Theme 1.0

Theme 1.0

Taking the threat out of threatened species

Identifying and effectively controlling the prevalent threats being faced by species close to extinction is crucial to their conservation.

General principles will be developed and tested to reduce key threats based on research at carefully chosen sites around Australia.

This theme will focus on:

  • Developing evidence-based management tools and protocols to reduce impacts of introduced predators on threatened mammals
  • Conserving critical and threatened habitats
  • Managing fire regimes with thresholds to save threatened flora and fauna
Projects
Impacts and management options for introduced predators

Impacts and management options for introduced predators

1.1
Feral cats and foxes, as well as changed fire regimes and introduced herbivores, have caused many species extinctions and remain a serious threat to Australia’s vertebrate species, especially its mammals. This research aims to find the best management actions to reduce the impacts of feral predators, and help restore native animal populations including threatened species.
Responses of threatened species to cats and fire management in Kakadu and northern savannas

Responses of threatened species to cats and fire management in Kakadu and northern savannas

1.1.1
The project is compiling and analysing a large dataset on the occurrence of cats, native mammals and fire to evaluate landscape-scale relationships in Kakadu and the Top End . It will also analyse and document responses of native reptiles and mammals to cat-exclusion at established fenced sites in Kakadu National Park.
Feral cat distribution, abundance, management and impacts on threatened species: collation and analysis of data

Feral cat distribution, abundance, management and impacts on threatened species: collation and analysis of data

1.1.2
This project will improve our understanding of feral cat impacts and how to mitigate those impacts. It will collate and analyse large and diverse sets of data to estimate cat distribution and abundance, and measure predation rates by cats on birds, reptiles and mammals, and to identify the ecological traits that make some species more susceptible to cat predation than others.
Feral cat control for threatened species in Queensland

Feral cat control for threatened species in Queensland

1.1.3
This project aims to determine the effectiveness of feral cat control options, and their benefits to threatened mammals such as the bridled nailtail wallaby in Queensland. It will recommend long-term management strategies for feral cats in national parks.
The role of feral predators in disrupting small vertebrate communities in arid South Australia

The role of feral predators in disrupting small vertebrate communities in arid South Australia

1.1.4
This project is investigating why native species persist in some refuge areas of South Australia but not others, and the role of habitat condition and especially feral predators in restricting their populations. The kowari and fawn hopping mouse are threatened and other species such as the plains mouse and crest-tailed mulgara are restricted in range.
Feral predators in south-east Australia: Towards a ‘beyond the fence’ strategy

Feral predators in south-east Australia: Towards a ‘beyond the fence’ strategy

1.1.5
This project is developing new statistical methods to generate robust estimates of density of feral predators based on camera trap data. This will be useful for reintroducing threatened mammals into the broader landscape outside fenced reserves.
Integrated management of feral herbivores and feral predators

Integrated management of feral herbivores and feral predators

1.1.6
This research will uncover how feral cats respond when an abundant source of rabbits is removed from the landscape. Do they prey switch and increase their impact on native animals? Do many die of hunger? We will conduct a landscape-scale experiment at the Arid Recovery reserve in South Australia to find out.
Some responses of the threatened Northern Quoll to a large-scale cat baiting program in the Pilbara

Some responses of the threatened Northern Quoll to a large-scale cat baiting program in the Pilbara

1.1.7
This project will build on an existing large-scale feral cat baiting program in the Pilbara being undertaken by WA DBCA in partnership with Rio Tinto in order to advance our understanding of how the Northern Quoll and other native species respond to feral predator control, and how to optimise future cat baiting programs more generally.
Livestock guardian dogs to protect threatened species and restore habitat

Livestock guardian dogs to protect threatened species and restore habitat

1.1.8
This project will test the value of using livestock guardian dogs (conventionally used to protect livestock such as sheep) to protect vulnerable native species from invasive predators and increase the success of ecological restoration by preventing the over-browsing of regenerating plant communities.
Response of the Kangaroo Island Dunnart and other threatened species to a cat eradication program

Response of the Kangaroo Island Dunnart and other threatened species to a cat eradication program

1.1.10
Controlling feral cats on biodiversity-rich islands is a high priority for the conservation of Australia’s biodiversity. This project will document the benefits of the Kangaroo Island (KI) cat eradication program on the KI dunnart and other threatened species. It will also fill knowledge gaps about the ecology and improve monitoring techniques for the KI dunnart.
Managing feral cats to benefit the night parrot

Managing feral cats to benefit the night parrot

1.1.11
Feral cats are considered a key threat to the night parrot, but cats are very challenging to manage in the remote and vast landscapes where night parrot populations have recently been rediscovered. This project will undertake a range of research on feral cats to support effective strategies to deal with the threat of feral cats around night parrot populations.
Mitigating cat impacts on the brush-tailed rabbit-rat

