Natural and anthropogenic processes influence the occurrence of vertebrate fauna in coastal dunes

A Chadwick, MA Weston, T Burns, G Randall… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastal dunes represent habitat for wildlife yet are chronically understudied and are
threatened by anthropogenically driven processes from their landward and seaward …

How do invasive predators and their native prey respond to prescribed fire?

DJ Watchorn, TS Doherty, BA Wilson… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fire shapes animal communities by altering resource availability and species interactions,
including between predators and prey. In Australia, there is particular concern that two …

Fire affects microhabitat selection, movement patterns, and body condition of an Australian rodent ( Rattus fuscipes )

A Fordyce, BA Hradsky, EG Ritchie… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Resource selection by animals influences individual fitness, the abundance of local
populations, and the distribution of species. Further, the degree to which individuals select …

Bayesian networks elucidate interactions between fire and other drivers of terrestrial fauna distributions

BA Hradsky, TD Penman, D Ababei, A Hanea… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is a major driver of community composition and habitat structure and is extensively used
as an ecological management tool in flammable landscapes. Interactions between fire and …

Time since fire influences macropod occurrence in a fire‐prone coastal ecosystem

M Chard, CN Foster, DB Lindenmayer, GJ Cary… - Austral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of animal responses to fire is fundamental to wildlife management in fire‐
prone ecosystems. Fire can influence the occurrence of large herbivores by altering the …

Modeling mycorrhizal fungi dispersal by the mycophagous swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

MA Danks, N Simpson, TF Elliott… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of mammal‐fungal interactions, tools to estimate the mammal‐
assisted dispersal distances of fungi are lacking. Many mammals actively consume fungal …

Inter‐and intraspecific effects of body size on habitat use among sexually‐dimorphic macropodids

S Garnick, J Di Stefano, MA Elgar, G Coulson - Oikos, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Body size affects key life‐history parameters including dietary requirements and predation
risk. We examined these effects on diel habitat use in a community of three sexually …

Ecological specialisation in habitat selection within a macropodid herbivore guild

S Garnick, J Di Stefano, MA Elgar, G Coulson - Oecologia, 2016 - Springer
Specialist species show stronger resource selection, narrower niches and lower niche
overlap than generalist species. We examined ecological specialisation with respect to …

The Swamp Wallaby'Wallabia bicolor': a generalist browser as a key mycophagist

M Danks, K Vernes, N Andrew, T Lebel - 2012 - rune.une.edu.au
Mammal-macrofungal interactions are integral to ecosystem function in landscapes
dominated by ectomycorrhizal (EM) plants. EM fungi, critical symbiont's with forest plants …

Impact of roadside habitat on swamp wallaby movement and fitness

D Ben-Ami, D Ramp - Wildlife Research, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Roads have numerous impacts on wildlife populations, such as forming barriers to
movement and isolating them from resources. However, knowledge of how wildlife behave …