Austral Ecology

Papers
(The TQCC of Austral Ecology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Checking bioclimatic variables that combine temperature and precipitation data before their use in species distribution models42
Analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) for 2‐way layouts using a generalised ANOSIM statistic, with comparative notes on Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA)35
Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South Africa34
Insect pollination of cycads29
United colours of the city: A review about urbanisation impact on animal colours25
Impacts of the introduced European honeybee on Australian bee‐flower network properties in urban bushland remnants and residential gardens20
A generalised analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) statistic for designs with ordered factors20
Nocturnal foraging and activity by diurnal lizards: Six species of day geckos (Phelsuma spp.) using the night‐light niche18
Large trees and decay: Suppliers of a keystone resource for cavity‐using wildlife in old‐growth and secondary Andean temperate forests17
Co‐producing a fire and seasons calendar to support renewed Indigenous cultural fire management16
Quantifying invasion degree by alien plants species in Reunion Island16
The ecological costs and benefits of a feral cat poison‐baiting programme for protection of reintroduced populations of the western quoll and brushtail possum15
FORUM: Methodological shortcomings and lack of taxonomic effort beleaguer Australian bee studies13
Are all fauna associated with the same structural features of the foundation species Triodia scariosa?13
Assessing the threat of landscape transformation and habitat fragmentation in a global biodiversity hotspot13
Post‐fire development of faunal habitat depends on plant regeneration traits13
An overview of the impacts of feral cattle, water buffalo and pigs on the savannas, wetlands and biota of northern Australia13
The use of taxonomic relationships among species in applied ecological research: Baseline, steps forward and future challenges12
Alarming evidence of widespread mite extinctions in the shadows of plant, insect and vertebrate extinctions11
What are the associations between thinning and fire severity?10
Amphibian occurrence and abundance patterns across a modified floodplain ecosystem10
Elevational shifts in phylogenetic diversity of angiosperm trees across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest10
Soil type, vegetation cover and temperature determinants of the diversity and structure of dung beetle assemblages in a South African open woodland and closed canopy mosaic10
What factors influence the occurrence and abundance of midstorey Acacia in Mountain Ash forests?9
Multi‐scale habitat selection by a cryptic, critically endangered grassland bird—The Plains‐wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus): Implications for habitat management and conservation9
Rodent assemblage composition as indicator of fire severity in a protected area of south‐central Chile9
What's hot and what's not – Identifying publication trends in insect ecology9
Mistletoe litter accelerates the decomposition of recalcitrant host litter in a semi‐arid savanna, south‐west Zimbabwe9
Seasonal patterns of endozoochory by cattle in subtropical grassland in southern Brazil9
Delayed release improves site fidelity but has little effect on survival or breeding success of reintroduced western quolls (Dasyurus geoffroii)9
Rephotography, permanent plots and remote sensing data provide varying insights on vegetation change on subantarctic Macquarie Island, 1980–20158
Current estimates and vegetation preferences of an endangered population of the vulnerable greater glider at Seven Mile Beach National Park8
A continental assessment of diurnality in frog calling behaviour8
Analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) for 3‐way designs8
The role of environmental and spatial factors in the assembly of aquatic insect communities in southern Brazilian temporary ponds8
A functional trait‐based approach to assess the impact of an alien palm invasion on plant and soil communities on a South Pacific island7
Environmental associations and effects of disturbances by common wombats in alpine Tasmania7
Difficulties of assessing the impacts of the 2019–2020 bushfires on koalas7
The prevalence of temperature and dispersal limitation as drivers of diversity in Neotropical small mammals7
Burning for grassland pollination: Recently burned patches promote plant flowering and insect pollinators7
A review of Australian tree fern ecology in forest communities7
Environmental drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles across a chronosequence of tropical grasslands with different cattle grazing removal ages7
Historical ecology and current abundance of the translocated Chilla or Grey fox Lycalopex griseus on the large Tierra del Fuego Island shared by Argentina and Chile7
High severity fire promotes a more flammable eucalypt forest structure7
Consequences of the reintroduction of regionally extinct mammals for vegetation composition and structure at two established reintroduction sites in semi‐arid Australia7
Austral Opossum adjusts to life in second‐growth forests by nesting outside cavities7
Emergent effects of light and temperature on hatching success of Streptocephalus cafer (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) resting eggs7
Methods in amphibian biotelemetry: Two decades in review7
Using monitors to monitor ecological restoration: Presence may not indicate persistence7
Areas of endemism in the Afrotropical region based on the geographical distribution of Tipulomorpha (Insecta: Diptera)7