Mitigating cat impacts on the brush-tailed rabbit-rat

1.1.12
The brush-tailed rabbit-rat of northern Australia’s tropical savannas has declined dramatically. Cat predation is considered a major threat, but cat impacts are influenced by vegetation, which in turn is strongly influenced by fire.
Conserving critical and threatened habitats

Conserving critical and threatened habitats

1.2
This project will study how best to conserve threatened ecological communities and critical habitats for threatened and endangered species across Australia. Initial focus is on the Box Gum Grassy woodlands and endangered Buloke Woodlands of the Riverina and Murray-Darling Depression Bioregions as well as Alpine Bogs and Fens.
Conservation of box gum grassy woodlands and the threatened species within them

Conservation of box gum grassy woodlands and the threatened species within them

1.2.1
This project focuses on refining and enhancing management strategies for the Threatened Ecological Community of the box gum grassy woodlands of southern eastern Australia. The project aims to improve our understanding of how to manage and restore ecosystem values and critical habitat features.
Can culling noisy miners benefit threatened woodland birds?

Can culling noisy miners benefit threatened woodland birds?

1.2.1.2
Noisy miner populations have expanded in fragmented agricultural landscapes, aggressively outcompeting many other smaller species of native woodland birds. This project will determine if culling is an effective method to manage the impacts of noisy miners on threatened woodland birds.
Survival and persistence of woodland birds in restoration plantings

Survival and persistence of woodland birds in restoration plantings

1.2.1.3
Restoration plantings in fragmented agricultural landscapes provide habitat for declining woodland bird communities, but can they support resident, breeding populations of woodland birds? This research project focuses on the breeding success and site fidelity of woodland birds in restoration plantings in the South West Slopes Bioregion of NSW.
How bird communities change in relation to vegetation change

How bird communities change in relation to vegetation change

1.2.1.4
This project will examine how bird communities change at woodland restoration sites in south-eastern Australia. The project will use long-term datasets to compare changes in the assemblage of woodland birds that occupy tree plantings with birds that occupy stands of remnant vegetation.
Testing the effectiveness of nest boxes for threatened species

Testing the effectiveness of nest boxes for threatened species

1.2.1.5
This project aims to determine the usefulness of artificial hollows as an effective offsetting tool for tree removal in agricultural landscapes (e.g., to offset the loss of paddock trees as a result of cropping intensification and road widening).
Enhancing critical habitat for the pink-tailed worm-lizard in agricultural landscapes

Enhancing critical habitat for the pink-tailed worm-lizard in agricultural landscapes

1.2.1.6
Box gum grassy woodland and derived native grassland, is an endangered ecological vegetation community which often occurs in agricultural landscapes. Within this community rocky outcrops provide critical habitats for a wide range of flora and fauna, such as the vulnerable Pink-tailed Worm-lizard.
Restoring the Endangered Yass daisy

Restoring the Endangered Yass daisy

1.2.1.7
Land clearing has resulted in the loss of approximately 85% of the box gum woodland vegetation community and what remains is often highly degraded. The woodlands are important to a number of threatened ground cover species including the Yass daisy. This project addresses the problem of how to best conserve this critically endangered vegetation community.
Adaptive management of endangered Buloke woodlands

Adaptive management of endangered Buloke woodlands

1.2.2
Remaining patches of the once widespread Buloke Woodlands are degraded and failing to regenerate. The project team is working with Parks Victoria to investigate why key species are not regenerating and to test management techniques that could improve the recovery of this endangered ecological community.
Supporting alpine peatland recovery by prioritising action on threats

Supporting alpine peatland recovery by prioritising action on threats

1.2.3
Alpine peatlands are an endangered ecological community in Australia and are critical habitat for a large number of threatened species. They are subject to a wide variety of interacting threats that vary greatly across the landscape. Managing and recovering alpine peatlands is hampered by a lack of knowledge about how different alpine peatlands respond to different management interventions.
Ecosystem accounts in box gum grassy woodlands

Ecosystem accounts in box gum grassy woodlands

1.2.4
Box gum grassy woodlands are a critically endangered ecosystem. This project will develop ecosystem accounts for this threatened ecological community, to demonstrate the benefits of the ecosystem to the economy, productivity of the land and human well-being by attributing values for ecosystem services.
Coordinated recovery planning for threatened woodlands

Coordinated recovery planning for threatened woodlands

1.2.5
This project will develop a framework to aid EPBC Act listing and recovery processes for southern Australian eucalypt woodlands. The aim is that this work will contribute directly to the development of future recovery plans for woodland communities in Australia, by providing a template for developing a group recovery plan for multiple ecological communities.
Managing fire regimes to save threatened flora and fauna

