Fields of Research

Wildlife and habitat management
Terrestrial ecology
Conservation and biodiversity
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Population ecology
Palaeoecology
Behavioural ecology
Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology
Ecological physiology
Animal behaviour
Genetics
Biogeography and phylogeography
Vertebrate biology
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Speciation and extinction
Cell development, proliferation and death
Global change biology
Environmental management
Zoology
Environmental rehabilitation and restoration
Landscape ecology
Forestry fire management
Animal physiology - biophysics
Fisheries sciences
Forest ecosystems
Evolutionary ecology
Geochronology
Host-parasite interactions
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Archaeological science
Forestry management and environment
Evolutionary impacts of climate change
Quaternary environments
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges
Animal welfare
Environmental sociology
Health services and systems
Environment policy

Research Objectives

Terrestrial biodiversity
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments
Other environmental management
Fisheries - wild caught
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environments
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Marine biodiversity
Assessment and management of freshwater ecosystems
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Livestock raising
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Environmentally sustainable animal production
Measurement and assessment of freshwater quality (incl. physical and chemical conditions of water)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health
Fresh, ground and surface water biodiversity
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in coastal and estuarine environments
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Animal adaptation to climate change
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Other animal production and animal primary products
Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
Animal welfare
Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response)
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Soils
Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use
Natural hazards
Understanding Australia's past
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Native forests
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Government and politics
Coastal erosion
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Environmental ethics

Career Best Publications

Abundance and the Environmental Niche: Environmental Suitability Estimated from Niche Models Predicts the Upper Limit of Local Abundance ; The American Naturalist
Australia's Mammal Extinctions : A 50,000 year history; Cambridge University Press
Ecological consequences of Late Quaternary extinctions of megafauna; Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences
Interactions between mammals and ectomycorrhiza fungi; Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation; Ecology Letters
Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: Dingoes and marsupials in Australia ; Proceedings of The Royal Society : Biological Sciences
Reconstructing the dynamics of ancient human populations from radiocarbon dates: 10 000 years of population growth in Australia; Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences
Species extinction and the relationship between distribution and abundance; Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science
The aftermath of megafaunal extinction: ecosystem transformation in Pleistocene Australia; Science
The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: context, cause, and response ; Conservation Letters

