Andrew Hamer

LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT USAGE OF STREAM-BREEDING FIRE SALAMANDERS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Istvan Kiss, Judit Voros, Andrew J Hamer

Journal article  |  2022  |  ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE

Urbanisation adversely affects the abiotic and biotic characteristics of watercourses, including freshwater streams that support t..

Movement patterns within an urban population of fire salamanders highlight the importance of conserving small habitat patches

I Kiss, J Voros, AJ Hamer

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Movement is an ecological process that affects individual fitness and population dynamics of species. Understanding movement patte..

Exotic predatory fish reduce amphibian reproduction at wetlands in an urbanising landscape

Andrew J Hamer

Journal article  |  2021  |  HYDROBIOLOGIA

Metacommunity ecology provides a basis for understanding how ecological communities are assembled. Metacommunity theory can be app..

A multi-scale, multi-species approach highlights the importance of urban greenspace and pond design for amphibian communities

Andrew J Hamer

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urbanisation threatens species through habitat loss, isolation and fragmentation. Greenspace in urban landscapes often provides co..

Roads reduce amphibian abundance in ponds across a fragmented landscape

Andrew J Hamer, Barbara Barta, Attila Bohus, Blanka Gal, Denes Schmera

Journal article  |  2021  |  GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION

Roads threaten animal species through habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation, and direct mortality. It is crucial to understa..

Life history modelling reveals trends in fitness and apparent survival of an isolated Salamandra salamandra population in an urbanised landscape

Istvan Kiss, Andrew J Hamer, Judit Voros

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Life history theory provides a basis for understanding how amphibians persist within landscapes fragmented by urbanisation. To qua..

Multi‐Species Occupancy Modeling Provides Novel Insights into Amphibian Metacommunity Structure and Wetland Restoration

Andrew J Hamer, Dénes Schmera, Michael J Mahony

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Multi-species occupancy modeling provides novel insights into amphibian metacommunity structure and wetland restoration

Andrew J Hamer, Denes Schmera, Michael J Mahony

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A fundamental goal of community ecology is to understand species-habitat relationships and how they shape metacommunity structure...

Accessible habitat and wetland structure drive occupancy dynamics of a threatened amphibian across a peri-urban landscape

Andrew J Hamer

Journal article  |  2018  |  LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Populations of aquatic-breeding amphibians are declining from habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation. Identifying how populat..

Terrestrial habitat and individual fitness increase survival of a freshwater turtle in an urban landscape

Andrew J Hamer, Lee J Harrison, Danielle Stokeld

Journal article  |  2018  |  URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urbanisation is causing rapid land-use change worldwide. Populations of freshwater turtles are vulnerable to impacts of urbanisati..