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Neilly H, Schwarzkopf L. Heavy livestock grazing negatively impacts a marsupial ecosystem engineer. J Zool (1987) 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- H. Neilly
- Centre Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change College of Science and Engineering James Cook University Townsville QLD Australia
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- Centre Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change College of Science and Engineering James Cook University Townsville QLD Australia
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Yeatman GJ, Wayne AF, Mills HR, Prince J. It’s not all about the creeks: protection of multiple habitats will improve biodiversity conservation in a eucalypt forest. AUST J ZOOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/zo16007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Understanding patterns in the distribution and abundance of wildlife across the landscape can aid in identifying the relative importance of habitats for biodiversity conservation. We aimed to identify whether riparian habitats were more important than other areas in the landscape to small terrestrial vertebrates. The study site was surveyed using 450 pit traps distributed across riparian, midslope and ridge top habitat. Riparian sites had the greatest abundance of small vertebrates of the three habitats. During some months of the year, there was a significant difference in the composition of the faunal assemblage between habitats. Unsurprisingly, riparian habitats were particularly important for frog species and it was these species that accounted for the greater abundance in this habitat. Riparian habitat was less important for other taxonomic groups and the more floristically rich midslope and ridge habitats, which had a greater abundance of leaf litter, fallen logs and rock cover, were favoured by mammal and reptile species. The conservation of riparian sites, without the protection of other habitats, overlooks a substantial proportion of the biodiversity in the landscape. This study may help inform management decisions in the Upper Warren region and other similar forested landscapes, regarding the location and timing of fauna monitoring and the frequency of fuel reduction burns.
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Nicholson E, Lindenmayer DB, Frank K, Possingham HP. Testing the focal species approach to making conservation decisions for species persistence. DIVERS DISTRIB 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society; ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and National Environmental Research Program; The Australian National University; Canberra; ACT 0200; Australia
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- Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Permoserstraße 15; Leipzig; 04318; Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences; ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and National Environmental Research Program; The University of Queensland; St Lucia; Qld; 4072; Australia
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Huston MA, Wolverton S. Regulation of animal size by eNPP, Bergmann's rule, and related phenomena. ECOL MONOGR 2011. [DOI: 10.1890/10-1523.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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DEXTER NICK, HUDSON MATT, CARTER TONY, MACGREGOR CHRISTOPHER. Habitat-dependent population regulation in an irrupting population of long-nosed bandicoots (Perameles nasuta). AUSTRAL ECOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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DeGabriel JL, Moore BD, Marsh KJ, Foley WJ. The effect of plant secondary metabolites on the interplay between the internal and external environments of marsupial folivores. CHEMOECOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00049-009-0037-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Giffney RA, Russell T, Kohen JL. Age of road-killed common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) and common ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) in an urban environment. AUSTRALIAN MAMMALOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1071/am09016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Road-associated mortality has been identified as having major ecological effects on small, fragmented and declining populations. Both the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) and common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) appear to be in decline in some regions across their natural ranges. Urban populations may be an exception; however, little is known of their population ecology. This study investigates age trends in a subset of road-killed brushtail and ringtail possums collected along eight northern Sydney roads between March 2004 and March 2006. From a total of 591 recorded road-killed possums, 86 were collected for use in this study (36 brushtails, 50 ringtails). Age was estimated using tooth wear patterns on cleaned skulls. Both species showed trends associated with age, and younger possums of both species were more likely to be killed on roads than older animals. Male-biased dispersal of subadult possums is considered a major contributing factor to the over-representation of young brushtail possums in this road-kill sample.
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POPE LC, BLAIR D, JOHNSON CN. Dispersal and population structure of the rufous bettong, Aepyprymnus rufescens (Marsupialia: Potoroidae). AUSTRAL ECOL 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01472.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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