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Selected Publications by ARCUE Staff and Students

Mark McDonnell
Rodney van der Ree
Amy Hahs
Zoë Smith
Andrew Hamer
Pavlina Shukuroglou
Christopher Stewart

ARCUE Honorary Associates

Mick McCarthy
Nick Williams
Kirsten Parris

Past ARCUE Staff and Students

Zoë Smith 2007 - 2009
Peter Baxter 2003 - 2005
Mike Harper 2002 - 2006
Jeannie Campbell 2000 - 2004

Chronological List

Publications - Mark McDonnell

McDonnell, M.J., Hahs, A.K., Holland, K.D. and Caryl, F. (2009) Biodiversity of Metropolitan Melbourne. Prepared by Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne for the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council. Pp. 43.

McDonnell, M. J., Breuste, J. and Hahs, A. K. (2009). Ecology of Cities and Towns: A Comparative Approach. Cambridge University Press

Smith, Z., James, E., McDonnell, M. and McLean, C. (2009) ‘Planting conditions improve translocation success of the endangered terrestrial orchid Diuris fragrantissima (Orchidaceae)’ Australian Journal of Botany 57: 200-209

Williams, N.S.G., Schwartz, M.W., Vesk, P.A., McCarthy, M.A., Hahs, A.K., Clemants, S.E., Corlett, R.T., Duncan, R.P., Norton, B.A., Thompson, K., McDonnell, M.J. (2009). A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras. Journal of Ecology 97: 4-9.

McDonnell, M. J. and Holland, K. D. (2008). Biodiversity. In: Transitions: Pathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Australia. P.W. Newton (ed). CSIRO Press, pp 253-26

Hahs, A. and McDonnell M. J. (2007). Composition of the plant community in remnant patches of grassy woodland along an urban-rural gradient in Melbourne, Australia. Urban Ecosystems 10:355-77

Holland, K., McDonnell, M. and Williams, N.S.G. (2007). Abundance, species richness and feeding preferences of introduced molluscs in native grasslands of Victoria, Australia. Austral Ecology 32: 626-34

McDonnell, M.J. (2007) Restoring and managing biodiversity in an urbanizing world filled with tensions. Ecological Society of Australia (editorial)

Hahs, A.K. and McDonnell, M.J. (2006). Selecting independent measures to quantify Melbourne's urban-rural gradient. Landscape and Urban Planning 78: 435-448.

Nicholas S. G. Williams, Mark McDonnell, Gemma K. Phelan, Lauren D. Keim and Rodney van der Ree (2006). Range expansion due to urbanization: Increased food resources attract Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) to Melbourne. Austral Ecology 31: 190-198.

Nicholas S. G. Williams, John W. Morgan, Michael A. McCarthy and Mark McDonnell (2006). Local extinction of grassland plants: The landscape matrix is more important than patch attributes. Ecology 87:12, 3000-3006.

R. van der Ree, M. J. McDonnell, I. Temby, J. Nelson and E. Whittingham (2005). The establishment and dynamics of a recently established urban camp of flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) outside their geographic range. Journal of Zoology 268: 177-185.

Nicholas S. G. Williams, John W. Morgan, Mark McDonnell and Michael A. McCarthy (2005). Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient. Journal of Ecology 93: 1203 -1213.

Nicholas S. G. Williams, Mark McDonnell and Emma J. Seager (2005). Factors influencing the loss of an endangered ecosystem in an urbanising landscape: a case of native grasslands from Melbourne, Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning 71: 35 - 49.

Luke N. Hynes, Mark J. McDonnell, Nicholas S.J. Williams (2004). Measuring the success of urban riparian revegetation projects using remnant vegetation as a reference community. Short Communication. Ecological Management and Restoration Vol 5 No 3 Dec.

McCarthy, M.A., Parris, K.M., van der Ree, R., McDonnell, M.J., Burgman, M.A., Williams, N.S.G., McLean, N., Harper, M., Meyer, R., Hahs, A., and Coates, T. (2004). The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement. Ecological Management and Restoration 5: 24-27.

Hahs, A.K. and McDonnell, M.J. (2003). Conference Review: Maintaining Biodiversity of Cities and Towns- An International Perspective. Ecological Management and Restoration 4: 236.

Leary, E., and McDonnell, M. (2001). Quantifying Public Open Space in metropolitan Melbourne. Parks and Leisure 4: 34-36.

McDonnell, M. J. (2001). Integrating ecological principles into the landscape design process. Kerb 10: 68-69.

Williams, N. S. G., Leary, E. J., Parris, K. M., and McDonnell, M. J. (2001). The Potential Impact of Freeways on Native Grassland. Victorian Naturalist 118: 4-15. pdf file 2.2 MB

McDonnell, M. J., and Williams, N. S. G. (2000). Directions in Revegetation and Regeneration in Victoria, Proceedings of a Forum held at Greening Australia, May 5 and 6, 1999, Heidelberg, Victoria. p. 132. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, South Yarra, Victoria.

McDonnell, M. J., Williams, N. S. G., and Hahs, A. K. (1999). 'A reference guide to the ecology and natural resources of the Melbourne region.' Occasional Paper of the Australian Research Centre for Uban Ecology. Number 1. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne: South Yarra, Victoria.

Kostel-Hughes, F., Young, T. P., and McDonnell, M. J. (1998). The Soil Seed Band and its Relationship to the Aboveground Vegetation In Deciduous Forests in New York City. Urban Ecosystems 2: 17-34.

McDonnell, M. J. (1997). A Paradigm Shift. Urban Ecosystems 1: 85-86.

McDonnell, M. J. (1997). A simple below-ground marker for permanent plots in urban and suburban environments. Urban Ecosystems 1: 179-181.

McDonnell, M. J., Pickett, S. T. A., Groffman, P., Bohlen, P., Pouyat, R. V., Zipperer, W. C., Parmelee, R. W., Carreiro, M. M., and Medley, K. (1997). Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient. Urban Ecosystems 1: 21-36.

Goldman, M. B., Groffman, P. M., Pouyat, R. V., McDonnell, M. J., and Pickett, S. T. A. (1995). Methane uptake and nitrogen availability in forest soils along an urban to rural gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 27: 281-286.

Groffman, P. M., Pouyat, R. V., McDonnell, M. J., Pickett, S. T. A., and Zipperer, W. C. (1995). Carbon pools and trace gas fluxes in urban forest soils. In 'Advances in Soil Science, Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect.' (Eds. R. Lat, J. Kimble, E. Levine, and B. A. Steward.) pp. 147-158. CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida.

Medley, K. E., McDonnell, M. J., and Pickett, S. T. A. (1995). Human influences on forest-landscape structure along an urban-to-rural gradient. The Professional Geographer 47: 159-168.

McDonnell, M. J., and Pickett, S. T. A. (Eds.). (1993). 'Humans as Components of Ecosystems: Subtle Human Effects and the Ecology of Populated Areas.' Springer-Verlag, New York.

