Casey Visintin

Investigating the effects of fire management on savanna biodiversity with grid-based spatially explicit population simulations

Hugh F Davies, Casey Visintin, Graeme R Gillespie, Brett P Murphy

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The development of effective fire management for biodiversity conservation is a global challenge. The highly dynamic nature of fir..

steps: Software for spatially and temporally explicit population simulations

Casey Visintin, Natalie J Briscoe, Skipton NC Woolley, Pia E Lentini, Reid Tingley, Brendan A Wintle, Nick Golding

Journal article  |  2020  |  METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Species population dynamics are driven by spatial and temporal changes in the environment, anthropogenic activities and conservati..

Predicting deer-vehicle collision risk across Victoria, Australia

Christopher Davies, Wendy Wright, Fiona Hogan, Casey Visintin

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN MAMMALOGY

The risk of deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) is increasing in south-east Australia as populations of introduced deer expand rapidly...

Long-term monitoring suggests bat boxes may alter local bat community structure

Stephen R Griffiths, Linda F Lumsden, Robert Bender, Robert Irvine, Lisa N Godinho, Casey Visintin, Danielle L Eastick, Kylie A Robert, Pia E Lentini

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALIAN MAMMALOGY

Bat boxes are often used to provide supplementary roosting habitats; however, little is known of their impacts on community compos..

Managing the timing and speed of vehicles reduces wildlife-transport collision risk

Casey Visintin, Nick Golding, Rodney van der Ree, Michael A McCarthy

Journal article  |  2018  |  TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT

Understanding wildlife-vehicle collision risk is critical to mitigating its negative impacts on wildlife conservation, human healt..

Consistent patterns of vehicle collision risk for six mammal species

Casey Visintin, Rodney van der Ree, Michael A McCarthy

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The occurrence and rate of wildlife-vehicle collisions are related to both anthropocentric and environmental variables, however, f..

Modelling and predicting collision risks between wildlife and moving vehicles across space and time

Casey Visintin

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2017

Wildlife-vehicle collisions pose considerable economic and environmental costs. Drawing on concepts from risk theory, ecology, and..

A simple framework for a complex problem? Predicting wildlife-vehicle collisions

Casey Visintin, Rodney van der Ree, Michael A McCarthy

Journal article  |  2016  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Collisions of vehicles with wildlife kill and injure animals and are also a risk to vehicle occupants, but preventing these collis..