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• Review article

  Ignoring the science in failing to conserve a faunal icon - Major political, policy and management problems in preventing the extinction of Leadbeater's possum

  Lindenmayer, D. B., Blair, D., McBurney, L. & Banks, S. C., 30 Oct 2015, In : Pacific Conservation Biology. 21, 4, p. 257-265 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • extinction
  • science
  • policy
  • ash
  • marsupial

• Niche Contractions in Declining Species: Mechanisms and Consequences

  Scheele, B. C., Foster, C. N., Banks, S. C. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 1 May 2017, In : Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32, 5, p. 346-355 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • niche
  • niches
  • Lens
  • niche breadth
  • Biological Sciences

• The need for a comprehensive reassessment of the Regional Forest Agreements in Australia

  Lindenmayer, D. B., Blair, D., McBurney, L. & Banks, S. C., 11 Dec 2015, In : Pacific Conservation Biology. 21, 4, p. 266-270 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • need
  • forest ecosystem
  • forest ecology
  • forest industry
  • wood product
• Comment/debate

  Please do not disturb ecosystems further

  Lindenmayer, D., Thorn, S. & Banks, S., 24 Jan 2017, In : Nature Ecology and Evolution. 1, 2, p. 1-3 3 p., 0031.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

  • ecosystems
  • disturbance
  • ecosystem
• Article

  A morphological and phylogenetic investigation into divergence among sympatric Australian southern bull kelps (Durvillaea potatorum and D. amatheiae sp. nov.)

  Weber, X. A., Edgar, G. J., Banks, S. C., Waters, J. M. & Fraser, C. I., 1 Feb 2017, In : Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107, p. 630-643 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Kelp
  • Durvillaea
  • Tasmania
  • Sympatry
  • divergence

• Animal movements in fire-prone landscapes

  Nimmo, D. G., Avitabile, S., Banks, S. C., Bliege Bird, R., Callister, K., Clarke, M. F., Dickman, C. R., Doherty, T. S., Driscoll, D. A., Greenville, A. C., Haslem, A., Kelly, L. T., Kenny, S. A., Lahoz-Monfort, J. J., Lee, C., Leonard, S., Moore, H., Newsome, T. M., Parr, C. L., Ritchie, E. G. & 7 others, Schneider, K., Turner, J. M., Watson, S., Westbrooke, M., Wouters, M., White, M. & Bennett, A. F., 1 Jun 2019, In : Biological Reviews. 94, 3, p. 981-998 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Animals
  • Fires
  • fire ecology
  • fire history
  • animals

• Conserving and restoring endangered southern populations of the Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) in agricultural landscapes

  Crane, M., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Banks, S. C., 1 Jan 2017, In : Ecological Management and Restoration. 18, 1, p. 15-25 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Petaurus norfolcensis
  • agricultural land
  • environmental conservation
  • extinction
  • data analysis

• Converting quadratic entropy to diversity: Both animals and alleles are diverse, but some are more diverse than others

  Smouse, P. E., Banks, S. C. & Peakall, R., 31 Oct 2017, In : PLoS One. 12, 10, p. 1-19 19 p., e0185499.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Ecology
  • Entropy
  • entropy
  • Animals
  • population ecology
  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Disease-associated change in an amphibian life-history trait

  Scheele, B. C., Skerratt, L. F., Hunter, D. A., Banks, S. C., Pierson, J. C., Driscoll, D. A., Byrne, P. G. & Berger, L., 1 Aug 2017, In : Oecologia. 184, 4, p. 825-833 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
  • life history trait
  • amphibian
  • amphibians
  • life history theory

• Dispersal responses override density effects on genetic diversity during post-disturbance succession

  Smith, A. L., Landguth, E. L., Michael Bull, C., Banks, S. C., Gardner, M. G. & Driscoll, D. A., 23 Mar 2016, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1827, p. 1-10 10 p., 20152934.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Population dynamics
  • Ecosystem
  • genetic diversity
  • Genetic Variation
  • Population Density

• Disturbance gradient shows logging affects plant functional groups more than fire

  Blair, D. P., McBurney, L. M., Blanchard, W., Banks, S. C. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 1 Oct 2016, In : Ecological Applications. 26, 7, p. 2280-2301 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • salvage
  • functional group
  • clearcutting
  • disturbance
  • fern

• Do temporal changes in vegetation structure additional to time since fire predict changes in bird occurrence?

