Professor Mike Letnic

Professor Mike Letnic

Professor
Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

I am an applied ecologist and conservation biologist. My primary research goal is to tackle the grand challenge of biodiversity conservation in a world with an ever-expanding human footprint by improving understanding of environmental processes at temporal and spatial scales relevant to the conservation, management and restoration of ecosystems. My research aims to bridge the gap between theoretical research and managment and translate research findings into improved on-ground outcomes for the conservation of fauna, flora and landscapes. My research program involves close collaboration with private and goverment conservation organizations and the collection of primary data from field sites located throughout Australia.

 

Previous roles and qualifications

Professor, University of New South Wales, 2019-present

Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, 2015-2018

Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of New South Wales, 2012-2015

Lecturer, University of Western Sydney, 2010-2011

Australian Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Sydney, 2006-2010 

Project Officer (Herbivore pests), NSW Department of Environment, 2005-2006

Wildlife Management Officer (Crocodiles), Parks and Wildlife Service of the Northern Territory, 2003-2005

PhD University of Sydney, 2004 

Miklouh-Macleay Fellow, Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, 2000-2001 

Freelance journalist and wildlife consultant, 1997-2000

Research Assistant, University of Sydney, 1995-1997

BSc (Hons) University of New South Wales, 1995

 

Prizes

Eureka Prize for Environmental Research 2013

Jabez King Heydon Memorial Prize 2003 for the most meritorious thesis awarded by the School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney

 

Editorial Roles

Restoration Ecology

 

Advisory Roles 

Wild Deserts

 

Past PhD students

Dr Baptiste Wijas

Dr Charlotte Mills

Dr Alexandra Ross

Dr Lisa Steindler

Dr Daniel Hunter

Dr James Rees

Dr Viyanna Leo

Dr Christopher Gordon

Dr Benjamin Feit

Dr Nicholas Colman

Dr Louise Pastro

 

