Holly Sitters

Vegetation cover and configuration drive reptile species distributions in a fragmented landscape

SJ Mulhall, H Sitters, J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2022  |  Wildlife Research

Context: Habitat loss and fragmentation are key drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide, yet the influence of landscape structure o..

Interrelationships between fire, habitat, and mammals in a fragmented heathy woodland

S Zylinski, M Swan, H Sitters

Journal article  |  2022  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Altered fire regimes threaten biodiversity, but there is limited understanding of the mechanisms driving population declines. Rela..

The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019-2020 Australian megafires

Sarah Legge, Libby Rumpff, John CZ Woinarski, Nick S Whiterod, Michelle Ward, Darren G Southwell, Ben C Scheele, Dale G Nimmo, Mark Lintermans, Hayley M Geyle, Stephen T Garnett, Brittany Hayward-Brown, Miki Ensbey, Glenn Ehmke, Shane T Ahyong, Caroline J Blackmore, Deborah S Bower, Diego Brizuela-Torres, Allan H Burbidge, Phoebe A Burns, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Aim: After environmental disasters, species with large population losses may need urgent protection to prevent extinction and supp..

A demographic framework for understanding fire-driven reptile declines in the 'land of the lizards'

Julianna L Santos, Holly Sitters, David A Keith, William L Geary, Reid Tingley, Luke T Kelly

Journal article  |  2022  |  GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Background: Fire creates habitats for many animals but changes in fire activity threaten species worldwide. While conservation ass..

Beyond inappropriate fire regimes: A synthesis of fire-driven declines of threatened mammals in Australia

Julianna L Santos, Bronwyn A Hradsky, David A Keith, Kevin C Rowe, Katharine L Senior, Holly Sitters, Luke T Kelly

Journal article  |  2022  |  CONSERVATION LETTERS

Fire can promote biodiversity, but changing patterns of fire threaten species worldwide. While scientific literature often describ..

Contrasting responses of native and introduced mammal communities to fire mosaics in a modified landscape

Simeon Zylinski, Matthew Swan, Holly Sitters

Journal article  |  2022  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Planned fire is increasingly recognized as an important tool in conservation, but other factors such as land-use change may hinder..

Power of faecal pellet count and camera trapping indices to monitor mammalian herbivore activity

Naomi E Davis, Julian Di Stefano, Jim Whelan, John Wright, Lorraine Taylor, Graeme Coulson, Holly Sitters

Journal article  |  2022  |  WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Context Monitoring spatial and temporal change in relative abundance using statistically powerful designs is a critical aspect o..

Southwest Australia Forests and Scrub

H Sitters, EJB van Etten, M Calviño-Cancela, J Di Stefano

Book Chapter  |  2022

Southwest Australia is an internationally-renowned biodiversity hotspot containing over 8000 plant species, 47% of which are endem..

Untangling the influences of fire, habitat and introduced predators on the endangered heath mouse

Rachel Nalliah, Holly Sitters, Amy Smith, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Globally, species extinctions are driven by multiple interacting factors including altered fire regimes and introduced predators. ..

Mammal responses to spatial pattern in fire history depend on landscape context

Lauren Delaney, Julian Di Stefano, Holly Sitters

Journal article  |  2021  |  Landscape Ecology

Context: Interactions between multiple threats are driving biodiversity loss. In human-modified landscapes, the extent to which fi..