Alexander Kutt

Vegetation change 10 years after cattle removal in a savanna landscape

Jeanette E Kemp, Alexander S Kutt

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Rangeland Journal

Following the establishment of a conservation reserve, changes in ground stratum vegetation following removal of cattle were exami..

Persistence through tough times: fixed and shifting refuges in threatened species conservation

April E Reside, Natalie J Briscoe, Chris R Dickman, Aaron C Greenville, Bronwyn A Hradsky, Salit Kark, Michael R Kearney, Alex S Kutt, Dale G Nimmo, Chris R Pavey, John L Read, Euan G Ritchie, David Roshier, Anja Skroblin, Zoe Stone, Matt West, Diana O Fisher

Journal article  |  2019  |  BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

It may be possible to avert threatened species declines by protecting refuges that promote species persistence during times of str..

Eliciting and integrating expert knowledge to assess the viability of the critically endangered golden sun-moth Synemon plana

Luis Mata, Georgia E Garrard, Alex S Kutt, Bonnie C Wintle, Yung En Chee, Anna Backstrom, Brian Bainbridge, Jake Urlus, Geoff W Brown, Arn D Tolsma, Alan L Yen, Timothy R New, Sarah A Bekessy

Journal article  |  2017  |  Austral Ecology

The critically endangered golden sun‐moth Synemon plana occurs in urban fringe areas of southeastern Australia that are currently ..

Exploring relationships between native vertebrate biodiversity and grazing land condition

Scott A Parsons, Alex Kutt, Eric P Vanderduys, Justin J Perry, Lin Schwarzkopf

Journal article  |  2017  |  RANGELAND JOURNAL

Although commercial grazing can degrade natural habitats, sustainably grazed land may be effective for wildlife conservation. Thus..

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

Lawrence N Hudson, Tim Newbold, Sara Contu, Samantha LL Hill, Igor Lysenko, Adriana De Palma, Helen RP Phillips, Tamera I Alhusseini, Felicity E Bedford, Dominic J Bennett, Hollie Booth, Victoria J Burton, Charlotte WT Chng, Argyrios Choimes, David LP Correia, Julie Day, Susy Echeverria-Londono, Susan R Emerson, Di Gao, Morgan Garon, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The PREDICTS project-Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.uk)-has collat..

The effect of targeted high-threat weed control on wet forest understorey vegetation in the Central Highlands region, Victoria

Timothy J Wills, Alex S Kutt

Journal article  |  2016  |  ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

The effective control of highly invasive weeds in Australia is an important conservation management action. In this study, we moni..

Identification of reliable predictors of golden sun moth Synemon plana habitat over multiple survey years can benefit conservation, restoration and surveys for new populations

AS Kutt, K Dalton, TJ Wills

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Native grasslands, and the fauna that inhabit them, are globally some of the most threatened ecosystems and organisms. Knowledge o..

Yellow-throated miners Manorina flavigula homogenize bird communities across intact and fragmented landscapes

Alex S Kutt, Eric P Vanderduys, Justin J Perry, Michael T Mathieson, Teresa J Eyre

Journal article  |  2016  |  AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

In Australia, the role of noisy miners Manorina melanocephala in biotic homogenization of the avifauna has been well established i..

Vulnerability of Australian tropical savanna birds to climate change

April E Reside, Jeremy Vanderwal, Stephen T Garnett, Alex S Kutt

Journal article  |  2016  |  AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Assessments of species vulnerability to climate change should increase the effectiveness of interventions in the current decline i..

Shifting fire regimes from late to early dry-season fires to abate greenhouse emissions does not completely equate with terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity co-benefits on Cape York Peninsula, Australia

Justin J Perry, Eric P Vanderduys, Alex S Kutt

Journal article  |  2016  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Carbon farming initiatives have rapidly developed in recent years, influencing broad scale changes to land management regimes. In ..