List of works - Don A. Driscoll

A Smart Camera Trap for Detection of Endotherms and Ectotherms

scientific article published on 28 May 2022

A biodiversity-crisis hierarchy to evaluate and refine conservation indicators

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation

scientific article published on 09 October 2007

A hybrid zone defined by allozymes and ventral colour inGeocrinia rosea(Anura�:�Myobatrachidae)

article

A long-term habitat fragmentation experiment leads to morphological change in a species of carabid beetle

scientific article published in 2017

A succession of theories: purging redundancy from disturbance theory

scientific article

Are incentive programs working? Landowner attitudes to ecological restoration of agricultural landscapes

scientific article

Are only the strong surviving? Little influence of restoration on beetles (Coleoptera) in an agricultural landscape

Assembly rules are rare in SE Australian bird communities, but sometimes apply in fragmented agricultural landscapes

article

Automatic detection of lizards

Beetle Responses to Habitat Fragmentation Depend on Ecological Traits, Habitat Condition, and Remnant Size

article

Beetle’s responses to edges in fragmented landscapes are driven by adjacent farmland use, season and cross-habitat movement

article

Can the intermediate disturbance hypothesis and information on species traits predict anuran responses to fire?

article

Changing dominance of key plant species across a Mediterranean climate region: implications for fuel types and future fire regimes

article

Citizen Science Program Shows Urban Areas Have Lower Occurrence of Frog Species, but Not Accelerated Declines.

scientific article

Classic metapopulations are rare among common beetle species from a naturally fragmented landscape.

scientific article

Climatic, vegetation and edaphic influences on the probability of fire across mediterranean woodlands of south-eastern Australia

article

Common reptiles unaffected by connectivity or condition in a fragmented farming landscape

article

Communication: Science censorship is a global issue

scientific article published in February 2017

Compact development minimizes the impacts of urban growth on native mammals

article

Competition in the Historical Niche: A Response to Scheele et al.

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Complex responses of birds to landscape-level fire extent, fire severity and environmental drivers

article

Conceptual domain of the matrix in fragmented landscapes ⬇️

scientific article published on July 22, 2013

Contrasting beetle assemblage responses to cultivated farmlands and native woodlands in a dynamic agricultural landscape

article

Coupling movement and landscape ecology for animal conservation in production landscapes

scientific article published in January 2018

Covariation of soil nutrients drives occurrence of exotic and native plant species

article

Decline and re-expansion of an amphibian with high prevalence of chytrid fungus

article

Detectability of the global weedHypochaeris radicatais influenced by species, environment and observer characteristics

article

Detecting invertebrate responses to fire depends on sampling method and taxonomic resolution

article

Determinants of growth of the flammable grass,Triodia scariosa: Consequences for fuel dynamics under climate change in the Mediterranean region of South Eastern Australia

article

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

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Dispersal and phylogeography of the agamid lizard Amphibolurus nobbi in fragmented and continuous habitat

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

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

scientific article published in March 2016

Does hollow occurrence vary with forest type? A case study in wet and dry Eucalyptus obliqua forest

scientific article published in 2008

Dominant Drivers of Seedling Establishment in a Fire-Dependent Obligate Seeder: Climate or Fire Regimes?

Ecological connectivity or Barrier Fence? Critical choices on the agricultural margins of Western Australia

article

Effects of time since fire on frog occurrence are altered by isolation, vegetation and fire frequency gradients

scientific article published in 2017

Empirical tests of metacommunity theory using an isolation gradient

scientific article published in 2009

Environmental and vegetation variables have a greater influence than habitat fragmentation in structuring lizard communities in remnant urban bushland

scientific article published in 2004

Extent of invasion of Tasmanian native vegetation by the exotic bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apoidea: Apidae)

article

Feral horse impacts on threatened plants and animals in sub‐alpine and montane environments in Victoria, Australia

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Few beetle species can be detected with 95% confidence using pitfall traps

article

Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them

article by Don A. Driscoll et al published September 2010 in Biological Conservation

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

article published in 2016

Fire severity and landscape context effects on arboreal marsupials

article

Fragmentation affects plant community composition over time

article

Framework to improve the application of theory in ecology and conservation

scientific article published in 2012

Genetic neighbourhood and effective population size for two endangered frogs

Genetic structure, metapopulation processes and evolution influence the conservation strategies for two endangered frog species

article

Guidelines for Using Movement Science to Inform Biodiversity Policy.