Research Publications

Sarcoptes scabiei: the mange mite with mighty effects on the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus); PLOS One
A comprehensive database of quality-rated fossil ages for Sahul's Quaternary vertebrates; Scientific Data
A faecal index of diet quality that predicts reproductive success in a marsupial folivore; Oecologia
A national framework for research on trophic regulation by the Dingo in Australia; Pacific Conservation Biology
A native apex predator limits an invasive mesopredator and protects native prey: Tasmanian devils protecting bandicoots from cats; Ecology Letters
A systematic review of the impacts and management of introduced deer (family Cervidae) in Australia; Wildlife Research
A triple threat: high population density, high foraging intensity and flexible habitat preferences explain high impact of feral cats on prey; Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences
Abundance and the Environmental Niche: Environmental Suitability Estimated from Niche Models Predicts the Upper Limit of Local Abundance ; The American Naturalist
Accidents alter animal fitness landscapes; Ecology Letters
Activity and social interactions in a wideranging specialist scavenger, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), revealed by animalborne video collars; PLOS ONE
Amplified predation after fire suppresses rodent populations in Australia's tropical savannas; Wildlife Research
An ecological regime shift resulting from disrupted predator-prey interactions in Holocene Australia; Ecology
An ecological view of the dingo; The Dingo Debate: Origins, Behaviour and Conservation
An exotic woody weed in a pastoral landscape provides habitat for many native species, but has no apparent threatened species conservation significance; Ecological Management and Restoration
Animals as agents in fire regimes; Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Ants as indicators for vertebrate fauna at a local scale: an assessment of cross-taxa surrogacy in a disturbed matrix; Biodiversity and Conservation
Australia's Mammal Extinctions : A 50,000 year history; Cambridge University Press
Beyond the disease: is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?; International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Biodiversity friend or foe: Land use by a top predator, the dingo in contested landscapes of the Australian Wet Tropics; Austral Ecology
Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene; Science
Biotic interactions influence the projected distribution of a specialist mammal under climate change; Diversity and Distributions
Body mass and extinction risk in Australian marsupials: The 'Critical Weight Range' revisited ; Austral Ecology
Brave new green world - Consequences of a carbon economy for the conservation of Australian biodiversity; Biological Conservation
Bryophyte dispersal by flying foxes: A novel discovery; Oecologia
Burning season influences the response of bird assemblages to fire in tropical savannas; Biological Conservation
Can trophic rewilding reduce the impact of fire in a more flammable world?; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences
Canine distemper in Nepal's Annapurna Conservation Area - Implications of dog husbandry and human behaviour for wildlife disease; PLoS One
Cats are a key threatening factor to the survival of local populations of native small mammals in Australia's tropical savannas: evidence from translocation trials with Rattus tunneyi; Wildlife Research
Changing bird communities of an agricultural landscape: Declines in arboreal foragers, increases in large species; Royal Society Open Science
Chronic stress in superb fairy-wrens occupying remnant woodlands: are noisy miners to blame?; Austral Ecology
Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia; Nature Communications
Climate-driven variation in food availability between the core and range edge of the endangered northern bettong (Bettongia tropica); Australian Journal of Zoology
Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Conservation trade-offs: island introduction of a threatened predator suppresses invasive mesopredators but eliminates a seabird colony; Biological Conservation
Continental-scale governance and the hastening of loss of Australia's biodiversity; Conservation Biology
Correlates of recent declines of rodents in Northern and Southern Australia: habitat structure is critical; PLoS ONE
Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages; Quaternary Geochronology
Degrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial non-volant mammal species to predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and feral cat (Felis catus); Wildlife Research
Density and home range of feral cats in north-western Australia; Wildlife Research
Determinants of local abundance in a major radiation of Australian passerines (Aves: Meliphagoidea); Journal of Biogeography
Diet and breeding of the rufous spiny bandicoot echymipera rufescens australis, Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula; Australian Mammalogy
Dietary partitioning of Australia's two marsupial hypercarnivores, the Tasmania devil and the spotted-tailed quoll, across their shared distributional range; PLoS One
Dietary variation in spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) of the Australian Wet Tropics ; Australian Journal of Zoology
Differing effects of productivity on home range size and population density of mammalian carnivores; Wildlife Research
Differing impact of a major biogeographic barrier on genetic structure in two large kangaroos from the monsoon tropics of Northern Australia; Ecology and Evolution
Dingoes (Canis dingo Meyer, 1793) continue to be an important reservoir host of Dirofilaria immitis in low density housing areas in Australia; Veterinary Parasitology
Dispersal and the sex ratio at birth in primates; Nature
Ecologica - new eye on life: Dingoes for wildlife
Ecological and economic benefits to cattle rangelands of restoring an apex predator; Journal of Applied Ecology
Ecological and evolutionary legacy of megafauna extinctions; Biological Reviews
Ecological consequences of Late Quaternary extinctions of megafauna; Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences
Ecological specialization and population size in a biodiversity hotspot: How rare species avoid extinction; National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings
Ecosystem engineering by digging mammals: effects on soil fertility and condition in Tasmanian temperate woodland; Royal Society Open Science
Edge effects created by fenced conservation reserves benefit an invasive mesopredator; Wildlife Research
Effectiveness of thermal cameras compared to spotlights for counts of arid zone mammals across a range of ambient temperatures; Australian Mammalogy
Effects of a short fire-return interval on resources and assemblage structure of birds in a tropical savanna; Austral Ecology
Effects of predator control on behaviour of an apex predator and indirect consequences for mesopredator suppression; Journal of Applied Ecology
Empirical tests of harvest-induced body-size evolution along a geographic gradient in Australian macropods; Journal of Animal Ecology
Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?; Biological Conservation
Environmental Temperature Affects Prevalence of Blood Parasites of Birds on an Elevation Gradient: Implications for Disease in a Warming Climate; PLoS-One
Eroding abodes and vanished bridges: historical biogeography of the substrate specialist pebble-mound mice (pseudomys); Journal of Biogeography
Evidence that dingoes limit abundance of a mesopredator in eastern Australian forests ; Journal of Applied Ecology
Experimental evidence that feral cats cause local extirpation of small mammals in Australia’s tropical savannas; Journal of Applied Ecology
Experiments in no-impact control of dingoes: comment on Allen et al. 2013; Frontiers in Zoology
Extinction of the Tasmanian emu and opportunities for rewilding; Global Ecology and Conservation
Extraterritorial hunting expeditions to intense fire scars by feral cats; Scientific Reports
Factors affecting success of conservation translocations of terrestrial vertebrates: A global systematic review; Global Ecology and Conservation
Feral cats are better killers in open habitats, revealed by animal-borne video; PLoS ONE
Fire, people and ecosystem change in Pleistocene Australia; Australian Journal of Botany
Gap-crossing in fragmented habitats by mahogany gliders (Petaurus gracilis). Do they cross roads and powerline corridors?; Australian Mammalogy
Geographic variation in the ecological effects of extinction of Australia's Pleistocene megafauna; Ecography
Good dog! Using livestock guardian dogs to protect livestock from predators in Australia's extensive grazing systems; Wildlife Research
GPS collars are more efficient when collecting high-frequency data; Australian Mammalogy
Habitat amount and quality, not patch size, determine persistence of a woodland-dependent mammal in an agricultural landscape; Landscape Ecology
Harnessing the power of ecological interactions to reduce the impacts of feral cats; Biodiversity
Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators; Wildlife Research
Home range size scales to habitat amount and increasing fragmentation in a mobile woodland specialist; Ecology and Evolution
Hope and caution: Rewilding to mitigate the impacts of biological invasions; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
How guardian dogs protect livestock from predators: territorial enforcement by Maremma sheepdogs; Wildlife Research
How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented?; Conservation Letters
Impacts and management of feral cats Felis catus in Australia; Mammal Review
Impacts of feral horses in the Australian Alps and evidence-based solutions; Ecological Management and Restoration
Inter-population differences in the tolerance of a marsupial folivore to plant secondary metabolites; Oecologia
Interactions between mammals and ectomycorrhiza fungi; Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Introducing a new top predator, the dingo; Invasion Biology and Ecological Theory: Insights from a Continent in Transformation
Is climate change impacting on lobster stocks in Tasmania?; 8th International Conference and Workshop Lobster Biology and Management