Phone
02 9385 2079
Location
Room 110 Samuels Building (F25) UNSW, Kensington 2052
  • Book Chapters | 2022
    Smith B; Waudby H; Dickman C; Soennichsoen K; Mills C; Howe A; Woolley LA; Griffiths S; Cox T; Clayton J; Penton C; Morrant D; Letnic M; Cullen D; Stobo-Wilson A; Taggart D; Gleeson D; Cripps J; Gill M; MacDonald A, 2022, 'Observing wildlife and its signs', in Smith B; Waudby H; Alberthsen C; Hampton J (ed.), Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods, CSIRO, Melbourne, pp. 45 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486313457
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Glen A; Dickman C; Letnic MI, 2014, 'Carnivore communities: challenges and opportunities for conservation.', in Glen A; Dickman C (ed.), Carnivores of Australia : Past, Present and Future, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 405 - 415, http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6708.htm
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Johnson CN; Letnic M, 2014, 'Introducing a new top predator, the dingo', in Prins H; Gordon IR (ed.), Invasion Biology and Ecosystem Theory - Insights from a Continent in Transition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 414 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565424.022
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Letnic M; Fillios M; Crowther M, 2013, 'The arrival and impact of the dingo', in Glen AS; Dickman AR (ed.), Carnivores of Australia, edn. Original, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Letnic MI; Ritchie E; Letnic M; Dickman CR; Vanak A, 2013, 'Dogs as predators and trophic regulators', in Gompper M (ed.), Free-Ranging Dogs and Wildlife Conservation, Oxford University Press, pp. 55 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199663217.003.0002
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Letnic M, 2012, 'Us and them correspondence', in Tingle L (ed.), Quarterly Essay - Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation, edn. 46, Black Inc., Victoria, Australia, pp. 79 - 81
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Letnic MI; Dickman C, 2010, 'Reptiles, amphibians and fish: going with the flow.', in Robin L; Dickman C (ed.), Desert Channels: The impulse to conserve, CSIRO, Melbourne, pp. 192 - 209
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Letnic MI, 2010, 'The pituri country stories', in Robin L; Dickman C (ed.), Desert Channels: The impulse to conserve, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Dickman CR; Glen AS; Letnic M, 2009, 'Reintroducing the Dingo: Can Australia's Conservation Wastelands be Restored?', in Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators, pp. 238 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444312034.ch11
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Nichols T; Letnic MI, 2008, 'Problem crocodiles: Reducing the risk of attacks by Crocodylus porosus in Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia', in Mitchell JC; Jung Brown RE; Bartholomew B (ed.), Urban Herpetology. Herpetological Conservation 3, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Salt lake City, pp. 509 - 517
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Letnic MI, 2007, 'The pastoral industry: history and impact on arid zone fauna.', in Lunney D; Dickman C; Burgin S (ed.), Animals of arid Australia: out on their own?, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney, pp. 65 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/FS.2007.041
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Cairns K; Crowther M; Parker H; Ostrander E; Letnic M, 2023, 'Genome-wide variant analyses reveal new patterns of admixture and population structure in Australian dingoes', Molecular Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16998
    Journal articles | 2023
    Letnic M; Donfrancescoo ; Allen ; Appleby ; Behrendorff ; Conroy ; Crowther ; Dickman ; Doherty ; Fancourt ; Gordon ; Jackson ; Johnson ; Kennedy ; Koungoulos ; Leung ; Mitchell ; Nesbitt ; Newsome ; Pacioni ; Phillip ; Purcell ; Ritchie ; Smith ; Stephens ; Tatler ; van Eden ; Cairns K, 2023, 'Understanding conflict among experts working oncontroversial species: A case study on the Australian dingo', Conservation Science and Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12900
    Journal articles | 2023
    Letnic M; Roberts B; Hodgson M; Ross A; Cuartas S; Lapwong Y; Price O; Sentinella N; Webb J, 2023, 'Fire severity influences the post-fire habitat structure and abundance of a cool climate lizard', Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13410
    Journal articles | 2023
    McLean D; Goldingay R; Letnic M, 2023, 'Diet of the Dingo in Subtropical Australian Forests: Are Small, Threatened Macropods at Risk?', Animals, 13, pp. 2257 - 2257, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13142257
    Journal articles | 2023
    Moseby K; Van der Weyde L; Letnic M; Blumstein DT; West R; Bannister H, 2023, 'Addressing prey naivety in native mammals by accelerating selection for antipredator traits', Ecological Applications, 33, pp. e2780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2780
    Journal articles | 2023
    Price OF; Mikac K; Wilson N; Roberts B; Critescu RH; Gallagher R; Mallee J; Donatiou P; Webb J; Keith DA; Letnic M; Mackenzie BDE, 2023, 'Short-term impacts of the 2019–20 fire season on biodiversity in eastern Australia', Austral Ecology, 48, pp. 3 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13247
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sheldon E; Feit B; Feit A; Letnic M, 2023, 'Negative frequency dependent prey selection by two canid predators and its implications for conservation of a threatened rodent in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02570-6
    Journal articles | 2023
    Webb JK; Jolly CJ; Hinds M; Adams C; Cuartas-Villa S; Lapwong Y; Letnic M, 2023, 'Effects of the Australian 2019–2020 megafires on a population of endangered broad-headed snakes Hoplocephalus bungaroides', Austral Ecology, 48, pp. 24 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.13118
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wijas BJ; Cornwell WK; Letnic M, 2023, 'Herbivores disrupt the flow of food resources to termites in dryland ecosystems', Ecology, 104, pp. e4035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4035
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wijas BJ; Finlayson G; Letnic M, 2023, 'Herbivores’ Impacts Cascade Through the Brown Food Web in a Dryland', Ecosystems, 26, pp. 969 - 982, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00810-4
    Journal articles | 2023
    Xu T; Xu M; Zhang M; Letnic M; Wang J; Wang L, 2023, 'Spatial effects of nitrogen deposition on soil organic carbon stocks in patchy degraded saline-alkaline grassland', Geoderma, 432, pp. 116408 - 116408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116408
    Journal articles | 2022
    Alves JM; Carneiro M; Day JP; Welch JJ; Duckworth JA; Cox TE; Letnic M; Strive T; Ferrand N; Jiggins FM, 2022, 'A single introduction of wild rabbits triggered the biological invasion of Australia', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, pp. e2122734119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122734119
    Journal articles | 2022
    Brun M; Oliver AS; Alves J; Nankivell A; Letnic M, 2022, 'Irrupting prey populations in the absence of a mammalian apex predator drive shifts in prey selection by eagles', Science of Nature, 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-022-01804-x
    Journal articles | 2022
    Letnic M; Hunter DO, 2022, 'Dingoes have greater suppressive effect on fox populations than poisoning campaigns', Australian Mammalogy, 44, pp. 387 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM21036
    Journal articles | 2022
    McHugh D; Goldingay RL; Letnic M, 2022, 'Occupancy and co-occurrence patterns of endemic mammals and introduced predators across a broad geographical gradient in eastern Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 31, pp. 989 - 1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02374-0
    Journal articles | 2022
    van der Weyde LK; Blumstein DT; Letnic M; Tuft K; Ryan-Schofield N; Moseby KE, 2022, 'Can native predators be used as a stepping stone to reduce prey naivety to novel predators?', BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac097
    Journal articles | 2021
    Bannister HL; Letnic M; Blumstein DT; Moseby KE, 2021, 'Individual traits influence survival of a reintroduced marsupial only at low predator densities', Animal Conservation, 24, pp. 904 - 913, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12690
    Journal articles | 2021
    Braden J; Mills C; Cornwell W; Waudby H; Letnic M, 2021, 'Impacts of grazing by kangaroos and rabbits on vegetation and soils in a semi-arid conservation reserve', Journal of Arid Environments, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104526