Managing fire regimes to save threatened flora and fauna

1.3
This project will improve fire management strategies and conservation outcomes to save threatened flora and fauna from extinction. On-ground trials and experiments, new data, modelled scenarios and improved management practices will assist fire management authorities to implement sustainable fire regimes and avoid further declines in threatened species.
Fire and native flora

Fire and native flora

1.3.1
Altered fire regimes are a major threats to biodiversity in fire-prone landscapes. Understanding their impacts can help us effectively manage threatened plant species and ecological communities. This project will improve fire management strategies to prevent the extinction of threatened plant species.
Fire and invasive predators

Fire and invasive predators

1.3.2
Inappropriate fire regimes and predation by red foxes and feral cats have played a major role in the decline and extinction of Australia’s native mammals. This project aims to help understand and manage the interactions between fire, invasive predators and threatened native animals in south-eastern Australia.
Fire, predators and the endangered northern bettong

Fire, predators and the endangered northern bettong

1.3.3
The northern bettong is only found in a tiny section of Queensland’s wet tropics, and has declined severely in range in the past decade. It now persists in just two locations, one of which may only hold a very small population.
Pirra Jungku: Contemporary and traditional fire management approaches in the desert

Pirra Jungku: Contemporary and traditional fire management approaches in the desert

1.3.4
Landscape-scale fire management in arid areas is challenging because of the vast areas involved. Interest in using techniques like aerial incendiary for fire management in deserts is growing, but it is unclear whether this approach will deliver the same cultural practice, fire and biodiversity outcomes, as traditional, very fine-scale burning carried out from the ground.
Managing fire to recover monsoon vine thickets on the Dampier Peninsula

Managing fire to recover monsoon vine thickets on the Dampier Peninsula

1.3.5
This project aims to use remote sensing to detect changes in canopy health and fire patterns over the past 30 years in the monsoon vine thickets on the Dampier Peninsula – a threatened ecological community that are of high cultural significance to the Indigenous people on the peninsula – to measure the effectiveness of these recovery efforts.
Disease and faunal declines

Disease and faunal declines

1.4
​Researchers are working with on-ground management authorities to help control three wildlife diseases that threaten our fauna: chytrid fungus, toxoplasmosis and myrtle rust, and to prevent the extinction of affected species.
Saving threatened frogs with refuges from disease, fish predation and fragmentation

Saving threatened frogs with refuges from disease, fish predation and fragmentation

1.4.1
This project will identify and create safe havens for the Endangered spotted tree frog and threatened bell frog species. Disease caused by chytrid fungus, predation by non-native fish and habitat loss are all contributing to these species’ declines.
The role of toxoplasmosis in mammal declines

The role of toxoplasmosis in mammal declines

1.4.2
Toxoplasmosis was introduced to Australia by cats, who also continue to spread the disease. It is known that the disease affects Australian mammals, and that many Australian mammals are suffering dramatic declines. It is completely unknown, however, whether toxoplasmosis is contributing to these declines and how it compares to other threats.
Understanding and combatting myrtle rust

Understanding and combatting myrtle rust

1.4.3
This project will advance our understanding of the plant disease myrtle rust and help to combat its impacts, which affects both threatened and commercially important species. First detected in 2010, it has spread rapidly and caused localised plant extinctions.
Guidelines on how to treat Australian wildlife with sarcoptic mange

