sand mining of dry sclerophyll forest at Tomago, N.S.W.: II Myobatrachid frog recolinsation', Biological Conservation, pp. 137 - 146

Conference Papers

Ross A; Moseby K; Letnic M; Blumstein D, 2018, 'Using in-situ predation to train a vulnerable prey species', Jyvaskyla University Library, presented at Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107277

Jessop T; Gillespie G; Letnic M, 2015, 'Examining multi-scale effects of the invasive fox on a large varanid (Varanus varius White, 1790) mesopredator', in Cota M; Mahāwitthayālai Rātchaphat SS (ed.), Interdisciplinary World Conference on Monitor Lizards, Bangkok, Thailand : Institute for Research and Development, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, pp. 221 - 229, presented at Interdisciplinary World Conference on Monitor Lizards, Bangkok, 27 July 2015 - 29 July 2015

Conference Presentations

Fisher A; Letnic M; Shumack S, 2020, 'Relating vegetation dynamics and dune morphology in the Strzelecki Desert', presented at A Windy Day Down Under (Online Aeolian Research Conference), 23 September 2020

Fisher AG; Letnic M; Horn G, 2017, 'Long-term land management effects on rangeland vegetation cover in the Strzelecki Desert', presented at The 37th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Pretoria, South Africa, 08 May 2017 - 12 May 2017

Media

Fisher A; Mills C; Letnic M; Lyons M; Cornwell W, 2021, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/the-dingo-fence-from-space-satellite-images-show-how-these-top-predators-alter-the-desert-155642

Preprints

Beuzeville R; Cornwell W; Letnic M, 2026, The Sounds of Change: Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Assess the Effect of Artificial Watering Point Closure on Arid Australian Avifauna, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6514828

Xu T; Xu M; Zhang M; Letnic M; Wang J; Wang L, 2022, Nitrogen Deposition Does Not Mitigate Soil Carbon Loss in Patchy Degraded Saline-Alkaline Grassland, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4214072

Sheldon EL; Feit B; Feit A; Letnic M, Negative frequency dependent prey selection by two generalist predators and its implications for the conservation of a threatened rodent in arid Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1933435/v1

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