Ami Bennett

Cost-effectiveness of volunteer and contract ground-based shooting of sambar deer in Australia

Sebastien Comte, Elaine Thomas, Andrew JJ Bengsen, Ami Bennett, Naomi EE Davis, Daniel Brown, David MM Forsyth

Journal article  |  2022  |  WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Seasonal and daily activity of non-native sambar deer in and around high-elevation peatlands, south-eastern Australia

Sebastien Comte, Elaine Thomas, Andrew J Bengsen, Ami Bennett, Naomi E Davis, Sean Freney, Stephen M Jackson, Matt White, David M Forsyth, Daniel Brown

Journal article  |  2022  |  WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Context: Of the six species of non-native deer present in Australia, the sambar deer is the largest and has been identified as a m..

A field method for rapidly assessing deer density and impacts in forested ecosystems

Ami Bennett, Melissa Fedrigo, Joe Greet

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

Overabundant deer populations can cause severe ecological impacts. To inform management decisions and assess the effectiveness of ..

Disentangling chronic regeneration failure in endangered woodland ecosystems

Ami Bennett, David H Duncan, Libby Rumpff, Peter A Vesk

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOSPHERE

Ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems requires the facilitation of natural regeneration by plants, often augmented by larg..

A systematic review of the impacts and management of introduced deer (family Cervidae) in Australia

Naomi E Davis, Ami Bennett, David M Forsyth, David MJS Bowman, Edward C Lefroy, Samuel W Wood, Andrew P Woolnough, Peter West, Jordan O Hampton, Christopher N Johnson

Journal article  |  2016  |  WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Deer are among the world's most successful invasive mammals and can have substantial deleterious impacts on natural and agricultur..

Culling Reduces Fecal Pellet Deposition by Introduced Sambar (Rusa unicolor) in a Protected Water Catchment

Ami Bennett, Shane Haydon, Melita Stevens, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2015  |  WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

Introduced sambar (Rusa unicolor) occur at high density within the Upper Yarra Catchment, an important watershed for the supply of..

Camera traps provide insight into factors influencing trap success of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor

Ami Bennett, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2014  |  AUSTRALIAN MAMMALOGY

Trapping programs for mammals often have low capture success, which is known to be influenced by a range of environmental factors,..

The Seedling Ratio Method for determining ungulate impacts on forest understoreys: Utility in an Australian ecosystem

A Bennett, G Coulson

Journal article  |  2012  |  Ecological Management and Restoration

The Seedling Ratio Method was devised to assess the impacts of introduced ungulates on plant species richness in forest understore..

The impacts of Sambar Cervus unicolor on the threatened Shiny Nematolepis Nematolepis wilsonii

A Bennett, G Coulson

Journal article  |  2011  |  Pacific Conservation Biology

Shiny Nematolepis Nematolepis wilsonii is a small understorey tree endemic to Victoria, south east Australia. The species is liste..

Evaluation of an exclusion plot design for determining the impacts of native and exotic herbivores on forest understoreys.

A Bennett, G Coulson

Journal article  |  2008  |  Australian Mammalogy

To study the effects of grazing and browsing by Sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) and wombats (Vomba..