Bark functional ecology and its influence on the distribution of Australian half‐butt eucalypts7
Seed abundance affects seed removal of an alien and a native tree in the Brazilian savanna: Implications for biotic resistance7
Diet composition of an opportunistic predator from an upwelling area in the Southeastern Pacific7
Dung beetles of an Australian tropical savanna: Species composition, food preferences and responses to experimental fire regimes7
Identifying a limiting factor in the population dynamics of a threatened amphibian: The influence of extended female maturation on operational sex ratio7
Intra‐seasonal and daily variations in nectar availability affect bee assemblage in a monodominant afforested Brazilian Cerrado7
Mimosa pigra in eastern and southern Africa: Distribution and socio‐ecological impacts7
Widespread dieback in a foundation species on a sub‐Antarctic World Heritage Island: Fine‐scale patterns and likely drivers6
Converting rangelands to reserves: Small mammal and reptile responses 24 years after domestic livestock grazing removal6
Quantifying shifts in topic popularity over 44 years of Austral Ecology6
Trap type affects dung beetle taxonomic and functional diversity in Bornean tropical forests6
Seasonal, environmental and anthropogenic influences on nocturnal basking in turtles and crocodiles from North‐Eastern Australia6
Genetic differentiation in the threatened soft coral Dendronephthya australis in temperate eastern Australia6
Effects of habitat, season and flood on corvid scavenging dynamics in Central Australia6
Standing out in a crowd: Intraspecific variability in dorsal patterning allows for photo‐identification of a threatened anuran6
What type of rainforest burnt in the South East Queensland's 2019/20 bushfires and how might this impact biodiversity6
The hermit crab–shell relationship through the lens of interaction networks: The use of network metrics and species role across communities6
The historic flowering behaviour of River Red‐gum and Black Box in a flooding forest6
The hitchhiker's guide to Australian conservation: A parasitological perspective on fauna translocations6
Accounting for both automated recording unit detection space and signal recognition performance in acoustic surveys: A protocol applied to the cryptic and critically endangered Night Parrot (Pezopo6
Multiannual trends (2004–2019) in the abundance of larvae of the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei and crustacean zooplankton in a large South American reservoir6
Roosting ecology of the southernmost bats, Myotis chiloensis and Histiotus magellanicus, in southern Tierra del Fuego, Chile6
Structural resistance and functional resilience of the Chaco forest to wildland fires: an approach with MODIS time series6
Ecological insights into a charismatic bird using different citizen science approaches6
Effects of mammal exclusion on invertebrate communities in New Zealand5
Plant and soil carbon stocks in grassland patches maintained by extensive grazing in the highlands of central Argentina5
The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn, Malvaceae) as a food source for native vertebrate species during times of resource scarcity and its potential for reforestation in Madagascar5
Chilean blind spots in soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research5
Soil fertility and anthropogenic disturbances drive mammal species richness and assemblage composition on tropical fluvial islands5
Abundance and detection of feral cats decreases after severe fire on Kangaroo Island, Australia5
An endemic dung beetle species feeding on kauri snail carrion in Northland, New Zealand5
Snakes on an urban plain: Temporal patterns of snake activity and human–snake conflict in Darwin, Australia5
Dissipation of seabird‐derived nutrients in a terrestrial insular trophic web5
A range‐wide monitoring programme for a critically endangered nomadic bird5
Spatiotemporal patterns of taxonomic and functional β‐diversity of dung beetles in native and introduced pastures in the Brazilian Pantanal5
Contemporary distribution of Macrozamia dyeri (Zamiaceae) is correlated with patterns of Nyungar occupation in south‐east coastal Western Australia5
Landscape monitoring reveals initial trends in occupancy and activity of bats in multiple‐use forests5
Detection dogs provide a powerful method for conservation surveys5
Using citizen science to measure recolonisation of birds after the Australian 2019–2020 mega‐fires5
Biting off more than you can chew: Attempted predation on a human by a giant snake (Simalia amethistina)5
Functional beta diversity of New Zealand fishes: Characterising morphological turnover along depth and latitude gradients, with derivation of functional bioregions5
Quantifying variations in browsing pressure caused by feral deer for a range of threatened ecological communities and plant growth forms5
The role of tayra (Eira barbara) as predator of medium and large‐sized mammals5
Living on the edge: The use of fruit‐feeding butterflies to evaluate edge effect on subtropical assemblages5
Attacks of domestic dogs on Common Long‐Nosed Armadillo Dasypusnovemcinctus and Southern Brown Howler Monkey Alouatta guariba in fragmented Atlantic Forest and implications in a r5
Amount and spatial distribution of habitats influence occupancy and dispersal of frogs at multiple scales in agricultural landscape5
Rock supplementation as an ecological restoration strategy for temperate grassland reptiles5
Distribution, nature and threats to soils of the Australian Alps: A review5
Is the presence of a threatened arboreal mammal in residential areas related to remnant habitats?5