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

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

scientific article

How does ecological disturbance influence genetic diversity?

scientific article

How many common reptile species are fire specialists? A replicated natural experiment highlights the predictive weakness of a fire succession model

article

How predictable are reptile responses to wildfire?

article

Human disturbance causes widespread disruption of animal movement

scientific article published on 01 February 2021

Identifying the location of fire refuges in wet forest ecosystems

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Incorporating regional-scale ecological knowledge to improve the effectiveness of large-scale conservation programmes

article published in 2016

Interventions for reducing extinction risk in chytridiomycosis-threatened amphibians.

scientific article

Is the matrix a sea? Habitat specificity in a naturally fragmented landscape

scientific article published in 2005

Is the matrix important to butterflies in fragmented landscapes?

Land management practices associated with house loss in wildfires

scientific article

Landscape context influences chytrid fungus distribution in an endangered European amphibian

Large unburnt areas, not small unburnt patches, are needed to conserve avian diversity in fire-prone landscapes

scientific article published in 2015

Life history influences how fire affects genetic diversity in two lizard species

scientific article

Limited influence of stream networks on the terrestrial movements of three wetland-dependent frog species

article

Local environmental covariates are important for predicting fire history from tree stem diameters

Low impact of chytridiomycosis on frog recruitment enables persistence in refuges despite high adult mortality

Measuring competitive impact: Joint‐species modelling of invaded plant communities

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Meta‐analysis reveals impacts of disturbance on reptile and amphibian body condition

scientific article published in 2023

Modelling the benefits of habitat restoration in socio-ecological systems

Monitoring ecological consequences of efforts to restore landscape-scale connectivity

Movement across woodland edges suggests plantations and farmland are barriers to dispersal

scientific article published in 2021

New pasture plants intensify invasive species risk ⬇️

scientific article

New pasture plants pose weed risk

scientific article

Pasture height and crop direction influence reptile movement in an agricultural matrix

article by Geoffrey M. Kay et al published November 2016 in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Plantations, not farmlands, cause biotic homogenisation of ground-active beetles in south-eastern Australia

article

Population and individual-scale responses to patch size, isolation and quality in the hazel dormouse

article

Post-fire succession affects abundance and survival but not detectability in a knob-tailed gecko

Predation risk for reptiles is highest at remnant edges in agricultural landscapes

article published in 2018

Predators, prey or temperature? Mechanisms driving niche use of a foundation plant species by specialist lizards

scientific article published on 31 March 2021

Primers for novel microsatellite markers in “fire-specialist” lizards (Amphibolurus norrisi, Ctenotus atlas and Nephrurus stellatus) and their performance across multiple populations

Priorities in policy and management when existing biodiversity stressors interact with climate-change

scholarly article by Don A. Driscoll et al published 29 July 2011 in Climatic Change

Remnant vegetation, plantings and fences are beneficial for reptiles in agricultural landscapes

article

Reply to Proença et al.: Sown biodiverse pastures are not a universal solution to invasion risk ⬇️

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

Reptile responses to anthropogenic habitat modification: A global meta‐analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Reptile responses to fire and the risk of post-disturbance sampling bias

article

Reptiles and frogs conform to multiple conceptual landscape models in an agricultural landscape

scientific article published in 2017

Reptiles in restored agricultural landscapes: the value of linear strips, patches and habitat condition

Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction

scientific article published in 2021

Reservoir-host amplification of disease impact in an endangered amphibian.

