By Professor Mike Ivan Letnic

Journal articles

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

Letnic MI; Crowther M; Tulloch A; Dickman C; Greenvile A, 2018, 'Interactions between wildfire and drought drive population responses of mammals in coastal woodlands', Journal of Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy003

Mills C; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Reversing functional extinction of mammals prompts a rethink of paradigms about seed fate in arid Australia', Royal Society Open Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171977

Hunter D; Malgorzata Lagisz ; Leo V; Nakagawa S; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Not all predators are equal: a continent-scale analysis of the effects of predator control on Australian mammals', Mammal Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12115

Feit B; Gordon C; Webb J; Jessop T; Laffan S; Dempster T; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Invasive cane toads might initiate cascades of direct and indirect effects in a terrestrial ecosystem', Biological Invasions, 20, pp. 1833 - 1847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1665-8

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

Leggett K; Welaratne T; Letnic M; McLeod S; Dawson T, 2018, 'Rediscovery of the plains mouse (Pseudomys australis) (Rodentia:Muridae) in New South Wales', Australian Mammalogy, 40, pp. 127 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM16046

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

Newsome TM; Greenville AC; Letnic M; Ritchie EG; Dickman CR, 2017, 'Reprint of: The case for a dingo reintroduction in Australia remains strong: A reply to Morgan et al., 2016', Food Webs, 13, pp. 40 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2017.10.004

Mills CH; Gordon CE; Letnic MI, 2017, 'Rewilded mammal assemblages reveal the missing ecological functions of granivores', Functional Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12950

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

Rees J; Kingsford RT; Letnic MI, 2017, 'In the absence of an apex predator, irruptive herbivores suppress grass seed production: Implications for small granivores', Biological Conservation, 213, pp. 13 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.037

Newsome T; Greenville A; Dickman CR; Cirovic D; Johnson CN; Krofel M; Letnic M; Ripple WJ; Ritchie EG; Stoyanov S; Wirsing A, 2017, 'Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions', Nature Communications, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15469

Morris T; Letnic MI, 2017, 'Removal of an apex predator initiates a trophic cascade that extends from herbivores to vegetation and the soil nutrient pool', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0111

Letnic MI; Feit A; Forsyth D, 2017, 'Strength of a trophic cascade between an apex predator, mammalian herbivore and grasses in a desert ecosystem does not vary with temporal fluctuations in primary productivity', Ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0141-0

Letnic MI; Ripple WJ, 2017, 'Large scale responses of herbivore prey to canid predators and primary productivity'', Global Ecology and Biogeography: a journal of macroecology, 26, pp. 860 - 866, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12593

Ripple WJ; Chapron G; Vicente Lopez-Bao J; Durant SM; MacDonald DW; Lindsey PA; Bennett EL; Beschta RL; Bruskotter JT; Campos-Arceiz A; Corlett RT; Darimont CT; Dickman AJ; Dirzo R; Dublin HT; Estes JA; Everatt KT; Galetti M; Goswami VR; Hayward MW; Hedges S; Hoffmann M; Hunter LTB; Kerley GIH; Letnic M; Levi T; Maisels F; Morrison JC; Nelson MP; Newsome TM; Painter L; Pringle RM; Sandom CJ; Terborgh J; Treves A; Van Valkenburgh B; Vucetich JA; Wirsing AJ; Wallach AD; Wolf C; Woodroffe R; Young H; Zhang L, 2017, 'Conserving the World's Megafauna and Biodiversity: The Fierce Urgency of Now', BIOSCIENCE, 67, pp. 197 - 200, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000397164000003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Newsome TM; Greenville AC; Letnic M; Ritchie EG; Dickman CR, 2017, 'The case for a dingo reintroduction in Australia remains strong: A reply to Morgan et al., 2016', Food Webs, 10, pp. 39 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2017.02.001

Gordon C; Moore B; Letnic MI, 2017, 'Temporal and spatial trends in the abundances of an apex predator, introduced mesopredator and ground-nesting bird are consistent with the mesopredator release hypothesis', Biodiversity and Conservation, 26, pp. 1445 - 1462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1309-9

Ripple WJ; Chapron G; López-Bao JV; Durant SM; MacDonald DW; Lindsey PA; Bennett EL; Beschta RL; Bruskotter JT; Campos-Arceiz A; Corlett RT; Darimont CT; Dickman AJ; Dirzo R; Dublin HT; Estes JA; Everatt KT; Galetti M; Goswami VR; Hayward MW; Hedges S; Hoffmann M; Hunter LTB; Kerley GIH; Letnic M; Levi T; Maisels F; Morrison JC; Nelson MP; Newsome TM; Painter L; Pringle RM; Sandom CJ; Terborgh J; Treves A; Van Valkenburgh B; Vucetich JA; Wirsing AJ; Wallach AD; Wolf C; Woodroffe R; Young H; Zhang L, 2017, 'Conserving the world's megafauna and biodiversity: The fierce urgency of now', BioScience, 67, pp. 197 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw168

Gordon C; Eldridge D; Ripple W; Crowther M; Moore B; Letnic MI, 2016, 'Shrub encroachment is linked to extirpation of an apex predator.', Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, pp. 147 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12607

Ripple W; Chapron G; Lopez-Bao V; Durant SM; Macdonald DW; Lindsey P; Bennet E; Beschta R; Bruskotter J; Campos-Arceiz A; Corlett D; Darimont C; Dickman A; Dirzo R; Dublin H; Estes J; Everatt K; Galetti M; Goswami V; Hayward M; Hedges S; Hoffman M; Hunter L; Kerley G; Letnic M; Levi T; Maisels F; Morrison J; Nelson M; Newsome T; Painter L; Pringle R; Sandom C; Terborgh J; Treves A; Van Valkenburgh B; Vucetich J; Wirsing A; Wallach A; Wolf C; Woodroffe R; Young H; Zhang L, 2016, 'Saving the World’s Terrestrial Megafauna', Bioscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw092

Atkins R; Blumstein DT; Moseby K; West R; Letnic MI, 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

Hunter DO; Britz T; Jones M; Letnic M, 2016, 'Reintroduction of Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia can restore top-down control in ecosystems where dingoes have been extirpated: A response to Baker et al. 2016 and Fancourt & Mooney 2016', Biological Conservation, 196, pp. 20 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.01.021

Parr W; Wilson L; Colman N; Crowther M; Wroe S; Letnic MI, 2016, 'Cranial Shape and the Modularity of Hybridization in Dingoes and Dogs; Hybridization Does Not Spell the End for Native Morphology', Evolutionary Biology, 43, pp. 171 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11692-016-9371-x

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