McDonnell, M. J., Pickett, S. T. A., and Pouyat, R. V. (1993). The application of the ecological gradient paradigm to the study of urban effects. In 'Humans as Components of Ecosystems: Subtle Human Effects and the Ecology of Populated Areas.' (Eds. M. J. McDonnell and S. T. A. Pickett.) pp. 175-189. Springer-Verlag, New York.

McDonnell, M. J., and Pickett, S. T. A. (1990). Ecosystem structure and function along urban-rural gradients: an unexploited opportunity for ecology. Ecology 71: 1232-1237.

White, C. S., and McDonnell, M. J. (1988). Nitrogen cycling processes and soil characteristics in an urban versus rural forest. Biogeochemistry 5: 243-262.

McDonnell, M. J., and Stiles, E. W. (1983). The structural complexity of old field vegetation and the recruitment of bird-dispersed plant species. Oecologia 56: 109-116.

Publications - Rodney van der Ree

Stewart, C.W. and R. van der Ree (2009). Modelling spatial substructure in wildlife populations using an approximation to the shortest path Voronoi Diagram. 18th World IMACS / MODSIM Congress, Cairns, Australia 13-17 July 2009 http://mssanz.org.au/modsim09

Van der Ree, R. (2009). The ecology of roads in urban and urbanizing landscapes. In (eds. M. J. McDonnell and A. Hahs) The Ecology of City and Towns: A Comparative Approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

van der Ree, R., D. Heinze, M. McCarthy, and I. Mansergh (2009). Wildlife tunnel enhances population viability. Ecology and Society 14(2): 7, part of a Special Feature on Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function [online] http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art7/

Harper M.J., McCarthy M.A. and van der Ree R. (2008). Resources at the landscape scale influence possum abundance. Austral Ecology 33: 243-252.

Holland, G.J., Bennett, A.F. and van der Ree, R. (2007) Time-budget and feeding behaviour of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) in remnant linear habitat. Wildlife Research 34: 288-95

Stewart C. W., Van der Ree R. (2006). Quantifying and mitigating the barrier effects of roads on Australian wildlife. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 38 (10/11): 338-340.

Christopher William Stewart and Rodney van der Ree (2006). Quantifying and mitigating the negative effects of road on Australian wildlife. Naturschutz and Landschaftsplanung 38: 10-11.

Rodney van der Ree and Michael A. McCarthy (2005). Inferring persistence of indigenous mammals in response to urbanisation. Animal Conservation 8: 1-11.

Bennett, A., and van der Ree, R. (2003). Woodland networks of the Euroa Plains. Land for Wildlife News 5: 11

van der Ree, R. (2003). The occurrence of the yellow-footed antechinus Antechinus flavipes in remnant linear habitats in north-eastern Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 25: 97-100.

van der Ree, R., Bennett, A. F., and Gilmore, D. C. (2003). Gap-crossing by gliding marsupials: thresholds for use of isolated woodland patches in an agricultural landscape. Biological Conservation 115: 241-249.

van der Ree, R., and Loyn, R H (2002). The influence of time since fire and distance from the fire boundary on the distribution and abundance of arboreal marsupials in Eucalyptus regnans-dominated forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria. Wildlife Research 29: 151-158.

van der Ree, R., and Bennett, A. F. (2001). Woodland remnants along roadsides: A reflection of pre-European structure in temperate woodlands? Ecological Management and Restoration 2: 224-226.

van der Ree, R., Soderquist, T. R., and Bennett, A. F. (2001). Home-range use by the brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) (Marsupialia) in high-quality, spatially limited habitat. Wildlife Research 28: 517-525.

van der Ree, R. (1999) Barbed wire fencing as a hazard for wildlife. Victorian Naturalist 116: 210-217.

van der Ree, R. (1994) The arboreal marsupial fauna in 1983 and 1939 regrowth Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forest regenerating from wildfire in the Central Highlands of Victoria. In 'Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society.' Australasian Wildlife Management Society and the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Alice Springs.

Publications - Amy Hahs

McDonnell, M. J., Breuste, J. and Hahs, A. K. (eds.) (2009). Ecology of Cities and Towns: A Comparative Approach. Cambridge University Press

Williams, N.S.G., Hahs, A.K. and Morgan, J.M. (2008) A dispersal-constrained habitat suitability model for predicting invasion of alpine vegetation. Ecological Applications

Hahs, A. and McDonnell M. J. (2007). Composition of the plant community in remnant patches of grassy woodland along an urban-rural gradient in Melbourne, Australia. Urban Ecosystems 10:355-77

Hahs, A. and McDonnell, M.J. (2006). Selecting independent measures to quantify Melbourne's urban-rural gradient. Landscape and Urban Planning 78: 435-448.

Hahs, A.K. and McDonnell, M.J. (2003). Conference Review: Maintaining Biodiversity of Cities and Towns- An International Perspective. Ecological Management and Restoration 4: 236.

Hahs, A., Enright, N. J., and Thomas, I. (1999). Plant communities, species richness and their environmental correlates in the sandy heaths of the Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 24: 249-257.

Publications - Zoë Smith

Smith, Z. F., James, E. A., McLean, C. B. (2007). Morphology and molecules confirm the taxonomic status of Diuris fragrantissima, a threatened terrestrial orchid. Australian Network for Plant Conservation 16 (1) June-August.

Smith, Z. F., James, E. A., McLean, C. B. (2007). Investigation of the phylogenetic relationships between Diuris fragrantissima and its closest relatives using AFLPs The Environmentalist 27 (1), 217-226

Smith, Z. (2006). Review of the 5th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, Granada, Spain, 2006’. Australian Network for Plant Conservation 15 (2) September-November.

Smith, Z. F., McLean, C. B., James, E. A., Murphy, D. (2005) ‘Investigation of the Diuris ‘punctata’ group in south-eastern Australia based on nuclear and chloroplast sequencing’. Selbyana 26 (1,2) pp. 217-228.

Smith, Z. F., James, E. A. and Ladiges, P. Y. (2004) ‘Morphological and genetic variation in the rare daisy Olearia pannosa subsp. cardiophylla’. Muelleria 20 2004. 33-48.

Publications - Andrew Hamer

Hamer, A.J. and Organ, A.K. (in press). Aspects of the ecology and conservation of the growling grass frog Litoria raniformis in an urban-fringe environment, southern Victoria. Australian Zoologist.

Hamer, A.J., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2008) Movement patterns of the adult Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea and the implications for conservation management. Journal of Herpetology, Vol 42: No.2, pp 397-407

Lane, S.J., Hamer, A.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2007) Habitat correlates of five amphibian species and of species-richness in a wetland system in New South Wales, Australia. Applied Herpetology 4: 65-82

Hamer, A.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2007) Life history of an endangered amphibian challenges the declining species paradigm. Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 79-88

Hamer, A.J., Makings, J.A., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2004) Amphibian decline and fertilizers used on agricultural land in south-eastern Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 102: 299-305

Hamer, A.J., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2003) Retreat site selection during winter in the green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea lesson. Journal of Herpetology 37 (3): 541-5

Hamer, A.J., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2002) Management of freshwater wetlands for the endangered green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea): roles of habitat determinants and space. Biological Conservation 106: 413-24

Hamer, A.J., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2002) The role of introduced mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in excluding the native green and gold bell frog (Litoria aurea) from original habitats in south-eastern. Oecologia 132: 445-52

Publications - Kelly Holland

Williams N.S.G. and Holland, K. (2007). The ecology and invasion history of hawkweeds (Hieracium species) in Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly 22 (2)

Publications - Pavlina Shukuroglou

Pavlina Shukuroglou and Michael A. McCarthy (2006). Modelling the occurrence of rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) in Melbourne. Austral Ecology 31: 240-253.