scientific article

Resolving conflicts in fire management using decision theory: asset-protection versus biodiversity conservation

article by Don A. Driscoll et al published 5 April 2010 in Conservation Letters

Resolving future fire management conflicts using multicriteria decision making

scientific article published on 7 July 2015

Restoration of a declining foundation plant species: Testing the roles of competitor suppression, fire reintroduction and herbivore exclusion

scientific article published on 05 May 2022

Restoration rocks: integrating abiotic and biotic habitat restoration to conserve threatened species and reduce fire fuel load

article

Roadside connectivity does not increase reptile abundance or richness in a fragmented mallee landscape

scientific article published in 2011

Science denialism and compassionate conservation: response to Wallach et al. 2018

scientific article published on 10 January 2019

Somewhat saved: a captive breeding programme for two endemic Christmas Island lizard species, now extinct in the wild

article

Spatial dynamics of the knob-tailed gecko Nephrurus stellatus in a fragmented agricultural landscape

article

Species co-occurrence networks show reptile community reorganization under agricultural transformation

scientific article published in 2017

Strong influence of local habitat structure on mammals reveals mismatch with edge effects models

scientific article published in 2014

Successional specialization in a reptile community cautions against widespread planned burning and complete fire suppression

article by Annabel L. Smith et al published June 2013 in Journal of Applied Ecology

The Diverse Impacts of Grazing, Fire and Weeds: How Ecological Theory Can Inform Conservation Management

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

scientific article published in 2016

The frequency of metapopulations, metacommunities and nestedness in a fragmented landscape

scholarly article by Don A. Driscoll published February 2008 in Oikos

The lost lizards of Christmas Island: A retrospective assessment of factors driving the collapse of a native reptile community

scientific article published on 15 January 2021

The relative importance of aquatic and terrestrial variables for frogs in an urbanizing landscape: Key insights for sustainable urban development

article

The trajectory of dispersal research in conservation biology. Systematic review ⬇️

scientific article

The use of hollow-bearing trees by vertebrate fauna in wet and dryEucalyptus obliquaforest, Tasmania

article

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

article published in 2015

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

article

Traits influence reptile responses to fire in a fragmented agricultural landscape

scientific article published in 2022

Urbanization impacts on mammals across urban-forest edges and a predictive model of edge effects

scientific article

List of works by Don A. Driscoll

A Smart Camera Trap for Detection of Endotherms and Ectotherms

A biodiversity-crisis hierarchy to evaluate and refine conservation indicators

A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation

A hybrid zone defined by allozymes and ventral colour inGeocrinia rosea(Anura�:�Myobatrachidae)

A long-term habitat fragmentation experiment leads to morphological change in a species of carabid beetle

A succession of theories: purging redundancy from disturbance theory

Are incentive programs working? Landowner attitudes to ecological restoration of agricultural landscapes

Are only the strong surviving? Little influence of restoration on beetles (Coleoptera) in an agricultural landscape

Assembly rules are rare in SE Australian bird communities, but sometimes apply in fragmented agricultural landscapes

Automatic detection of lizards

Beetle Responses to Habitat Fragmentation Depend on Ecological Traits, Habitat Condition, and Remnant Size

Beetle’s responses to edges in fragmented landscapes are driven by adjacent farmland use, season and cross-habitat movement

Can the intermediate disturbance hypothesis and information on species traits predict anuran responses to fire?

Changing dominance of key plant species across a Mediterranean climate region: implications for fuel types and future fire regimes

Citizen Science Program Shows Urban Areas Have Lower Occurrence of Frog Species, but Not Accelerated Declines.

Classic metapopulations are rare among common beetle species from a naturally fragmented landscape.

Climatic, vegetation and edaphic influences on the probability of fire across mediterranean woodlands of south-eastern Australia

Common reptiles unaffected by connectivity or condition in a fragmented farming landscape

Communication: Science censorship is a global issue

Compact development minimizes the impacts of urban growth on native mammals

Competition in the Historical Niche: A Response to Scheele et al.