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cairns K; Newman K; Crowther M; Letnic M, 2021, 'Pelage variation in dingoes across southeastern Australia: implications for conservation and management', Journal of Zoology
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cairns KM; Crowther MS; Nesbitt B; Letnic M, 2021, 'The myth of wild dogs in Australia: Are there any out there?', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM20055
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chu N; Cornwell W; Letnic M, 2021, 'Mistletoes Facilitate a Desert Herbivore by Improving the Quality of Shade', Ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00590-9
    Journal articles | 2021
    Crowther MS; Cairns KM; van Eeden LM; Letnic M, 2021, 'Introgression does not influence the positive ecological and functional role of dingo populations', Australian Zoologist, 41, pp. 338 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.016
    Journal articles | 2021
    Edwards C; Cornwell W; Letnic M, 2021, 'Frequent consumption of sap suggests that omnivory is widespread among Australian geckos', Science of Nature, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-021-01720-6
    Journal articles | 2021
    Fisher A; Mills C; Lyons M; Cornwell W; Letnic M, 2021, 'Remote sensing of trophic cascades: multi-temporal landsat imagery reveals vegetation change driven by the removal of an apex predator', Landscape Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01206-w
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lee JS; Letnic M; Mills CH, 2021, 'Diet and occurrences of the letter-winged kite in a predation refuge', Science of Nature, 108, pp. 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-021-01772-8
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mills CH; Wijas B; Gordon CE; Lyons M; Feit A; Wilkinson A; Letnic M, 2021, 'Two alternate states: shrub, bird and mammal assemblages differ on either side of the Dingo Barrier Fence', Australian Zoologist, 41, pp. 534 - 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.005
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ross A; Lawes J; Letnic M, 2021, 'The impact of headstarting on the survival and naiveté of an endangered terrestrial mammal after return to the wild', Animal Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12745
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ross AK; Lawes JC; Elphinstone A; Stutsel S; Letnic M, 2021, 'Headstarting as a cost-effective conservation strategy for an endangered mammal', Current Biology, 31, pp. R465 - R466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.017
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ross AK; Lawes JC; Lowry JA; Letnic M, 2021, 'DIY radio-collar attachment for small macropods', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM20068
    Journal articles | 2021
    Steindler L; Letnic M, 2021, 'Not so naïve: endangered mammal responds to olfactory cues of an introduced predator after less than 150 years of coexistence', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02952-8
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wijas B; Letnic M, 2021, 'Top-down effects have primacy over bottom-up effects on the population dynamics of a flightless desert bird', Journal of Arid Environments, 195, pp. 104611 - 104611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104611
    Journal articles | 2020
    Feit B; Dempster T; Jessop T; Webb J; Letnic M, 2020, 'A trophic cascade initiated by an invasive vertebrate alters the structure of native reptile communities', Global Change Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15032
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jessop TS; Ariefiandy A; Forsyth DM; Purwandana D; White CR; Benu YJ; Madsen T; Harlow HJ; Letnic M, 2020, 'Deadly but not Dangerous: How Ecologically Effective are Komodo Dragons as an Apex Predator?', The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1671
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jessop TS; Ariefiandy A; Forsyth DM; Purwandana D; White CR; Benu YJ; Madsen T; Harlow HJ; Letnic M, 2020, 'Komodo dragons are not ecological analogs of apex mammalian predators', Ecology, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2970
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kingsford R; West R; Pedler R; Keith D; Moseby K; read J; Letnic M; Leggett K; Ryall S, 2020, 'Strategic Adaptive Management planning - restoring a desert ecosystem by managing introduced species and native herbivores and reintroducing mammals', Conservation Science and Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.268
    Journal articles | 2020
    Letnic M; Crowther MS, 2020, 'Pesticide use is linked to increased body size in a large mammalian carnivore', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131, pp. 220 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa084
    Journal articles | 2020
    McHugh D; Goldingay RL; Parkyn J; Goodwin A; Letnic M, 2020, 'Short-term response of threatened small macropods and their predators to prescribed burns in subtropical Australia', Ecological Management and Restoration, 21, pp. 97 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12407
    Journal articles | 2020
    Mills CH; Waudby H; Finlayson G; Parker D; Cameron M; Letnic M, 2020, 'Grazing by over-abundant native herbivores jeopardizes conservation goals in semi-arid reserves', Global Ecology and Conservation, 24, pp. e01384 - e01384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01384
    Journal articles | 2020
    Rees J; Crowther M; Kingsford R; Letnic M, 2020, 'Direct and indirect effects of carrion subsidies in an arid rangeland: Carrion has positive effects on facultative scavengers and negative effects on a small songbird', Journal of Arid Environments, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104174
    Journal articles | 2020
    Steindler LA; Blumstein DT; West R; Moseby KE; Letnic M, 2020, 'Exposure to a novel predator induces visual predator recognition by naïve prey', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02884-3
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ariefiandy A; Purwandana D; Benu J; Letnic M; Jessop T, 2019, 'Knee deep in trouble: Rusa deer use an aquatic escape behaviour to delay Komodo dragon attac', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM18052
    Journal articles | 2019
    Blumstein DT; Letnic M; Moseby K, 2019, 'In situ predator conditioning of naive prey prior to reintroduction', Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0058
    Journal articles | 2019
    Brink H; Purcell B; Letnic M; Webster H; Appleby R; Jordan N, 2019, 'Pets and pests: a review of the contrasting economics and fortunes of dingoes and domestic dogs in Australia, and a proposed new funding scheme for non-lethal dingo management', Wildlife Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR19030
    Journal articles | 2019
    Cairns K; Nesbitt B; Laffan S; Letnic M; Crowther M, 2019, 'Geographic hot spots of dingo genetic ancestry in southeastern Australia despite hybridisation with domestic dogs', Conservation Genetics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01230-z
    Journal articles | 2019
    Contos P; Letnic M, 2019, 'Diet of the crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) in the Strzelecki Desert', Australian Mammalogy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM19003
    Journal articles | 2019
    Contos P; Letnic M, 2019, 'Top-down effects of a large mammalian carnivore in arid Australia extend to epigeic arthropod assemblages', Journal of Arid Environments, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.03.002
    Journal articles | 2019
    Feit B; Feit A; Letnic M, 2019, 'Apex predators decouple population dynamics between mesopredators and their prey', Ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00360-2
    Journal articles | 2019
    Gordon C; Letnic M, 2019, 'Evidence that the functional extinction of small mammals facilitates shrub encroachment following wildfire in arid Australia', Journal of Arid Environments, 164, pp. 60 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.01.015
    Journal articles | 2019
    Jessop T; Ariefandy A; Purwandana D; Benu YJ; Hyatt M; Letnic M, 2019, 'Little to fear: largest lizard predator induces weak defense responses in ungulate prey', Behavioral Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary200
    Journal articles | 2019
    McHugh D; Goldingay R; Link J; Letnic M, 2019, 'Habitat and introduced predators influence the occupancy of small threatened macropods in subtropical Australia', Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5203
    Journal articles | 2019
    Rees J; Rees G; Kingsford R; Letnic M, 2019, 'Indirect commensalism between an introduced apex predator and a native avian predator', Biodiversity and Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01787-8