Publications - Christopher Stewart

Christopher William Stewart and Rodney van der Ree (2006). Quantifying and mitigating the negative effects of road on Australian wildlife. Naturschutz and Landschaftsplanung 38: 10-11.

Publications - Mick McCarthy

Fox D.Baxter, P.J., Sabo, J.L., Wilcox, C., McCarthy, M.A. and Possingham, H.P. (2008). Cost-effective suppression and eradication of invasive predators. Conservation Biology 22: 89-98.

Harper M.J., McCarthy M.A. and van der Ree R. (2008). Resources at the landscape scale influence possum abundance. Austral Ecology 33: 243-252.

Armstrong, D.P. and McCarthy, M.A. (2007). Big decisions and sparse data: adapting scientific publishing to the needs of practical conservation. Avian Conservation and Ecology 2(2): 14 (on line).

R., Ben-Haim Y., Hayes K. R., McCarthy, M. A., Wintle B., and Dunstan, P. (2007). An info-gap approach to power and sample size calculations. Environmetrics 18: 189-203.

McCarthy M. A., and Lindenmayer D. B. (2007). Info-gap decision theory for assessing the management of catchments for timber production and urban water supply. Environmental Management 39: 553-562.

McCarthy, M. A. (2007) Bayesian Methods for Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Regan, T., McCarthy, M. A., Baxter, P., Panetta, D., and Possingham, H. P. (2006). Optimal eradication: when to stop looking for an invasive plant? Ecology Letters 9: 759–766.

Michael A. McCarthy, Colin J. Thompson, Hugh P. Possingham (May 2006). Logic for designing nature reserves for multiple species. The American Naturalist Vol 167, No 5: 717-727 + Appendix.

Benjamin S. Halpern, Helen M. Regan, Hugh Possingham and Michael A. McCarthy (2006). Accounting for uncertainty in marine reserve design. Ecology Letters 9: 2-11.

Benjamin S. Halpern, Helen M. Regan, Hugh Possingham and Michael A. McCarthy (2006). Rejoinder: Uncertainty and Decision-making. Ecology Letters 3-14.

Pavlina Shukuroglou and Michael A. McCarthy (2006). Modelling the occurrence of rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) in Melbourne. Austral Ecology 31: 240-253.

Michael J. Harper, Michael A. McCarthy, Rodney van der Ree (2005). The abundance of hollow-bearing trees in urban dry sclerophyll forest and the effect of wind on hollow development. Biological Conservation 122: 181-192.

Michael J. Harper, Michael A. McCarthy, Rodney van der Ree (2005). The use of nest boxes in urban natural vegetation remnants by vertebrate fauna. Wildlife Research 32: 509-516.

Leah R Gerber, Maria Beger, Michael A. McCarthy and Hugh Possingham (2005). A theory for optimal monitoring of marine reserves. Ecology Letters 8: 829-37.

Rodney van der Ree and Michael A. McCarthy (2005). Inferring persistence of indigenous mammals in response to urbanisation. Animal Conservation 8: 1-11.

Tracey J. Regan, Mark A. Burgman, Michael A. McCarthy, Lawrence L. Master, David A. Keith, Georgina M. Mace and Sandy J. Andelman (2005). The consistency of extinction risk classification protocols. Conservation Biology 19: 1969-1977.

Brendan A. Wintle, Rodney P. Kavanagh, Michael A. McCarthy, Mark A. Burgman (2005). Estimating and dealing with predictability in occupancy surveys for forest owls and arboreal marsupials. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 905-917.

Michael A. McCarthy, Colin J. Thompson, Hugh P. Possingham (Feb 2005). Theory for designing nature reserves for single species. The American Naturalist Vol 165, No 2: 250-257.

Harper, M.J., McCarthy, M.A., van der Ree, R., and Fox, J.C. (2004). Overcoming bias in ground-based surveys of hollow-bearing trees using double sampling. Forest Ecology and Management 190: 291-300.

McCarthy M.A., Keith D., Tietjend J., Burgman M.A., Maunder M.,.Master, L., Brook, B.W., Mace, G., Possingham, H.P., Medellin, R., Andelman, S., Regan, H., Regan, T. and Ruckelshaus, (2004). Comparing predictions of extinction risk using models and subjective judgement. Acta Oecologia 26: 67-74

Lindenmayer, D.B., Possingham, H.P., Lacy, R.C., McCarthy, M.A., and Pope, M. L. (2003) How accurate are population models? Lessons from landscape-scale tests in a fragmented system. Ecology Letters 6: 41-47

McCarthy, M. A., Andelman, S. A., and Possingham, H.P. (2003). Reliability of relative predictions in population viability analysis. Conservation Biology 17: 982-989

Wintle, B.A., McCarthy, M.A., Volinsky, C.T., and Kavanagh, R.P. (2003) The use of Bayesian Model Averaging to better represent uncertainty in ecological models. Conservation Biology 17: 1579-1590.

Yamada, K., Elith, J., McCarthy, M., and Zerger, A. (2003). Eliciting and integrating expert knowledge for wildlife habitat modelling. Ecological Modelling 165: 251-264.

Lindenmayer, D. B., and McCarthy, M. A. (2002). Congruence between natural and human forest disturbance: a case study from Australian montane ash forests. Forest Ecology and Management 155: 319-335

McCarthy, M. A., and Cary, G. J. (2002). Fire regimes in landscapes: models and realities. In 'Flammable Australia: the Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent.' (Eds. R. A. Bradstock, J. E. Williams, and A. M. Gill.) pp. 76-93. Cambridge University Press

Lindenmayer, D.B., Manning, A.D., Smith, P.L., Possingham, H.P., Fischer, J., Oliver, I., and McCarthy, M.A. (2002). The focal-species approach and landscape restoration: a critique. Conservation Biology 16: 338-345

Burgman, M. A., Possingham, H. P., Keith, D., McCarthy, M. A., Andelman, S., and Passioura, J. (2001). A method for setting the size of plant conservation target areas. Conservation Biology 15: 603-616.

Lindenmayer, D. B., Ball, I., Possingham, H. P., McCarthy, M. A., and Pope, M. L. (2001). A landscape-scale test of the predictive ability of a spatially-explicit model for population viability analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 36-48.

Lindenmayer, D. B., and McCarthy, M. A. (2001). The spatial distribution of non-native plant invaders in a pine-eucalypt landscape mosaic in south-eastern Australia. Biological Conservation 102: 77-87.

Lindenmayer, D. B., McCarthy, M. A., Possingham, H. P., and Legge, S. (2001). A simple landscape-scale test of a spatially explicit population model: patch occupancy in fragmented south-eastern Australian forests. Oikos 92: 445-458.