Complex responses of birds to landscape-level fire extent, fire severity and environmental drivers

Conceptual domain of the matrix in fragmented landscapes ⬇️

Contrasting beetle assemblage responses to cultivated farmlands and native woodlands in a dynamic agricultural landscape

Coupling movement and landscape ecology for animal conservation in production landscapes

Covariation of soil nutrients drives occurrence of exotic and native plant species

Decline and re-expansion of an amphibian with high prevalence of chytrid fungus

Detectability of the global weedHypochaeris radicatais influenced by species, environment and observer characteristics

Detecting invertebrate responses to fire depends on sampling method and taxonomic resolution

Determinants of growth of the flammable grass,Triodia scariosa: Consequences for fuel dynamics under climate change in the Mediterranean region of South Eastern Australia

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

Dispersal and phylogeography of the agamid lizard Amphibolurus nobbi in fragmented and continuous habitat

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

Does hollow occurrence vary with forest type? A case study in wet and dry Eucalyptus obliqua forest

Dominant Drivers of Seedling Establishment in a Fire-Dependent Obligate Seeder: Climate or Fire Regimes?

Ecological connectivity or Barrier Fence? Critical choices on the agricultural margins of Western Australia

Effects of time since fire on frog occurrence are altered by isolation, vegetation and fire frequency gradients

Empirical tests of metacommunity theory using an isolation gradient

Environmental and vegetation variables have a greater influence than habitat fragmentation in structuring lizard communities in remnant urban bushland

Extent of invasion of Tasmanian native vegetation by the exotic bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apoidea: Apidae)

Feral horse impacts on threatened plants and animals in sub‐alpine and montane environments in Victoria, Australia

Few beetle species can be detected with 95% confidence using pitfall traps

Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them

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

Fire severity and landscape context effects on arboreal marsupials

Fragmentation affects plant community composition over time

Framework to improve the application of theory in ecology and conservation

Genetic neighbourhood and effective population size for two endangered frogs

Genetic structure, metapopulation processes and evolution influence the conservation strategies for two endangered frog species

Guidelines for Using Movement Science to Inform Biodiversity Policy.

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

How does ecological disturbance influence genetic diversity?

How many common reptile species are fire specialists? A replicated natural experiment highlights the predictive weakness of a fire succession model

How predictable are reptile responses to wildfire?

Human disturbance causes widespread disruption of animal movement

Identifying the location of fire refuges in wet forest ecosystems

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

Incorporating regional-scale ecological knowledge to improve the effectiveness of large-scale conservation programmes

Interventions for reducing extinction risk in chytridiomycosis-threatened amphibians.

Is the matrix a sea? Habitat specificity in a naturally fragmented landscape

Is the matrix important to butterflies in fragmented landscapes?

Land management practices associated with house loss in wildfires

Landscape context influences chytrid fungus distribution in an endangered European amphibian

Large unburnt areas, not small unburnt patches, are needed to conserve avian diversity in fire-prone landscapes

Life history influences how fire affects genetic diversity in two lizard species

Limited influence of stream networks on the terrestrial movements of three wetland-dependent frog species

Local environmental covariates are important for predicting fire history from tree stem diameters

Low impact of chytridiomycosis on frog recruitment enables persistence in refuges despite high adult mortality

Measuring competitive impact: Joint‐species modelling of invaded plant communities

Meta‐analysis reveals impacts of disturbance on reptile and amphibian body condition

Modelling the benefits of habitat restoration in socio-ecological systems

Monitoring ecological consequences of efforts to restore landscape-scale connectivity

Movement across woodland edges suggests plantations and farmland are barriers to dispersal

New pasture plants intensify invasive species risk ⬇️

New pasture plants pose weed risk

Pasture height and crop direction influence reptile movement in an agricultural matrix

Plantations, not farmlands, cause biotic homogenisation of ground-active beetles in south-eastern Australia

Population and individual-scale responses to patch size, isolation and quality in the hazel dormouse

Post-fire succession affects abundance and survival but not detectability in a knob-tailed gecko