Lack of chronological support for stepwise prehuman extinctions of Australian megafauna; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America
Landscape management of fire and grazing regimes alters the fine-scale habitat utilisation by feral cats; PLoS One
Large-herbivore distribution and abundance: intra-and interspecific niche variation in the tropics; Ecological Monographs
Latitudinal gradients in abundance, and the causes of rarity in the tropics: a test using Australian honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae); Oecologia
Livestock guardian dogs and animal welfare: Comment on Allen et al. (2019) 'Animal welfare considerations for using large carnivores and guardian dogs as vertebrate biocontrol tools against other animals'; Biological Conservation
Livestock guardian dogs as surrogate top predators? How Maremma sheepdogs affect a wildlife community; Ecology and Evolution
Long-distance movements of feral cats in semi-arid South Australia and implications for conservation management; Animals
Making the connection: expanding the role of restoration genetics in restoring and evaluating connectivity; Restoration Ecology
Male-biased predation and its effect on paternity skew and life history in a population of common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula); PLoS One
Mammalian diggers and the ecological impacts of fire; Animal Conservation
Management of invasive mesopredators in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia: effectiveness and implications; Wildlife Research
Maternal protectiveness in feral horses: responses to intraspecific and interspecific sources of risk; Animal Behaviour
Mating system and local dispersal patterns of an endangered potoroid, the northern bettong (Bettongia tropica); Australian Journal of Zoology
Megafaunal decline and fall; Science
Micro Methods for Megafauna: Novel Approaches to Late Quaternary Extinctions and Their Contributions to Faunal Conservation in the Anthropocene; BioScience
Modelling horse management in the Australian Alps; Ecological Management and Restoration
Nice weather for bettongs: using weather events, not climate means, in species distribution models; Ecography
Niche breadth and geographical range: Ecological compensation for geographical rarity in rainforest frogs; Biology Letters
No need for disease: Testing extinction hypotheses for the thylacine using multi-species metamodels; Journal of Animal Ecology
Non-natives: 141 scientists object; Nature
Occupancy of the invasive feral cat varies with habitat complexity; PLoS One
Olfactory communication to protect livestock: dingo response to urine marks of livestock guardian dogs; Australian Mammalogy
Population genetics of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): a fine-scale look at adjacent river systems ; Australian Journal of Zoology
Post-fire habitat use of the golden-backed tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus) in the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia; Austral Ecology
Predator control promotes invasive dominated ecological states ; Ecology Letters
Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation; Ecology Letters
Predicting the future range and abundance of fallow deer in Tasmania, Australia; Wildlife Research
Prescribed fire in eucalypt woodlands: immediate effects on a microbat community of northern Australia; Wildlife Research
Prey used by dingoes in a contested landscape: ecosystem service provider or biodiversity threat?; Ecology and Evolution
Protecting livestock while conserving ecosystem function: non-lethal management of wild predators; Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future
Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Rainfall and topography predict gene flow among populations of the declining northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus); Conservation Genetics
Range size-abundance relationships in Australian passerines; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Rapid megafaunal extinction following human arrival throughout the New World; Quaternary International
Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: Dingoes and marsupials in Australia ; Proceedings of The Royal Society : Biological Sciences
Reconstructing the dynamics of ancient human populations from radiocarbon dates: 10 000 years of population growth in Australia; Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences
Red in tooth and claw: how top predators shape terrestrial ecosystems ; Journal of Animal Ecology
Regional population structuring and conservation units in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Australian Journal of Zoology
Relative demographic susceptibility does not explain the extinction chronology of Sahul's megafauna; Elife
Research supporting restoration aiming to make a fragmented landscape ‘functional’ for native wildlife; Ecological Management & Restoration
Resistence and resilience: quantifying relative extinction risk in a diverse assemblage of Australian tropical rainforest vertebrates; Diversity and Distributions
Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration; Restoration Ecology
Response to commentary by Woinarski (Critical-weight-range marsupials in northern Australia are declining: a commentary on Fisher et al. (2014) ‘The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: is history repeating?’); Global Ecology and Biogeography
Roughing it: terrain is crucial in identifying novel translocation sites for the vulnerable brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale pencillata); Royal Society open science
Selective hunting of juveniles as a cause of the imperceptible overkill of the Australian Pleistocene megafauna; Alcheringa
Separating the influences of environment and species interactions on patterns of distribution and abundance: competition between large herbivores ; Journal of Animal Ecology
Short-term pain before long-term gain? Suppression of invasive primary prey temporarily increases predation on native lizards; Biological Invasions
Small mammal diversity is higher in infrequently compared with frequently burnt rainforest-savanna mosaics in the north Kimberley, Australia; Wildlife Research
Space use and temporal partitioning of sympatric Tasmanian devils and spotted-tailed quolls; Austral Ecology
Species distribution models for conservation: identifying translocation sites for eastern quolls under climate change; Global Ecology and Conservation
Species extinction and the relationship between distribution and abundance; Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science
Species richness and evenness in Australian birds; The American Naturalist
State-space modeling reveals habitat perception of a small terrestrial mammal in a fragmented landscape; Ecology and Evolution
Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia; Therya
Sympatric predator odour reveals a competitive relationship in size-structured mammalian carnivores; Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Systematic planning can rapidly close the protection gap in Australian mammal havens; Conservation Letters
Temporal partitioning of activity: rising and falling top-predator abundance triggers community-wide shifts in diel activity; Ecography
Testing the role of climate change in species decline: is the eastern quoll a victim of a change in the weather?; PLoS ONE
The aftermath of megafaunal extinction: ecosystem transformation in Pleistocene Australia; Science
The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: is history repeating?; Global Ecology and Biogeography
The dingo and biodiversity conservation: response to Fleming et al. (2012); Australian Mammalogy
The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: context, cause, and response ; Conservation Letters
The effects of plant defensive chemistry on nutrient availability predict reproductive success in a mammal ; Ecology
The effects of weather variability on patterns of genetic diversity in Tasmanian bettongs; Molecular Ecology
The hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum: an emerging public health risk in Australian tropical rainforests and Indigenous communities; One Health
The influences of climate, habitat and fire on the distribution of cockatoo grass (Alloteropsis semialata) (Poaceae) in the Wet Tropics of northern Australia; Australian Journal of Botany
The rise and fall of large marsupial carnivores; Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future
The short-term response of feral cats to rabbit population decline: Are alternative native prey more at risk?; Biological Invasions
The significance of topographic complexity in habitat selection and persistence of a declining marsupial in the Kimberley region of Western Australia; Australian Journal of Zoology
The structure of a micro-bat community in relation to gradients of environmental variation in a tropical urban area; Urban Ecosystems
The virtuous circle: predator-friendly farming and ecological restoration in Australia; Restoration Ecology
Top carnivore decline has cascading effects on scavengers and carrion persistence; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions; Nature Communications
Translating nutritional ecology from the laboratory to the field: milestones in linking plant chemistry to population regulation in mammalian browsers; Oikos
Trophic rewilding establishes a landscape of fear: Tasmanian devil introduction increases risk-sensitive foraging in a key prey species; Ecography
Uncertainties in dating constrain model choice for inferring extinction time from fossil records; Quaternary Science Reviews
Use of anthropogenic linear features by two medium-size carnivores in reserved and agricultural landscapes; Scientific Reports
Using dung fungi to interpret decline and extinction of megaherbivores: problems and solutions; Quaternary Science Reviews
Using the Spatial Population Abundance Dynamics Engine for conservation management; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
What caused extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna of Sahul?; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
What happened to the megafauna?
Where do livestock guardian dogs go? Movement patterns of free-ranging Maremma sheepdogs; PLoS One
Zoonotic helminth diseases in dogs and dingoes utilising shared resources in an Australian Aboriginal community; Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Research Projects