Guidelines on how to treat Australian wildlife with sarcoptic mange

1.4.4
Wildlife disease is an increasingly important threat to many species of conservation concern. The impact of sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) on wombats is a matter of considerable concern to some members of the wider community, as evidenced by multiple submissions to the recent Senate Inquiry on Australia’s Faunal Extinction Crisis.
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Theme Leader
Sarah Legge
Prof Sarah Legge
The University of Queensland and The Australian National University
Project Leaders
Ben Phillips
Ben Phillips
The University of Melbourne
Brendan Wintle
Brendan Wintle
The University of Melbourne
Brett Murphy
Brett Murphy
Charles Darwin University
Bronwyn Hradsky
Bronwyn Hradsky
The University of Melbourne
Chris Dickman
Chris Dickman
The University of Sydney
Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson
University of Tasmania
Dan Rogers
Dan Rogers
Department for Environment and Water, South Australian Government
Daniel Florance
Daniel Florance
Senior Research Officer - ANU
David Duncan
David Duncan
Research Fellow - University of Melbourne
David Keith
David Keith
University of NSW
David Lindenmayer
David Lindenmayer
The Australian National University
David Roshier
David Roshier
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy
David Smith
David Smith
Field Ecologist - Sustainable Farms, The Australian National University
Diana Fisher
Diana Fisher
The University of Queensland
Environs Kimberley
Environs Kimberley
Environs Kimberley
Graeme Gillespie
Graeme Gillespie
Northern Territory Government
James Watson
James Watson
The University of Queensland
Jane McDonald
Jane McDonald
Qld Gov - Dept Environment and Science
John Woinarski
John Woinarski
Charles Darwin University
Joslin Moore
Joslin Moore
Monash University
Karajarri Rangers
Karajarri Rangers
Karajarri Rangers
Katherine Tuft
Katherine Tuft
Project Collaborator - Arid Recovery
Lee Skerratt
Lee Skerratt
Principal Research Fellow - University of Melbourne
Libby Rumpff
Libby Rumpff
Project Researcher - The University of Melbourne
Louise Beames
Louise Beames
Environs Kimberley - The Kimberley Nature Project
Malcolm Lindsay
Malcolm Lindsay
Mark Ooi
Mark Ooi
University of New South Wales
Matt West
Matt West
The University of Melbourne
Matthew Gentle
Matthew Gentle
Pest Animal Research Centre, Biosecurity Queensland, Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries
Michael Magrath
Michael Magrath
Senior Research Manager - Zoos Victoria
Michael Vardon
Michael Vardon
ANU - Fenner School of Environment and Society
Peter Vesk
Peter Vesk
The University of Melbourne
Richard Fuller
Richard Fuller
The University of Queensland
Rob Brandle
Rob Brandle
Department for Environment and Water, South Australian Government
Rod Fensham
Rod Fensham
The University of Queensland, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge
The University of Queensland and The Australian National University
Tony Pople
Tony Pople
Biosecurity Queensland
Project Team
Aaron Greenville
Aaron Greenville
The University of Sydney
Abbey E Camaclang
Abbey E Camaclang
Monash
Alan Andersen
Alan Andersen
Charles Darwin University
Alan Robley
Alan Robley
Arthur Rylah Research Institute
Albert Van Dijk
Albert Van Dijk
Fenner School of Environment and Energy, The Australian National University
Alex Kutt
Alex Kutt
Bush Heritage Australia
Amy Coetsee
Amy Coetsee
Zoos Victoria
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Andrew Weeks
Andrew Weeks
The University of Melbourne
Anna Lemon
Anna Lemon
Anna Meredith
Anna Meredith
The University of Melbourne
Ayesha Tulloch
Ayesha Tulloch
The University of Queensland
Ben Scheele
Ben Scheele
The Australian National University
Berin Mackenzie
Berin Mackenzie
University of New South Wales
Billy Ross
Billy Ross
Charles Darwin University, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods
Brendan Wintle
Brendan Wintle
The University of Melbourne
Brett Murphy
Brett Murphy
Charles Darwin University
Bronwyn Fancourt
Bronwyn Fancourt
Pest Animal Research Centre, Biosecurity Queensland, Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries
Bronwyn Hradsky
Bronwyn Hradsky
The University of Melbourne
Cathy Offord
Cathy Offord
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust
Chris Dickman
Chris Dickman
The University of Sydney
Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson
University of Tasmania
Chris Pocknee
Chris Pocknee
University of Queensland
Chris Tonkin
Chris Tonkin
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Cindy Hauser
Cindy Hauser
The University of Melbourne
Damian Michael
Damian Michael
Charles Sturt University
Dan Rogers
Dan Rogers
Department for Environment and Water, South Australian Government
Daniel Florance
Daniel Florance
Senior Research Officer - ANU
Danielle Stokeld
Danielle Stokeld
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, NT Government
David Lindenmayer
David Lindenmayer
The Australian National University
David N. Phalen
David N. Phalen
The University of Sydney
David Roshier
David Roshier
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy
David Smith
David Smith
Field Ecologist - Sustainable Farms, The Australian National University
David Williams
David Williams
Zoos Victoria
Diana Fisher
Diana Fisher
The University of Queensland
Donna Belder
Donna Belder
The Australian National University
