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View article: Evaluating drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors for macropod monitoring in Tasmania
Evaluating drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors for macropod monitoring in Tasmania Open
Thermal drones offer significant advantages for monitoring wildlife in low-light conditions; however, detection performance is influenced by technical settings and environmental factors. This study evaluates the use of nocturnal drone surv…
View article: Edge-of-range camera-trap records of Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) in western and central-north Tasmania (2018–2025)
Edge-of-range camera-trap records of Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) in western and central-north Tasmania (2018–2025) Open
Tasmania’s Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) was deliberately introduced to south‑east Tasmania in 1934 and has since dispersed across much of the island’s central bioregions. Despite this expansion, the Lyrebird’s future range dyna…
View article: Beta-Diversity Beyond Bias: A Scalable Framework for Reliable Diversity Analysis from Citizen Science Data
Beta-Diversity Beyond Bias: A Scalable Framework for Reliable Diversity Analysis from Citizen Science Data Open
Citizen science data offer unprecedented spatial and temporal coverage for biodiversity research, yet sampling biases compromise their reliability for β-diversity analyses. We introduce a comprehensive framework to address these challenges…
View article: Interacting disturbances reshape bird assemblages via divergent community trajectories across southeastern Australia
Interacting disturbances reshape bird assemblages via divergent community trajectories across southeastern Australia Open
Species counts can remain stable even as ecological communities collapse. This paradox exposes a critical blind spot in biodiversity monitoring: richness metrics miss the compositional upheaval that defines modern ecological change. As hum…
View article: A mechanistic model of endotherm hibernation applied to the endangered mountain pygmy possum under climate change
A mechanistic model of endotherm hibernation applied to the endangered mountain pygmy possum under climate change Open
Hibernation is an important strategy used by many endotherms to conserve energy and water. Global warming is changing species' phenology and hibernation patterns, but whether such changes are beneficial or harmful depends on the species' l…
View article: A Reproducible, Data‐Driven Approach to Mapping Species Distributions Using Presence‐Only Data and Biogeographic Templates
A Reproducible, Data‐Driven Approach to Mapping Species Distributions Using Presence‐Only Data and Biogeographic Templates Open
Expert‐derived range maps are used extensively in macroecological and biogeographic analyses, yet they are subjective, taxonomically biased, and inconsistent in their treatment of species' absences. We developed a reproducible, data‐driven…
View article: Survival analysis of wildlife cameras on roads exposed to theft
Survival analysis of wildlife cameras on roads exposed to theft Open
Setting camera traps along roads is often necessary for ecological research and visitor management studies, yet these locations expose cameras to theft leading to substantial data losses. Measures to minimise this risk include placing came…
View article: A general relationship between carrying capacity and extinction risk
A general relationship between carrying capacity and extinction risk Open
Understanding the relationship between a population’s probability of extinction and its carrying capacity frames conservation status assessments and guides efforts to understand and mitigate the ongoing biodiversity crisis. Despite this, o…
View article: Late Pleistocene faunal community patterns disrupted by Holocene human impacts
Late Pleistocene faunal community patterns disrupted by Holocene human impacts Open
We analysed fossil mammal assemblages from over 350 Late Pleistocene and Holocene sites worldwide to test whether human activities, such as agriculture, domestication and intensified land use, restructured global patterns of mammal co-occu…
View article: Epidemiological Dynamics of a Visually Apparent Disease: Camera Trapping and Machine‐Learning Applied to Rumpwear in the Common Brushtail Possum
Epidemiological Dynamics of a Visually Apparent Disease: Camera Trapping and Machine‐Learning Applied to Rumpwear in the Common Brushtail Possum Open
Visually apparent diseases are valuable for investigating and monitoring the occurrence and prevalence of pathogens in wildlife populations through passive monitoring methods like camera trapping. Rumpwear, characterized by visible clinica…
View article: A general relationship between carrying capacity and extinction risk
A general relationship between carrying capacity and extinction risk Open
Understanding the relationship between a population’s probability of extinction and its carrying capacity frames conservation status assessments and guides efforts to understand and mitigate the ongoing biodiversity crisis. Despite this, o…
View article: MEWC: A user-friendly AI workflow for customised wildlife-image classification
MEWC: A user-friendly AI workflow for customised wildlife-image classification Open
Monitoring wildlife is crucial for making informed conservation and land-management decisions. Remotely triggered cameras are widely used for this purpose, but the resulting 'big data' are laborious to process. Although artificial intellig…
View article: Author response of: MEWC: A user-friendly AI workflow for customised wildlife-image classification. Round#1
Author response of: MEWC: A user-friendly AI workflow for customised wildlife-image classification. Round#1 Open
View article: Late Pleistocene to Holocene mammal faunal change on a small Landbridge Island in Bass Strait, South-Eastern Australia, and its implications for future reintroductions
Late Pleistocene to Holocene mammal faunal change on a small Landbridge Island in Bass Strait, South-Eastern Australia, and its implications for future reintroductions Open
We examined a zooarchaeological assemblage from Badger Island, a 12.4 km 2 landbridge island in the Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. The accumulation consisted of Pleistocene and Holocene strata that were rich in mamma…
