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List of works by Michael A. McCarthy

A Bayesian model of metapopulation viability, with application to an endangered amphibian

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A Method for Setting the Size of Plant Conservation Target Areas

scientific article (publication date: June 2001)

A comparison of joint species distribution models for presence-absence data

scientific article published in 2018

A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras

scientific article published in 2009

A field experiment characterizing variable detection rates during plant surveys

scientific article published on 31 January 2022

A field test of mechanisms underpinning animal diversity in recently burned landscapes

scientific article published in 2022

A general model of detectability using species traits

article

A global synthesis of plant extinction rates in urban areas.

scientific article

A method for validating stochastic models of population viability: a case study of the mountain pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus)

scientific article published in 2000

A predictive model of avian natal dispersal distance provides prior information for investigating response to landscape change

scientific article published on 5 August 2011

A preliminary assessment of changes in plant-dwelling insects when threatened plants are translocated

article

A simple framework for a complex problem? Predicting wildlife-vehicle collisions

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

A systematic review reveals changes in where and how we have studied habitat loss and fragmentation over 20 years

scholarly article by Dini Fardila et al published August 2017 in Biological Conservation

A theory for optimal monitoring of marine reserves

article

Abiotic and biotic interactions determine whether increased colonization is beneficial or detrimental to metapopulation management

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

Accounting for Management Costs in Sensitivity Analyses of Matrix Population Models

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Accounting for false mortality in telemetry tag applications

scientific article published in 2017

Accounting for uncertainty in marine reserve design

scientific article

Active adaptive management for conservation

scientific article

Adaptive Management of Reintroduction

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Adaptive management improves decisions about where to search for invasive species

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Allocating biosecurity resources between preventing, detecting, and eradicating island invasions

scientific article published in 2011

Allocating conservation resources between areas where persistence of a species is uncertain

scientific article

Allometric scaling and Bayesian priors for annual survival of birds and mammals

scientific article

Alternative measures to value at risk

An experimental test of whether pyrodiversity promotes mammal diversity in a northern Australian savanna

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An info-gap approach to power and sample size calculations

scientific article (publication date: 2007)

Assessing ethical trade-offs in ecological field studies

article published in 2010

Assessing spatial PVA models of arboreal marsupials using significance tests and Bayesian statistics

Assessing the cost-efficiency of environmental DNA sampling

scientific article published in 2016

Assessing the sensitivity of biodiversity indices used to inform fire management

scientific article published in 2017

Bayesian Methods for Ecology

Bayesian estimates of transition probabilities in seven small lithophytic orchid populations: maximizing data availability from many small samples

scientific article

Breathing some air into the single-species vacuum: multi-species responses to environmental change ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Bridging the Divide: Integrating Animal and Plant Paradigms to Secure the Future of Biodiversity in Fire-Prone Ecosystems

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Clarifying the effect of toe clipping on frogs with Bayesian statistics

scientific article published in 2004

Classifying animals into ecologically meaningful groups: A case study on woodland birds

Combining capture-recapture data and known ages allows estimation of age-dependent survival rates

scientific article published on 27 December 2018

Comparing predictions of extinction risk using models and subjective judgement

scientific article published in 2004

Congruence between natural and human forest disturbance: a case study from Australian montane ash forests

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Conserving phylogenetic diversity, with reference to Victorian eucalypts

scholarly article published 2016

Considering extinction of dependent species during translocation, ex situ conservation, and assisted migration of threatened hosts

scientific article

Consistent patterns of vehicle collision risk for six mammal species

scientific article

Contending with uncertainty in conservation management decisions

scientific article

Continental-scale governance and the hastening of loss of Australia's biodiversity.

scientific article published in December 2013

Coping with uncertainty in forest wildlife planning

scientific article published in 1995

Cost-effective assessment of extinction risk with limited information

scientific article published in 2015

Cost-effective suppression and eradication of invasive predators.

scientific article published in February 2008

Current constraints and future directions in estimating coextinction

scientific article

Declining populations in one of the last refuges for threatened mammal species in northern Australia

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Defining and evaluating predictions of joint species distribution models

scientific article published on 8 November 2020

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

article

Demographic Effects of Habitat Restoration for the Grey-Crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis, in Victoria, Australia

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Designing nature reserves in the face of uncertainty

scientific article

Designing occupancy surveys and interpreting non-detection when observations are imperfect

scientific article published in 2012

Determining when to change course in management actions

scientific article

Disentangling the four demographic dimensions of species invasiveness

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Distinguishing geographical range shifts from artefacts of detectability and sampling effort

scientific article published in 2014

ESTIMATING AND DEALING WITH DETECTABILITY IN OCCUPANCY SURVEYS FOR FOREST OWLS AND ARBOREAL MARSUPIALS

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Effects of fire on pollinators and pollination

article published in 2016

Eliciting and integrating expert knowledge for wildlife habitat modelling

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Estimating detection-effort curves for plants using search experiments

scientific article

Estimating population size in the presence of temporary migration using a joint analysis of telemetry and capture-recapture data

