List of works - Sarah Legge

A Landscape-Scale, Applied Fire Management Experiment Promotes Recovery of a Population of the Threatened Gouldian Finch, Erythrura gouldiae, in Australia's Tropical Savannas

scientific article

A checklist of attributes for effective monitoring of threatened species and threatened ecosystems

scientific article published on 25 February 2020

A first record of a land-bird being trapped by "Pisonia umbellifera"

scholarly article

Act for the best, prepare for the worst—Defining strategic mesopredator triggers that safeguard apex predator eradication benefits

scientific article published in February 2025

After the Megafires: What Next for Australian Wildlife?

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Age- and sex-related differences in the spatial ecology of a dichromatic tropical python (Morelia viridis)

scientific article published on 20 July 2006

Amplified predation after fire suppresses rodent populations in Australia’s tropical savannas

article

Animal mortality during fire

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

scientific article published in 2023

Assessing Risks to Wildlife from Free-Roaming Hybrid Cats: The Proposed Introduction of Pet Savannah Cats to Australia as a Case Study

scientific article published on 14 October 2019

Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

scientific article published in 2023

Australia's mammal fauna requires a strategic and enhanced network of predator-free havens

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

Australia's most imperilled vertebrates

Body Condition Indices Predict Reproductive Success but Not Survival in a Sedentary, Tropical Bird

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Body-condition indices are repeatable across short, but not long, time periods in crimson finches Neochmia phaeton.

scientific article

Breeding biology and life-history traits of an Australasian tropical granivore, the Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)

scientific article published on 13 October 2011

Breeding biology of three large, sympatric rainforest parrots in New Guinea: Palm Cockatoo, Pesquet’s Parrot and Eclectus Parrot

scholarly article

Cat-dependent diseases cost Australia AU$6 billion per year through impacts on human health and livestock production

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Coalitions of relatives and reproductive skew in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

Compounding and complementary carnivores: Australian bird species eaten by the introduced European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis catus

Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Conservation conundrums and the challenges of managing unexplained declines of multiple species

scientific article published in 2018

Conservation of the patchily distributed and declining purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus) across a vast landscape: the need for a collaborative landscape-scale approach.

scientific article

Continental-scale assessment reveals inadequate monitoring for threatened vertebrates in a megadiverse country

scholarly article

Cooperative breeding in Hooded Pitohuis Pitohui dichrous

scientific article

Cooperative lions escape the prisoner's dilemma.

scientific article published in January 1996

Correlates of Recent Declines of Rodents in Northern and Southern Australia: Habitat Structure Is Critical

scientific article

Corrigendum to: Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations.

scientific article

Corrigendum to: The threats to Australia’s imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response

scientific article published in 2019

Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators

scientific article published in 2022

Deconstructing compassionate conservation

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Degrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial non-volant mammal species to predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and feral cat (Felis catus)

article

Density and home range of feral cats in north-western Australia

article

Design considerations for rapid biodiversity reconnaissance surveys and long‐term monitoring to assess the impact of wildfire

scientific article published on 21 October 2021

Designing a large‐scale track‐based monitoring program to detect changes in species distributions in arid <scp>A</scp>ustralia

scientific article published in 2022

Do dingoes suppress the activity of feral cats in northern Australia?

article

EcoFire: regional-scale prescribed burning increases the annual carrying capacity of livestock on pastoral properties by reducing pasture loss from wildfire

scientific article published in 2014

EcoFire: restoring the biodiversity values of the Kimberley region by managing fire

scientific article published on 26 July 2011

Edge effects created by fenced conservation reserves benefit an invasive mesopredator

scientific article published on 06 July 2020

Effectiveness of thermal cameras compared to spotlights for counts of arid zone mammals across a range of ambient temperatures

scientific article published in 2022

Environmental factors influencing the distribution of the Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni)

scientific article published in 2022

Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation’: An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Experimental evidence that feral cats cause local extirpation of small mammals in Australia's tropical savannas

