Austral Ecology

Papers
(The TQCC of Austral Ecology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Dead in the water By RichardBeasley, Sydney: Published by Allen and Unwin. 2021960115767
Analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) for 2‐way layouts using a generalised ANOSIM statistic, with comparative notes on Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA)34
Checking bioclimatic variables that combine temperature and precipitation data before their use in species distribution models33
Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South Africa32
Insect pollination of cycads29
United colours of the city: A review about urbanisation impact on animal colours21
Impacts of the introduced European honeybee on Australian bee‐flower network properties in urban bushland remnants and residential gardens19
Space use and temporal partitioning of sympatric Tasmanian devils and spotted‐tailed quolls17
A generalised analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) statistic for designs with ordered factors17
Large trees and decay: Suppliers of a keystone resource for cavity‐using wildlife in old‐growth and secondary Andean temperate forests16
Co‐producing a fire and seasons calendar to support renewed Indigenous cultural fire management16
Nocturnal foraging and activity by diurnal lizards: Six species of day geckos (Phelsuma spp.) using the night‐light niche16
The ecological costs and benefits of a feral cat poison‐baiting programme for protection of reintroduced populations of the western quoll and brushtail possum15
Can reintroductions to degraded habitat succeed? A test using the common brushtail possum14
Quantifying invasion degree by alien plants species in Reunion Island14
Are all fauna associated with the same structural features of the foundation species Triodia scariosa?13
Warmer and less variable temperatures favour an accelerated plant phenology of two invasive weeds across sub‐Antarctic Macquarie Island13
Assessing the threat of landscape transformation and habitat fragmentation in a global biodiversity hotspot12
Post‐fire development of faunal habitat depends on plant regeneration traits12
The use of taxonomic relationships among species in applied ecological research: Baseline, steps forward and future challenges12
FORUM: Methodological shortcomings and lack of taxonomic effort beleaguer Australian bee studies12
Testing the utility of species distribution modelling using Random Forests for a species in decline12
An overview of the impacts of feral cattle, water buffalo and pigs on the savannas, wetlands and biota of northern Australia11
Distribution and abundance of large herbivores in a northern Australian tropical savanna: A multi‐scale approach11
What are the associations between thinning and fire severity?10
Elevational shifts in phylogenetic diversity of angiosperm trees across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest10
Alarming evidence of widespread mite extinctions in the shadows of plant, insect and vertebrate extinctions10
Sustained and delayed noisy miner suppression at an avian hotspot9
Delayed release improves site fidelity but has little effect on survival or breeding success of reintroduced western quolls (Dasyurus geoffroii)9
Amphibian occurrence and abundance patterns across a modified floodplain ecosystem9
Rodent assemblage composition as indicator of fire severity in a protected area of south‐central Chile9
What's hot and what's not – Identifying publication trends in insect ecology9
Analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) for 3‐way designs8
A continental assessment of diurnality in frog calling behaviour8
Mistletoe litter accelerates the decomposition of recalcitrant host litter in a semi‐arid savanna, south‐west Zimbabwe8
Seasonal patterns of endozoochory by cattle in subtropical grassland in southern Brazil8
The role of environmental and spatial factors in the assembly of aquatic insect communities in southern Brazilian temporary ponds8
Soil type, vegetation cover and temperature determinants of the diversity and structure of dung beetle assemblages in a South African open woodland and closed canopy mosaic8
Rephotography, permanent plots and remote sensing data provide varying insights on vegetation change on subantarctic Macquarie Island, 1980–20158
Current estimates and vegetation preferences of an endangered population of the vulnerable greater glider at Seven Mile Beach National Park8
Status of mammals on Groote Eylandt: Safe haven or slow burn?7
The prevalence of temperature and dispersal limitation as drivers of diversity in Neotropical small mammals7
Emergent effects of light and temperature on hatching success of Streptocephalus cafer (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) resting eggs7
Mimosa pigra in eastern and southern Africa: Distribution and socio‐ecological impacts7
Bark functional ecology and its influence on the distribution of Australian half‐butt eucalypts7
What factors influence the occurrence and abundance of midstorey Acacia in Mountain Ash forests?7
Dung beetles of an Australian tropical savanna: Species composition, food preferences and responses to experimental fire regimes7
Intra‐seasonal and daily variations in nectar availability affect bee assemblage in a monodominant afforested Brazilian Cerrado7
New evidence of unexpectedly high animal density and diet diversity will benefit the conservation of the Critically Endangered western ringtail possum7
A functional trait‐based approach to assess the impact of an alien palm invasion on plant and soil communities on a South Pacific island7
