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Email

holly.sitters@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Fellow)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
PhD
The University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
The University of Edinburgh
ORCID

0000-0002-6313-6779

Dr Holly Sitters

Honorary (Fellow)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

39 Scholarly works
7 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Small Mammals Respond More Strongly to Habitat Structure Than to Foraging Resources, Time Since Fire and Environmental Gradients in a Woodland Ecosystem
    DOI: 10.1111/aec.70258
  • 2025

    Journal article

    How does pyrodiversity influence small mammal abundance and genetic diversity?
    DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.70143
  • 2025

    Journal article

    How pyrodiversity shapes bat communities in a southeastern Australian woodland
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111059
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Large-scale and long-term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis
    DOI: 10.1111/brv.13152
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Do reptile responses to habitat structure and time since fire depend on landscape structure?
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121564
  • 2022

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Fire, Fauna and the Future: Identifying Biodiversity Refuges and Protecting Them From Extreme Disturbance Events
  • 2018

    Research Contracts

    AMLR Fire & Fragmentation Project
Holly Sitters

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Regional Case Studies: Southeast Australia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Europe, and Boreal Canada
    DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-13790-7.00013-2
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Ecosystem type and species’ traits help explain bird responses to spatial patterns of fire
    DOI: 10.1186/s42408-023-00221-3
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Small mammals reduce activity during high moon illumination under risk of predation by introduced predators
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37166-1
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the Australian 2019-20 megafires
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110021
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Interrelationships between fire, habitat, and mammals in a fragmented heathy woodland
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120464

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2021

    Research Grant

    2021/22 Peter Rankin Trust Fund for Herpetology - Julianna Santos
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Distribution and Connectivity of Mammals in Response to Fire in a Fragmented Landscape
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Reptile Persistence and Movement in a Fire-Prone, Fragmented Landscape

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