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ringma J; Legge S; Woinarski JCZ; Radford JQ; Wintle B; Bentley J; Burbidge A; Copley P; Dexter N; Dickman C; Gillespie GR; Hill B; Johnson CN; Kanowski J; Letnic M; Manning A; Menkhorst P; Mitchell N; Morris K; Moseby K; Page M; Palmer R; Bode M, 2019, 'Systematic planning can rapidly close the protection gap in Australian mammal havens', Conservation Letters, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12611
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ross A; Letnic M; Blumstein D; Moseby K, 2019, 'Reversing the effects of evolutionary prey naiveté through controlled predator exposure', Journal of Applied Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13406
    Journal articles | 2019
    Smith B; Cairns K; Adams J; Newsome T; Fillios M; Deaux E; Parr W; Letnic M; van Eden L; Appelby R; Bradshaw C; Savolainen P; Ritchie E; Nimmo D; Archer-Lean C; Greenville A; Dickman C; Watson L; Moseby K; Doherty T; Wallach A; Morrant D; Crowther M, 2019, 'Taxonomic status of the Australian dingo: the case for Canis dingo meyer, 1793', Zootaxa, 4564, pp. 173 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.6
    Journal articles | 2019
    Sweeney O; Turnbull J; Jones M; Letnic M; Newsome T; Sharp A, 2019, 'An Australian perspective on rewilding', Conservation Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13280
    Journal articles | 2018
    Doherty T; Davis N; Dickman CR; Forsyth D; Letnic M; Nimmo D; Palmer R; Ritchie E; Benshemesh J; Edwards G; Lawrence J; Lumsden L; Pascoe C; Sharp A; Stokeld D; Myers C; Story G; Story P; Triggs B; Venosta M; Wysong M; Newsome T, 2018, 'Continental patterns in the diet of a top predator: Australia's dingo', Mammal Review, 49, pp. 31 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12139
    Journal articles | 2018
    Doody S; Mchenry C; Letnic M; Everitt C; Sawyer G; Clulow S, 2018, 'Forecasting spatiotemporal pattern of cane toad invasion into northwestern Australia', Wildlife Research, 45, pp. 718 - 725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR18091
    Journal articles | 2018
    Feit B; Gordon C; Webb J; Jessop T; Laffan S; Dempster T; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Invasive cane toads might initiate cascades of direct and indirect effects in a terrestrial ecosystem', Biological Invasions, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1665-8
    Journal articles | 2018
    Forsyth DM; Latham D; Davis N; Caley P; Letnic MI; Moloney P; Woodford L; Woolnough A, 2018, 'Interactions between dingoes and introduced wild ungulates: concepts, evidence and knowledge gaps', Australian Mammalogy, 41, pp. 12 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM17042
    Journal articles | 2018
    Harris R; Beaumont L; Vance T; Tozer C; Remenyi T; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Mitchell P; Nicotra A; McGregor S; Andrew N; Letnic MI; Kearney M; Wernberg T; Hutley L; Chambers L; Fletcher M; Keatley M; Woodward C; Williamson G; Duke N; Bowman D, 2018, 'Biological responses to the press and pulse of climate trends and extreme events', Nature Climate Change, 8, pp. 579 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0187-9
    Journal articles | 2018
    Harris RMB; Beaumont LJ; Vance TR; Tozer CR; Remenyi TA; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Mitchell PJ; Nicotra AB; McGregor S; Andrew NR; Letnic M; Kearney MR; Wernberg T; Hutley LB; Chambers LE; Fletcher MS; Keatley MR; Woodward CA; Williamson G; Duke NC; Bowman DMJS, 2018, 'Erratum to: Biological responses to the press and pulse of climate trends and extreme events (Nature Climate Change, (2018), 8, 7, (579-587), 10.1038/s41558-018-0187-9)', Nature Climate Change, 8, pp. 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0237-3
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hunter D; Malgorzata Lagisz ; Leo V; Nakagawa S; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Not all predators are equal: a continent-scale analysis of the effects of predator control on Australian mammals', Mammal Review, 48, pp. 108 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12115
    Journal articles | 2018
    Jessop T; Webb J; Dempster T; Feit B; Letnic M, 2018, 'Interactions between cortcosterone phenotype, environmental stressor pervasiveness and irruptive movement related survival', Journal of Experimental Biology, 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.187930
    Journal articles | 2018
    Legge S; Woinarski J; Burbidge A; Palmer R; Ringma J; Radford J; Mitchell N; Bode M; Wintle B; Baseler M; Bentley J; Copley P; Dexter N; Dickman C; Gillespie G; Hill B; Johnson C; Latch P; Letnic M; Manning A; McCreless E; Menkhorst P; Morris K; Moseby K; Page M; Pannell D; Tuft K, 2018, 'Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators', Wildlife Research, 45, pp. 627 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR17172
    Journal articles | 2018
    Leggett K; Welaratne T; Letnic M; McLeod S; Dawson T, 2018, 'Rediscovery of the plains mouse (Pseudomys australis) (Rodentia:Muridae) in New South Wales', Australian Mammalogy, 40, pp. 127 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM16046
    Journal articles | 2018
    Leo V; Reading R; Gordon C; Letnic M, 2018, 'Apex predator suppression is linked to restructuring of ecosystems via multiple ecological pathways', Oikos, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.05546
    Journal articles | 2018
    Letnic MI; Crowther M; Tulloch A; Dickman C; Greenvile A, 2018, 'Interactions between wildfire and drought drive population responses of mammals in coastal woodlands', Journal of Mammalogy, 99, pp. 416 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy003
    Journal articles | 2018
    Lyons M; Gordon C; Mills C; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Linking trophic cascades to changes in desert dune geomorphology using high-resolution drone data', Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0327
    Journal articles | 2018
    Mills C; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Reversing functional extinction of mammals prompts a rethink of paradigms about seed fate in arid Australia', Royal Society Open Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171977
    Journal articles | 2018
    Moseby K; Blumstein D; Letnic M; West R, 2018, 'Choice or opportunity: are post-release social groupings influenced by familiarity or reintroduction protocols?', Oryx, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318000054
    Journal articles | 2018
    Moseby K; Letnic M; Blumstein D; West R, 2018, 'Understanding predator densities for successful co-existence of alien predators and threatened prey', Austral Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12697
    Journal articles | 2018
    Moseby KE; Crowther M; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Ecological Role of an Apex Predator Revealed by a Reintroduction Experiment and Bayesian Statistics', Ecosystems, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0269-6
    Journal articles | 2018
    Moseby KE; Letnic M; Blumstein DT; West R, 2018, 'Designer prey: Can controlled predation accelerate selection for anti-predator traits in naïve populations?', Biological Conservation, 217, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.022
    Journal articles | 2018
    Moseby KE; Letnic M; Blumstein DT; West R, 2018, 'Designer prey: Can controlled predation accelerate selection for anti-predator traits in naïve populations?', Biological Conservation, 217, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.022
    Journal articles | 2018
    Pedler R; West R; Read J; Moseby K; Letnic MI; Keith D; Leggett K; Ryall S; Kingsford R, 2018, 'Conservation challenges and benefits of multispecies reintroductions to a national park – a case study from New South Wales, Australia', Pacific Conservation Biology, 24, pp. 397 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC17058
    Journal articles | 2018
    Radford J; Woinarski J; Legge S; Baseler M; Bentley J; Burbidge A; Bode M; Copley P; Dexter N; Dickman C; Gillespie G; Hill B; Johnson C; Kanowski J; Latch P; Letnic M; Manning A; Menkhorst P; Mitchell N; Morris K; Moseby K; Page M; Ringma J, 2018, '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).', Wildlife Research, 45, pp. 645 - 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR18008
    Journal articles | 2018
    Rees J; Kingsford R; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Changes in desert avifauna associated with the functional extinction of a terrestrial top predator', Ecography, 42, pp. 67 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03661
    Journal articles | 2018
    Saxon-Mills E; Moseby K; Blumstein D; Letnic M, 2018, 'Prey naïveté and the anti-predator responses of a vulnerable marsupial prey to known and novel predators', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2568-5
    Journal articles | 2018
    Steindler L; Blumstein D; West R; Moseby K; Letnic MI, 2018, 'Discrimination of introduced predators by ontogenetically naïve prey scales with duration of shared evolutionary history', Animal Behaviour, 137, pp. 133 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.013