  Lindenmayer, D. B., Candy, S. G., MacGregor, C. I., Banks, S. C., Westgate, M., Ikin, K., Pierson, J., Tulloch, A. & Barton, P., 1 Oct 2016, In : Ecological Applications. 26, 7, p. 2267-2279 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • vegetation structure
  • bird
  • vegetation
  • bird species
  • plant species

• Ecosystem assessment of mountain ash forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia

  Burns, E. L., Lindenmayer, D. B., Stein, J., Blanchard, W., McBurney, L., Blair, D. & Banks, S. C., Jun 2015, In : Austral Ecology. 40, 4, p. 386-399 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • ecosystem assessment
  • Victoria (Australia)
  • highlands
  • mountains
  • ash

• Environmental and human drivers influencing large old tree abundance in Australian wet forests

  Lindenmayer, D. B., Blanchard, W., Blair, D., McBurney, L. & Banks, S. C., 15 Jul 2016, In : Forest Ecology and Management. 372, p. 226-235 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • disturbance
  • marsupial
  • Metatheria
  • environmental factor
  • fire severity

• Features associated with effective biodiversity monitoring and evaluation

  Dixon, K. M., Cary, G. J., Worboys, G. L., Banks, S. C. & Gibbons, P., Oct 2019, In : Biological Conservation. 238, p. 1-11 11 p., 108221.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • biodiversity
  • monitoring
  • evaluation
  • adaptive management
  • organization

• Fine-scale refuges can buffer demographic and genetic processes against short-term climatic variation and disturbance: A 22-year case study of an arboreal marsupial

  Banks, S. C., Lorin, T., Shaw, R. E., McBurney, L., Blair, D., Blyton, M. D. J., Smith, A. L., Pierson, J. C. & Lindenmayer, D. B., Aug 2015, In : Molecular Ecology. 24, 15, p. 3831-3845 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Marsupialia
  • Genetic Phenomena
  • marsupial
  • Metatheria
  • refuge

• Fire severity alters spatio-temporal movements and habitat utilisation by an arboreal marsupial, the mountain brushtail possum (Trichosurus cunninghami)

  Berry, L. E., Lindenmayer, D. B., Dennis, T. E., Driscoll, D. A. & Banks, S. C., 1 Jan 2016, In : International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25, 12, p. 1291-1302 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Trichosurus
  • fire severity
  • marsupial
  • possums
  • Metatheria

• Genomic impact of severe population decline in a nomadic songbird

  Crates, R., Olah, G., Adamski, M., Aitken, N., Banks, S., Ingwersen, D., Ranjard, L., Rayner, L., Stojanovic, D., Suchan, T., Von Takach Dukai, B. & Heinsohn, R., 24 Oct 2019, In : PLoS One. 14, 10, p. 1-19 19 p., e0223953.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Songbirds
  • Museums
  • songbirds
  • genomics
  • Population Genetics
  84 Downloads (Pure)

• High adult mortality in disease-challenged frog populations increases vulnerability to drought

  Scheele, B. C., Hunter, D. A., Banks, S. C., Pierson, J. C., Skerratt, L. F., Webb, R. & Driscoll, D. A., 1 Nov 2016, In : Journal of Animal Ecology. 85, 6, p. 1453-1460 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
  • frog
  • population growth
  • frogs
  • age structure

• Identifying the location of fire refuges in wet forest ecosystems

  Berry, L. E., Driscoll, D. A., Stein, J. A., Blanchard, W., Banks, S. C., Bradstock, R. A. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 1 Dec 2015, In : Ecological Applications. 25, 8, p. 2337-2348 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • refuge
  • forest ecosystem
  • montane forest
  • fauna
  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Impacts of feral horses in the Australian Alps and evidence-based solutions

  Driscoll, D. A., Worboys, G. L., Allan, H., Banks, S. C., Beeton, N. J., Cherubin, R. C., Doherty, T. S., Finlayson, C. M., Green, K., Hartley, R., Hope, G., Johnson, C. N., Lintermans, M., Mackey, B., Paull, D. J., Pittock, J., Porfirio, L. L., Ritchie, E. G., Sato, C. F., Scheele, B. C. & 5 others, Slattery, D. A., Venn, S., Watson, D., Watson, M. & Williams, R. M., 30 Jan 2019, In : Ecological Management and Restoration. 20, 1, p. 63-72 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • horse
  • horses
  • culling
  • culling (animals)
  • threatened species

• Implications of recurrent disturbance for genetic diversity

  Davies, I. D., Cary, G. J., Landguth, E. L., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Banks, S. C., 1 Feb 2016, In : Ecology and Evolution. 6, 4, p. 1181-1196 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • genetic diversity
  • disturbance
  • genetic variation
  • ecological imbalance
  • landscape genetics
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Isolation, marine transgression and translocation of the bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

  Martin, A., Carver, S., Proft, K., Fraser, T. A., Polkinghorne, A., Banks, S. & Burridge, C. P., 1 Jun 2019, In : Evolutionary Applications. 12, 6, p. 1114-1123 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Vombatus ursinus
  • transgressive segregation
  • Islands
  • translocation
  • transgression
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• Landscape, fire and habitat: which features of recently burned heathland influence site occupancy of an early successional specialist?