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European newts establish in Australia, marking the arrival of a new amphibian order

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Evaluation of PVA Models of Arboreal Marsupials: Coupling Models with Long-term Monitoring Data

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Expected minimum population size as a measure of threat

Extinction Debts and Risks Faced by Abundant Species. Deudas de Extincion y Riesgos Enfrentados por un Numero Abundante de Especies

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Factors influencing the use of decision support tools in the development and design of conservation policy

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Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Fire and tree species diversity in tropical peat swamp forests

scientific article published in 2023

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

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Fire regimes in mountain ash forest: evidence from forest age structure, extinction models and wildlife habitat

article

Four principles for improved statistical ecology

scientific article published in 2024

Functional trait changes in the floras of 11 cities across the globe in response to urbanization

scientific article published in 2016

Fungi and the urban environment: A review

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How many hosts? Modelling host breadth from field samples

scientific article published in 2010

How we value the future affects our desire to learn

scientific article published on June 2008

Identifying and managing threatened invertebrates through assessment of coextinction risk

scientific article

Identifying declining and threatened species with museum data

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Identifying effects of toe clipping on anuran return rates: the importance of statistical power

article published in 2001

Identifying hotspots of alien plant naturalisation in Australia: approaches and predictions

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Ignoring imperfect detection in biological surveys is dangerous: a response to 'fitting and interpreting occupancy models'.

scientific article

Improving decisions for invasive species management: reformulation and extensions of the Panetta-Lawes eradication graph

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Improving policy efficiency and effectiveness to save more species: A case study of the megadiverse country Australia

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Improving the transparency of statistical reporting in Conservation Letters

Incorporating detectability of threatened species into environmental impact assessment

scientific article

Incorporating uncertainty of management costs in sensitivity analyses of matrix population models

scientific article published in February 2013

Inferring extinction risks from sighting records

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Inferring extinctions from sighting records of variable reliability

article by Tamsin E. Lee et al published 19 August 2013 in Journal of Applied Ecology

Inferring persistence of indigenous mammals in response to urbanisation

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Info-gap decision theory for assessing the management of catchments for timber production and urban water supply

scientific article

Informing network management using fuzzy cognitive maps

article published in 2018

Integrating variability in detection probabilities when designing wildlife surveys: a case study of amphibians from south-eastern Australia

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Interactions between rainfall, fire and herbivory drive resprouter vital rates in a semi-arid ecosystem

scientific article published in 2017

Intervals between prescribed fires in Australia: what intrinsic variation should apply?

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Is my species distribution model fit for purpose? Matching data and models to applications

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Linking indices for biodiversity monitoring to extinction risk theory

scientific article

Linking landscape data with population viability analysis: Management options for the helmeted honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix

Local extinction of grassland plants: the landscape matrix is more important than patch attributes.

scientific article published on December 2006

Logic for designing nature reserves for multiple species

scientific article

Managing the timing and speed of vehicles reduces wildlife-transport collision risk

Metaresearch for Evaluating Reproducibility in Ecology and Evolution

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Modelling the occurrence of rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) in Melbourne

article by PAVLINA SHUKUROGLOU & Michael A. McCarthy published April 2006 in Austral Ecology

Models that predict ecosystem impacts of reintroductions should consider uncertainty and distinguish between direct and indirect effects

Movement re-established but not restored: Inferring the effectiveness of road-crossing mitigation for a gliding mammal by monitoring use

Multi-aged mountain ash forest, wildlife conservation and timber harvesting

scientific article published in 1998

Nonlinear Effects of Stand Age on Fire Severity

On valuing information in adaptive-management models

scientific article

Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: Do not replace one problem with another

scientific article published in 2019

Optimal Allocation of Conservation Resources to Species That May be Extinct

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Optimal eradication: when to stop looking for an invasive plant.

scientific article published in July 2006

Optimal fire histories for biodiversity conservation

scientific article

Optimal investment in conservation of species

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Optimal management of a flammable multi-stand forest for timber production and maintenance of nesting sites for wildlife

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Optimal marking of threatened species to balance benefits of information with impacts of marking

scientific article published on 29 July 2008

Optimal release strategies for cost-effective reintroductions

article published in 2014

Optimal surveillance strategy for invasive species management when surveys stop after detection ⬇️

scientific article

Optimal timing of biodiversity offsetting for metapopulations

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Optimizing ecological survey effort over space and time

scientific article published in 2016

Overcoming bias in ground-based surveys of hollow-bearing trees using double-sampling