Structure and function of soil microbial communities in fertile islands in austral drylands5
Quantity versus quality: A balance between egg and clutch size among Australian amphibians in relation to other life‐history variables5
Soil mesofauna drives litter decomposition under combined nitrogen and phosphorus additions in a Brazilian woodland savanna5
Plant–animal interactions of understory species in an area of tropical rainforest, north‐eastern Brazil5
What determines the distribution of a threatened species, the brush‐tailed phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in a highly modified region?5
Phenotypic plasticity of clonal populations of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) in Southern Hemisphere lakes (Chile) and the potential role of the zooplankton d5
The effect of environmental temperature on bee activity at strawberry farms5
Exotic and native species used by traditional populations of the Patagonian steppe: An approach based on redundancy and versatility5
Curtailment as a successful method for reducing bat mortality at a southern Australian wind farm5
Decline in lizard species diversity, abundance and ectoparasite load across an elevational gradient in the Australian alps4
The impact of fire severity from the 2019 to 2020 mega‐fires on roosting ecology of a rainforest‐dependent bat (Phoniscus papuensis)4
Spatial proximity and asynchronous refuge sharing networks both explain patterns of tick genetic relatedness among lizards, but in different years4
New approaches to predict leaf area in woody tree species from the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil4
Cerrado native vegetation is a refuge for birds under the current climate change trajectory4
The hard lives of trees in African savanna—Even without elephants4
The half century impact of fire on invertebrates in fire‐sensitive vegetation4
Intra‐annual variation in activity budgets of a wild Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) population in Southern Brazil4
Collaborating with qualitative researchers to co‐design social‐ecological studies4
Redefining life expectancy and maximum lifespan for wildlife management4
Growth and competition between a native leguminous forb and an alien grass from the Cerrado under elevated CO24
Long‐term mammal and nocturnal bird trends are influenced by vegetation type, weather and climate in temperate woodlands4
Vegetation phenology in the Argentinean Wet Chaco: Assessing seasonality and precipitation dependence through NDVI MODIS time series (2000–2018)4
Camera trap detection of mycophagy among co‐occurring vertebrates4
Genetic sampling and an activity index indicate contrasting outcomes of lethal control for an invasive predator4
Habitats determining local frog assemblages within aquatic macrophyte meadows in Amazonia, through species traits filtering4
Living in the shadows: Diversity of amphibians, reptiles and birds in shade‐grown yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) plantations4
Inferences with spatial autocorrelation4
Tadpole fingerprinting: Using tail venation patterns to photo‐identify tadpole individuals of a threatened frog4
Frequent planned fire can prevent succession to woody plant dominance in montane temperate grasslands4
Proposing a new hypothesis: Rickettsia spp. as a mechanism maintaining parapatry between two Australian reptile tick species4
Increased herbivory but not cyanogenesis is associated with urbanization in a tropical wildflower4
Dietary variation of an endangered mycophagous mammal in novel and remnant habitats in a peri‐urban landscape4
Survival and growth of cactus species after a wildfire in central Argentina: Differences among species and the effects of microenvironment characteristics4
Bioclimatic changes in ecoregions of southern South America: Trends and projections based on Holdridge life zones4
Turnover, richness difference and nestedness of rodent assemblages along the southern Andes elevation gradient4
Fire severity has lasting effects on the distribution of arboreal mammals in a resprouting forest4
Quantifying the direct fire threat to a critically endangered arboreal marsupial using biophysical, mechanistic modelling4
Plant functional traits explain species abundance patterns and strategies shifts among saplings and adult trees in Araucaria forests4
Vertebrate scavengers alter the chronology of carcass decay4
Drought limits large trees in African savannas with or without elephants4
Differences in nutrient mineralisation between native and invasive grazing catfish during the invasion process4
Seed dispersal by monkey spitting in Scadoxus (Amaryllidaceae): Fruit selection, dispersal distances and effects on seed germination4
Agricultural modification to vegetation drives presence and abundance of a threatened fossorial legless lizard4
The effects of natural and artificial edges on phenology: A case study of Ctenitis submarginalis4
Drivers of collapse of fire‐killed trees4
Symbiotic bacteria in the relationship between Anaphes nitens (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)3
Variation in fouling assemblages associated with prop roots of Rhizophora mangle L. in the Caribbean: The role of neutral and niche processes3
Phenological asynchrony between sexes of Restionaceae can explain culm δ13C differences3
Effects of topsoil transposition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macrofauna of highly degraded soil3
Delayed greening during leaf expansion under ambient and elevated CO2 in tropical tree seedlings3
An ephemerality paradox: Evidence of virtual semelparity in ephemeral pool‐breeding anurans3
Speedy blooming in Cerrado after fire is not uncommon: New records of Cyperaceae species flowering 24 h after burning3
