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View article: Impacts of Fire-fighting Chemicals on Native Fauna and Ecosystems in Australia: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps and Research Priorities
Impacts of Fire-fighting Chemicals on Native Fauna and Ecosystems in Australia: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps and Research Priorities Open
Increasing global wildfire frequency and intensity due to climate change has led to increasing use of fire-fighting chemicals (FFCs). While there is information relating to the environmental impacts of these FFCs in some regions, to date, …
View article: Policy decisions matter: Cessation of logging benefits 34 threatened species in Victoria, Australia
Policy decisions matter: Cessation of logging benefits 34 threatened species in Victoria, Australia Open
In January 2024, the Australian state of Victoria committed to ending native forest logging six years ahead of schedule, a decision that has been advocated for by scientists and conservationists for decades. However, the direct benefits fo…
View article: Rare but not lost: Endemic mountain lizard occupancy following megafire and grazing disturbances
Rare but not lost: Endemic mountain lizard occupancy following megafire and grazing disturbances Open
Wildfire and grazing by invasive herbivores can influence habitat suitability for ground‐dwelling fauna, such as reptiles. Australia has a large and diverse reptile fauna, with the Australian Alps bioregion in the southeast of the continen…
View article: Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene
Priority research needs to inform amphibian conservation in the Anthropocene Open
The problem of global amphibian declines has prompted extensive research over the last three decades. Initially, the focus was on identifying and characterizing the extent of the problem, but more recently efforts have shifted to evidence‐…
View article: Phylogenetic placement of a recently discovered population of the threatened alpine she-oak skink Cyclodomorphus praealtus (Squamata: Scincidae) in Victoria
Phylogenetic placement of a recently discovered population of the threatened alpine she-oak skink Cyclodomorphus praealtus (Squamata: Scincidae) in Victoria Open
The alpine she-oak skink Cyclodomorphus praealtus is a threatened alpine endemic lizard from the mainland of Australia. The species is previously known from disjunct populations in Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales and three isol…
View article: Indirect terrestrial transmission of amphibian chytrid fungus from reservoir to susceptible host species leads to fatal chytridiomycosis
Indirect terrestrial transmission of amphibian chytrid fungus from reservoir to susceptible host species leads to fatal chytridiomycosis Open
The amphibian chytrid fungal pathogen ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis , henceforth Bd ) has had a devastating impact on biodiversity, causing the decline or extinction of over 500 amphibian species. Yet, our understanding of Bd transmissi…
View article: Environmental DNA sampling in a terrestrial environment: methods to detect a critically endangered frog and a global pathogen
Environmental DNA sampling in a terrestrial environment: methods to detect a critically endangered frog and a global pathogen Open
Environmental DNA techniques have become established as a useful tool for biological monitoring and are used extensively to determine species presence in aquatic systems. However, their application in terrestrial systems has been more limi…
View article: Demographic and life history variation in two sky‐island populations of an endangered alpine lizard
Demographic and life history variation in two sky‐island populations of an endangered alpine lizard Open
A species’ life history is a strong determinant of its risk of extinction; traits such as body size, growth rate, age at maturity and fecundity influence population viability and persistence, as well as capacity for dispersal and colonisat…
View article: Allopatric divergence drives the genetic structuring of an endangered alpine endemic lizard with a sky‐island distribution
Allopatric divergence drives the genetic structuring of an endangered alpine endemic lizard with a sky‐island distribution Open
Anthropogenic climate change is causing a world‐wide reduction of alpine habitat, leaving many high‐elevation species restricted to sky‐islands and vulnerable to extinction. Understanding the genetic parameters of these populations provide…
View article: Investigating community disease dynamics can lead to more effective conservation efforts
Investigating community disease dynamics can lead to more effective conservation efforts Open
Wildlife disease ecology and conservation focuses on understanding the effects of disease on a species or community, while aiding the development of feasible, appropriate and effective management techniques for threatened species. In the B…
View article: The death adder Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802) in Victoria: historical records and contemporary uncertainty
The death adder Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802) in Victoria: historical records and contemporary uncertainty Open
Clemann, Nick, Stranks, Timothy, Carland, Rebecca, Melville, Jane, Op Den Brouw, Bianca, Robertson, Peter (2018): The death adder Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802) in Victoria: historical records and contemporary uncertainty. M…
View article: Non‐declining amphibians can be important reservoir hosts for amphibian chytrid fungus
Non‐declining amphibians can be important reservoir hosts for amphibian chytrid fungus Open
Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ( Bd ), is the most devastating vertebrate disease on record. Reservoir hosts are likely to be important in the Bd ‐amphibian system because many amphibian…
View article: Can Habitat Management Mitigate Disease Impacts on Threatened Amphibians?