McCarthy, M. A., Gill, A. M., and A., B. R. (2001). Theoretical fire interval distributions. International Journal of Wildland Fire 10: 73-77.

McCarthy, M. A., Lindenmayer, D. B., and Possingham, H. P. (2001). Assessing spatial PVA models of arboreal marsupials using significance tests and Bayesian statistics. Biological Conservation 98: 191-200.

McCarthy, M. A., Possingham, H. P., Day, J. R., and Tyre, A. J. (2001). Testing the accuracy of population viability analysis. Conservation Biology 15: 1030-1038.

McCarthy, M. A., Possingham, H. P., and Gill, A. M. (2001). Using stochastic dynamic programming to determine optimal fire management for Banksia ornata. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 585-592.

McCarthy, M. A., and Thompson, C. (2001). Expected minimum population size as a measure of threat. Animal Conservation 4: 351-355.

Possingham, H. P., Lindenmayer, D. B., and McCarthy, M. A. (2001). Population viability analysis. In 'Encyclopedia of Biodiversity.' (Ed. S. A. Levin.) pp. 831-843. Academic Press, San Diego.

Burgman, M., Maslin, B. R., Andrewartha, D., Keatley, M. R., Boek, C., and McCarthy, M. A. (2000). Inferring threat from scientific collections: power tests and an application to Western Australian Acacia species. In 'Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology.' (Eds. S. Ferson and M. Burgman.) pp. 7-26. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Lindenmayer, D. B., Mackey, B. G., Cunningham, R. B., Donnelly, C. F., Mullen, I. C., McCarthy, M. A., and Gill, A. M. (2000). Factors affecting the presence of the cool temperate rain forest tree myrtle beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii) in southern Australia: integrating climatic, terrain and disturbance predictors of distribution patterns. Journal of Biogeography 27: 1001-1009.

Lindenmayer, D. B., McCarthy, M. A., Parris, K. M., and Pope, M. L. (2000). Habitat fragmentation, landscape context, and mammalian assemblages in southeastern Australia. Journal of Mammalogy 81: 787-797.

McCarthy, M. A., and Broome, L. S. (2000). A method for validating stochastic models of population viability: a case study of the mountain pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus). Journal of Animal Ecology 69: 599-607.

McCarthy, M. A., and Lindenmayer, D. B. (2000). Spatially-correlated extinction in a metapopulation of Leadbeater's possum. Biodiversity and Conservation 9, 47-63.

McCarthy, M. A., Lindenmayer, D. B., and Possingham, H. P. (2000). Testing spatial PVA models of Australian treecreepers (Aves: Climacteridae) in fragmented forests. Ecological Applications 10: 1722-1731.

Tyre, A. J., Tenhumberg, B., McCarthy, M. A., and Possingham, H. P. (2000). Swapping space for time and unfair tests of ecological models. Austral Ecology 25: 327-331.

Lindenmayer, D. B., Cunningham, R. B., and McCarthy, M. A. (1999). The conservation of arboreal marsupials in the montane ash forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia. VIII. landscape analysis of the occurrence of arboreal marsupials. Biological Conservation 89: 83-92.

Lindenmayer, D. B., Mackey, B. G., Mullen, I. C., McCarthy, M. A., Gill, A. M., Cunningham, R. B., and Donnelly, C. F. (1999). Stand structure within forest types: are there environmental determinants? Forest Ecology and Management 123: 55-63.

Lindenmayer, D. B., McCarthy, M. A., and Pope, M. L. (1999). Arboreal marsupial incidence in eucalypt patches in south-eastern Australia: a test of Hanski's incidence function metapopulation model for patch occupancy. Oikos 84: 99-109.

McCarthy, M. A. (1999). Effects of competition on natal dispersal distance. Ecological Modelling 114: 305-310.

McCarthy, M. A., and Lindenmayer, D. B. (1999). Conservation of the greater glider (Petauroides volans) in remnant vegetation within exotic plantation forest. Animal Conservation 2: 203-209.

McCarthy, M. A., and Lindenmayer, D. B. (1999). Incorporating metapopulation dynamics of greater gliders into reserve design in disturbed landscapes. Ecology 80: 651-667.

McCarthy, M. A., Gill, A. M., and Lindenmayer, D. B. (1999). Fire regimes in mountain ash forests: evidence from forest age structure, extinction models and wildlife habitat. Forest Ecology and Management 124: 193-203.

McCarthy, M. A., Webster, A., Loyn, R. H., and Lowe, K. W. (1999). Uncertainty in assessing the viability of the Powerful Owl Ninox strenua in Victoria, Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 144-154.

Gill, A. M., and McCarthy, M. A. (1998). Intervals between prescribed fires in Australia: what intrinsic variation should apply? Biological Conservation 85: 161-169.

McCarthy, M. A. (1998). Identifying declining and threatened species with museum data. Biological Conservation 83: 9-17.

McCarthy, M. A., and Lindenmayer, D. B. (1998). Multi-aged mountain ash forest, wildlife conservation and timber harvesting. Forest Ecology and Management 104: 43-56.

McCarthy, M. A., and Lindenmayer, D. B. (1998). Population density and movement data for predicting mating systems of arboreal marsupials. Ecological Modelling 109: 193-202.

McCarthy, M. A. (1997). The Allee effect, finding mates and theoretical models. Ecological Modelling 103: 99-102.

McCarthy, M. A. (1997). Competition and dispersal from multiple nests. Ecology 78: 873-883.

McCarthy, M. A., and Gill, A. M. (1997). Fire and biodiversity. In 'Frontiers in Ecology: Building the Links.' (Eds. N. Klomp and I. Lunt.) Elsevier, Oxford.

McCarthy, M. A., Lindenmayer, D. B., and Drechsler, M. (1997). Extinction debts and risks faced by abundant species. Conservation Biology 11: 221-226.

McCarthy, M. A. (1996). Modelling extinction dynamics of the helmeted honeyeater: effects of demography, stochasticity, inbreeding and spatial structure. Ecological Modelling 85: 151-163.

McCarthy, M. A. (1996). Natal dispersal distance under the influence of competition. In 'Frontiers and Applications of Population Ecology.' (Eds. R. B. Floyd and A. W. Sheppard.) CSIRO, Melbourne.

McCarthy, M. A. (1996). Red kangaroos dynamics: effects of rainfall, harvesting, density dependence and environmental stochasticity. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 45-53.

McCarthy, M. A., Burgman, M. A., and and Ferson, S. (1996). Logistic sensitivity and bounds for extinction risks. Ecological Modelling 86: 297-303.

Akçakaya, H. R., McCarthy, M. A., and Pearce, J. L. (1995). Linking landscape data with population viability analysis: management options for the helmeted honeyeater. Biological Conservation 73: 169-176.

McCarthy, M. A. (1995). Population viability analysis of the helmeted honeyeater: risk assessment of captive breeding and reintroduction. In 'Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna.' (Ed. V. Serena.) pp. 21-25. Surrey Beatt, Chipping Norton.

McCarthy, M. A. and Burgman, M. A. (1995). Coping with uncertainty in forest wildlife planning. Forest Ecology and Management 74: 23-36.