Eleanor Lang
Eleanor Lang
Field Ecologist - Sustainable Farms, The Australian National University
Emily Baldwin
Emily Baldwin
The University of Melbourne
Emily Clow
Emily Clow
Monash University
Emma Spencer
Emma Spencer
University of Sydney
Enhua Lee
Enhua Lee
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s Biodiversity and Conservation Division
Environs Kimberley
Environs Kimberley
Environs Kimberley
Geoff Lundie-Jenkins
Geoff Lundie-Jenkins
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service
Graeme Gillespie
Graeme Gillespie
Northern Territory Government
Greg Kerr
Greg Kerr
Nature Glenelg Trust
Hayley Geyle
Hayley Geyle
Charles Darwin University
Hugh Davies
Hugh Davies
Charles Darwin University
Hugh McGregor
Hugh McGregor
The University of Tasmania
Jack Dickson
Jack Dickson
The University of Melbourne
Jack Pascoe
Jack Pascoe
Conservation Ecology Centre
Jackie O'Sullivan
Jackie O'Sullivan
Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
James Todd
James Todd
DELWP
James Watson
James Watson
The University of Queensland
Jasmin Hufschmid
Jasmin Hufschmid
The University of Melbourne
Jenny Pierson
Jenny Pierson
ACT Government, ACT Parks and Conservation Service
Jess Connolly
Jess Connolly
Jessica Guidotti
Jessica Guidotti
The University of Queensland
John Augusteyn
John Augusteyn
QLD State Gov - Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing
John Dwyer
John Dwyer
CSIRO
John Kanowski
John Kanowski
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy
John Wright
John Wright
Parks Victoria
Justin Collette
Justin Collette
University of New South Wales
Karajarri Rangers
Karajarri Rangers
Karajarri Rangers
Karen Sommerville
Karen Sommerville
The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust
Katherine Tuft
Katherine Tuft
Project Collaborator - Arid Recovery
Lee Berger
Lee Berger
One Health Research Group - Melbourne Veterinary School
Leigh-Ann Woolley
Leigh-Ann Woolley
Charles Darwin University
Libby Rumpff
Libby Rumpff
Project Researcher - The University of Melbourne
Linda Riquelme
Linda Riquelme
University of Melbourne
Linda van Bommel
Linda van Bommel
University of Tasmania
Luke Kelly
Luke Kelly
The University of Melbourne
Lydia Guja
Lydia Guja
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Mark le Pla
Mark le Pla
Conservation Ecology Centre
Mark Ooi
Mark Ooi
University of New South Wales
Martine Maron
Martine Maron
The University of Queensland
Mason Crane
Mason Crane
New South Wales Biodiversity Trust
Matt West
Matt West
The University of Melbourne
Matthew Gentle
Matthew Gentle
Pest Animal Research Centre, Biosecurity Queensland, Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries
Matthew Rees
Matthew Rees
The University of Melbourne
Michael Kearney
Michael Kearney
The University of Melbourne
Michael Magrath
Michael Magrath
Senior Research Manager - Zoos Victoria
Michelle Young
Michelle Young
Sustainable Farms, The Australian National University
Natalie Briscoe
Natalie Briscoe
The University of Melbourne
Nelika Hughes
Nelika Hughes
The University of Melbourne
Nick Leseberg
Nick Leseberg
The University of Queensland
Nicki Taws
Nicki Taws
Project Manager - Greening Australia
Peter Vesk
Peter Vesk
The University of Melbourne
R.O. (Bob) Makinson
R.O. (Bob) Makinson
Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc.
Rebecca J Traub
Rebecca J Traub
The University of Melbourne
Reid Tingley
Reid Tingley
The University of Melbourne
Richard Beggs
Richard Beggs
Fenner School of Environment & Society, The Australian National University
Richard Fuller
Richard Fuller
The University of Queensland
Roger Cousens
Roger Cousens
The University of Melbourne
Rosemary Hohnen
Rosemary Hohnen
Charles Darwin University
Ross A. Alford
Ross A. Alford
James Cook University
Russell Thomas
Russell Thomas
Rio Tinto Iron Ore
Sarah Barrett
Sarah Barrett
WA Department of Parks and Wildlife
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge
The University of Queensland and The Australian National University
Scott Carver
Scott Carver
University of Tasmania
Stephen Kearney
Stephen Kearney
The University of Queensland
Steve Murphy
Steve Murphy
The University of Queensland, Adaptive NRM Pty Ltd, and Artemis Nature Fund Inc.
Teghan Collingwood
Teghan Collingwood
School of Biological Sciences UQ
Thomas Newsome
Thomas Newsome
The University of Sydney
Tiwi Land Rangers
Tiwi Land Rangers
Tiwi Land Council
Tony Auld
Tony Auld
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Tony Pople
Tony Pople
Biosecurity Queensland
Yuqing Chen
Yuqing Chen
Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU
Zoi Banikos
Zoi Banikos
The University of Melbourne
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Interactions among threats affect conservation management outcomes: Livestock grazing removes the benefits of fire management for small mammals in Australian tropical savannas
Journal articles
75 years of dryland science: Trends and gaps in arid ecology literature
Journal articles
Bayesian networks elucidate interactions between fire and other drivers of terrestrial fauna distributions
Journal articles
Impacts and management of feral cats Felis catus in Australia
Journal articles
Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats in Australia?
Journal articles
Can culling noisy miners save declining small woodland birds in fragmented temperate woodlands?
Findings factsheets