article

Extraterritorial hunting expeditions to intense fire scars by feral cats

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Extreme bias in sex allocation in parrots

article by R. Heinsohn et al published 1 September 1997 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Extreme reversed sexual dichromatism in a bird without sex role reversal

scientific article published in Science

Feral Cats Are Better Killers in Open Habitats, Revealed by Animal-Borne Video

scientific article

Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions

scientific article published in 2022

Frogs still in a dark place?: Reply to

scientific article published in 2023

Genetic diversity through time and space: diversity and demographic history from natural history specimens and serially sampled contemporary populations of the threatened Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators

article

Helper contributions in the cooperatively breeding laughing kookaburra: feeding young is no laughing matter

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

How to ensure threatened species monitoring leads to threatened species conservation

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

How to improve threatened species management: An Australian perspective

article

Impacts and management of feral catsFelis catusin Australia

article

Improving biodiversity monitoring

article

Inferring population connectivity across the range of the purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus) from mitochondrial DNA and morphology: implications for conservation management

scientific article published in 2012

Interactions among threats affect conservation management outcomes: Livestock grazing removes the benefits of fire management for small mammals in Australian tropical savannas

scholarly article

Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: The number of mammals killed in Australia

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Introduced cats<i>Felis catus</i>eating a continental fauna: inventory and traits of Australian mammal species killed

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Investigating the impact of black rats (Rattus rattus) on the endemic and threatened avifauna of Christmas Island

scientific article published in 2023

Landscape management of fire and grazing regimes alters the fine-scale habitat utilisation by feral cats

scientific article

Long-term benefits and short-term costs: small vertebrate responses to predator exclusion and native mammal reintroductions in south-western New South Wales, Australia

scientific article published in 2020

Loss of terrestrial biodiversity in Australia: Magnitude, causation, and response

scientific article published on 10 August 2023

MODIS time series as a tool for monitoring fires and their effects on savanna bird diversity

Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds

article

Numbat nirvana: conservation ecology of the endangered numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) (Marsupialia : Myrmecobiidae) reintroduced to Scotia and Yookamurra Sanctuaries, Australia

article

Occupancy of the Invasive Feral Cat Varies with Habitat Complexity. ⬇️

scientific article

Overlap and competition for nest holes among eclectus parrots, palm cockatoos and sulphur-crested cockatoos

article

Pirra Jungku: Comparison of traditional and contemporary fire practices on Karajarri Country, Western Australia

scientific article published on 28 January 2022

Post-fire habitat use of the golden-backed tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus) in the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia

article

Pre-eradication assessment of feral cat density and population size across Kangaroo Island, South Australia

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Predation by introduced cats Felis catus on Australian frogs: compilation of species records and estimation of numbers killed

scientific article published in 2020

Prioritizing threat management for biodiversity conservation

article by Josie Carwardine et al published 8 March 2012 in Conservation Letters

Pyrodiversity—why managing fire in food webs is relevant to restoration ecology

scientific article published in 2016

Quantifying extinction risk and forecasting the number of impending Australian bird and mammal extinctions

article

Rainfall and topography predict gene flow among populations of the declining northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)

scientific article published in 2016

Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions

scientific article published in 2021

Rapid recovery of mammal fauna in the central Kimberley, northern Australia, following the removal of introduced herbivores

scientific article published on 15 December 2010

Reconstructing mechanisms of extinctions to guide mammal conservation biogeography

scientific article published in 2023

Reply from S. Legge ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Reptiles as food: predation of Australian reptiles by introduced red foxes compounds and complements predation by cats

Response to commentary by Woinarski (Critical-weight-range marsupials in northern Australia are declining: a commentary on Fisheret al. (2014) ‘The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: is history repeating?’)

article

Restoring habitat for fire-impacted species’ across degraded Australian landscapes

scientific article published in 2022

Right-way fire in Australia's spinifex deserts: An approach for measuring management success when fire activity varies substantially through space and time

scientific article published in 2023

Seasonal stress physiology and body condition differ among co-occurring tropical finch species

