Holly Sitters

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..

How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation

Don A Driscoll, Dolors Armenteras, Andrew F Bennett, Lluis Brotons, Michael F Clarke, Tim S Doherty, Angie Haslem, Luke T Kelly, Chloe F Sato, Holly Sitters, Nuria Aquilue, Kristian Bell, Maria Chadid, Andrea Duane, Maria C Meza-Elizalde, Katherine M Giljohann, Tania Marisol Gonzalez, Ravi Jambhekar, Juliana Lazzari, Alejandra Moran-Ordonez, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Biodiversity faces many threats and these can interact to produce outcomes that may not be predicted by considering their effects ..

Southwest Australia Forests and Scrub

Holly Sitters, Eddie JB van Etten, María Calviño-Cancela, Julian Di Stefano

Book Chapter  |  2021

Prescribed burn severity has minimal effect on common bird species in a fire-prone forest ecosystem

Diana Kuchinke, Julian Di Stefano, Holly Sitters, Richard Loyn, Peter Gell, Grant Palmer

Journal article  |  2020  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Prescribed burning is widely used to mitigate the effects of severe fires across the landscape and to maintain biodiversity. Just ..

Ground-dwelling mammal diversity responds positively to productivity and habitat heterogeneity in a fire-prone region

Matthew Swan, Fiona Christie, Erin Steel, Holly Sitters, Alan York, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOSPHERE

Environmental heterogeneity has a consistent, positive effect on species diversity globally, principally due to increased niche sp..

Integrating functional connectivity and fire management for better conservation outcomes

Holly Sitters, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2020  |  CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Globally, the mean abundance of terrestrial animals has fallen by 50% since 1970, and populations face ongoing threats associated ..

Habitat. use at fire edges: Does animal activity follow temporal patterns of habitat change?

Kate Parkins, Amy Scott, Julian Di Stefano, Matthew Swan, Holly Sitters, Alan York

Journal article  |  2019  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Edges are ecologically important environmental features that have been well researched in agricultural and urban landscapes. Howev..

Combining optimization and simulation modelling to measure the cumulative impacts of prescribed fire and wildfire on vegetation species diversity

Matthew P Chick, Alan York, Holly Sitters, Julian Di Stefano, Craig R Nitschke

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Growth‐stage optimization (GSO) offers a new approach to biodiversity conservation in fire‐prone regions by estimating the optimal..

Mammal functional diversity increases with vegetation structural complexity in two forest types

Hilman T Sukma, Julian Di Stefano, Matthew Swan, Holly Sitters

Journal article  |  2019  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Enhanced understanding of relationships between functional diversity (FD) and environmental gradients is crucial given acceleratin..