    Journal articles | 2018
    West R; Blumstein D; Letnic M; Moseby K, 2018, 'Searching for an effective pre-release screening tool for translocations: can trap temperament predict behaviour and survival in the wild?', Biodiversity and Conservation, 28, pp. 229 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-018-1649-0
    Journal articles | 2017
    Gordon C; Moore B; Letnic MI, 2017, 'Temporal and spatial trends in the abundances of an apex predator, introduced mesopredator and ground-nesting bird are consistent with the mesopredator release hypothesis', Biodiversity and Conservation, 26, pp. 1445 - 1462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1309-9
    Journal articles | 2017
    Letnic MI; Feit A; Forsyth D, 2017, 'Strength of a trophic cascade between an apex predator, mammalian herbivore and grasses in a desert ecosystem does not vary with temporal fluctuations in primary productivity', Ecosystems, 21, pp. 153 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0141-0
    Journal articles | 2017
    Letnic MI; Ripple WJ, 2017, 'Large scale responses of herbivore prey to canid predators and primary productivity'', Global Ecology and Biogeography: a journal of macroecology, 26, pp. 860 - 866, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12593
    Journal articles | 2017
    Mills CH; Gordon CE; Letnic MI, 2017, 'Rewilded mammal assemblages reveal the missing ecological functions of granivores', Functional Ecology, 32, pp. 475 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12950
    Journal articles | 2017
    Morris T; Letnic MI, 2017, 'Removal of an apex predator initiates a trophic cascade that extends from herbivores to vegetation and the soil nutrient pool', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0111
    Journal articles | 2017
    Newsome T; Greenville A; Dickman CR; Cirovic D; Johnson CN; Krofel M; Letnic M; Ripple WJ; Ritchie EG; Stoyanov S; Wirsing A, 2017, 'Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions', Nature Communications, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15469
    Journal articles | 2017
    Newsome TM; Greenville AC; Letnic M; Ritchie EG; Dickman CR, 2017, 'Reprint of: The case for a dingo reintroduction in Australia remains strong: A reply to Morgan et al., 2016', Food Webs, 13, pp. 40 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2017.10.004
    Journal articles | 2017
    Newsome TM; Greenville AC; Letnic M; Ritchie EG; Dickman CR, 2017, 'The case for a dingo reintroduction in Australia remains strong: A reply to Morgan et al., 2016', Food Webs, 10, pp. 39 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2017.02.001
    Journal articles | 2017
    Rees J; Kingsford RT; Letnic MI, 2017, 'In the absence of an apex predator, irruptive herbivores suppress grass seed production: Implications for small granivores', Biological Conservation, 213, pp. 13 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.037
    Journal articles | 2017
    Ripple WJ; Chapron G; López-Bao JV; Durant SM; MacDonald DW; Lindsey PA; Bennett EL; Beschta RL; Bruskotter JT; Campos-Arceiz A; Corlett RT; Darimont CT; Dickman AJ; Dirzo R; Dublin HT; Estes JA; Everatt KT; Galetti M; Goswami VR; Hayward MW; Hedges S; Hoffmann M; Hunter LTB; Kerley GIH; Letnic M; Levi T; Maisels F; Morrison JC; Nelson MP; Newsome TM; Painter L; Pringle RM; Sandom CJ; Terborgh J; Treves A; Van Valkenburgh B; Vucetich JA; Wirsing AJ; Wallach AD; Wolf C; Woodroffe R; Young H; Zhang L, 2017, 'Conserving the world's megafauna and biodiversity: The fierce urgency of now', BioScience, 67, pp. 197 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw168
    Journal articles | 2017
    Ripple WJ; Chapron G; Vicente Lopez-Bao J; Durant SM; MacDonald DW; Lindsey PA; Bennett EL; Beschta RL; Bruskotter JT; Campos-Arceiz A; Corlett RT; Darimont CT; Dickman AJ; Dirzo R; Dublin HT; Estes JA; Everatt KT; Galetti M; Goswami VR; Hayward MW; Hedges S; Hoffmann M; Hunter LTB; Kerley GIH; Letnic M; Levi T; Maisels F; Morrison JC; Nelson MP; Newsome TM; Painter L; Pringle RM; Sandom CJ; Terborgh J; Treves A; Van Valkenburgh B; Vucetich JA; Wirsing AJ; Wallach AD; Wolf C; Woodroffe R; Young H; Zhang L, 2017, 'Conserving the World's Megafauna and Biodiversity: The Fierce Urgency of Now', BIOSCIENCE, 67, pp. 197 - 200, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000397164000003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 2017
    West R; Letnic MI; Blumstein D; Moseby K, 2017, 'Predator exposure improves anti-predator responses in a threatened mammal', Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, pp. 147 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12947
    Journal articles | 2016
    Atkins R; Blumstein DT; Moseby K; West R; Letnic MI, 2016, 'Deep evolutionary experience explains mammalian responses to predators', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, pp. 1755 - 1763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2181-4
    Journal articles | 2016
    Gordon C; Eldridge D; Ripple W; Crowther M; Moore B; Letnic MI, 2016, 'Shrub encroachment is linked to extirpation of an apex predator.', Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, pp. 147 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12607
    Journal articles | 2016
    Hunter DO; Britz T; Jones M; Letnic M, 2016, 'Reintroduction of Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia can restore top-down control in ecosystems where dingoes have been extirpated: A response to Baker et al. 2016 and Fancourt & Mooney 2016', Biological Conservation, 196, pp. 20 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.01.021
    Journal articles | 2016
    Letnic MI; Feit A; Mills C; Feit B, 2016, 'The crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) in the south-eastern Strzelecki Desert', Australian Mammalogy, 38, pp. 241 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM15027
    Journal articles | 2016
    Parr W; Wilson L; Colman N; Crowther M; Wroe S; Letnic MI, 2016, 'Cranial Shape and the Modularity of Hybridization in Dingoes and Dogs; Hybridization Does Not Spell the End for Native Morphology', Evolutionary Biology, 43, pp. 171 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11692-016-9371-x
    Journal articles | 2016
    Purwandana D; Arifiandy A; Imansyah MJ; Seno A; Ciofi C; Letnic MI; Jessop T, 2016, 'Ecological Allometries and Niche Use Dynamics Across Komodo Dragon Ontogeny', Naturwissenschaften, 103, pp. 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-016-1351-6
    Journal articles | 2016
    Ripple W; Chapron G; Lopez-Bao V; Durant SM; Macdonald DW; Lindsey P; Bennet E; Beschta R; Bruskotter J; Campos-Arceiz A; Corlett D; Darimont C; Dickman A; Dirzo R; Dublin H; Estes J; Everatt K; Galetti M; Goswami V; Hayward M; Hedges S; Hoffman M; Hunter L; Kerley G; Letnic M; Levi T; Maisels F; Morrison J; Nelson M; Newsome T; Painter L; Pringle R; Sandom C; Terborgh J; Treves A; Van Valkenburgh B; Vucetich J; Wirsing A; Wallach A; Wolf C; Woodroffe R; Young H; Zhang L, 2016, 'Saving the World’s Terrestrial Megafauna', Bioscience, 66, pp. 807 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw092
    Journal articles | 2015
    Colman N; Crowther M; Letnic M, 2015, 'Macroecological patterns in mammal abundances provide evidence that an apex predator shapes forest ecosystems by suppressing herbivore and mesopredator abundance', Journal of Biogeography, 42, pp. 1975 - 1985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12563
    Journal articles | 2015
    Colman N; Crowther MS; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Macro-ecological patterns in mammal abundances provide evidence that an apex predator shapes forest ecosystems by suppressing herbivore and mesopredator abundance', Journal of Biogeography
    Journal articles | 2015
    Eldridge ; Poore A; Ruiz-Colmenero M; Letnic MI; Soliveres S, 2015, 'Ecosystem structure, function and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing', Ecological Applications, 26, pp. 1273 - 1283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15-1234
    Journal articles | 2015
    Feit B; Dempster T; Gibb H; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Invasive cane toads’ predatory impact on dung beetles is mediated by reservoir type at artificial water points', Ecosystems, 18, pp. 826 - 838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-015-9865-x
    Journal articles | 2015
    Gordon C; Feit A; Gruber J; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Mesopredator suppression by an apex predator alleviates the risk of predation perceived by small prey', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 20142870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2870
    Journal articles | 2015
    Gordon C; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Functional extinction of a desert rodent: implications for seed fate and vegetation dynamics.', Ecography: pattern and diversity in ecology, 39, pp. 815 - 824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01648