Conservation of box gum grassy woodlands and the threatened species within them
Project scope factsheet
Beyond pattern to process: Current themes and future directions for the conservation of woodland birds through restoration plantings - Findings factsheet
Findings factsheets
The impact of cats in Australia
Findings factsheets
Use of artificial habitat in herpetofauna (reptile and amphibian) monitoring
Findings factsheets
Can remote sensing be used to estimate biomass for the management of grazing pressure in buloke woodlands?
Findings factsheets
Pirra Jungku Project Species Guide
Tools and guides
Managing fire to recover monsoon vine thickets on the Dampier Peninsula
Project scope factsheet
Toxoplasmosis and mammal declines in northern and southern Australia
Findings factsheets
Litoria aurea (Green and Golden Bell Frog) dynamic occupancy analysis report for the NSW Saving Our Species Program: 2016/2017 - 2018/2019
Reports
Thinking inside the box: Thermal suitability of artificial dens for hollow-dependent fauna
Findings factsheets
The impact of pet cats on Australian wildlife
Findings factsheets
How feral cats respond if rabbit numbers are suddenly reduced
Findings factsheets
Designing better monitoring programs: Lessons from the brush-tailed rabbit-rat
Findings factsheets
Guidelines on how to treat Australian wildlife with sarcoptic mange
Project scope factsheet
A new approach to excluding small nocturnal predators from nest boxes
Findings factsheets
Estimating the density of foxes using spatially explicit mark-resight methods
Findings factsheets
Boosting the conservation value of replanted woodlands for biodiversity
Findings factsheets
Weather effects on birds of different size are mediated by long‐term climate and vegetation type in endangered temperate woodlands
Journal articles
The impacts of fire regimes on key resources for the threatened Gouldian finch
Findings factsheets
Status of Tiwi Island mammals and lessons for management
Findings factsheets
Rabbits, kangaroos and seedling survival in Endangered buloke woodlands: Project update
Findings factsheets
The importance of fire season when managing threatened plant species: A long-term case-study of a rare Leucopogan species
Journal articles
Is bigger always better? Influence of patch attributes on breeding activity of birds in box-gum grassy woodland restoration plantings
Journal articles
Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity
Journal articles
Intraguild predation among marsupials and arthropods
Findings factsheets
Comparative use of active searches and artificial refuges to detect amphibians in terrestrial environments
Journal articles
Saving threatened frogs with refuges from disease, fish predation and fragmentation
Project scope factsheet
Patch-scale culls of an overabundant bird defeated by immediate recolonization
Journal articles
An experimental test of a compensatory nest predation model following lethal control of an overabundant native species
Journal articles
Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: inventory and traits of Australian mammal species killed
Journal articles
Dynamics, habitat use and extinction risk of a carnivorous desert marsupial
Journal articles
Declines in the mammal assemblage of a rugged sandstone environment in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
Journal articles
An experimental test of whether pyrodiversity promotes mammal diversity in a northern Australian savanna
Journal articles
Survey and monitoring of the Spotted Tree Frog populations to inform conservation actions - Final Report on Little Brown Things Project Agreement 1
Reports
Livestock guardian dogs to protect threatened species and restore habitat
Project scope factsheet
Learning from the outcomes of a nest box program
Findings factsheets
Karajarri Fire and Biodiversity Project
Findings factsheets
Protecting and detecting the Kangaroo Island dunnart
Findings factsheets
To cull or not to cull? Quieting the noisy miner
Popular articles
Investigating feral cat control methods for western Kangaroo Island
Findings factsheets
TSR Hub Researcher Profile - Rosemary Hohnen
Popular articles
The kowari: Saving a central Australian micro-predator
Popular articles
What do predator diets tell us about mammal declines in Kakadu National Park? - Journal
Journal articles
Top-down control of species distributions: feral cats driving the regional extinction of a threatened rodent in northern Australia
Journal articles
The diet of the feral cat (Felis catus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and dog (Canis familiaris) over a three-year period at Witchelina Reserve, in arid South Australia
Journal articles
Seed size mediated dormancy thresholds: a case for the selective pressure of fire on physically dormant species
Journal articles
How many birds are killed by cats in Australia?
Journal articles
Germination ecology of the endangered species Asterolasia buxifolia (Rutaceae): smoke response depends on season and light
Journal articles
Compilation and traits of Australian bird species killed by cats
Journal articles
Australia Felix
Popular articles
Toward reliable population density estimates of partially marked populations using spatially explicit mark–resight methods
Journal articles
The critically endangered species Litoria spenceri demonstrates subpopulation karyotype diversity
Journal articles
Fire regime effects on annual grass seeds as food for threatened grass-finch