Analysis and modelling of feral horse demography in the Australian Alps; Parks Victoria (PV)
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Does digging by marsupials reduces fire impact and promotes recovery from fire in Australia's woodlands?; The Hermon Slade Foundation (HSF)
Dogs for livestock protection; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll; Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (RZSNSW)
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll; Australian Wildlife Society (AWSoc)
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll; Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE)
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll; Wildlife Disease Association - Australasian section (WDAA)
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll; Trust of M.A. Ingram (INGRAM)
Drought, disease or destiny? Identifying the causes of decline of the eastern quoll ; Norman Wettenhall Foundation (NWF)
Ecological restoration for Critical Weight Range Mammals in Tasmania's Midlands; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Genetic distinctiveness and connectivity of flesh-footed shearwater colonies; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Genetic distinctivness of providence petrel colonies: past, present and future; Birds Australia (BA)
Interactions among predators and impacts on prey on Maria Island: Devils, cats, possums and seabirds; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Investigating how different kinds of forest management affect ...; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Is the Felixer cat trap safe for native carnivores?; Experiment (EXP)
Keystone effects of Australia's top predators: dingoes, devils and biodiversity; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Landscape and conservation genetics of Tasmanian bettongs; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Landscapes and Policy (LaP); Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Long-term ecological effects of Tasmanian devil decline; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Mammal declines in northern Australia: science for conservation and recovery; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Marsupials as ecosystem engineers; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Measuring chronic stress in superb fairy-wrens of the Tasmanian Midlands; Australian Wildlife Society (AWSoc)
Population distinctiveness, sizes, and trajectories of Providence Petrels and Flesh-footed Shearwaters; Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (RZSNSW)
Predator dynamics: the effect of top predator decline on mesopredators; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Protecting the Tasmanian wilderness from an expanding deer population; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and cats in the Tasmanian Midlands; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and cats in the Tasmanian Midlands; Ecological Society of Australia Limited (ESAI)
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and feral cats in the Tasmanian Midlands.; Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (RZSNSW)
Significance of fungus and fire in the ecology and management of the Tasmanian bettong; Tasmanian Forest Research Council (TFRC)
Threatened Species Recovery Hub; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Transformation of vegetation by big herbivores, from the Pleistocene to now; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Using a novel approach to assess microhabitat use under predation risk of declining ground-foraging birds in fragmented farmland; British Ornithologist's Union (BOU)
Using guardian dogs to protect threatened species; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Working with wind energy and forestry for effective eagle conservation; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Arthur River long-term eco-system monitoring project
Assessment of adequacy of possible high conservation Tasmania eucalypt forest