Identification of the southernmost aggregation of scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in Australia3
Trophic niche of an invasive generalist consumer: Australian redclaw crayfish,Cherax quadricarinatus, in the Inkomati River Basin, South Africa3
An ecological risk assessment for the impacts of offshore wind farms on birds in Australia3
Commensalistic epiphyte–phorophyte networks in woody vegetation of tropical inselbergs: Patterns of organization and structure3
Old‐growth structural attributes associated with the last giant subtropical conifers in South America3
Stand boundary effects on obligate seeding Eucalyptus delegatensis regeneration and fuel dynamics following high and low severity fire: Implications for species resilience to recurrent fire3
Observations of oviposition behaviour in the long‐tailed waspMegalyra fasciipennisWestwood, 1832 (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae)3
Not all dung beetles feed on dung: Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) attracted to different carrion types in contrasting habitats at Brazilian Amazon3
Using baited remote underwater videos to survey freshwater turtles3
Dynamics of methane and carbon dioxide emissions in the reclaimed islands of Sundarban mangrove ecosystem, India3
Multiple analyses redirect management and restoration priorities for a critically endangered ecological community3
Influence of banana plantations on bat assemblages (Chiroptera)3
Dung beetle β‐diversity across Brazilian tropical dry forests does not support the Pleistocene Arc hypothesis3
Camera traps reveal the predation of artificial nests by free‐ranging Azara’s agoutis, Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823, in central Brazil3
Similar topologies of individual‐based plant‐herbivorous networks in forest interior and anthropogenic edges3
Seasonal biology of the wheat sheath miner Cerodontha australis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in perennial ryegrass in Waikato, New Zealand3
Bud structure and development in trees of a neotropical savanna differing by leaf persistence3
Trophic structure of frog assemblages in coastal habitats in southern Brazil3
Plant richness drives ant diversity in Eucalyptus‐dominated landscape on Brazilian savanna3
Ecological and life‐history traits may say little about birds’ vulnerability to high‐amplitude climatic fluctuations3
Effectiveness of fish assemblage as seed dispersers in Amazon oligotrophic flooded forests3
Knowledge exchange to improve research and management of the impacts of artificial light at night3
Social media conservation messaging mirrors age‐old taxonomic biases in public domain3
Potential and pitfalls of citizen science with children: Reflections on Pollinators in the Playground project3
Nest survival of the threatened Campo Miner Geositta poeciloptera: a tropical cavity‐nesting grassland bird3
No evidence for the simultaneous induction of structural and chemical defences in spiny southern African savanna trees3
Diet of small mammals in semi‐deciduous forest fragments in Central Brazil3
Are wildfires affecting seed germination in cactus? An experimental assessment3
Distributional modelling, megafires and data gaps highlight probable underestimation of climate change risk for two lizards from Australia’s montane rainforests3
Time since fire influences macropod occurrence in a fire‐prone coastal ecosystem3
Breeding phenology of a terrestrial‐breeding frog is associated with soil water potential: Implications for conservation in a changing climate3
Resource partitioning as a mechanism for trophic segregation in sympatric otariids from the productive upwelling Peruvian Humboldt Current System3
First record of Aphis lugentis in Australia, tended by native ants on Senecio odoratus3
How much carbon is stored in the terrestrial ecosystems of the Chilean Patagonia?3
Too cold is better than too hot: Preferred temperatures and basking behaviour in a tropical freshwater turtle3
The largest trees in Australia3
Trophic ecology of two amphibian species in patches and core forest of Atlantic Forest: A dietary and isotopic approach3
Contrasting edge effect on lianas and trees in a cerrado savanna remnant3
Length–mass relationships of Australian aquatic invertebrates3
Design flaws and poor language: Two key reasons why manuscripts get rejected from Austral Ecology across all countries between 2017 and 20203
Reducing tree density affects interactions between trees and atmospheric Tillandsia species (Bromeliaceae)3
Cooling streams with riparian trees: Thermal regime depends on total solar radiation penetrating the canopy3
Sexual and reproductive systems of woody species in vereda are distributed according to the life form and habitat occurrence3
First records of myxomycetes from Bathurst Island (one of the Tiwi Islands) in the Northern Territory, Australia3
Variation in thermal and hydrotime requirements for seed germination of Chaco seasonally dry forest species in relation to population environmental conditions and seed mass3
Microsite abiotic conditions and juvenile response under three early successional shrub/tree species in a SEMI‐ARID region3
Bromeliad habitat regulates the richness of associated terrestrial and aquatic fauna3
Responses of floodplain birds to high‐amplitude precipitation fluctuations over two decades3
The effect of heat and smoke on the soil seed banks of heathlands on permanent freshwater swamps3
The risks and rewards of using artificial habitat structures for wildlife conservation3
Rapid gain and loss of predator recognition by an evolutionarily naïve lizard3
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