View article: Carcass use by mesoscavengers varied across modified landscapes in the absence of top carnivores
Carcass use by mesoscavengers varied across modified landscapes in the absence of top carnivores Open
The decomposition of carrion is crucial to the functioning and nutrient cycling of ecosystems, and many species use this high-quality resource. However, the availability and reliability of carrion differs across environments. Modified land…
View article: Late Pleistocene faunal community patterns disrupted by Holocene human impacts
Late Pleistocene faunal community patterns disrupted by Holocene human impacts Open
We analysed fossil mammal assemblages from over 350 Late Pleistocene and Holocene sites worldwide to test whether human activities, such as agriculture, domestication and intensified land use, restructured global patterns of mammal co-occu…
View article: A pattern‐oriented simulation for forecasting species spread through time and space: a case study on an ecosystem engineer on the move
A pattern‐oriented simulation for forecasting species spread through time and space: a case study on an ecosystem engineer on the move Open
Modelling the spread of introduced ecosystem engineers is a conservation priority due to their potential to cause irreversible ecosystem‐level changes. While existing models predict potential distributions and spread capacities, new approa…
View article: Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis Open
Camera traps are widely used in wildlife research and monitoring, so it is imperative to understand their strengths, limitations, and potential for increasing impact. We investigated a decade of use of wildlife cameras (2012–2022) with a c…
View article: Uncooling the planet: Rewilding for function in a post-Pleistocene climate
Uncooling the planet: Rewilding for function in a post-Pleistocene climate Open
The cold, low carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) conditions of the Pleistocene epoch fundamentally structured ecosystems, profoundly influencing the evolutionary trajectory of Homo sapiens and other large mammals. Although often considered uniquely st…
View article: Camouflage or Coincidence? Investigating the Effects of Spatial and Temporal Environmental Features on Feral Cat Morphology in Tasmania
Camouflage or Coincidence? Investigating the Effects of Spatial and Temporal Environmental Features on Feral Cat Morphology in Tasmania Open
Variations in coat morphology are well documented among felids and are theorised to aid in camouflage during stalk and ambush hunting. A diverse array of coat types has arisen in Felis catus (feral cats) through domestication and subsequen…
View article: Southeast Asian biodiversity is a fifth lower in deforested versus intact forests
Southeast Asian biodiversity is a fifth lower in deforested versus intact forests Open
Southeast Asia is highly biodiverse and currently experiences among the highest rates of tropical deforestation globally, but impacts on biodiversity are not well synthesized. We use Bayesian multi-level modeling to meta-analyse 831 pairwi…
View article: Survival analysis of wildlife cameras exposed to theft
Survival analysis of wildlife cameras exposed to theft Open
Setting camera traps along roads is often necessary for ecological research, yet these locations expose cameras to theft leading to substantial data losses. Measures to minimise this risk include placing cameras away from human settlements…
View article: Seasonal and depth-dependent thermoregulatory benefits of burrows for wombats – The largest burrowing marsupials
Seasonal and depth-dependent thermoregulatory benefits of burrows for wombats – The largest burrowing marsupials Open
Mammals use burrows to behaviourally thermoregulate, save water, and avoid predation. The advantages of burrows vary not only seasonally but also with burrow depth. To quantify these effects, we used biophysical ecological models, which pr…
View article: Measuring the human-dimension of outdoor recreation and its impacts on terrestrial wildlife
Measuring the human-dimension of outdoor recreation and its impacts on terrestrial wildlife Open
View article: A non‐invasive approach to measuring body dimensions of wildlife with camera traps: A felid field trial
A non‐invasive approach to measuring body dimensions of wildlife with camera traps: A felid field trial Open
Dimensions of body size are an important measurement in animal ecology, although they can be difficult to obtain due to the effort and cost associated with the invasive nature of these measurements. We avoid these limitations by using came…
View article: The future of Southeast Asia's biodiversity: A crisis with a hopeful alternative
The future of Southeast Asia's biodiversity: A crisis with a hopeful alternative Open
Southeast Asian countries, which encompass four global biodiversity hotspots, currently experience some of the highest rates of tropical deforestation in the world due to the expansion of oil palm and rubber plantations, logging, and urban…
View article: Wildlife Conservation on Private Land: A Social-Ecological Systems Study
Wildlife Conservation on Private Land: A Social-Ecological Systems Study Open
View article: A new OSL dose model to account for post-depositional mixing of sediments
A new OSL dose model to account for post-depositional mixing of sediments Open
In applications of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating to unconsolidated sediments, the burial age of a sample of grains is estimated using statistical models of the distribution of the experimentally determined equivalent doses…
View article: Wildlife conservation on private land: a social-ecological systems study
Wildlife conservation on private land: a social-ecological systems study Open
As human activity accelerates the global crisis facing wildlife populations, private land conservation provides an example of wildlife management challenges in social-ecological systems. This study reports on the research phase of ‘WildTra…
View article: A non-invasive approach to measuring body dimensions of wildlife with camera-traps: a felid field trial
A non-invasive approach to measuring body dimensions of wildlife with camera-traps: a felid field trial Open
Dimensions of body size are an important measurement in animal ecology that can provide information on species, sex, diet, and body condition. However, these measurements are difficult to obtain as most methodologies require the capturing …