Julian Di Stefano

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

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

Biotelemetry marches on: A cost-effective GPS device for monitoring terrestrial wildlife

Manuela Fischer, Kate Parkins, Kean Maizels, Duncan R Sutherland, Blake M Allan, Graeme Coulson, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS ONE

Edge effects in fire-prone landscapes: Ecological importance and implications for fauna

Kate Parkins, Alan York, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2018  |  Ecology and Evolution

Interspecific and intraspecific relationships between body mass and diet quality in a macropodid community

Sarah Garnick, Julian Di Stefano, Ben D Moore, Naomi E Davis, Mark A Elgar, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Mammalogy

Are germination cues for soil-stored seed banks different in structurally different fire-prone communities?

Gloria Neo Maikano, Janet Cohn, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2018  |  Austral Ecology

Survey design for precise fire management conservation targets

Holly Sitters, Julian Di Stefano, Timothy Wills, Matthew Swan, Alan York

Journal article  |  2018  |  Ecological Applications

Human-modified habitats facilitate forest-dwelling populations of an invasive predator, Vulpes vulpes

Bronwyn A Hradsky, Alan Robley, Ray Alexander, Euan G Ritchie, Alan York, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2017  |  Scientific Reports

Bayesian networks elucidate interactions between fire and other drivers of terrestrial fauna distributions

Bronwyn A Hradsky, Trent D Penman, Dan Ababei, Anca Hanea, Euan G Ritchie, Alan York, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2017  |  Ecosphere

Responses of invasive predators and native prey to a prescribed forest fire

Bronwyn A Hradsky, Craig Mildwaters, Euan G Ritchie, Fiona Christie, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Mammalogy

Fire regimes and environmental gradients shape vertebrate and plant distributions in temperate eucalypt forests

Luke T Kelly, Angie Haslem, Greg J Holland, Steven WJ Leonard, Josephine MacHunter, Michelle Bassett, Andrew F Bennett, Matthew J Bruce, Evelyn K Chia, Fiona J Christie, Michael F Clarke, Julian Di Stefano, Richard Loyn, Michael A McCarthy, Alina Pung, Natasha Robinson, Holly Sitters, Matthew Swan, Alan York

Journal article  |  2017  |  Ecosphere

Vertebrates and plants show common responses to forest fires and climate gradients but species, scale and data type matter

L Kelly, A Haslem, S Leonard, M Bassett, A Bennett, M Bruce, M Clarke, E Chia, F Christie, J Di Stefano, G Holland, R Loyn, J MacHunter, M McCarthy, A Pung, N Robinson, H Sitters, M Swan, A YORK

Journal article  |  2017  |  Ecosphere

Mapping prescribed fire severity in south-east Australian eucalypt forests using modelling and satellite imagery: a case study

John Loschiavo, Brett Cirulis, Yingxin Zuo, Bronwyn A Hradsky, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Wildland Fire

Opposing Responses of Bird Functional Diversity to Vegetation Structural Diversity in Wet and Dry Forest

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

Journal article  |  2016  |  PLOS ONE

Forest Management Influences Aboveground Carbon and Tree Species Diversity in Myanmar's Mixed Deciduous Forests

Kyaw Sein Win Tun, Julian Di Stefano, Liubov Volkova

Journal article  |  2016  |  Forests

Contrasting responses of small mammals to fire and topographic refugia

Matthew Swan, Carolina Galindez-Silva, Fiona Christie, Alan York, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2016  |  Austral Ecology

Ecological specialisation in habitat selection within a macropodid herbivore guild

Sarah Garnick, Julian Di Stefano, Mark A Elgar, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Oecologia

Fire affects microhabitat selection, movement patterns, and body condition of an Australian rodent (Rattus fuscipes)

Amber Fordyce, Bronwyn A Hradsky, Euan G Ritchie, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Mammalogy

Foothills Fire and Biota

S Leonard, M Bruce, F Christie, J Di Stefano, A Haslem, G Holland, L Kelly, R Loyn, J MacHunter, L Rumpff, K Stamation, A Bennett, M Clarke, A YORK

Report  |  2016

Bird functional diversity decreases with time since disturbance: Does patchy prescribed fire enhance ecosystem function?

