The effects of climate change and land‐use change on demographic rates and population viability

KE Selwood, MA McGeoch, R Mac Nally - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the processes that lead to species extinctions is vital for lessening pressures
on biodiversity. While species diversity, presence and abundance are most commonly used …

Quantifying the contribution of immigration to population dynamics: A review of methods, evidence and perspectives in birds and mammals

A Millon, X Lambin, S Devillard… - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The demography of a population is often reduced to the apparent (or local) survival of
individuals and their realised fecundity within a study area defined according to logistical …

Little left to lose: deforestation and forest degradation in Australia since European colonization

CJA Bradshaw - Journal of Plant Ecology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims Australia is among one of the world's wealthiest nations; yet, its relatively small human
population (22.5 million) has been responsible for extensive deforestation and forest …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat and Body Condition of Small Mammals in a Country at Mid-Latitude

L Balčiauskas, L Balčiauskienė - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
The relationship between the body condition of different small mammal species and the
habitat they occupy is poorly analyzed. We analyzed the body condition index, BCI, of 18 …

A predictive model of avian natal dispersal distance provides prior information for investigating response to landscape change

GE Garrard, MA McCarthy, PA Vesk… - Journal of Animal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Informative Bayesian priors can improve the precision of estimates in ecological studies or
estimate parameters for which little or no information is available. While Bayesian analyses …

Empirical evaluation of the strength of interspecific competition in shaping small mammal communities in fragmented landscapes

G Sozio, A Mortelliti - Landscape Ecology, 2016 - Springer
Context Theory predicts that habitat loss and fragmentation may have drastic consequences
on species' interactions. To date, however, little empirical evidence exists on the strength of …

Large-area, high-resolution tree cover mapping with multi-temporal SPOT5 imagery, New South Wales, Australia

A Fisher, M Day, T Gill, A Roff, T Danaher, N Flood - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Tree cover maps are used for many purposes, such as vegetation mapping, habitat
connectivity and fragmentation studies. Small remnant patches of native vegetation are …

Population and individual‐scale responses to patch size, isolation and quality in the hazel dormouse

A Mortelliti, G Sozio, DA Driscoll, L Bani, L Boitani… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Patch size, isolation and quality are key factors influencing species persistence in
fragmented landscapes. However, we still lack a detailed understanding of how these …

[HTML][HTML] The hidden impact of policy changes on remnant vegetation in Queensland, Australia

S Hernandez, VM Adams, S Duce - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Habitat loss is a key driver of species extinction, demanding effective policies to regulate
land clearing and mitigate this threat. This study examines the impact of policy changes on …

Predicting the impacts of clearing on vegetation communities: a model-based approach for identifying conservation priorities in Queensland, Australia

S Hernandez, S Duce, M Sheaves… - Australasian Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Predicting outcomes is critical for conservation prioritisation. We predicted the areas that are
likely to be impacted using a generalised estimating equation from a logistic regression and …