  Pereoglou, F., MacGregor, C., Banks, S. C., Wood, J., Ford, F. & Lindenmayer, D. B., Feb 2016, In : Landscape Ecology. 31, 2, p. 255-269 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • heathland
  • habitat
  • chestnut
  • landscape structure
  • disturbance

• Long-term impacts of wildfire and logging on forest soils

  Bowd, E. J., Banks, S. C., Strong, C. L. & Lindenmayer, D. B., Feb 2019, In : Nature Geoscience. 12, February, p. 113-118 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • wildfire
  • forest soil
  • disturbance
  • clearcutting
  • salvage
  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Managing military training-related environmental disturbance

  Zentelis, R., Banks, S., Roberts, J. D., Dovers, S. & Lindenmayer, D., 15 Dec 2017, In : Journal of Environmental Management. 204, Part 1, p. 486-493 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • environmental disturbance
  • Weathering
  • Biodiversity
  • Recovery
  • Land use

• Monitoring ecological consequences of efforts to restore landscape-scale connectivity

  Watson, D. M., Doerr, V. A. J., Banks, S. C., Driscoll, D. A., van der Ree, R., Doerr, E. D. & Sunnucks, P., 1 Feb 2017, In : Biological Conservation. 206, p. 201-209 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • environmental impact
  • connectivity
  • monitoring
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • restoration

• Non-linear growth in tree ferns, Dicksonia antarctica and Cyathea australis

  Blair, D. P., Blanchard, W., Banks, S. C. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 11 May 2017, In : PLoS One. 12, 5, p. 1-15 15 p., e0176908.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Dicksonia
  • Ferns
  • Cyathea
  • tree ferns
  • Antarctic Regions
  85 Downloads (Pure)

• Novel bird responses to successive, large-scale, landscape transformations

  Lindenmayer, D. B., Blanchard, W., Westgate, M. J., Foster, C., Banks, S. C., Barton, P., Crane, M., Ikin, K. & Scheele, B. C., Aug 2019, In : Ecological Monographs. 89, 3, e01362.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • bird
  • plantations
  • plantation
  • woodlands
  • birds

• Pervasive admixture between eucalypt species has consequences for conservation and assisted migration

  von Takach Dukai, B., Jack, C., Borevitz, J., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Banks, S. C., Apr 2019, In : Evolutionary Applications. 12, 4, p. 845-860 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Population Genetics
  • Genetic Structures
  • population genetics
  • Eucalyptus
  • genetic structure
  27 Downloads (Pure)

• Phylogeographic structure in penguin ticks across an ocean basin indicates allopatric divergence and rare trans-oceanic dispersal

  Moon, K. L., Banks, S. C. & Fraser, C. I., 17 Jun 2015, In : PLoS One. 10, 6, p. 1-20 20 p., e0128514.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Spheniscidae
  • Parasites
  • penguins
  • Ticks
  • Oceans and Seas
  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Priority effects can lead to underestimation of dispersal and invasion potential

  Fraser, C. I., Banks, S. C. & Waters, J. M., Jan 2015, In : Biological Invasions. 17, 1, p. 1-8 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • pest species
  • gene flow
  • population genetics
  • pests
  • colonization

• Relationships between tree size and occupancy by cavity-dependent arboreal marsupials

  Lindenmayer, D. B., Blanchard, W., Blair, D., McBurney, L. & Banks, S. C., 1 May 2017, In : Forest Ecology and Management. 391, p. 221-229 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • marsupial
  • Metatheria
  • cavity
  • ash
  • regrowth

• Short-and long-term effects of habitat fragmentation differ but are predicted by response to the matrix

  Evans, M. J., Banks, S. C., Driscoll, D. A., Hicks, A. J., Melbourne, B. A. & Davies, K. F., Mar 2017, In : Ecology. 98, 3, p. 807-819 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • habitat fragmentation
  • long-term effect
  • long term effects
  • fragmentation
  • matrix