H Sitters, U Di Stefano, F Christie, M Swan, A York

Journal article  |  2016  |  Ecological Applications

Vegetation management influences habitat use by mammalian herbivores in shrub-encroached grassy woodland

Naomi E Davis, Julian Di Stefano, Graeme Coulson, Jim Whelan, John Wright

Journal article  |  2016  |  Wildlife Research

Do body size, diet type or residence time explain habitat use in a vertebrate herbivore community?

S Garnick, J Di Stefano, MA Elgar, G Coulson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Australian Journal of Zoology

Soft-release versus hard-release for reintroduction of an endangered species: an experimental comparison using eastern barred bandicoots (Perameles gunnii)

Jasmine de Milliano, Julian Di Stefano, Peter Courtney, Peter Temple-Smith, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Wildlife Research

Bird functional diversity decreases with time since disturbance: Does patchy prescribed fire enhance ecosystem function?

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

Journal article  |  2016  |  Ecological Applications

Predicting faunal fire responses in heterogeneous landscapes: the role of habitat structure

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

Journal article  |  2015  |  Ecological Applications

Decade-long response of arid-land mallee vegetation to fire, flooding and grazing in south-eastern Australi

Singarayer Florentine, Per Milberg, Julian Di Stefano, Martin Westbrooke, Patrick Graz

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Arid Environments

Shrub expansion alters forest structure but has little impact on native mammal occurrence

Bronwyn A Hradsky, John Loschiavo, Marney Hradsky, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2015  |  Austral Ecology

How do heterogeneity in vegetation types and post-fire age-classes contribute to plant diversity at the landscape scale?

JS Cohn, J Di Stefano, F Christie, G Cheers, A York

Journal article  |  2015  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Bird diversity increases after patchy prescribed fire: implications from a before-after control-impact study

Holly Sitters, Julian Di Stefano, Fiona J Christie, Paul Sunnucks, Alan York

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Wildland Fire

Associations between occupancy and habitat structure can predict avian responses to disturbance: Implications for conservation management

Holly Sitters, Fiona Christie, Julian Di Stefano, Matthew Swan, Peter Collins, Alan York

Journal article  |  2014  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Inter- and intraspecific effects of body size on habitat use among sexually-dimorphic macropodids

Sarah Garnick, Julian Di Stefano, Mark A Elgar, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2014  |  Oikos

Avian responses to the diversity and configuration of fire age classes and vegetation types across a rainfall gradient

Holly Sitters, Fiona J Christie, Julian Di Stefano, Matthew Swan, Trent Penman, Peter C Collins, Alan York

Journal article  |  2014  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Detecting mammals in heterogeneous landscapes: implications for biodiversity monitoring and management

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

Journal article  |  2014  |  Biodiversity and Conservation

Comparing the effectiveness of two types of camera trap for surveying ground-dwelling mammals

Matthew Swan, Julian Di Stefano, Fiona Christie

Book Chapter  |  2014

Diet of the silky mouse (Pseudomys apodemoides) and the heath rat (P. shortridgei) in a post-fire environment

Julian Di Stefano, Amanda Ashton, Alan York

Journal article  |  2014  |  International Journal of Wildland Fire

Habitat use of a critically-endangered species in a predator-free but degraded reserve in Australia

Amy L Winnard, Julian Di Stefano, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2013  |  Wildlife Biology

Defining vegetation age class distributions for multispecies conservation in fire-prone landscapes

Julian Di Stefano, Michael A McCarthy, Alan York, Thomas J Duff, Jacqui Slingo, Fiona Christie

Journal article  |  2013  |  Biological Conservation

Relationships between disturbance regimes and biodiversity: background issues and approaches for monitoring

J Di Stefano, AK York

Report  |  2012

Quantifying annual patterns in the frequency of mammalian births: do goodness-of-fit tests provide adequate inferences?

Evan Watkins, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2012  |  Australian Journal of Zoology

Changes in the relative density of swamp Wallabies (Wallabia bicolor) and Eastern Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in Response to Timber Harvesting and Wildfire

K Williamson, HM Doherty, J Di Stefano

Book Chapter  |  2012

Diet selection by the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) in East Gippsland, Victoria

L Van Eeden, J Di Stefano, G Coulson

Journal article  |  2011  |  Australian Mammalogy

Resource selection by animals is assumed to have fitness benefits so quantifying resource selection can help determine suitable co..