Can Habitat Management Mitigate Disease Impacts on Threatened Amphibians? Open
Chytridiomycosis has decimated amphibian biodiversity. Management options for the disease are currently limited, but habitat manipulation holds promise due to the thermal and physicochemical sensitivities of chytrid fungi. Here, we quantif…
View article: Geographic variation in hybridization and ecological differentiation between three syntopic, morphologically similar species of montane lizards
Geographic variation in hybridization and ecological differentiation between three syntopic, morphologically similar species of montane lizards Open
To understand factors shaping species boundaries in closely related taxa, a powerful approach is to compare levels of genetic admixture at multiple points of contact and determine how this relates to intrinsic and extrinsic factors, such a…
View article: Appendix A. Hygiene protocols.
Appendix A. Hygiene protocols. Open
Hygiene protocols.
View article: Appendix B. Photographs of the study sites used for the simulations.
Appendix B. Photographs of the study sites used for the simulations. Open
Photographs of the study sites used for the simulations.
View article: Supplement 1. R code for simulating the effect of chytridiomycosis on survival and OpenBUGS code for fitting the hierarchical model of the probability of infection, the hierarchical linear model of zoospore load, and the Cormack-Jolly-Seber model incorporating the hierarchical model of the probability of infection.
Supplement 1. R code for simulating the effect of chytridiomycosis on survival and OpenBUGS code for fitting the hierarchical model of the probability of infection, the hierarchical linear model of zoospore load, and the Cormack-Jolly-Seber model incorporating the hierarchical model of the probability of infection. Open
File List pr_infection_model.txt (MD5: cd685fbdf0eedad7613c370ec0e4847a) zoospore_load_model.txt (MD5: a135ca5b1cc6b7af5dbc749bbabb43db) CJS_model.txt (MD5: cc0bf7a426c7ddd03a4219b1677a7a72) simulation_code.txt (MD5: 5ace92e7fd8030ef4a89ba…
View article: Appendix C. Representativeness of the swabbed sample of frogs.
Appendix C. Representativeness of the swabbed sample of frogs. Open
Representativeness of the swabbed sample of frogs.
View article: Planning for ex situ conservation in the face of uncertainty
Planning for ex situ conservation in the face of uncertainty Open
Ex situ conservation strategies for threatened species often require long‐term commitment and financial investment to achieve management objectives. We present a framework that considers the decision to adopt ex situ management for a targe…
View article: Refugia and connectivity sustain amphibian metapopulations afflicted by disease
Refugia and connectivity sustain amphibian metapopulations afflicted by disease Open
Metapopulation persistence in fragmented landscapes depends on habitat patches that can support resilient local populations and sufficient connectivity between patches. Yet epidemiological theory for metapopulations has largely overlooked …
View article: Cold-blooded indifference: a case study of the worsening status of threatened reptiles from Victoria, Australia
Cold-blooded indifference: a case study of the worsening status of threatened reptiles from Victoria, Australia Open
For the first time in the history of life, a biodiversity extinction crisis is being driven by a single species – humans. Humans also have unprecedented control over both the threats and conservation actions that influence this crisis. Whe…