McCarthy, M. A., Burgman, M. A., and Ferson, S. (1995). Sensitivity analysis for models of population viability. Biological Conservation 73: 93-100.

McCarthy, M. A., Ginzburg, L. R., and Akçakaya, H. R. (1995). Predator interference across trophic chains. Ecology 76: 1310-1319.

Burgman, M., Church, R., Ferguson, I., Gjisbers, R., Lau, A., Lindenmayer, D., Loyn, R., McCarthy, M., and Vandenburg, W. (1994). Wildlife planning using FORPLAN: a review andexamples from Victorian forests. Australian Forestry 57: 131-140.

McCarthy, M. A., Franklin, D. C., and Burgman, M. A. (1994). The importance of demographic uncertainty: an example from the helmeted honeyeater. Biological Conservation 67: 135-142.

McCarthy, M. A., Pearce, J. L., and Burgman, M. A. (1994). Use and abuse of wildlife models for determining habitat requirements of forest fauna. Australian Forestry 57: 82-85.

Witting, L., McCarthy, M. A., and Loeschcke, V. (1994). Multi-species risk analysis, species evaluation and biodiversity conservation. In 'Conservation Genetics.' (Eds. V. Loeschcke and S. K. Jain.) pp. 239-249. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland.

Publications - Nick Williams

Williams N.S.G., Hahs, A. and Morgan, J. (2008). A dispersal-constrained habitat suitability model for predicting invasion of alpine vegetation. Ecological Applications 18:2 347-59

Lavorel, S., Grigulis, K., McIntyre, S., Williams, N.S.G. et al. (2008). Assessing functional diversity in the field – methodology matters! Functional Ecology

Williams N.S.G. (2007). Environmental, landscape and social predictors of native grassland loss in western Victoria, Australia. Biological Conservation 137: 308-18

Williams N.S.G. and Holland, K. (2007). The ecology and invasion history of hawkweeds (Hieracium species) in Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly 22 (2)

Nicholas S. G. Williams (2005). Management strategies for preventing weed invasion in urban grasslands. Plant Protection Quarterly Vol 20 (1): 12-16.

Williams, N.S.G., McDonnell, M.J. and Seager, E.J. (2005) Factors influencing the loss of indigenous grasslands in an urbanising landscape: a case study from Melbourne, Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning 71: 35-49.

Hynes, L.N., McDonnell, M.J. and Williams, N.S.G. (2004) Measuring the success of urban riparian revegetation projects using remnant vegetation as a reference community. Ecological Management and Restoration 5: 205-209

Scott, R., Blake, N. Campbell, J., Evans, D. and Williams, N. (2002). Indigenous Plants of the Sandbelt: A Gardening Guide for South-eastern Melbourne. Earthcare, St Kilda.

Williams, N. S. G., Leary, E. J., Parris, K. M., and McDonnell, M. J. (2001). The Potential Impact of Freeways on Native Grassland. Victorian Naturalist 118: 4-15. (pdf file 2.2 MB)

McDonnell, M. J., Williams, N. S. G., and Hahs, A. K. (1999). A reference guide to the ecology and natural resources of the Melbourne region' Occasional Paper of the Australian Research Centre for Uban Ecology. Number 1. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne: South Yarra, Victoria.

Williams, N. S. G. (1999). Value of Remnant Vegetation. In 'Living in Harmony with Wildlife, Australian Plants and Animals in City and Country Gardens, 4th Biennial Seminar.' pp. 34-38. Karwarra Australian Plant Garden, Kalorama, Victoria.

Alexander, J. K., Williams, N. S. G., and Carman, D. (1997). Bushland Reserve management plan for Monterey Bush Park, Ringwood North. Flora Research and Assessment, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Report for Maroondah Parks, Melbourne.

Williams, N. S. G., Alexander, J. K., and Carman, D. (1997). Bushland Reserve management plan for Croydon Hills Reserve, Croydon Hills. Flora Research and Assessment, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Report for Maroondah Parks, Melbourne.

Williams, N. S. G., and Molnar, C. D. (1997). Botanical assessment of the northern section of Greens Bush, Mornington Peninsula National Park. Flora Research and Assessment, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Report for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Heidelberg, Victoria.

Publications - Jeannie Campbell

Scott, R., Blake, N. Campbell, J., Evans, D. and Williams, N. (2002). Indigenous Plants of the Sandbelt: A Gardening Guide for South-eastern Melbourne. Earthcare, St Kilda.

Publications - Kirsten Parris

Parris, K. M. (in press) Towards a comparative ecology of cities and towns. In M. J. McDonnell and A. J. Hahs (eds) Ecology of Cities and Towns: A Comparative Approach. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge).

Parris, K. M. (2006) Urban amphibian assemblages as metacommunities. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 757-764.

Parris, K. M. (2006). City slickers. Wildlife Australia Winter 2006: 20-23.

Parris, K. M. and Hazell, D. L. (2005) Biotic effects of climate change in urban environments: the case of the grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in Melbourne, Australia. Biological Conservation 124: 267-276.

McCarthy, M. A. and Parris, K. M. (2004). Clarifying the effect of toe clipping on frogs with Bayesian statistics. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 780-786.

Wintle, B. A., McCarthy, M. A., Parris, K. M. and Burgman, M. A. (2004). Precision and bias of methods for estimating point survey detection probabilities. Ecological Applications 14: 703-712.

Parris, K. M. (2004). Environmental and spatial variables influence the composition of frog assemblages in sub-tropical eastern Australia. Ecography 27: 392-400.

Parris, K. M. and Lindenmayer, D. B. (2004). Evidence that creation of a Pinus radiata plantation in south-eastern Australia has reduced habitat for frogs. Acta Oecologica 25: 93-101.

McCarthy, M. A., Parris, K. M., van der Ree, R., McDonnell, M. J., Burgman, M.A., Williams, N. S. G., McLean, N., Harper, M. J., Meyer, R., Hahs, A. and Coates, T. (2004). The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement. Ecological Management and Restoration 5: 24-27.

Tyre, A. J., Tenhumberg, B., Field, S. A., Niejalke, D., Parris, K. and Possingham, H. P. (2003). Estimating false negative error rates for presence/absence data: Improving precision and reducing bias in biological surveys. Ecological Applications 13: 1790-1801.

Parris, K. M. (2002). More bang for your buck: The effect of caller position, habitat and chorus noise on the efficiency of calling in the spring peeper. Ecological Modelling 156: 213-224.

Parris, K. M. (2002). The distribution and habitat requirements of the great barred frog Mixophyes fasciolatus. Wildlife Research 29: 469-474.

Parris, K. M. (2002). Assessment of amphibian diversity in the Blackall and Conondale Ranges, south-east Queensland. In A. E. O. Natrass (ed.) Frogs in The Community. Proceedings of the Brisbane Symposium, 13-14 February 1999. pp. 65-75. (Queensland Frog Society Inc., East Brisbane).

Parris, K. M. and McCarthy, M. A. (2001). Identifying effects of toe clipping on anuran return rates: the importance of statistical power. Amphibia-Reptilia 22: 275-289.

