Papers

Going global by going local: Impacts and opportunities of geographically focused data integration

M Lagisz, MJ Westgate, D Kellie & S Nakagawa Ecology and Evolution Aug 30, 2024.

The ecological and biodiversity conservation values of farm dams: A systematic review

M Littlefair, BC Scheele, MJ Westgate & DB Lindenmayer PLOS ONE May 13, 2024.

Long-term monitoring in endangered woodlands shows effects of multi-scale drivers on bird occupancy

KL Hingee, MJ Westgate & DB Lindenmayer Journal of Biogeography Mar 31, 2022.

Improved management of farm dams increases vegetation cover, water quality, and macroinvertebrate biodiversity

MJ Westgate, C Crane, D Smith, C O’Malley, A Siegrist, D Florance, E Lang, M Crane, K Hingee, BC Scheele & DB Lindenmayer Ecology and Evolution Mar 16, 2022.

Ecological processes associated with different animal taxa in urban environments

MJ Evans, PS Barton, MJ Westgate, M Soga, G Fujita & T Miyashita Ecosphere Aug 24, 2021.

Synergistic impacts of aggressive species on small birds in a fragmented landscape

MJ Westgate, M Crane, D Florance & DB Lindenmayer Journal of Applied Ecology Jan 18, 2021.

Creating and curating a community of practice: introducing the evidence synthesis Hackathon and a special series in evidence synthesis technology

NR Haddaway & MJ Westgate Environmental Evidence Nov 19, 2020.

The response of arboreal marsupials to long-term changes in forest disturbance

DB Lindenmayer, W Blanchard, D Blair, L McBurney, C Taylor, BC Scheele, MJ Westgate, N Robinson & CN Foster Animal Conservation Sep 3, 2020.

Quantifying shifts in topic popularity over 44 years of Austral Ecology

MJ Westgate, PS Barton, DB Lindenmayer & NR Andrew Austral Ecology Aug 20, 2020.

Beyond the pond: terrestrial habitat use by frogs in a changing climate

MJ Evans, BC Scheele, MJ Westgate, M Yebra, JS Newport & AD Manning Biological Conservation Jul 21, 2020.

Managing interacting disturbances: lessons from a case study in Australian forests

DB Lindenmayer, CN Foster, MJ Westgate, BC Scheele & W Blanchard Journal of Applied Ecology Jun 7, 2020.

Long-term mammal and nocturnal bird trends are influenced by vegetation type, weather and climate in temperate woodlands

DB Lindenmayer, P Lane, MJ Westgate, BC Scheele, M Crane, D Florance, C Crane & D Smith Austral Ecology May 25, 2020.

Are Flagship, Umbrella and Keystone Species Useful Surrogates to Understand the Consequences of Landscape Change?

DB Lindenmayer & MJ Westgate Current Landscape Ecology Reports May 9, 2020.

A new ecosystem for evidence synthesis

S Nakagawa et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution Mar 23, 2020.

A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space

A Jeliazkov et al. Scientific Data Jan 8, 2020.

Habitat amount versus connectivity: an empirical study of bird responses

DB Lindenmayer, BC Scheele, MJ Westgate, W Blanchard, CN Foster, J Stein, M Crane & D Florance Biological Conservation Dec 19, 2019.

Key perspectives on early successional forests subject to stand-replacing disturbances

DB Lindenmayer, MJ Westgate, BC Scheele, CN Foster & DP Blair Forest Ecology & Management Oct 22, 2019.

Using ecological niche theory to avoid uninformative biodiversity surrogates

PS Barton, MJ Westgate, K Cuddington, CN Foster, A Hastings, A Knapp, L O’Loughlin, CF Sato, M Smith, MR Willig & DB Lindenmayer Ecological Indicators Sep 13, 2019.

Spatio-temporal effects of logging and fire on tall, wet temperate eucalypt forest birds

DB Lindenmayer, W Blanchard, D Blair, MJ Westgate & BC Scheele Ecological Applications Sep 13, 2019.

An empirical test of the mechanistic underpinnings of interference competition

R Beggs, JC Pierson, AIT Tulloch, W Blanchard, MJ Westgate & DB Lindenmayer Oikos Sep 12, 2019.

revtools: An R package to support article screening for evidence synthesis

MJ Westgate Research Synthesis Methods Jul 29, 2019.

EviAtlas: a tool for visualising evidence synthesis databases

NR Haddaway, A Feierman, MJ Grainger, CT Gray, E Tanriver-Ayder, S Dhaubanjar & MJ Westgate Environmental Evidence Jun 4, 2019.

Is bigger always better? Influence of patch attributes on breeding activity of birds in box-gum grassy woodland restoration plantings

DJ Belder, JC Pierson, K Ikin, W Blanchard, MJ Westgate, M Crane & DB Lindenmayer Biological Conservation May 29, 2019.

Novel bird responses to successive large-scale landscape transformations

DB Lindenmayer, W Blanchard, MJ Westgate, CN Foster, SC Banks, PS Barton, K Ikin & BC Scheele Ecological Monographs Mar 1, 2019.

The use and utility of surrogates in biodiversity monitoring programs

CF Sato, MJ Westgate, et al. Journal of Applied Ecology Feb 16, 2019.

An experimental test of a compensatory nest predation model following lethal control of an overabundant native species

R Beggs, JC Pierson, AIT Tulloch, MJ Westgate, W Blanchard & DB Lindenmayer Biological Conservation Jan 22, 2019.

