Ben Scheele

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..

Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019-2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions

Sarah Legge, John CZ Woinarski, Ben C Scheele, Stephen T Garnett, Mark Lintermans, Dale G Nimmo, Nick S Whiterod, Darren M Southwell, Glenn Ehmke, Anne Buchan, Jenny Gray, Dan J Metcalfe, Manda Page, Libby Rumpff, Stephen van Leeuwen, Dick Williams, Shane T Ahyong, David G Chapple, Mitch Cowan, Md Anwar Hossain, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Aim: The incidence of major fires is increasing globally, creating extraordinary challenges for governments, managers and conserva..

Red hot frogs: identifying the Australian frogs most at risk of extinction

Hayley M Geyle, Conrad J Hoskin, Deborah S Bower, Renee Catullo, Simon Clulow, Michael Driessen, Katrina Daniels, Stephen T Garnett, Deon Gilbert, Geoffrey W Heard, Jean-Marc Hero, Harry B Hines, Emily P Hoffmann, Greg Hollis, David A Hunter, Frank Lemckert, Michael Mahony, Gerry Marantelli, Keith R McDonald, Nicola J Mitchell, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  PACIFIC CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

More than a third of the world's amphibian species are listed as Threatened or Extinct, with a recent assessment identifying 45 Au..

Counting plants: The extent and adequacy of monitoring for a continental-scale list of threatened plant species

T Lavery, D Lindenmayer, W Blanchard, A Carey, E Cook, P Copley, NA Macgregor, R Melzer, C Nano, L Prentice, BC Scheele, S Sinclair, D Southwell, S Stuart, M Wilson, J Woinarski

Journal article  |  2021  |  Biological Conservation

Monitoring of threatened species is a critical part of conserving biodiversity. It is needed to understand population trajectories..

Impact Indicators for Biodiversity Conservation Research: Measuring Influence within and beyond Academia

Tyrone H Lavery, Rachel Morgain, James A Fitzsimons, Jennie Fluin, Nicholas A Macgregor, Natasha M Robinson, Ben C Scheele, Katherine E Selwood, Rebecca Spindler, Holly Vuong, Simon West, Brendan A Wintle, David B Lindenmayer

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOSCIENCE

Measuring, reporting, and forecasting research impact beyond academia has become increasingly important to demonstrate and underst..

Impact of 2019-2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat.

Michelle Ward, Ayesha IT Tulloch, James Q Radford, Brooke A Williams, April E Reside, Stewart L Macdonald, Helen J Mayfield, Martine Maron, Hugh P Possingham, Samantha J Vine, James L O'Connor, Emily J Massingham, Aaron C Greenville, John CZ Woinarski, Stephen T Garnett, Mark Lintermans, Ben C Scheele, Josie Carwardine, Dale G Nimmo, David B Lindenmayer, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nat Ecol Evol

Australia's 2019-2020 mega-fires were exacerbated by drought, anthropogenic climate change and existing land-use management. Here,..

Status and priority conservation actions for Australian frog species

Graeme R Gillespie, J Dale Roberts, David Hunter, Conrad J Hoskin, Ross A Alford, Geoffrey W Heard, Harry Hines, Frank Lemckert, David Newell, Benjamin C Scheele

Journal article  |  2020  |  BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Coherent, multi-species conservation strategies rely on up-to-date assessments of extinction risk, and prioritising and implementi..

A checklist of attributes for effective monitoring of threatened species and threatened ecosystems

David Lindenmayer, John Woinarski, Sarah Legge, Darren Southwell, Tyrone Lavery, Natasha Robinson, Ben Scheele, Brendan Wintle

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Monitoring of threatened species and threatened ecosystems is critical for determining population trends, identifying urgency of m..

Continental-scale assessment reveals inadequate monitoring for threatened vertebrates in a megadiverse country

BC Scheele, S Legge, W Blanchard, S Garnett, H Geyle, G Gillespie, P Harrison, D Lindenmayer, M Lintermans, N Robinson, J Woinarski

Journal article  |  2019  |  Biological Conservation

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Monitoring threatened species is essential for quantifying population trends, understanding causes of species'..

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

Ben C Scheele, Frank Pasmans, Lee F Skerratt, Lee Berger, An Martel, Wouter Beukema, Aldemar A Acevedo, Patricia A Burrowes, Tamilie Carvalho, Alessandro Catenazzi, Ignacio De la Riva, Matthew C Fisher, Sandra V Flechas, Claire N Foster, Patricia Frias-Alvarez, Trenton WJ Garner, Brian Gratwicke, Juan M Guayasamin, Mareike Hirschfeld, Jonathan E Kolby, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  SCIENCE

Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the spread of diseases that threaten Earth's..