Parris, K. M. (2001). Distribution, habitat requirements and conservation of the cascade treefrog (Litoria pearsoniana, Anura: Hylidae). Biological Conservation 99: 285-292.

Williams, N. S. G., Leary, E. J., Parris, K. M. and McDonnell, M. J. (2001). The potential impact of freeways on native grassland. Victorian Naturalist 188: 4-15.

Lindenmayer, D. B., McCarthy, M. A., Parris, K. M. and Pope, M. L (2000). Habitat fragmentation, landscape context, and mammalian assemblages in southeastern Australia. Journal of Mammalogy 81: 787-797.

Parris, K. M. (1999). Review: Amphibian surveys in forests and woodlands. Contemporary Herpetology 1999(1). http://www.cnah.org/ch/

Parris, K. M. and McCarthy, M. A. (1999). What influences the structure of frog assemblages at forest streams? Australian Journal of Ecology 24: 495-502.

Parris, K. M., Norton, T. W. and Cunningham, R. B. (1999). A comparison of techniques for sampling amphibians in the forests of south-east Queensland, Australia. Herpetologica 55: 271-283.

McGuigan, K., McDonald, K., Parris, K., and Moritz, C. (1998). Mitochondrial DNA diversity and historical biogeography of a wet forest-restricted frog (Litoria pearsoniana) from mid-east Australia. Molecular Ecology 7: 175-186.

Parris, K. M. and Norton, T. W. (1997). The significance of State Forests for conservation of Litoria pearsoniana (Copland) and associated amphibians. In P. Hale and D. Lamb (eds), Conservation Outside Nature Reserves. pp. 521-526. (Centre for Conservation Biology, University of Queensland).

Parris, K. M., Drinnan, A. N. and Cantrill, D. J. (1995). Palissya cones from the Mesozoic of Australia and New Zealand. Alcheringa 19: 87-111.

Publications - Mike Harper

Harper M.J., McCarthy M.A. and van der Ree R. (2008). Resources at the landscape scale influence possum abundance. Austral Ecology 33: 243-252.

Mike Harper (ed.) (2006). Home Is Where The Heartwood Is - A guide to Managing Fauna that Shelter in Tree Hollows in Melbourne's Bushland Remnants.

Michael J. Harper, Michael A. McCarthy, Rodney van der Ree (2005). The use of nest boxes in urban natural vegetation remnants by vertebrate fauna. Wildlife Research 32: 509-516.

Harper, M.J., McCarthy, M.A., van der Ree, R., and Fox, J.C. (2004). Overcoming bias in ground-based surveys of hollow-bearing trees using double sampling. Forest Ecology and Management 190: 291-300.

Chronological List of ARCUE Publications

Peer-reviewed

2008

Harper M.J., McCarthy M.A. and van der Ree R. (2008). Resources at the landscape scale influence possum abundance. Austral Ecology 33: 243-252.

Hamer AJ, Lane SJ and Mahony MJ (2008). Movement patterns of adult Green and Golden Bell frogs Litoria aurea and the implications for conservation management Journal of Herpetology Vol 42: 2 397-407

Williams N.S.G., Hahs, A. and Morgan, J. (2008). A dispersal-constrained habitat suitability model for predicting invasion of alpine vegetation. Ecological Applications 18:2 347-59

Lavorel, S., Grigulis, K., McIntyre, S., Williams, N.S.G. et al. (2008). Assessing functional diversity in the field – methodology matters! Functional Ecology

Baxter, P.J., Sabo, J.L., Wilcox, C., McCarthy, M.A. and Possingham, H.P. (2008). Cost-effective suppression and eradication of invasive predators. Conservation Biology 22: 89-98.

2007

Armstrong, D.P. and McCarthy, M.A. (2007). Big decisions and sparse data: adapting scientific publishing to the needs of practical conservation. Avian Conservation and Ecology 2(2): 14 (on line).

Lane, S.J., Hamer, A.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2007). Habitat correlates of five amphibian species and of species-richness in a wetland system in New South Wales, Australia. Applied Herpetology 4: 65-82

Fox D.R., Ben-Haim Y., Hayes K.R., McCarthy, M., Wintle B., and Dunstan, P. (2007). An info-gap approach to power and sample size calculations. Environmetrics 18: 189-203

Hahs, A. and McDonnell, M.J. (2007) Composition of the plant community in remnant patches of grassy woodland along an urban-rural gradient in Melbourne, Australia. Urban Ecosystems 10:355-77

Hamer, A. and Mahony, M.J. (2007) Life history of an endangered amphibian challenges the declining species paradigm. Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 79-88

Holland, G.J., Bennett, A.F. and van der Ree, R. (2007) Time-budget and feeding behaviour of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) in remnant linear habitat. Wildlife Research 34: 288-95

Holland, K., McDonnell, M. and Williams, N.S.G. (2007). Abundance, species richness and feeding preferences of introduced molluscs in native grasslands of Victoria, Australia. Austral Ecology 32: 626-34

McCarthy M.A. and Lindenmayer D.B. (2007). Info-gap decision theory for assessing the management of catchments for timber production and urban water supply. Environmental Management 39: 553-62

McDonnell, M.J. (2007) Restoring and managing biodiversity in an urbanizing world filled with tensions. Ecological Society of Australia (editorial)

Smith, Z. F., James, E. A., McLean, C. B. (2007). Investigation of the phylogenetic relationships between Diuris fragrantissima and its closest relatives using AFLPs The Environmentalist 27 (1), 217-226

Williams N.S.G. (2007). Environmental, landscape and social predictors of native grassland loss in western Victoria, Australia. Biological Conservation 137: 308-18

Williams N.S.G. and Holland, K. (2007). The ecology and invasion history of hawkweeds (Hieracium species) in Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly 22 (2)

2006

Hahs, A. and McDonnell, M. (2006). Selecting independent measures to quantify Melbourne’s urban-rural gradient. Landscape and Urban Planning 78: 435-8

Baxter, P.W.J., McCarthy, M.A., Possingham, H.P., Menkhorst, P.W. and McLean, N. (2006). Accounting for management costs in sensitivity analyses of matrix population models. Conservation Biology 20: 893-905

Halpern, B.S., Regan, H., Possingham, H.P., and McCarthy, M.A. (2006). Accounting for uncertainty in marine reserve design. Ecology Letters 9: 2-11. Rejoinder: uncertainty and decision making. Ecology Letters 9: 13-14

McCarthy M.A., Thompson C.J. and Williams, N.S.G. (2006). Logic for designing nature reserves for multiple species. American Naturalist 167 No.5

Parris KM (2006). Urban amphibian assemblages as metacommunities. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 757-64

Regan, T., McCarthy, M.A., Baxter, P., Panetta, D. and Possingham, H.P. (2006). Optimal eradication: when to stop looking for an invasive plant? Ecology Letters 9: 759–66

Shukuroglou, P., and McCarthy, M.A. (2006). Modelling the occurrence of rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) in Melbourne. Austral Ecology 31: 240–53