Fire, landscape change and models of small mammal habitat suitability at multiple spatial scales

Julian Di Stefano, Laura Owen, Robert Morris, Tom Duff, Alan York

Journal article  |  2011  |  Austral Ecology

Resource heterogeneity influences home range area in the swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor

Julian Di Stefano, Graeme Coulson, Andrew Greenfield, Matthew Swan

Journal article  |  2011  |  Ecography

Options for seedbed preparation and seed supply for the regeneration of mixed eucalypt forests in north-eastern Victoria. Forest Research Report 398

J Di Stefano, J Costenaro, R Campbell, O Bassett

Report  |  2011

Strategy for screening eucalypts for saline lands

Y Zohar, J Di Stefano, J Bartle

Journal article  |  2010  |  Agroforestry Systems

Sampling downed coarse woody debris in fire-prone eucalypt woodlands

Anne Miehs, Alan York, Kevin Tolhurst, Julian Di Stefano, Tina Bell

Journal article  |  2010  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Effect of habitat type, sex and time of day on space use by the swamp wallaby

J Di Stefano, M Swan, A Greenfield, G Coulson

Book Chapter  |  2010

Habitat partitioning among sympatric grey kangaroos and swamp wallabies in box-ironbark remnants

B Schmidt, G Coulson, J Di Stefano

Book Chapter  |  2010

Habitat selection by the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) in relation to diel period, food and shelter

Julian Di Stefano, Alan York, Matthew Swan, Andrew Greenfield, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2009  |  Austral Ecology

Mammalian browsing impact on regenerating Eucalyptus seedlings in a large commercially managed native forest estate

Julian Di Stefano, Kym Butler, Ian Sebire, Peter Fagg

Journal article  |  2009  |  New Forests

DIET SELECTION BY THE SWAMP WALLABY (WALLABIA BICOLOR): FEEDING STRATEGIES UNDER CONDITIONS OF CHANGED FOOD AVAILABILITY

Julian Di Stefano, Graeme R Newell

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Mammalogy

Fine-scale habitat selection by adult female swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor)

Matthew Swan, Julian Di Stefano, Andrew Greenfield, Graeme Coulson

Journal article  |  2008  |  Australian Journal of Zoology

Interactions between timber harvesting and swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor): Space use, density and browsing impact

Julian Di Stefano, Jacob A Anson, Alan York, Andrew Greenfield, Graeme Coulson, Ann Berman, Michael Bladen

Journal article  |  2007  |  Forest Ecology and Management

The Viggers & Hearn conundrum: a kangaroo home range study with no implications for land management

Jennifer K Martin, Graeme Coulson, Julian Di Stefano, Euan G Ritchie, Andrew Greenfield, Helen Catanchin, Lisa N Evans

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Applied Ecology

Mammalian browsing damage in the Mt. Cole State forest, southeastern Australia: analysis of browsing patterns, spatial relationships and browse selection

J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2005  |  New Forests

A soft-walled double-layered trap for capture of swamp wallabies Wallabia bicolor

J Di Stefano, R Moyle, G Coulson

Journal article  |  2005  |  Australian Mammalogy

Effect size estimates and confidence intervals: an alternative focus for the presentation and interpretation of ecological data

J DI STEFANO, FM FIDLER, G CUMMING

Book Chapter  |  2005

The importance of ecological research for ecosystem management: The case of browsing by swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor) in commercially harvested native forests

J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2004  |  Ecological Management & Restoration

Monitoring eucalypt germination in Victorian native forest logging coupes: a comparison of methods.

J Di Stefano, J Costenaro

Journal article  |  2004  |  Australian Forestry

A confidence interval approach to data analysis

J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2004  |  Forest Ecology and Management

How much power is enough? Against the development of an arbitrary convention for statistical power calculations

J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2003  |  Functional Ecology

Mammalian browsing in the Mt Cole State Forest: Defining a critical browsing level and assessing the effect of multiple browsing events

JD Stefano

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australian Forestry

River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis): a review of ecosystem processes, seedling regeneration and silvicultural practice.

J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2002  |  Australian Forestry

Power analysis and sustainable forest management

J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2001  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Energy efficiency and the environment: the potential for energy efficient lighting to save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions at Melbourne University, Australia

J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2000  |  Energy