Journal articles
Cats in Australia: ecology, impact, management
Journal articles
How many reptiles are killed by cats in Australia?
Journal articles
Barking up the right tree: comparative use of arboreal and terrestrial artificial refuges to survey reptiles in temperate eucalypt woodlands
Journal articles
Accuracy of identifications of mammal species from camera trap images: A northern Australian case study
Journal articles
Occupancy and detectability modelling of vertebrates in northern Australia using multiple sampling methods.
Journal articles
Revegetation, restoration and reptiles in rural landscapes: Insights from long-term monitoring programs in the temperate eucalypt woodlands of south-eastern Australia.
Journal articles
Pirra Jungku: Contemporary and traditional fire management approaches in the desert
Project scope factsheet
Fire, predators and the endangered northern bettong
Project scope factsheet
Restoring box gum grassy woodlands
Popular articles
Cyclones, fire and termites: Tree hollow abundance in the tropical savannas of northern Australia - Journal
Journal articles
Responses of threatened species to cats and fire management in Kakadu and northern savannas
Project scope factsheet
Do migratory and resident birds differ in their responses to interacting effects of climate, weather and vegetation?
Journal articles
Fire and native flora
Project scope factsheet
Control and monitoring of kangaroo populations in the Mallee Parks of semi-arid Northwest Victoria - Version 2
Reports
Beyond pattern to process: Current themes and future directions for the conservation of woodland birds through restoration plantings - Journal
Journal articles
Tiwi Island mammals: Saving the brush-tailed rabbit-rat
Popular articles
Refuges offer hope for the spotted tree frog
Popular articles
Detecting and protecting the Kangaroo Island dunnart
Popular articles
Feral cat control for threatened species in Queensland
Project scope factsheet
Securing the threatened kowari in remote South Australia
Findings factsheets Reports
Coordinated recovery planning for threatened woodlands
Project scope factsheet
Survival and persistence of woodland birds in restoration plantings
Project scope factsheet
Understanding and combatting myrtle rust
Project scope factsheet
Testing the effectiveness of nest boxes for threatened species
Project scope factsheet
Understanding selective predation: Are energy and nutrients important?
Journal articles
Restoring the endangered Yass daisy
Project scope factsheet
Feral predators in south-east Australia: Towards a ‘beyond the fence’ strategy
Project scope factsheet
Rapid increase of Australian tropical savanna reptile abundance following exclusion of feral cats
Journal articles
How bird communities change in relation to vegetation change
Project scope factsheet
Can culling noisy miners benefit threatened woodland birds?
Project scope factsheet
Making the most of incomplete long-term datasets: the MARSS solution
Journal articles
The role of feral predators in disrupting small vertebrate communities in arid South Australia
Project scope factsheet
Fire and invasive predators
Project scope factsheet
Mitigating cat impacts on the brush-tailed rabbit-rat
Project scope factsheet
Ecosystem Accounts in Box Gum Grassy Woodlands
Project scope factsheet
Cats, fire and small mammals on the Tiwi Islands
Findings factsheets
Myrtle rust is here
Popular articles
Avoiding the dry season: dispersal time and syndrome mediate seed dormancy in Neotropical savanna grasses
Journal articles
The role of toxoplasmosis in mammal declines
Project scope factsheet
Tests of predictions associated with temporal changes in Australian bird populations
Journal articles
Within population variation in germination response to smoke cues: convergent recruitment strategies and different dormancy types
Journal articles
The anatomy of a failed offset
Journal articles
Declining populations in one of the last refuges for threatened mammal species in northern Australia
Journal articles
Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators
Journal articles
Fire severity drives variation in post-fire recruitment and residual seed bank size of Acacia species
Journal articles
Feral cat distribution, abundance, management and impacts on threatened species: collation and analysis of data
Project scope factsheet
Adaptive management of endangered Buloke Woodlands
Project scope factsheet
Rock On! Restoring critical rock habitat for reptiles on farms
Popular articles
Out of the box - Designing nest boxes for conservation success
Popular articles
On feral cats AND clearing
Popular articles
Assessing the potential for intraguild predation among taxonomically disparate micro-carnivores: marsupials and arthropods
Journal articles
Biodiversity benefits of vegetation restoration are undermined by livestock grazing
Journal articles
Supporting alpine peatland recovery by prioritising action on threats
Project scope factsheet
Integrated management of feral herbivores and feral predators
Project scope factsheet
Rocky outcrop degradation and the impacts on native wildlife
Findings factsheets
Bushrock removal and the impacts on native wildlife
Findings factsheets
Enhancing critical habitat for the Pink-tailed Worm-lizard in agricultural landscapes
Project scope factsheet
Money can’t buy me love, but you can put a price on a tree
Popular articles
Let’s get this straight, habitat loss is the number-one threat to Australia’s species
