David Forsyth

Assessment of Lead-Free .22 LR Bullets for Shooting European Rabbits

Jordan O Hampton, Anthony J DeNicola, David M Forsyth

Journal article  |  2020  |  Wildlife Society Bulletin

In response to health threats posed by toxic lead to humans and scavenging wildlife, there is currently a focus on transitioning f..

Serosurveillance and Molecular Investigation of Wild Deer in Australia Reveals Seroprevalence ofPestivirusInfection

Jose L Huaman, Carlo Pacioni, David M Forsyth, Anthony Pople, Jordan O Hampton, Teresa G Carvalho, Karla J Helbig

Journal article  |  2020  |  Viruses

Since deer were introduced into Australia in the mid-1800s, their wild populations have increased in size and distribution, posing..

Size, season and offspring sex affect milk composition and juvenile survival in wild kangaroos

L Quesnel, A MacKay, DM Forsyth, KR Nicholas, M Festa-Bianchet

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Zoology

The main component of mammalian maternal care is milk production. The composition of milk has been hypothesized to determine offsp..

Assessment of animal welfare for helicopter shooting of feral horses

Jordan O Hampton, Glenn P Edwards, Brendan D Cowled, David M Forsyth, Timothy H Hyndman, Andrew L Perry, Corissa J Miller, Peter J Adams, Teresa Collins

Journal article  |  2017  |  Wildlife Research

Context Helicopter shooting is an effective tool for reducing feral horse (Equus caballus) populations that are considered overabu..

Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?

S Legge, BP Murphy, H McGregor, JCZ Woinarski, J Augusteyn, G Ballard, M Baseler, T Buckmaster, CR Dickman, T Doherty, G Edwards, T Eyre, BA Fancourt, D Ferguson, DM Forsyth, WL Geary, M Gentle, G Gillespie, L Greenwood, R Hohnen, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  Biological Conservation

Feral cats (Felis catus) have devastated wildlife globally. In Australia, feral cats are implicated in most recent mammal extincti..

Long-term impacts of an introduced ungulate in native grasslands: Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) in New Zealand's Southern Alps

Jennyffer Cruz, Caroline Thomson, John P Parkes, Ingrid Gruner, David M Forsyth

Journal article  |  2017  |  Biological Invasions

Ungulates have been widely introduced to new locations, often increasing to high densities that impact on native plant communities..

Past, present and two potential futures for managing New Zealand's mammalian pests

John P Parkes, Graham Nugent, David M Forsyth, Andrea E Byrom, Roger P Pech, Bruce Warburton, David Choquenot

Journal article  |  2017  |  New Zealand Journal of Ecology

In 2003, a review of how introduced mammals were managed as pests in New Zealand was published. Since then trends for the control ..

Improving Animal Welfare in Wildlife Shooting: The Importance of Projectile Energy

Jordan O Hampton, Peter J Adams, David M Forsyth, Brendan D Cowled, Ivor G Stuart, Tim H Hyndman, Teresa Collins

Journal article  |  2016  |  Wildlife Society Bulletin

In wildlife shooting programs, the energy profile of the projectile or bullet (i.e., kinetic energy transferred to the animal), as..

Temporal and spatial dynamics of insular Rusa deer and wild pig populations in Komodo National Park

Achmad Ariefiandy, David M Forsyth, Deni Purwandana, Jeri Imansyah, Claudio Ciofi, Heru Rudiharto, Aganto Seno, Tim S Jessop

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Mammalogy

The roles of density-dependent and density-independent factors in the dynamics of tropical large herbivore populations are poorly ..

Estimating age and age class of harvested hog deer from eye lens mass using frequentist and Bayesian methods

David M Forsyth, Mathieu Garel, Steve R McLeod-

Journal article  |  2016  |  Wildlife Biology

Estimation of the age or age class of harvested animals is often necessary to interpret the condition and dynamics of wildlife pop..