Environmental associations and effects of disturbances by common wombats in alpine Tasmania7
Diet composition of an opportunistic predator from an upwelling area in the Southeastern Pacific7
Seed abundance affects seed removal of an alien and a native tree in the Brazilian savanna: Implications for biotic resistance7
Areas of endemism in the Afrotropical region based on the geographical distribution of Tipulomorpha (Insecta: Diptera)7
Historical ecology and current abundance of the translocated Chilla or Grey fox Lycalopex griseus on the large Tierra del Fuego Island shared by Argentina and Chile7
Multi‐scale habitat selection by a cryptic, critically endangered grassland bird—The Plains‐wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus): Implications for habitat management and conservation7
Consequences of the reintroduction of regionally extinct mammals for vegetation composition and structure at two established reintroduction sites in semi‐arid Australia6
The hitchhiker's guide to Australian conservation: A parasitological perspective on fauna translocations6
Methods in amphibian biotelemetry: Two decades in review6
Ecological insights into a charismatic bird using different citizen science approaches6
Accounting for both automated recording unit detection space and signal recognition performance in acoustic surveys: A protocol applied to the cryptic and critically endangered Night Parrot (Pezopo6
Standing out in a crowd: Intraspecific variability in dorsal patterning allows for photo‐identification of a threatened anuran6
Beyond ecosystem services as justification for biodiversity conservation6
Structural resistance and functional resilience of the Chaco forest to wildland fires: an approach with MODIS time series6
Understanding how nature works: Five pathways towards a more ecologically literate world – A perspective6
Identifying a limiting factor in the population dynamics of a threatened amphibian: The influence of extended female maturation on operational sex ratio6
Austral Opossum adjusts to life in second‐growth forests by nesting outside cavities6
Burning for grassland pollination: Recently burned patches promote plant flowering and insect pollinators6
Using monitors to monitor ecological restoration: Presence may not indicate persistence6
Quantifying shifts in topic popularity over 44 years of Austral Ecology6
Trap type affects dung beetle taxonomic and functional diversity in Bornean tropical forests6
The historic flowering behaviour of River Red‐gum and Black Box in a flooding forest6
Elevational partitioning in species distribution, abundance and body size of Australian alpine grasshoppers (Kosciuscola)6
Widespread dieback in a foundation species on a sub‐Antarctic World Heritage Island: Fine‐scale patterns and likely drivers6
A review of Australian tree fern ecology in forest communities6
Genetic differentiation in the threatened soft coral Dendronephthya australis in temperate eastern Australia6
Converting rangelands to reserves: Small mammal and reptile responses 24 years after domestic livestock grazing removal6
Roosting ecology of the southernmost bats, Myotis chiloensis and Histiotus magellanicus, in southern Tierra del Fuego, Chile6
The hermit crab–shell relationship through the lens of interaction networks: The use of network metrics and species role across communities6
Plant–animal interactions of understory species in an area of tropical rainforest, north‐eastern Brazil5
Multiannual trends (2004–2019) in the abundance of larvae of the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei and crustacean zooplankton in a large South American reservoir5
Exotic and native species used by traditional populations of the Patagonian steppe: An approach based on redundancy and versatility5
Attacks of domestic dogs on Common Long‐Nosed Armadillo Dasypusnovemcinctus and Southern Brown Howler Monkey Alouatta guariba in fragmented Atlantic Forest and implications in a r5
Quantifying variations in browsing pressure caused by feral deer for a range of threatened ecological communities and plant growth forms5
Snakes on an urban plain: Temporal patterns of snake activity and human–snake conflict in Darwin, Australia5
Amount and spatial distribution of habitats influence occupancy and dispersal of frogs at multiple scales in agricultural landscape5
A range‐wide monitoring programme for a critically endangered nomadic bird5
Difficulties of assessing the impacts of the 2019–2020 bushfires on koalas5
Detection dogs provide a powerful method for conservation surveys5
Soil fertility and anthropogenic disturbances drive mammal species richness and assemblage composition on tropical fluvial islands5
Quantity versus quality: A balance between egg and clutch size among Australian amphibians in relation to other life‐history variables5
High severity fire promotes a more flammable eucalypt forest structure5
Phenotypic plasticity of clonal populations of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) in Southern Hemisphere lakes (Chile) and the potential role of the zooplankton d5
Soil mesofauna drives litter decomposition under combined nitrogen and phosphorus additions in a Brazilian woodland savanna5
Abundance and detection of feral cats decreases after severe fire on Kangaroo Island, Australia5
Spatiotemporal patterns of taxonomic and functional β‐diversity of dung beetles in native and introduced pastures in the Brazilian Pantanal5
Rock supplementation as an ecological restoration strategy for temperate grassland reptiles5
Effects of habitat, season and flood on corvid scavenging dynamics in Central Australia5