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Sharing meals: Predation on Australian mammals by the introduced European red fox compounds and complements predation by feral cats

scientific article

Spatial behaviour of yellow-footed rock-wallabies, Petrogale xanthopus, changes in response to active conservation management

scientific article published in 2013

Spending to save: What will it cost to halt Australia's extinction crisis?

article published in 2019

Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia

scientific article published in 2015

Systematic planning can rapidly close the protection gap in Australian mammal havens

article

The breeding biology of palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus): a case of a slow life history

article

The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

scientific article published on 02 March 2022

The contribution of policy, law, management, research, and advocacy failings to the recent extinctions of three Australian vertebrate species

scientific article

The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: is history repeating?

article

The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: context, cause, and response

article

The distribution and status of the western subspecies of the Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus)

The gradual loss and episodic creation of Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) nest-trees in a fire- and cyclone-prone habitat

The phylogeography of palm cockatoos, Probosciger aterrimus, in the dynamic Australo-Papuan region

The post-fire response of an obligate seeding Triodia species (Poaceae) in the fire-prone Kimberley, north-west Australia

scientific article published on 10 October 2011

The short-term effects of an extensive and high-intensity fire on vertebrates in the tropical savannas of the central Kimberley, northern Australia

article

The short-term response of feral cats to rabbit population decline: Are alternative native prey more at risk?

scientific article

The significance of topographic complexity in habitat selection and persistence of a declining marsupial in the Kimberley region of Western Australia

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

The threats to Australia’s imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response ⬇️

article

Threat-abatement framework confirms habitat retention and invasive species management are critical to conserve Australia's threatened species

scientific article published in 2023

Three Molecular Markers Show No Evidence of Population Genetic Structure in the Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

scientific article

Uptake of ‘Eradicat’ feral cat baits by non-target species on Kangaroo Island ⬇️

scholarly article

Variation in body condition indices of crimson finches by sex, breeding stage, age, time of day, and year

scientific article published on 16 July 2013

We need to worry about Bella and Charlie: the impacts of pet cats on Australian wildlife

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

List of works by Sarah Legge

A Landscape-Scale, Applied Fire Management Experiment Promotes Recovery of a Population of the Threatened Gouldian Finch, Erythrura gouldiae, in Australia's Tropical Savannas

A checklist of attributes for effective monitoring of threatened species and threatened ecosystems

A first record of a land-bird being trapped by "Pisonia umbellifera"

Act for the best, prepare for the worst—Defining strategic mesopredator triggers that safeguard apex predator eradication benefits

After the Megafires: What Next for Australian Wildlife?

Age- and sex-related differences in the spatial ecology of a dichromatic tropical python (Morelia viridis)

Amplified predation after fire suppresses rodent populations in Australia’s tropical savannas

Animal mortality during fire

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

Assessing Risks to Wildlife from Free-Roaming Hybrid Cats: The Proposed Introduction of Pet Savannah Cats to Australia as a Case Study

Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council

Australia's mammal fauna requires a strategic and enhanced network of predator-free havens

Australia's most imperilled vertebrates

Body Condition Indices Predict Reproductive Success but Not Survival in a Sedentary, Tropical Bird

Body-condition indices are repeatable across short, but not long, time periods in crimson finches Neochmia phaeton.

Breeding biology and life-history traits of an Australasian tropical granivore, the Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)

Breeding biology of three large, sympatric rainforest parrots in New Guinea: Palm Cockatoo, Pesquet’s Parrot and Eclectus Parrot

Cat-dependent diseases cost Australia AU$6 billion per year through impacts on human health and livestock production

Coalitions of relatives and reproductive skew in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs

Compounding and complementary carnivores: Australian bird species eaten by the introduced European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis catus

Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations

Conservation conundrums and the challenges of managing unexplained declines of multiple species

Conservation of the patchily distributed and declining purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus) across a vast landscape: the need for a collaborative landscape-scale approach.

Continental-scale assessment reveals inadequate monitoring for threatened vertebrates in a megadiverse country

Cooperative breeding in Hooded Pitohuis Pitohui dichrous

Cooperative lions escape the prisoner's dilemma.

