Browsing Research Publications and Outputs by subject "0602 Ecology"
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The challenge for koala conservation on private land: koala habitat use varies with season on a fragmented rural landscape
Published 2019Land clearing for agriculture results in fragmented landscapes with diminished resources for wildlife. Habitat loss and fragmentation are widespread problems; however, their impacts are rarely assessed simultaneously at ...Open AccessArticle -
cological consequences of Australia's “Black Summer” bushfires: Managing for recovery
Published 2021Fire has long been a part of the Australian environment and remains a potent force in shaping the adaptations of species, the dynamics of populations, and the structure of ecological communities. However, the fire regime ...Article -
Data and R script for Manuscript by Parker et al. (2022). Manuscript title: Weaponising wildlife: training free-living native predators towards more effective predation of novel alien prey
Published 2022-04-06Excel document and R script containing all data and code relevant to manuscript by Parker et al. (2022). Manuscript title: Weaponising wildlife: training free-living native predators towards more effective predation of ...Open AccessOther -
Dataset for "Swimming nets have positive effects on populations of the endangered White’s seahorse Hippocampus whitei"
Published 2020-08-28This is the dataset for all analyses performed in the manuscript titled "Swimming nets have positive effects on populations of the endangered White’s seahorse Hippocampus whitei" published in the journal "Aquatic Conservation: ...Open AccessDataset -
Dataset for Urbanization and plant traits alter arthropod abundance and herbivory on a native weed, Pittosporum undulatum
Published 2021-04-29Dataset collected during 2017 as part of the Honours project of Daniel Jin. It is about arthropod communities and herbivory on Pittosporum undulatum across an urbanisation gradient in Sydney. This data is used in the ...Open AccessDataset -
Dataset: An invasive commensal and a native marsupial maintain disease vector populations at the urban fringe
Published 2021-12-13The dataset contains numbers of larval, nymphal, and adult ticks collected from small mammals in Sydney's Northern Beaches as part of the project focused on identifying the important hosts of urban ticks. The dataset ...Open AccessDataset -
Foxes in trees: a threat for Australian arboreal fauna?
Published 2018We document the first evidence of tree climbing by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Australia. Camera traps recorded foxes in trees on the Liverpool Plains, New South Wales. This finding prompts a reassessment of the impact ...Open AccessArticle -
Habitat fragmentation affects movement and space use of a specialist folivore, the koala
Published 2020Habitat fragmentation changes landscape patterns and can disrupt many important ecological processes. Movement allows individuals to find resource patches to maintain their fitness and habitat fragmentation can disrupt ...Open AccessArticle -
The Waiting Stage, Prolonged Residency in Nursery Habitats by Juveniles of the Predatory Sea Star Marthasterias glacialis
Published 2021-10-15Growth and recruitment of the sea star Martha- sterias glacialis was followed over six years in Lough Hyne, southwest Ireland. Juveniles from a 2-mm radius were found on algae at <1–2-m depth following what appeared to be ...Open AccessDataset