Research Weaving: Visualizing the future of research synthesis

S Nakagawa, G Samarasinghe, NR Haddaway, MJ Westgate, RE O’Dea, DWA Noble & M Lagisz Trends in Ecology & Evolution Dec 20, 2018.

Do migratory and resident birds differ in their responses to interacting effects of climate, weather and vegetation?

DB Lindenmayer, P Lane, CN Foster, MJ Westgate, BC Scheele, CF Sato, K Ikin, M Crane, D Michael & D Florance Diversity & Distributions Dec 11, 2018.

Weather effects on birds of different size are mediated by long-term climate and vegetation type in endangered temperate woodlands

DB Lindenmayer et al. Global Change Biology Nov 15, 2018.

Predicting the time needed for environmental systematic reviews and systematic maps

NR Haddaway & MJ Westgate Conservation Biology Oct 4, 2018.

How practitioners integrate decision triggers with existing metrics in conservation monitoring

CN Foster et al. Journal of Environmental Management Sep 29, 2018.

Surrogates underpin ecological understanding and practice

LS O’Loughlin, DB Lindenmayer, MD Smith, MR Willig, AK Knapp, K Cuddington, A Hastings, CN Foster, CF Sato, MJ Westgate & PS Barton BioScience Jul 18, 2018.

How to improve threatened species management: An Australian perspective

BS Scheele, S Legge, D Armstrong, P Copley, N Robinson, D Southwell, MJ Westgate & DB Lindenmayer Journal of Environmental Management Jul 2, 2018.

Tests of predictions associated with temporal changes in Australian bird populations

DB Lindenmayer, P Lane, MJ Westgate, BC Scheele, C Foster, C Sato, M Crane, D Michael, D Florance, K Ikin, PS Barton, LS O’Loughlin, N Robinson Biological Conservation Apr 19, 2018.

Software support for environmental evidence synthesis

MJ Westgate, NR Haddaway, SH Cheng, EJ McIntosh, C Marshall & DB Lindenmayer Nature Ecology & Evolution Mar 23, 2018.

Effects of time since fire on frog occurrence are altered by isolation, vegetation, and fire frequency gradients

MJ Westgate, C MacGregor, BC Scheele, DA Driscoll & DB Lindenmayer Diversity & Distributions Oct 4, 2017.

The difficulties of systematic reviews

MJ Westgate & DB Lindenmayer Conservation Biology Jan 2, 2017.

Bombs, fire and biodiversity: Vertebrate fauna occurrence in areas subject to military training.

DB Lindenmayer, C MacGregor, J Wood, MJ Westgate, K Ikin, C Foster, F Ford & R Zentelis Biological Conservation Nov 6, 2016.

Do temporal changes in vegetation structure predict changes in bird occupancy additional to time since fire?

DB Lindenmayer, SG Candy, SC Banks, MJ Westgate, K Ikin, JC Pierson, AIT Tulloch & PS Barton Ecological Applications May 3, 2016.

Optimal taxonomic groups for biodiversity assessment: A meta-analytic approach

MJ Westgate, AIT Tulloch, PS Barton, JC Pierson & DB Lindenmayer Ecography Mar 10, 2016.

Dynamic species co-occurrence networks require dynamic biodiversity surrogates

AIT Tulloch, I Chadés, Y Dujardin, MJ Westgate, PW Lane & DB Lindenmayer Ecography Jan 14, 2016.

Two roles for ecological surrogacy: Indicator surrogates and management surrogates

M Hunter Jr. et al. Ecological Indicators Dec 23, 2015.

Citizen science program shows urban areas have lower occurrence of frog species, but not accelerated declines

MJ Westgate, BC Scheele, K Ikin, AM Hoefer, RM Beaty, M Evans, W Osborne, L Rayner & DA Driscoll PLOS ONE Nov 18, 2015.

A new framework for selecting environmental surrogates

D Lindenmayer et al. Science of the Total Environment Aug 19, 2015.

Text analysis tools for identification of emerging topics and research gaps in conservation science

MJ Westgate, PS Barton, JC Pierson & DB Lindenmayer Conservation Biology Aug 14, 2015.

Exploiting the richest patch has a fitness pay-off for the migratory swift parrot

D Stojanovic, A Terauds, MJ Westgate, MH Webb & R Heinsohn Journal of Animal Ecology May 14, 2015.

Learning from clinical medicine to improve the use of surrogates in ecology

PS Barton, JC Pierson, MJ Westgate, PW Lane & DB Lindenmayer Oikos Feb 23, 2015.

Ecological and spatial drivers of population synchrony in bird assemblages

A Mortelliti, MJ Westgate, J Stein, J Wood & DB Lindenmayer Basic and Applied Ecology Feb 3, 2015.

Visualisation of species pairwise associations: a case study of surrogacy in bird assemblages

PW Lane, DB Lindenmayer, PS Barton, W Blanchard & MJ Westgate Ecology and Evolution Jul 29, 2014.

An empirical assessment of the focal species hypothesis

DB Lindenmayer, PW Lane, MJ Westgate, M Crane, D Michael, S Okada & PS Barton Conservation Biology Jul 21, 2014.

Experimental evaluation shows limited influence of pine plantations on the connectivity of highly fragmented bird populations

A Mortelliti, MJ Westgate & DB Lindenmayer Journal of Applied Ecology Jul 3, 2014.

An empirical assessment and comparison of species-based and habitat-based surrogates: a case study of forest vertebrates and large old trees

DB Lindenmayer, PS Barton, PW Lane, MJ Westgate, L McBurney, D Blair, P Gibbons & GE Likens PLOS ONE Feb 24, 2014.

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