• Single large versus several small: The SLOSS debate in the context of bird responses to a variable retention logging experiment

  Lindenmayer, D. B., Wood, J., McBurney, L., Blair, D. & Banks, S. C., 1 Mar 2015, In : Forest Ecology and Management. 339, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • logging
  • conservation areas
  • bird
  • harvest
  • birds

• Temporal trends in mammal responses to fire reveals the complex effects of fire regime attributes

  Lindenmayer, D. B., Blanchard, W., MacGregor, C., Barton, P., Banks, S. C., Crane, M., Michael, D., Okada, S., Berry, L., Florance, D. & Gill, M., Mar 2016, In : Ecological Applications. 26, 2, p. 557-573 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • mammal
  • attribute
  • trend
  • effect
  • rodent

• The dynamic regeneration niche of a forest following a rare disturbance event

  Smith, A. L., Blanchard, W., Blair, D. P., Mcburney, L., Banks, S. C., Driscoll, D. A. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 1 Apr 2016, In : Diversity and Distributions. 22, 4, p. 457-467 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • fire severity
  • niche
  • niches
  • regeneration
  • Eucalyptus regnans

• The effect of sex-biased dispersal on opposite-sexed spatial genetic structure and inbreeding risk

  Blyton, M. D. J., Banks, S. C. & Peakall, R., Apr 2015, In : Molecular Ecology. 24, 8, p. 1681-1695 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Inbreeding
  • inbreeding
  • Genetic Structures
  • genetic structure
  • inbreeding avoidance

• The role of relatedness in mate choice by an arboreal marsupial in the presence of fine-scale genetic structure

  Blyton, M. D. J., Shaw, R. E., Peakall, R., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Banks, S. C., Mar 2016, In : Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70, 3, p. 313-321 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • mate choice
  • marsupial
  • relatedness
  • genetic structure
  • Metatheria

• The use of topographic fire refuges by the greater glider (Petauroides volans) and the mountain brushtail possum (Trichosurus cunninghami) following a landscape-scale fire

  Berry, L. E., Driscoll, D. A., Banks, S. C. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 6 Feb 2015, In : Australian Mammalogy. 37, 1, p. 39-45 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Petauroides volans
  • Trichosurus
  • possums
  • refuge
  • mountains

• The use of traits to interpret responses to large scale - edge effects: a study of epigaeic beetle assemblages across a Eucalyptus forest and pine plantation edge

  Evans, M. J., Banks, S. C., Davies, K. F., Mcclenahan, J., Melbourne, B. & Driscoll, D. A., 1 Oct 2016, In : Landscape Ecology. 31, 8, p. 1815-1831 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • edge effect
  • beetle
  • plantation
  • pine
  • guild

• Transition to density dependence in a reintroduced ecosystem engineer

  Manning, A. D., Evans, M. J., Banks, S. C., Batson, W. G., Belton, E., Crisp, H. A., Fletcher, D. B., Gordon, I. J., Grarock, K., Munro, N., Newport, J., Pierson, J., Portas, T. J., Snape, M. A. & Wimpenny, C., Dec 2019, In : Biodiversity and Conservation. 28, 14, p. 3803-3830 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • ecosystem engineers
  • density dependence
  • Bettongia gaimardi
  • pouches
  • transition

• Translocation, genetic structure and homing ability confirm geographic barriers disrupt saltwater crocodile movement and dispersal

  Fukuda, Y., Webb, G., Manolis, C., Lindner, G. & Banks, S., 28 Aug 2019, In : PLoS One. 14, 8, p. 1-20 20 p., e0205862.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Genetic Translocation
  • Crocodylus porosus
  • Alligators and Crocodiles
  • Genetic Structures
  • Northern Territory
  103 Downloads (Pure)

• When can refuges mediate the genetic effects of fire regimes? A simulation study of the effects of topography and weather on neutral and adaptive genetic diversity in fire-prone landscapes

  Banks, S. C., Davies, I. D. & Cary, G. J., Oct 2017, In : Molecular Ecology. 26, 19, p. 4935-4954 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • fire regime
  • genetic effect
  • Weather
  • genetic diversity
  • refuge

• Where do animals come from during post-fire population recovery? Implications for ecological and genetic patterns in post-fire landscapes

  Banks, S. C., McBurney, L., Blair, D., Davies, I. D. & Lindenmayer, D. B., Nov 2017, In : Ecography. 40, 11, p. 1325-1338 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Antechinus
  • animal
  • animals
  • recolonization
  • genetic diversity