Chilean blind spots in soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research5
The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn, Malvaceae) as a food source for native vertebrate species during times of resource scarcity and its potential for reforestation in Madagascar5
An endemic dung beetle species feeding on kauri snail carrion in Northland, New Zealand5
What type of rainforest burnt in the South East Queensland's 2019/20 bushfires and how might this impact biodiversity5
Dissipation of seabird‐derived nutrients in a terrestrial insular trophic web5
Seasonal, environmental and anthropogenic influences on nocturnal basking in turtles and crocodiles from North‐Eastern Australia5
What determines the distribution of a threatened species, the brush‐tailed phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in a highly modified region?5
Contemporary distribution of Macrozamia dyeri (Zamiaceae) is correlated with patterns of Nyungar occupation in south‐east coastal Western Australia5
The effect of environmental temperature on bee activity at strawberry farms5
Recent land‐use changes affect stream ecosystem processes in a subtropical island in Brazil5
Landscape monitoring reveals initial trends in occupancy and activity of bats in multiple‐use forests5
Is the presence of a threatened arboreal mammal in residential areas related to remnant habitats?4
Vertebrate scavengers alter the chronology of carcass decay4
Functional beta diversity of New Zealand fishes: Characterising morphological turnover along depth and latitude gradients, with derivation of functional bioregions4
Multi‐decadal stability of woody cover in a mesic eucalypt savanna in the Australian monsoon tropics4
Drought limits large trees in African savannas with or without elephants4
Frequent planned fire can prevent succession to woody plant dominance in montane temperate grasslands4
Living on the edge: The use of fruit‐feeding butterflies to evaluate edge effect on subtropical assemblages4
The effects of natural and artificial edges on phenology: A case study of Ctenitis submarginalis4
Curtailment as a successful method for reducing bat mortality at a southern Australian wind farm4
Bioclimatic changes in ecoregions of southern South America: Trends and projections based on Holdridge life zones4
Distribution, nature and threats to soils of the Australian Alps: A review4
Turnover, richness difference and nestedness of rodent assemblages along the southern Andes elevation gradient4
Cerrado native vegetation is a refuge for birds under the current climate change trajectory4
Plant functional traits explain species abundance patterns and strategies shifts among saplings and adult trees in Araucaria forests4
Using citizen science to measure recolonisation of birds after the Australian 2019–2020 mega‐fires4
Intra‐annual variation in activity budgets of a wild Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) population in Southern Brazil4
The half century impact of fire on invertebrates in fire‐sensitive vegetation4
Biting off more than you can chew: Attempted predation on a human by a giant snake (Simalia amethistina)4
Differences in nutrient mineralisation between native and invasive grazing catfish during the invasion process4
Dietary variation of an endangered mycophagous mammal in novel and remnant habitats in a peri‐urban landscape4
Redefining life expectancy and maximum lifespan for wildlife management4
Effects of mammal exclusion on invertebrate communities in New Zealand4
Plant and soil carbon stocks in grassland patches maintained by extensive grazing in the highlands of central Argentina4
Genetic sampling and an activity index indicate contrasting outcomes of lethal control for an invasive predator4
Spatial proximity and asynchronous refuge sharing networks both explain patterns of tick genetic relatedness among lizards, but in different years4
New approaches to predict leaf area in woody tree species from the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil4
Living in the shadows: Diversity of amphibians, reptiles and birds in shade‐grown yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) plantations4
Inferences with spatial autocorrelation4
Proposing a new hypothesis: Rickettsia spp. as a mechanism maintaining parapatry between two Australian reptile tick species4
The role of tayra (Eira barbara) as predator of medium and large‐sized mammals4
Growth and competition between a native leguminous forb and an alien grass from the Cerrado under elevated CO24
Seed dispersal by monkey spitting in Scadoxus (Amaryllidaceae): Fruit selection, dispersal distances and effects on seed germination4
Long‐term mammal and nocturnal bird trends are influenced by vegetation type, weather and climate in temperate woodlands4
Environmental drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles across a chronosequence of tropical grasslands with different cattle grazing removal ages4
An artificial bird nest experiment in urban environments: Lessons from a school‐based citizen science programme4
Camera trap detection of mycophagy among co‐occurring vertebrates4
Contrasting edge effect on lianas and trees in a cerrado savanna remnant3
Delayed greening during leaf expansion under ambient and elevated CO2 in tropical tree seedlings3
Collaborating with qualitative researchers to co‐design social‐ecological studies3
The hard lives of trees in African savanna—Even without elephants3
Ecological and life‐history traits may say little about birds’ vulnerability to high‐amplitude climatic fluctuations3