Stewart, C.W. and van der Ree, R. (2006). Quantifying and mitigating the barrier effects of roads on Australian wildlife. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 38 (10/11): 338-340

van der Ree R, Bennett AF and Soderquist TR (2006). Nest tree selection by the threatened brush-tailed phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in a highly fragmented agricultural landscape. Wildlife Research 33, 113-19

van der Ree R (2006) Road upgrade in Victoria a filter to the movement of the endangered Squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis): Results of a pilot study. Ecological Management and Restoration 7 (3): 226-8

van der Ree, R., Harper, M.J. and Crane, M. (2006) Longevity in wild populations of the squirrel glider Petaurus Norfolcensis Australian Mammology 28: 239-42

Williams N.S.G., Morgan J.W., McCarthy M.A., McDonnell M.J. (2006). Local extinction of grassland plants: the landscape matrix is more important than patch attributes. Ecology 87: 3000-6

Williams, N. S. G., McDonnell, M. J., Phelan, G K., Keim, L., van der Ree, R. (2006). Range expansion due to urbanisation: increased food resources attract grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) to Melbourne. Austral Ecology 31: 190-8

2005

Gerber, L.R., Beger, M., McCarthy, M.A., and Possingham, H.P. (2005). A theory for optimal monitoring of marine reserves. Ecology Letters 8: 829-37

Harper, M.J., McCarthy, M.A., and van der Ree, R. (2005). The abundance of hollow-bearing trees in urban dry sclerophyll forest and the effect of wind on hollow development. Biological Conservation 122: 181-92

Harper, M.J., McCarthy, M.A., and van der Ree, R. (2005). The use of nest boxes in urban natural vegetation remnants by vertebrate fauna. Wildlife Research 32: 509-16

McCarthy, M.A., and Masters, P. (2005). Profiting from prior information in Bayesian analyses of ecological data. Journal of Applied Ecology 42: 1012-19

McCarthy M.A., Thompson C.J., and Possingham H.P. (2005). Theory for designing nature reserves for single species. American Naturalist 165: 250-7

McCarthy M.A., Thompson C.J. and Possingham H.P. (2005). Theory for designing nature reserves for single species. American Naturalist 165: 250-7

Parris, K. and Hazell, D. L. (2005) Biotic effects of climate change in urban environments: The case of the grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in Melbourne, Australia. Biological Conservation 124: 267-76

Regan, T.R., Burgman, M.A., McCarthy, M.A., Master, L.L., Keith, D.A., Mace, G.M., and Andelman, S.J. (2005). The consistency of extinction risk classification protocols. Conservation Biology 19: 1967-77

Smith, Z. F., McLean, C. B., James, E. A., Murphy, D. (2005) ‘Investigation of the Diuris ‘punctata’ group in south-eastern Australia based on nuclear and chloroplast sequencing’. Selbyana 26 (1,2) pp. 217-228.

van der Ree, R., M. J. McDonnell, Temby, I.D., Nelson, J. and Whittingham, E. (2005). The establishment and dynamics of a recently established camp of flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocaphalus) outside their geographic range. Journal of Zoology 268: 177-85

van der Ree, R., and McCarthy, M.A. (2005). Inferring the persistence of indigenous mammals in response to urbanisation. Animal Conservation 8: 309-19

Williams, N.S.G., Morgan , J.W., McDonnell, M.J., and McCarthy, M.A. (2005). Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient. Journal of Ecology 93: 1203-13

Williams, N.S.G. (2005). Management strategies for preventing weed invasion in urban grasslands. Plant Protection Quarterly 20(1): 12-16

Williams, N.S.G., McDonnell, M.J. and Seager, E.J. (2005) Factors influencing the loss of indigenous grasslands in an urbanising landscape: a case study from Melbourne, Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning 71 p35-49

Wintle, B.A., Burgman, M.A., McCarthy, M.A., and Kavanagh, R.P. (2005). Estimating and dealing with detectability in occupancy surveys for forest owls and arboreal marsupials. Journal of Wildlife Management 69 (3): 905-17

Wintle, B.A., Kavanagh, R.P., McCarthy, M.A., and Burgman, M.A. (2005). Estimating and dealing with detectability in occupancy surveys for forest owls and arboreal marsupials. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 905-17

2004

Hamer, A., Makings, J.A., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2004) Amphibian decline and fertilizers used on agricultural land in south-eastern Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 102: 299-305

Harper, M.J., McCarthy, M.A., van der Ree, R., and Fox, J.C. (2004). Overcoming bias in ground-based surveys of hollow-bearing trees using double sampling. Forest Ecology and Management 190: 291-300

Hynes, L.N., McDonnell, M.J. and Williams, N.S.G. (2004) Measuring the success of urban riparian revegetation projects using remnant vegetation as a reference community. Ecological Management and Restoration 5 p 205-209

Keith, D.A., McCarthy, M.A. Regan, H., Regan, T., Bowles, C., Drill, C., Craig, C., Pellow, B., Burgman, M.A., Master, L.L., Ruckelshaus, M., Mackenzie, B., Andelman, S.J., and Wade, P.R. (2004) Protocols for listing threatened species can forecast extinction. Ecology Letters 7:1101-1108

McCarthy, M.A., Keith, D., Tietjen, J., Burgman, M.A., Maunder, M., Master, L., Brook, B.W., Mace, G., Possingham, H.P., Medellin, R., Andelman, S., Regan, H., Regan, T., and Ruckelshaus, M. (2004). Comparing predictions of extinction risk using models and subjective judgement. Acta Oecologica 26: 67-74

McCarthy, M.A., Parris, K.M., van der Ree, R., McDonnell, M.J., Burgman, M.A., Williams, N.S.G., McLean, N., Harper, M., Meyer, R., Hahs, A., and Coates, T. (2004). The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement. Ecological Management and Restoration 5: 24-7

McDonnell, M.J. (2004). The management and restoration of urban and suburban natural areas. Australasian Plant Conservation 13 No.1 4-5 McCarthy, M. A. and Parris, K. M. (2004). Clarifying the effect of toe clipping on frogs with Bayesian statistics. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 780-786.

Parris, K. M. (2004). Environmental and spatial variables influence the composition of frog assemblages in sub-tropical eastern Australia. Ecography 27: 392-400.

Parris, K. M. and Lindenmayer, D. B. (2004). Evidence that creation of a Pinus radiata plantation in south-eastern Australia has reduced habitat for frogs. Acta Oecologica 25: 93-101.

McCarthy, M. A., Parris, K. M., van der Ree, R., McDonnell, M. J., Burgman, M.A., Williams, N. S. G., McLean, N., Harper, M. J., Meyer, R., Hahs, A. and

Coates, T. (2004). The habitat hectares approach to vegetation assessment: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement. Ecological Management and Restoration 5: 24-27.