Research Candidate Supervision

Density, Movements and Hunting of Feral Cats in Relation to Fire and Grazing in Northern Australia
Establishing an ecological framewrok for understanding Petrogale species occurrence and species distributions, with reference to relevant environmental variables and the scale at which they operate
Genetic Distinctiveness of Providence Petrel Colonies- Past, Present, and Future
Guardian Dogs for Livestock Protection in Australia
Integrated ecological monitoring of conservation areas
Interactions Between Predatory Mammals in Tasmania (Spotted Tailed Quolls, Tasmanian Devils and Feral Cats) and the Effects on Behaviour and Abundance within Very Differenct Environments in Central Northwest Tasmania
Landscape genetics of Tasmanian mammals vulnerable to foxes and land alteration
Mammal Declines in Northern Australia- The Function of Refuges
Marsupials and Ecosystem Engineers
Population Decline in Eastern Quolls
Predator Dynamics- the Effect of Top Predator Decline on Mesopredators
Reproduction and Feeding Ecology of Long-Beaked Echidna
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations- Critical Weight Range marsupial carnivores
Restoring resilience to wildlife populations - bats and owls
Spatial Ecology of the Tasmanian Spotted-Tailed Quoll
The Ecology of Feral Cats in a Marsupial Carnivore Guild with Decline of the Apex Predator, the Tasmanian Devil
The Illegal Bushmeat Trade in the Okavango Delta of Botswana- Scale Impacts, Drivers and Potential Solutions