Trophic niche of an invasive generalist consumer: Australian redclaw crayfish,Cherax quadricarinatus, in the Inkomati River Basin, South Africa3
Symbiotic bacteria in the relationship between Anaphes nitens (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)3
No evidence for the simultaneous induction of structural and chemical defences in spiny southern African savanna trees3
Nest survival of the threatened Campo Miner Geositta poeciloptera: a tropical cavity‐nesting grassland bird3
Microsite abiotic conditions and juvenile response under three early successional shrub/tree species in a SEMI‐ARID region3
Increased herbivory but not cyanogenesis is associated with urbanization in a tropical wildflower3
Habitats determining local frog assemblages within aquatic macrophyte meadows in Amazonia, through species traits filtering3
Drivers of collapse of fire‐killed trees3
Breeding phenology of a terrestrial‐breeding frog is associated with soil water potential: Implications for conservation in a changing climate3
Time since fire influences macropod occurrence in a fire‐prone coastal ecosystem3
Rapid gain and loss of predator recognition by an evolutionarily naïve lizard3
Influence of banana plantations on bat assemblages (Chiroptera)3
Dung beetle β‐diversity across Brazilian tropical dry forests does not support the Pleistocene Arc hypothesis3
Similar topologies of individual‐based plant‐herbivorous networks in forest interior and anthropogenic edges3
Trophic ecology of two amphibian species in patches and core forest of Atlantic Forest: A dietary and isotopic approach3
Trophic structure of frog assemblages in coastal habitats in southern Brazil3
Cooling streams with riparian trees: Thermal regime depends on total solar radiation penetrating the canopy3
Translocation for conservation: Neonates are less suitable than adults3
Plant richness drives ant diversity in Eucalyptus‐dominated landscape on Brazilian savanna3
Length–mass relationships of Australian aquatic invertebrates3
Sexual and reproductive systems of woody species in vereda are distributed according to the life form and habitat occurrence3
Potential and pitfalls of citizen science with children: Reflections on Pollinators in the Playground project3
Stand boundary effects on obligate seeding Eucalyptus delegatensis regeneration and fuel dynamics following high and low severity fire: Implications for species resilience to recurrent fire3
Variation in thermal and hydrotime requirements for seed germination of Chaco seasonally dry forest species in relation to population environmental conditions and seed mass3
The risks and rewards of using artificial habitat structures for wildlife conservation3
Fine‐scale genetic structuring in a group‐living lizard, the gidgee skink (Egernia stokesii)3
Responses of floodplain birds to high‐amplitude precipitation fluctuations over two decades3
Using baited remote underwater videos to survey freshwater turtles3
Vegetation phenology in the Argentinean Wet Chaco: Assessing seasonality and precipitation dependence through NDVI MODIS time series (2000–2018)3
Structure and function of soil microbial communities in fertile islands in austral drylands3
Resource partitioning as a mechanism for trophic segregation in sympatric otariids from the productive upwelling Peruvian Humboldt Current System3
First record of Aphis lugentis in Australia, tended by native ants on Senecio odoratus3
Quantifying the direct fire threat to a critically endangered arboreal marsupial using biophysical, mechanistic modelling3
Bud structure and development in trees of a neotropical savanna differing by leaf persistence3
Design flaws and poor language: Two key reasons why manuscripts get rejected from Austral Ecology across all countries between 2017 and 20203
Reducing tree density affects interactions between trees and atmospheric Tillandsia species (Bromeliaceae)3
Fire frequency effects in a grassy woodland: Trees and grasses3
Knowledge exchange to improve research and management of the impacts of artificial light at night3
Camera traps reveal the predation of artificial nests by free‐ranging Azara’s agoutis, Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823, in central Brazil3
An ephemerality paradox: Evidence of virtual semelparity in ephemeral pool‐breeding anurans3
The impact of fire severity from the 2019 to 2020 mega‐fires on roosting ecology of a rainforest‐dependent bat (Phoniscus papuensis)3
First records of myxomycetes from Bathurst Island (one of the Tiwi Islands) in the Northern Territory, Australia3
Agricultural modification to vegetation drives presence and abundance of a threatened fossorial legless lizard3
Predators, fire or resources: What drives the distribution of herbivores in fragmented mesic forests?3
Dynamics of methane and carbon dioxide emissions in the reclaimed islands of Sundarban mangrove ecosystem, India3
Diet of small mammals in semi‐deciduous forest fragments in Central Brazil3
Decline in lizard species diversity, abundance and ectoparasite load across an elevational gradient in the Australian alps3
Multiple analyses redirect management and restoration priorities for a critically endangered ecological community3
Survival and growth of cactus species after a wildfire in central Argentina: Differences among species and the effects of microenvironment characteristics3
Differences in size and energy content affect the territorial status and mating success of a neotropical dragonfly3
Variation in fouling assemblages associated with prop roots of Rhizophora mangle L. in the Caribbean: The role of neutral and niche processes3
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