Wintle, B.A., McCarthy, M.A., Parris, K.M., and Burgman, M.A. (2004) Precision and bias of methods for estimating point survey detection probabilities. Ecological Applications 14: 703-12

2003

Hamer, A., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2003) Retreat site selection during winter in the green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea lesson. Journal of Herpetology 37 (3): 541-5

McCarthy, M. A., Andelman, S. A. and Possingham, H.P. (2003). Reliability of relative predictions in population viability analysis. Conservation Biology 17: 982-9

Parris, K.M. (2003) Environmental and spatial variables influence the composition of frog assemblages in south-tropical eastern Australia. Ecography 27: 392-400

Tyre, A. J., Tenhumberg, B., Field, S. A., Niejalke, D., Parris, K. M. and Possingham, H. P. (2003). Improving precision and reducing bias in biological surveys. Estimating false negative error rates. Ecological Applications 13: 1790-1801.

van der Ree, R. (2003). The occurrence of the yellow-footed antechinus Antechinus flavipes in remnant linear habitats in north-eastern Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 25, 97-100.

van der Ree, R., Bennett, A. F., and Gilmore, D. C. (2003). Gap-crossing by gliding marsupials: thresholds for use of isolated woodland patches in an agricultural landscape. Biological Conservation 115, 241-9.

Yamada, K., Elith, J., McCarthy, M., and Zerger, A. (2003). Eliciting and integrating expert knowledge for wildlife habitat modelling. Ecological Modelling 165: 251–64.

2002

Hamer, A., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2002) Management of freshwater wetlands for the endangered green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea): roles of habitat determinants and space. Biological Conservation 106: 413-24

Hamer, A., Lane, S.J. and Mahony, M.J. (2002) The role of introduced mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in excluding the native green and gold bell frog (Litoria aurea) from original habitats in south-eastern. Australia. Conservation Ecology 132: 445-52

Lindenmayer, D.B., and McCarthy, M.A. (2002). Congruence between natural and human forest disturbance: a case study from Australian montane ash forests. Forest Ecology and Management 155: 319-335

McDonnell, M.J. (2002) An introduction to the management and restoration of urban and suburban natural areas. Sustain: A Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Issues: Issue 8 Spring/Summer 2003 p5-10 (Guest Editor for this Issue).

Parris, K. M. (2002). More bang for your buck: The effect of caller position, habitat and chorus noise on the efficiency of calling in the spring peeper. Ecological Modelling 56, 213-24

Parris, K. M. (2002). The distribution and habitat requirements of the great barred frog Mixophyes fasciolatus. Wildlife Research 29: 469-74.

Van der Ree, R. (2002) The population ecology of the squirrel glider within a network of remnant linear habitats. Wildlife Research, 29, 329-40

2001

Hahs, A.K. (2001) Long-term ecological research in Australia. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of Australia 31(3): 11-14Parris, K. M. and McCarthy, M. A. (2001). Identifying effects of toe clipping on anuran return rates: the importance of statistical power. Amphibia-Reptilia 22: 275-289.

Parris, K. M. (2001). Distribution, habitat requirements and conservation of the cascade treefrog Litoria pearsoniana (Anura: Hylidae). Biological Conservation 99: 285-92

Williams, N. S. G., Leary, E. J., Parris, K. M. and McDonnell, M. J. (2001). The potential impact of freeways on native grassland. The Victorian Naturalist. 118(1): 4-15

van der Ree R, Soderquist TR and Bennett AF (2001). Home-range use by the brush-tailed phascogale in high-quality, spatially limited habitat. Wildlife Research 28: 517-25

van der Ree, R., Soderquist, T. R. and Bennett, A. F. (2001). Home-range use by the brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) (Marsupialia) in high-quality, spatially limited habitat. Wildlife Research 28, 517-25

van der Ree, R and Bennett, A. F. (2001). Woodland remnants along roadsides: A reflection of pre-European structure in temperate woodlands? Ecological Management and Restoration 2, 224-6

2000

Lindenmayer, D.B., McCarthy, M.A., Parris, K.M. and Pope, M.L. (2000) Habitat fragmentation, landscape context, and mammalian assemblages in southeastern Australia. Journal of Mammalogy, 81 (3): 787-97

1999

Parris, K. M. (1999). Review: Amphibian surveys in forests and woodlands. Contemporary Herpetology 1999(1). http://www.cnah.org/ch/

Parris, K. M. and McCarthy, M. A. (1999). What influences the structure of frog assemblages at forest streams? Australian Journal of Ecology 24: 495-502.

Parris, K. M., Norton, T. W. and Cunningham, R. B. (1999). A comparison of techniques for sampling amphibians in the forests of south-east Queensland, Australia. Herpetologica 55: 271-283.

Books and book chapters (by chronological order)

McCarthy, M.A. (2007). Bayesian Methods for Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Fox, J.C., Mesibov, R., McCarthy, M.A., and Burgman, M.A. (2004). Giant Velvet Worm Tasmanipatus barretti (Onychophora) in Tasmania, Australia. In (eds H.R. Akcakaya, M.A. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C.C. Wood, P. Sjogren-Gulve, J. Hatfield and M.A. McCarthy) Species Conservation and Management. pp. 150-161. Oxford University Press, New York.

McCarthy, M.A. (2004). Mammal population viability modeling: an overview. In (eds H.R. Akcakaya, M.A. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C.C. Wood, P. Sjogren-Gulve, J. Hatfield and M.A. McCarthy) Species Conservation and Management. pp. 433-437. Oxford University Press, New York. Akcakaya, H.R., Burgman, M.A., Kindvall, O., Wood, C.C., Sjogren-Gulve, P., Hatfield J. and McCarthy, M.A. (eds) (2004) Species Conservation and Management. Oxford University Press, New York.

McCarthy, M.A., Menkhorst, P.W., Quin, B.R., Smales, I.J., and Burgman, M.A. (2004). Helmeted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops cassidix) in southern Australia: assessing options for establishing a new wild population. In (eds H.R. Akcakaya, M.A. Burgman, O. Kindvall, C.C. Wood, P. Sjogren-Gulve, J. Hatfield and M.A. McCarthy) Species Conservation and Management. pp. 410-420. Oxford University Press, New York.

van der Ree, R. (2004). The impact of urbanisation on the mammals of Melbourne - do atlas records tell the whole story or just some of the chapters? In Urban Wildlife: more than meets the eye (eds. D. Lunney and S. Burgin.) pp. 195-204. (Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales: Mosman, NSW).

van der Ree, R. and Claridge, A.W. (2004). Recovering endangered populations in fragmented landscapes: the squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis on the south-west slopes of New South Wales. In Conservation of Australia’s Forest Fauna (2^nd ed.) pp678-87.

McCarthy, M.A., and Cary, G.J. (2002). Fire regimes in landscapes: models and realities. In (eds R.A. Bradstock, J.E. Williams and A.M. Gill) Flammable Australia: the Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent pp. 76-93. Cambridge University Press.

Non peer-reviewed publications

Harper, M. et al. (2006) Home Is Where the Heartwood Is. A guide to managing fauna that shelter in tree hollows in Melbourne’s bushland remnants.

Smith, Z. F., James, E. A., McLean, C. B. (2007). Morphology and molecules confirm the taxonomic status of Diuris fragrantissima, a threatened terrestrial orchid. Australian Network for Plant Conservation 16 (1) June-August.

Smith, Z. (2006). Review of the 5^th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, Granada, Spain, 2006. Australian Network for Plant Conservation 15 (2) September-November.

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