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Phenology of epigeous macrofungi found in red gum woodlands

scientific article

Phylogenetic diversity meets conservation policy: small areas are key to preserving eucalypt lineages

scientific article

Planning for ex situ conservation in the face of uncertainty

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Plant extirpation at the site scale: implications for eradication programmes

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Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities

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Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient

scientific article (published 2005-07-05)

Population Viability Analysis

Population density and movement data for predicting mating systems of arboreal marsupials

scientific article published in 1998

Predicting the effect of urban noise on the active space of avian vocal signals

scientific article published on 12 August 2013

Prevent, search or destroy? A partially observable model for invasive species management

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Prioritizing plant eradication targets by re-framing the project prioritization protocol (PPP) for use in biosecurity applications

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Profiting from pilot studies: Analysing mortality using Bayesian models with informative priors

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Profiting from prior information in Bayesian analyses of ecological data

article by Michael A. McCarthy & PIP MASTERS published 23 November 2005 in Journal of Applied Ecology

Protocols for listing threatened species can forecast extinction

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Putting pyrodiversity to work for animal conservation

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Redefine statistical significance

article by Daniel J Benjamin et al published January 2018 in Nature Human Behaviour

Rejoinder: uncertainty and decision making

scientific article published in 2005

Reliability of Relative Predictions in Population Viability Analysis

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Resource allocation for efficient environmental management

scientific article

Resources at the landscape scale influence possum abundance

scientific article published in 2008

Robust decisions for declaring eradication of invasive species

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Scientific foundations for an IUCN Red List of ecosystems

scientific article

Seasonal asthma in Melbourne, Australia, and some observations on the occurrence of thunderstorm asthma and its predictability.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Sensitivity analysis for models of population viability

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Simultaneous-count models to estimate abundance from counts of unmarked individuals with imperfect detection

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Some practical suggestions for improving engagement between researchers and policy-makers in natural resource management

article by Philip Gibbons et al published December 2008 in Ecological Management and Restoration

Spatially-correlated extinction in a metapopulation model of Leadbeater's Possum

scholarly article by Michael A. McCarthy & David B. Lindenmayer published 2000 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Species distributions and area relationships

scientific article

Stochastic Dominance to Account for Uncertainty and Risk in Conservation Decisions

Streamlining 'search and destroy': cost-effective surveillance for invasive species management

scientific article

Sympatric cranes in northern Australia: abundance, breeding success, habitat preference and diet

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The Consistency of Extinction Risk Classification Protocols

The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: Motivations, Challenges, and Applications

article by David A. Keith et al published May 2015 in Conservation Letters

The Role of Streamflow and Land Use in Limiting Oversummer Survival of Juvenile Steelhead in California Streams

article by Theodore E. Grantham et al published May 2012 in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

The SAFE index should not be used for prioritization

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The abundance of hollow-bearing trees in urban dry sclerophyll forest and the effect of wind on hollow development

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The biodiversity bank cannot be a lending bank

The changing patterns of plant naturalization in Australia

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The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: An evaluation and suggestions for improvement

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The importance of demographic uncertainty: An example from the helmeted honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix

The influence of abundance on detectability

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The neglected tool in the Bayesian ecologist's shed: a case study testing informative priors' effect on model accuracy

scientific article

The optimal number of surveys when detectability varies

scientific article

The spatial distribution of non-native plant invaders in a pine–eucalypt landscape mosaic in south-eastern Australia

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The use of nest boxes in urban natural vegetation remnants by vertebrate fauna

article published in 2005

Theory for designing nature reserves for single species

scientific article

Threatened species impact assessments: survey effort requirements based on criteria for cumulative impacts

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Top-down control of species distributions: feral cats driving the regional extinction of a threatened rodent in northern Australia

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Traits influence detection of exotic plant species in tropical forests ⬇️

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Traits of British alien and native urban plants

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Transparent planning for biodiversity and development in the urban fringe

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Two-step adaptive management for choosing between two management actions

scientific article

Understanding co-occurrence by modelling species simultaneously with a Joint Species Distribution Model (JSDM)

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Use and abuse of wildlife models for determining habitat requirements of forest fauna

Using models to compare the ecology of cities

Using sighting records to declare eradication of an invasive species

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When have we looked hard enough? A novel method for setting minimum survey effort protocols for flora surveys

scientific article published in 2008

When to stop managing or surveying cryptic threatened species

scientific article

Wildlife planning using FORPLAN: a review and examples from Victorian forests

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