    Journal articles | 2015
    Hunter DO; Britz T; Jones M; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Reintroduction of Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia can restore top-down control in ecosystems where dingoes have been extirpated', Biological Conservation, 191, pp. 428 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.07.030
    Journal articles | 2015
    Lawes M; Lawes ; Fisher DO; Johnson CN; Blomberg S; Frank A; Fritz S; McCallum H; VanDerWal J; Abbott B; Legge S; Thomas C; Letnic MI; Thurgate N; Fisher A; Gordon I; Kutt A, 2015, 'Correlates of recent declines of rodents in northern and southern Australia: habitat structure is critical', PLoS One, 10, pp. e0130626 - e0130626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130626
    Journal articles | 2015
    Leo V; Reading R; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Interference competition: odours of an apex predator and conspecifics influence resource acquisition by red foxes', Oecologia, 179, pp. 1033 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3423-2
    Journal articles | 2015
    Letnic MI; Dempster T; Jessop TJ; Webb JK, 2015, 'Restricting access to invasion hubs enabes sustained control of an invasive vertebrate', Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, pp. 341 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12390
    Journal articles | 2015
    Letnic MI; Laffan SW; Greenville AC; Russell BG; Mitchell B; Fleming PJS, 2015, 'Artificial watering points are focal points for activity by an invasive herbivore but not native herbivores in conservation reserves in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 24, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0770-y
    Journal articles | 2015
    Morris T; Gordon C; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Divergent foraging behavior of a desert rodent, Notomys fuscus, in cover and open microhabitats revealed using GUDs and video analysis', Australian Mammalogy, 37, pp. 46 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM14030
    Journal articles | 2015
    Moseby K; Blumstein D; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Harnessing natural selection to tackle the problem of prey naïveté', Evolutionary Applications: evolutionary approaches to environmental, biomedical and socio-economic issues, 9, pp. 334 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12332
    Journal articles | 2015
    Newsome ; Ballard GA; Crowther M; Glen AS; Dellinger JA; Fleming PJS; Greenville A; Johnson CN; Letnic MI; Moseby KE; Nimmo D; Nelson MP; Read JL; Ripple WJ; Ritchie EG; Shores CR; Wallach A; Wirsing A; Dickman CR, 2015, 'Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration', Restoration Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12186
    Journal articles | 2015
    Newsome TM; Ballard GA; Crowther MS; Dellinger JA; Fleming PJS; Glen AS; Greenville AC; Johnson CN; Letnic M; Moseby KE; Nimmo DG; Nelson MP; Read JL; Ripple WJ; Ritchie EG; Shores CR; Wallach AD; Wirsing AJ; Dickman CR, 2015, 'Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration', Restoration Ecology, 23, pp. 201 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12186
    Journal articles | 2015
    Rees J; Webb JK; Crowther MS; Letnic MI, 2015, 'Ravens are a key threat to beach-nesting birds', Australian Field Ornithologist, 32, pp. 100 - 107
    Journal articles | 2014
    Colman ; Gordon ; Crowther ; Letnic MI, 2014, 'Response to Allen ‘An alternative hypothesis to the conclusion of Colman et al. (2014)’', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1845
    Journal articles | 2014
    Colman N; Gordon C; Crowther MS; Letnic MI, 2014, 'Lethal control of an apex predator has unintended cascading effects on forest mammal assemblages', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 281, pp. 20133094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3094
    Journal articles | 2014
    Crowther MS; Fillios M; Colman N; Letnic MI, 2014, 'An updated description of the Australian Dingo (Canis dingo Meyer, 1793)', Journal of Zoology, 293, pp. 192 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12134
    Journal articles | 2014
    Feit B; Letnic MI, 2014, 'Species level traits determine positive and negative population impacts of invasive cane toads on native squamates', Biodiversity and Conservation, 24, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0850-z
    Journal articles | 2014
    Fisher ; Johnson ; Lawes ; Fritz ; McCallum ; Blomberg ; VanDerWaal ; Abbott ; Franke ; Legge ; Letnic MI; Thomas ; Fisher ; Gordon ; Kutt , 2014, 'Response to commentary by Woinarski (Critical-weight-range marsupials in northern Australia are declining: a commentary on Fisher et al. (2014) ‘The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: is history repeating?’)', Global Ecology and Biogeography: a journal of macroecology, 24, pp. 123 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12252
    Journal articles | 2014
    Jessop TJ; Dempster T; Letnic MI; Webb J , 2014, 'Interplay among nocturnal activity, melatonin, corticosterone and performance in the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marinus)', General and Comparative Endocrinology, 206, pp. 43 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.07.013
    Journal articles | 2014
    Johnson CN; Crowther MS; Dickman CR; Letnic MI; Newsome TM; Nimmo DG; Ritchie EG; Wallach AD, 2014, 'Experiments in no-impact control of dingoes: comment on Allen et al. 2013', Frontiers in Zoology, 11, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-11-17
    Journal articles | 2014
    Letnic MI; Webb JK; Florance D; Jessop TJ; Dempster T , 2014, 'Artificial water points facilitate the spread of an invasive vertebrate in arid Australia', Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, pp. 795 - 803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12232
    Journal articles | 2014
    Pastro L; Dickman CR; Letnic MI, 2014, 'Fire type and hemisphere determine fire effects on alpha and beta diversity: A global meta-analysis', Global Ecology and Biogeography: a journal of macroecology, 23, pp. 1146 - 1156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12195
    Journal articles | 2014
    Rees J; Webb JK; Crowther MS; Letnic MI, 2014, 'Carrion subsidies provided by fishermen increase predation of beach-nesting bird nests by facultative scavengers', Animal Conservation, 17 (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12133
    Journal articles | 2014
    Ripple W; Estes J; Beshta R; Wilmers C; Ritchie E; Hebblewhite M; Berger J; Elmhagen B; Letnic M; Nelson M; Schmitz O; Smith D; Wallach A; Wirsing A, 2014, 'Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores', Science, 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1241484
    Journal articles | 2014
    Webb JK; Letnic MI; Jessop TJ; Dempster T, 2014, 'Behavioural flexibility allows an invasive vertebrate to survive in a semi-arid environment', Biology Letters, 10, pp. 20131014 - 20131014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.1014
    Journal articles | 2013
    Fisher DO; Blomberg SP; Johnson CN; Frank A; Lawes MJ; Fritz SA; Mccallum H; Vanderwal J; Abbott B; Fisher A; Legge S; Gordon IJ; Letnic M; Thomas CR; Kutt A, 2013, 'The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: Is history repeating?', Global Ecology and Biogeography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12088
    Journal articles | 2013
    Hu Y; Urlus J; Gillespie G; Letnic M; Jessop TS, 2013, 'Evaluating the role of fire disturbance in structuring small reptile communities in temperate forests', Biodiversity and Conservation, 22, pp. 1949 - 1963, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-013-0519-z
    Journal articles | 2013
    Jessop T; Letnic M; Webb JK; Dempster T, 2013, 'Adrenocortical stress responses influence an invasive vertebrate's fitness in an extreme environment', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1444
    Journal articles | 2013
    Letnic M; Baker L; Nesbitt B, 2013, 'Ecologically functional landscapes and the role of dingoes as trophic regulators in south-eastern Australia and other habitats', Ecological Management and Restoration, 14, pp. 101 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12035
    Journal articles | 2013
    Letnic M; Tischler M; Gordon C, 2013, 'Desert small mammal responses to wildfire and predation in the aftermath of a La Nińa driven resource pulse', Austral Ecology, 38, pp. 841 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12063
    Journal articles | 2013
    Pastro L; Dickman C; Letnic M, 2013, 'Effects of wildfire, rainfall and region on desert lizard assemblages: The importance of multi-scale processes', Oecologia, 173, pp. 603 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2642-7
    Journal articles | 2013