Correlates of Recent Declines of Rodents in Northern and Southern Australia: Habitat Structure Is Critical

Corrigendum to: Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations.

Corrigendum to: The threats to Australia’s imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response

Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators

Deconstructing compassionate conservation

Degrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial non-volant mammal species to predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and feral cat (Felis catus)

Density and home range of feral cats in north-western Australia

Design considerations for rapid biodiversity reconnaissance surveys and long‐term monitoring to assess the impact of wildfire

Designing a large‐scale track‐based monitoring program to detect changes in species distributions in arid <scp>A</scp>ustralia

Do dingoes suppress the activity of feral cats in northern Australia?

EcoFire: regional-scale prescribed burning increases the annual carrying capacity of livestock on pastoral properties by reducing pasture loss from wildfire

EcoFire: restoring the biodiversity values of the Kimberley region by managing fire

Edge effects created by fenced conservation reserves benefit an invasive mesopredator

Effectiveness of thermal cameras compared to spotlights for counts of arid zone mammals across a range of ambient temperatures

Environmental factors influencing the distribution of the Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni)

Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation’: An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity

Experimental evidence that feral cats cause local extirpation of small mammals in Australia's tropical savannas

Extraterritorial hunting expeditions to intense fire scars by feral cats

Extreme bias in sex allocation in parrots

Extreme reversed sexual dichromatism in a bird without sex role reversal

Feral Cats Are Better Killers in Open Habitats, Revealed by Animal-Borne Video

Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions

Frogs still in a dark place?: Reply to

Genetic diversity through time and space: diversity and demographic history from natural history specimens and serially sampled contemporary populations of the threatened Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators

Helper contributions in the cooperatively breeding laughing kookaburra: feeding young is no laughing matter

How to ensure threatened species monitoring leads to threatened species conservation

How to improve threatened species management: An Australian perspective

Impacts and management of feral catsFelis catusin Australia

Improving biodiversity monitoring

Inferring population connectivity across the range of the purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus) from mitochondrial DNA and morphology: implications for conservation management

Interactions among threats affect conservation management outcomes: Livestock grazing removes the benefits of fire management for small mammals in Australian tropical savannas

Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: The number of mammals killed in Australia

Introduced cats<i>Felis catus</i>eating a continental fauna: inventory and traits of Australian mammal species killed

Investigating the impact of black rats (Rattus rattus) on the endemic and threatened avifauna of Christmas Island

Landscape management of fire and grazing regimes alters the fine-scale habitat utilisation by feral cats

Long-term benefits and short-term costs: small vertebrate responses to predator exclusion and native mammal reintroductions in south-western New South Wales, Australia

Loss of terrestrial biodiversity in Australia: Magnitude, causation, and response

MODIS time series as a tool for monitoring fires and their effects on savanna bird diversity

Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds

Numbat nirvana: conservation ecology of the endangered numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) (Marsupialia : Myrmecobiidae) reintroduced to Scotia and Yookamurra Sanctuaries, Australia

Occupancy of the Invasive Feral Cat Varies with Habitat Complexity. ⬇️

Overlap and competition for nest holes among eclectus parrots, palm cockatoos and sulphur-crested cockatoos

Pirra Jungku: Comparison of traditional and contemporary fire practices on Karajarri Country, Western Australia

Post-fire habitat use of the golden-backed tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus) in the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia

Pre-eradication assessment of feral cat density and population size across Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Predation by introduced cats Felis catus on Australian frogs: compilation of species records and estimation of numbers killed

Prioritizing threat management for biodiversity conservation

Pyrodiversity—why managing fire in food webs is relevant to restoration ecology

Quantifying extinction risk and forecasting the number of impending Australian bird and mammal extinctions

Rainfall and topography predict gene flow among populations of the declining northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)

Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions

Rapid recovery of mammal fauna in the central Kimberley, northern Australia, following the removal of introduced herbivores