Popular articles
The Last Stand for Threatened Buloke Woodlands? Understanding why threatened woodland species are failing to regenerate
Popular articles
Some responses of the threatened Northern Quoll to a large-scale cat baiting program in the Pilbara.
Project scope factsheet
The fire, the fox and the feral cat
Popular articles
In search of the KI dunnart
Popular articles
Response of the Kangaroo Island Dunnart and other threatened species to a cat eradication program on Kangaroo Island
Project scope factsheet
Responses of invasive predators and native prey to a prescribed forest fire
Journal articles
Seedling performance covaries with dormancy thresholds: maintaining cryptic seed heteromorphism in a fire-prone system
Journal articles
The vacant planting: limited influence of habitat restoration on patch colonization patterns by arboreal marsupials in south-eastern Australia.
Journal articles
Ecologica: Weighing inequality in a less natural world
Popular articles
Restoring Farm Woodlands for Wildlife
Book chapters
Protecting and detecting the Kangaroo Island dunnart Research update, September 2018
Findings factsheets
Cat ecology, impacts and management in Australia
Journal articles
Cats Felis catus as a threat to bats worldwide: a review of the evidence
Journal articles
What factors influence the occurrence and abundance of midstorey Acacia in Mountain Ash forests?
Journal articles
Population genomics and conservation management of a declining tropical rodent
Journal articles
Carcasses attract invasive species and increase artificial nest predation in a desert environment
Journal articles
Variation in feral cat density between two large adjacent islands in Australia’s monsoon tropics
Journal articles
Dingoes dining with death
Journal articles
Effectiveness of thermal cameras compared to spotlights for counts of arid zone mammals across a range of ambient temperatures
Journal articles
Environmental factors influencing the distribution of the Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni)
Journal articles
Diet of the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes in Australia: analysis of temporal and spatial patterns
Journal articles
Preparing threatened plants for translocation: does home soil addition and nutrient loading improve growth and flowering?
Journal articles
Reptiles as food: predation of Australian reptiles by introduced red foxes compounds and complements predation by cats
Journal articles
Annotated bibliography of Australian alpine peatlands conservation management interventions
Tools and guides
Visitation of artificial watering points by the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in semiarid Australia
Journal articles
Space use and interactions of two introduced mesopredators, European red fox and feral cat, in an arid landscape
Journal articles
A framework for allocating conservation resources among multiple threats and actions
Journal articles
Uptake of ‘Eradicat’ feral cat baits by non-target species on Kangaroo Island
Journal articles
The diet of dingoes, feral cats and eastern barn owl on Pullen Pullen Reserve, southwest Queensland
Journal articles
Managing feral cats to benefit the night parrot
Project scope factsheet
Unprecedented extinction of tree species by fungal disease
Journal articles
Sharing meals: predation on Australian mammals by the introduced European red fox compounds and complements predation by feral cats
Journal articles
Conserving Australia’s threatened native mammals in predator-invaded, fire-prone landscapes
Findings factsheets
Northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) and common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) density on the Tiwi Islands: insights and implications
Journal articles
Declining small woodland birds: is removing noisy miners the answer?
Thesis
Breeding and persistence of woodland birds in restoration plantings
Thesis
A brief history of the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus): a systematic review
Journal articles
Scientists are accidentally helping poachers drive rare species to extinction
Popular articles
Dispersal: The eighth fire seasonality effect on plants
Journal articles
Effectiveness of conservation interventions globally for degraded peatlands in cool-climate regions
Journal articles
Mitigating cat impacts on the brush-tailed rabbit-rat - Report
Reports
Mitigating cat impacts on the brush-tailed rabbit-rat - Indigenous community report
Reports
Myrtle rust surveys of Eastern Australia - Database
Data
Using livestock guardian dogs to protect threatened species factsheet
Findings factsheets
Saving the Critically Endangered spotted tree frog following the 2019–20 bushfires
Findings factsheets
Guidelines for the treatment of Australian wildlife with sarcoptic mange: Part 1 – Treatment guidelines
Tools and guides
Guidelines for the treatment of Australian wildlife with sarcoptic mange: Part 2 – Literature review
Tools and guides
Guidelines for treatment of Australian wildlife with sarcoptic mange. Info sheet to report
Tools and guides
Understanding feral cat movements to aid recovery of the Endangered night parrot
Findings factsheets
The sum of small parts: changing landscape fire regimes across multiple small landholdings in north-western Australia with collaborative fire management
Journal articles
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