Julian Di Stefano

Fire responses by bird guilds and species in heathy dry forests in central Victoria, Australia

D Kuchinke, J di Stefano, R Loyn, P Gell, G Palmer

Journal article  |  2023  |  Forest Ecology and Management

Predicted increases in fire frequency and extent are being realised across Australia, bringing changes to the fire regime which ma..

Fire and tree species diversity in tropical peat swamp forests

Liubov Volkova, Haruni Krisnawati, Muhammad A Qirom, Wahyu C Adinugroho, Rinaldi Imanuddin, Freddy Jontara Hutapea, Michael A McCarthy, Julian Di Stefano, Christopher J Weston

Journal article  |  2023  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tropical peat swamp forests contain diverse plant communities that support many endangered flora and fauna species. These forests ..

Vegetation cover and configuration drive reptile species distributions in a fragmented landscape

SJ Mulhall, H Sitters, J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2022  |  Wildlife Research

Context: Habitat loss and fragmentation are key drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide, yet the influence of landscape structure o..

Power of faecal pellet count and camera trapping indices to monitor mammalian herbivore activity

Naomi E Davis, Julian Di Stefano, Jim Whelan, John Wright, Lorraine Taylor, Graeme Coulson, Holly Sitters

Journal article  |  2022  |  WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Context Monitoring spatial and temporal change in relative abundance using statistically powerful designs is a critical aspect o..

Diet of the Yellow-footed Antechinus Antechinus flavipes

A York, A Ashton, J Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2022  |  Victorian Naturalist

Southwest Australia Forests and Scrub

H Sitters, EJB van Etten, M Calviño-Cancela, J Di Stefano

Book Chapter  |  2022

Southwest Australia is an internationally-renowned biodiversity hotspot containing over 8000 plant species, 47% of which are endem..

Effect of recent fuel reduction treatments on wildfire severity in southeast Australian Eucalyptus sieberi forests

Christopher J Weston, Julian Di Stefano, Samuel Hislop, Liubov Volkova

Journal article  |  2021  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Climate change is increasing the area of seasonally dry forests burnt by wildfire in many parts of the world, compelling a revisio..

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..

Response of an arboreal species to plantation harvest

Emily F Hynes, Desley A Whisson, Julian Di Stefano

Journal article  |  2021  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Plantation forests are increasing worldwide and generally have lower biodiversity value than surrounding native vegetation. Howeve..