Tag Archives: population dynamics

New paper! Class Conflict: Diffuse Competition between Mammalian and Reptilian Predators

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Aaron Greenville

Journal: Diversity Abstract: (1) Diffuse competition affects per capita rates of population increase among species that exploit similar resources, and thus can be an important structuring force in ecological communities. Diffuse competition has traditionally been studied within taxonomically similar groups, … Continue reading →

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New paper: Dynamics, habitat use and extinction risk of a carnivorous desert marsupial

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Aaron C. Greenville, Robert Brandle, Peter Canty and Chris R. Dickman Published in: Journal of Zoology. Abstract: Animals in hot desert environments often show marked fluctuations in population size, persisting in low numbers in refuge habitats during dry periods … Continue reading →

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New Paper! Making the most of incomplete long-term datasets: the MARSS solution

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Aaron C. Greenville, Vuong Nguyen, Glenda M. Wardle and Chris R. Dickman Published in: Australian Zoologist Abstract: Long-term field-based monitoring is essential to develop a deep understanding of how ecosystems function and to identify species at risk of decline. … Continue reading →

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New paper: Interactions between wildfire and drought drive population responses of mammals in coastal woodlands

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Mathew S. Crowther, Ayesha I. Tulloch, Mike Letnic, Aaron C. Greenville, & Chris R. Dickman Published in: Journal of Mammalogy (Feature article) Abstract: Fire is an ecologically important process in many habitats. Increases in the frequency and intensity of … Continue reading →

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New paper: Desert mammal populations are limited by introduced predators rather than future climate change

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Aaron C. Greenville, Glenda M. Wardle & Chris R. Dickman Published in: Royal Society Open Science Abstract: Climate change is predicted to place up to one in six species at risk of extinction in coming decades, but extinction probability … Continue reading →

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New paper: Spatial and temporal synchrony in reptile population dynamics in variable environments

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Aaron C. Greenville, Glenda M. Wardle, Vuong Nguyen and Chris R. Dickman. Published in: Oecologia Abstract: Resources are seldom distributed equally across space, but many species exhibit spatially synchronous population dynamics. Such synchrony suggests the operation of large-scale external … Continue reading →

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New paper! Population dynamics of desert mammals: similarities and contrasts within a multi-species assemblage

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Aaron C. Greenville, Glenda M. Wardle, Vuong Nguyen and Chris R. Dickman. Published in: Ecosphere Abstract: Understanding the temporal and spatial dynamics of species populations remains a key focus of population biology, providing vital insight into the drivers that … Continue reading →

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New paper: Long-term patterns of invertebrate abundance and relationships to environmental predictors factors in arid Australia

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Alan B.C. Kwok, Glenda M. Wardle, Aaron C. Greenville, Chris R. Dickman. Published in: Austral Ecology This paper represents the first published study from the Desert Ecology Research Group on the invertebrates that occur in our study region in … Continue reading →

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EcoTas 2013: Spatial and temporal synchrony in small mammal populations

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Aaron Greenville

Here I give a summary of my talk to EcoTas13. A joint conference of the Ecological Society of Australia and New Zealand Ecological Society, Auckland. A big thanks to my co-authors Chris Dickman and Glenda Wardle. Slide Share link from … Continue reading →

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