    Ripple B; Wirsig A; Wilmers C; Letnic M, 2013, 'Widespread mesopredator Effects after Wolf Extirpation', Biological Conservation, 160, pp. 70 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.12.033
    Journal articles | 2012
    Fillios M; Crowther M; Letnic M, 2012, 'The impact of the dingo on the thylacine in Holocene Australia', World Archaeology, 44, pp. 118 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2012.646112
    Journal articles | 2012
    Letnic M; Crowther M; Fillios M; Radford C, 2012, 'An assessment of the taxonomic status of wild canids in south-eastern New South Wales: phenotypic variation in dingoes', Australian Journal of Zoology, 60, pp. 73 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO12006
    Journal articles | 2012
    Letnic M; Crowther M, 2012, 'Patterns in the abundance of kangaroo populations in arid Australia are consistent with the exploitation ecosystems hypothesis', Oikos, 122, pp. 761 - 769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.20121.20425.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    Letnic M; Fillios M; Crowther M, 2012, 'Could Direct Killing by Larger Dingoes Have Caused the Extinction of the Thylacine from Mainland Australia?', PLoS ONE, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034877
    Journal articles | 2012
    Letnic M; Ritchie EG; Dickman CR, 2012, 'Top predators as biodiversity regulators: The dingo Canis lupus dingo as a case study', Biological Reviews, 87, pp. 390 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00203.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    Letnic M; Shine R; Webb J; Timothy D; Ruchira S, 2012, 'Why does vulnerability to toxic invasive cane toads vary among populations of Australian freshwater crocodiles?', Animal Conservation, 16, pp. 86 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00578.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ritchie EG; Elmhagen B; Glen AS; Letnic M; Ludwig G; McDonald RA, 2012, 'Ecosystem restoration with teeth: What role for predators?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27, pp. 265 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.01.001
    Journal articles | 2012
    Tingley R; Phillips B; Letnic M; Brown G; Shine R; Baird S, 2012, 'Identifying optimal barriers to halt the invasion of cane toads Rhinella marina in arid Australia', Journal of Applied Ecology, 50, pp. 129 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12021
    Journal articles | 2011
    Carmody P; Burke J; Letnic M, 2011, 'Problem crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in the freshwater, Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia', Australian Zoologist, 35, pp. 858 - 863, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.038
    Journal articles | 2011
    Cupples J; Crowther M; Letnic M, 2011, 'Dietary overlap and prey selectivity among sympatric carnivores: Could dingoes suppress foxes through competition for prey?', Journal of Mammalogy, 92, pp. 590 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-164.1
    Journal articles | 2011
    Florance D; Webb J; Dempster T; Worthing A; Letnic M, 2011, 'Excluding access to invasion hubs can contain the spread of an invasive vertebrate', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278, pp. 2900 - 2908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0032
    Journal articles | 2011
    Fukuda Y; Letnic M; Manolis C; Lindner G; Webb G, 2011, 'Recovery of saltwater crocodiles following unregulated hunting in tidal rivers of the Northern Territory, Australia', Journal of Wildlife Management, 75, pp. 1253 - 1266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.191
    Journal articles | 2011
    Letnic M; Crowther MS; Dickman CR; Ritchie EG, 2011, 'Demonising the dingo: How much wild dogma is enough?', Current Zoology, 57, pp. 668 - 670
    Journal articles | 2011
    Letnic M; Dworjanyn SA, 2011, 'Does a top predator reduce the predatory impact of an invasive mesopredator on an endangered rodent?', Ecography, 34, pp. 827 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06516.x
    Journal articles | 2011
    Letnic M; Greenville A; Denny E; Dickman CR; Tischler M; Gordon C; Koch F, 2011, 'Does a top predator suppress the abundance of an invasive mesopredator at a continental scale?', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20, pp. 343 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00600.x
    Journal articles | 2011
    Letnic M; Story P; Story G; Field J; Brown O; Dickman CR, 2011, 'Resource pulses, Switching trophic control, and the dynamics of desert small-mammal assemblages in arid Australia: test of a conceptual model', Journal of Mammalogy, 92, pp. 1210 - 1222
    Journal articles | 2011
    Pastro L; Dickman C; Letnic M, 2011, 'Burning for biodiversity or burning biodiversity? Prescribed burn vs. wildfire impacts on plants, lizards, and mammals', Ecological Applications, 21, pp. 3238 - 3253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/10-2351.1
    Journal articles | 2011
    Russell B; Fleming P; Letnic M, 2011, 'Managing feral goat impacts by manipulating their access to water in the rangelands', Rangeland Journal, 33, pp. 143 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RJ10070
    Journal articles | 2011
    Walther BD; Dempster T; Letnic M; McCulloch MT, 2011, 'Movements of Diadromous Fish in Large Unregulated Tropical Rivers Inferred from Geochemical Tracers', PLoS ONE, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018351
    Journal articles | 2010
    Fillios M; Gordon C; Koch F; Letnic M, 2010, 'The effect of a top predator on kangaroo abundance in arid Australia and its implications for archaeological faunal assemblages', Journal of Archaeological Science, 37, pp. 986 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.031
    Journal articles | 2010
    Letnic M; Dickman CR, 2010, 'Resource pulses and mammalian dynamics: Conceptual models for hummock grasslands and other Australian desert habitats', Biological Reviews, 85, pp. 501 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00113.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    Letnic M; Koch F, 2010, 'Are dingoes a trophic regulator in arid Australia? A comparison of mammal communities on either side of the dingo fence', Austral Ecology, 35, pp. 167 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02022.x
    Journal articles | 2009
    Greenville AC; Dickman CR; Wardle GM; Letnic M, 2009, 'The fire history of an arid grassland: the influence of antecedent rainfall and ENSO', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 18, pp. 631 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF08093
    Journal articles | 2009
    Letnic M; Crowther MS; Koch F, 2009, 'Does a top-predator provide an endangered rodent with refuge from an invasive mesopredator?', Animal Conservation, 12, pp. 302 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00250.x
    Journal articles | 2009
    Letnic M; Koch F; Gordon C; Crowther MS; Dickman CR, 2009, 'Keystone effects of an alien top-predator stem extinctions of native mammals', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, pp. 3249 - 3256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0574
    Journal articles | 2008
    Letnic M; Webb JK; Shine R, 2008, 'Invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) cause mass mortality of freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) in tropical Australia', Biological Conservation, 141, pp. 1773 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.031
    Journal articles | 2008
    Letnic M, 2008, 'A comparison of saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) populations in freshwater-floodplain and tidal river habitats of the adelaide river catchment, Northern Territory, Australia', Applied Herpetology, 5, pp. 243 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157075408785911066
    Journal articles | 2008
    LETNIC M; DICKMAN CR, 2008, 'The responses of small mammals to patches regenerating after fire and rainfall in the Simpson Desert, central Australia', Austral Ecology, vol. 30, pp. 24 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.tb00363.x
    Journal articles | 2007
    Doody JS; Sims RA; Letnic M, 2007, 'Environmental manipulation to avoid a unique predator: Drinking hole excavation in the agile wallaby, Macropus agilis', Ethology, 113, pp. 128 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01298.x
    Journal articles | 2007
    Phillips P; Hauser P; Letnic M, 2007, 'Displacement of black flying-foxes Pteropus alecto from Batchelor, Northern Territory', Australian Zoologist, 34, pp. 119 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2007.009
    Journal articles | 2006
    Bradshaw CJA; Fukuda Y; Letnic M; Brook BW, 2006, 'Incorporating known sources of uncertainty to determine precautionary harvests of saltwater crocodiles', Ecological Applications, 16, pp. 1436 - 1448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1436:IKSOUT]2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 2006
    Brown O; Field JH; Letnic M, 2006, 'Variation in the taphonomic effect of scavengers in semi-arid NSW linked to rainfall and the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO).', International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 16, pp. 165 - 176
    Journal articles | 2006
    Holmgren M; Stapp P; Dickman CR; Gracia C; Graham S; Gutiérrez JR; Hice C; Jaksic F; Kelt DA; Letnic M; Lima M; López BC; Meserve PL; Milstead WB; Polis GA; Previtali MA; Richter M; Sabaté S; Squeo FA, 2006, 'A synthesis of ENSO effects on drylands in Australia, North America and South America', Advances in Geosciences, 6, pp. 69 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-6-69-2006
    Journal articles | 2006
    Holmgren M; Stapp P; Dickman CR; Gracia C; Graham S; Gutiérrez JR; Hice C; Jaksic F; Kelt DA; Letnic M; Lima M; López BC; Meserve PL; Milstead WB; Polis GA; Previtali MA; Richter M; Sabaté S; Squeo FA, 2006, 'Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4, pp. 87 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2006)004[0087:ECESAA]2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 2006
    Letnic M; Connors G, 2006, 'Changes in the distribution and abundance of saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in the upstream, freshwater reaches of rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia', Wildlife Research, 33, pp. 529 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR05090
    Journal articles | 2006
    Letnic M; Dickman CR, 2006, 'Boom means bust: Interactions between the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), rainfall and the processes threatening mammal species in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 15, pp. 3847 - 3880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-005-0601-2
    Journal articles | 2006
    Letnic M; Connors G, 2006, 'Changes in the distribution and abundance of saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in the upstream, freshwater reaches of rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia', WILDLIFE RESEARCH, vol. 33, pp. 529 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR05090
    Journal articles | 2005
    Letnic M; Dickman CR, 2005, 'The responses of small mammals to patches regenerating after fire and rainfall in the Simpson Desert, central Australia', Austral Ecology, 30, pp. 24 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01410.x
    Journal articles | 2005
    Letnic M; Tamayo B; Dickman CR, 2005, 'THE RESPONSES OF MAMMALS TO LA NIÑA (EL NIÑO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION)ASSOCIATED RAINFALL, PREDATION, AND WILDFIRE IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA', Journal of Mammalogy, 86, pp. 689 - 703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542%282005%29086%5b0689%3atromtl%5d2.0.co%3b2
    Journal articles | 2005
    Letnic M; Tamayo B; Dickman CR, 2005, 'The responses of mammals to La Niña (El Niño Southern Oscillation)-associated rainfall, predation, and wildfire in central Australia', Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 86, pp. 689 - 703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086[0689:TROMTL]2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 2004
    Letnic M; Dickman CR; Tischler MK; Tamayo B; Beh CL, 2004, 'The responses of small mammals and lizards to post-fire succession and rainfall in arid Australia', Journal of Arid Environments, 59, pp. 85 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.01.014
    Journal articles | 2004
    Letnic M, 2004, 'Cattle grazing in a hummock grassland regenerating after fire: The short-term effects of cattle exclusion on vegetation in south-western Queensland', Rangeland Journal, 26, pp. 34 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RJ04003
    Journal articles | 2003
    Letnic M, 2003, 'The effects of experimental patch burning and rainfall on small mammals in the Simpson Desert, Queensland', Wildlife Research, 30, pp. 547 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR02093
    Journal articles | 2001
    Dickman CR; Haythornthwaite AS; McNaught GH; Mahon PS; Tamayo B; Letnic M, 2001, 'Population dynamics of three species of dasyurid marsupials in arid central Australia: A 10-year study', Wildlife Research, 28, pp. 493 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR00023
    Journal articles | 2001
    Letnic M, 2001, 'Long distance movements and the use of fire mosaics by small mammals in the Simpson Desert, Central Australia', Australian Mammalogy, 23, pp. 125 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM01125
    Journal articles | 2000
    Letnic M; Dickman CR; McNaught G, 2000, 'Bet-hedging and germination in the Australian arid zone shrub Acacia ligulata', AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, 25, pp. 368 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01047.x
    Journal articles | 2000
    Letnic M; McNaught G; Dickman C, 2000, 'Bet-hedging and germination in the Australian arid zone shrub Acacia ligulata', Austral Ecology, 25, pp. 368 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01047.x
    Journal articles | 2000
    Letnic M, 2000, 'Dispossesion, degradation and extinction:environmental history in arid Australia', Biodiversity and Conservation, 9, pp. 295 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008913826686
    Journal articles | 2000
    Letnic M, 2000, 'The politics of science and conservation: Why not anonymous publication?', Biodiversity and Conservation, 9, pp. 707 - 709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008928217438
    Journal articles | 1999
    Dickman CR; Letnic M; Mahon PS, 1999, 'Population dynamics of two species of dragon lizards in arid Australia: The effects of rainfall', Oecologia, 119, pp. 357 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004420050796
    Journal articles | 1997
    Letnic M; Fox BJ, 1997, 'The impact of industrial fluoride fallout on faunal succession following sand mining of dry sclerophyll forest at Tomago, N.S.W.: II Myobatrachid frog recolinsation', Biological Conservation, 82, pp. 137 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00029-3
    Journal articles | 1997
    Letnic M; Fox BJ, 1997, 'The impact of industrial fluoride fallout on faunal succession following sand mining of dry sclerophyll forest', Biological Conservation, 80, pp. 63 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00064-X
    Journal articles | 1997
    Letnic MI; Madden KE, 1997, 'The gecko, Gehyra australia, feeding on the sap of Acacia holosericea.', Western Australian Naturalist,, 21, pp. 207 - 208
  • Preprints | 2022
    Sheldon EL; Feit B; Feit A; Letnic M, 2022, Negative frequency dependent prey selection by two generalist predators and its implications for the conservation of a threatened rodent in arid Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1933435/v1
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Fisher A; Letnic M; Shumack S, 2020, 'Relating vegetation dynamics and dune morphology in the Strzelecki Desert', presented at A Windy Day Down Under (Online Aeolian Research Conference), 23 September 2020
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Ross A; Moseby K; Letnic M; Blumstein D, 2018, 'Using in-situ predation to train a vulnerable prey species', in Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology, Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, presented at 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology, 12 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107277
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Fisher AG; Letnic M; Horn G, 2017, 'Long-term land management effects on rangeland vegetation cover in the Strzelecki Desert', presented at The 37th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Pretoria, South Africa, 08 May 2017 - 12 May 2017
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Jessop T; Gillespie G; Letnic M, 2015, 'Examining multi-scale effects of the invasive fox on a large varanid (Varanus varius White, 1790) mesopredator', in Cota M; Mahāwitthayālai Rātchaphat SS (ed.), Interdisciplinary World Conference on Monitor Lizards, Bangkok, Thailand : Institute for Research and Development, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, pp. 221 - 229, presented at Interdisciplinary World Conference on Monitor Lizards, Bangkok, 27 July 2015 - 29 July 2015

My research team is conducting projects investigating the ecological role of apex predators, the impacts of grazing on the functioning of arid ecosystems, the impacts of cane toads on tropical ecosystems, the conservation of ground nesting birds and biology of echidnas. Many of these projects are being conducted in collaboration with industry partners including Nature Foundation, Bush Heritage Australia, the Australian Captial Territory Government and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage with the objective of improving biodiversity conservation outcomes. 

My Teaching

BIOS3601 Advanced Field Biology