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Chris Johnson

Professor Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson

Professor

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C.N.Johnson@utas.edu.au

What lessons can we learn from the mistakes of the past? How does the introduction of an alien species affect an ecosystem? What impact does extinction have on other species? And what can we do about it?

Ecologist Professor Chris Johnson and his students are addressing these questions. By studying the past, and monitoring the present, they seek to develop a deep understanding of the intricacies of our ecosystem. Their goal is to maintain, or in many cases reset, the balance.

The domino effect of environmental change

When humans first set foot on the Australian continent 50,000 years ago, they triggered a chain of events that would change our environment forever.

As a top line predator, humans hunted and the native megafauna became extinct. These giant mammals, up to the size of rhino and elephants, had eaten huge volumes of foliage and grasses. Without them, the ground litter built up creating fuel for fire and landscapes started to burn.

Research has found that as the megafauna declined, the amount of charcoal increased in some environments. Fire then changed the flora and the domino effect continued through the whole ecosystem.

The effects of the introduction of a new predator and the extinction of these species are still unfolding today.

'My research is concerned with everything that has happened in our ecosystem since people arrived. I study introduced species, threatened species and extinction. I am particularly interested in the trophic cascade, or domino effect, created by the arrival or disappearance of a species.'

'Looking back isn't just about seeing what went wrong and feeling sad about it. It shows us the broader implications of loss of species. This knowledge can help us reset the balance in our ecosystems today and hopefully stop extinctions in the future.'

'A good example is the loss of the Thylacine on mainland Australia. There is evidence that the dingo, introduced from Asia some 3000 years ago, is playing a beneficial role in the ecosystem by taking up the position once occupied by this top-level predator.

'This can then inform our decisions on management of the dingo. Dingoes are currently culled in many areas because of their impact on agricultural flocks.

'I am working with farmers on an alternative to culling. We are trialing the use of guardian dogs to protect flocks from dingoes. Guardian dogs allow farmers to organically raise their flocks. It is a solution that slots straight into their business models.

'The flow on effect is a stable dingo population that keeps feral predators in check. Foxes and cats are killing our native mammals, such as the bilby and the bettong.

'The bettong could be playing an important role in keeping bushfire at bay. The way they forage appears to reduce fuel on the forest floor by covering and burying leaf matter in soil.

'Just like the loss of the megafauna from the introduction of a new predator 50,000 years ago, the introduction of foxes and cats in the present could again increase our continent's propensity to burn.'

'Perhaps this time, with the knowledge that any small change in an ecosystem can have surprising consequences, we'll have a chance to stop that from happening.'

Professor Chris Johnson is an ecologist and conservation biologist, and an expert on mammals. His research investigates many problems that are relevant to the conservation of biodiversity, in four main themes: (i) the causes of extinction of species in prehistory and the recent past; (ii) the effects on ecosystems of top predators and large herbivores, and the ecological consequences of loss of such species; (iii) the environmental history of Australia; and (iv) the management of threatened and invasive species of wildlife. Professor Johnson has written more than 140 scientific papers and a book on many aspects of the ecology and conservation of wildlife, and received awards including the Eureka Prize for Environmental Research and the Australian Ecology Research Award.

Biography

Chris Johnson studied for his Bachelor and Doctoral degrees at the University of New England in Armidale, where he did research on the behaviour and ecology of kangaroos and wallabies. After graduation he worked for the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory in Alice Springs and the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife in Rockhampton, studying endangered species such as the bilby and northern hairy-nosed wombat, and the Australian National University where he did research on the evolution of sex ratios in mammals. He also worked at the University of Cambridge as a visitor with the Large Animal Research Group. He then took up an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, where he studied complex interactions between marsupials, fire and fungi in Tasmanian forests. At the end of this fellowship he moved from Hobart to a lecturing position at James Cook University in Townsville, where he remained for 18 years and became a Professor. During this period he also held visiting positions at the Australian National University and the University of Sydney. He returned to the University of Tasmania in 2011 as Professor of Wildlife Conservation.

Career summary

Qualifications

Degree	Title of Thesis	University	Country	Date of Award
PhD	Ecology, Social Behaviour and Reproductive Success in a Population of Red-necked Wallabies	University of New England	Australia	1986
B. Natural Resources (2.1 Class hons)		University of New England	Australia	1980

Memberships

Other

2011-current - Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)
2009-current - Chair, Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission
2010-current - Member Science Advisory Network to the Australian Wildlife Conservancy
2011-current - Fox Technical Advisory Panel, Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Cat Management Reference Group, advising Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water
2011-current - Member, University of Tasmania Animal Ethics Committee
Vice President, Australian Mammal Society
Handling Editor, Oecologia

Teaching

Conservation, biodiversity, threatened species, invasive species, vertebrate pests

Teaching expertise

Expertise in development and co-ordination of advancing teaching in wildlife conservation and management.

Teaching responsibility

KZA360 - Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management

Research Appointments

2011 - Australia Research Council (ARC) Australia professorial Fellowship

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Expertise

Conservation of biodiversity
Biology of marsupials
Management of threatened and invasive species of wildlife
Population and community ecology
Landscape and ecological restoration

Research Themes

Chris Johnson's research aligns with the University's research theme ofEnvironment, Resources and Sustainability. His research investigates many problems that are relevant to the conservation of biodiversity in Australia and globally, in four main areas. First, he studies the causes of extinction of species in the past, both in prehistory and more recently. He has completed seminal studies on the causes of extinction of 'megafauna' (animals like mammoths, diprotodons and giant kangaroos) over the last 50,000 years, finding new evidence that the impacts of early human populations were responsible for the disappearance of these animals. His work has also clarified our understanding of the reasons for decline of smaller wildlife in the recent past: many extinctions have been caused by two introduced predators, the red fox and feral cats. Second, he aims to understand the effects that large herbivores and top predators have on ecosystems, and to assess the ecological consequences of loss of such species. This work extends from understanding the ecological changes that followed the megafaunal extinctions, showing that in some parts of Australia the structure of vegetation and the activity of fire changed dramatically in consequence of loss of big herbivores, to studies of the effects of the dingo and Tasmanian devil on biodiversity in contemporary Australia. This work on predators has contributed to a re-evaluation of the ecological role and wise management of the dingo in Australia — replacing the attitude that it is an introduced pest with an ecological view that the dingo as a top predator is essential for sustaining biodiversity in Australian ecosystems. Third, he studies the environmental history of Australia, with a focus on the effects of changes in the Aboriginal population of Australia in prehistory, fire history, and the impacts of changing land use on wildlife. Finally, he has a strong interest in research on the management of threatened species of wildlife, and on innovative strategies for reducing the impacts on biodiversity of invasive species like feral cats and red foxes.

Collaboration

Professor Johnson is currently involved in the following collaborations:

With the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (and other partners), investigating causes of declines in native small mammals across northern Australia and finding ways to manage landscapes for recovery of mammalian biodiversity;
With the University of Adelaide and others, developing databases and quantitative methods to determine the timing of extinction in prehistory in Australia and elsewhere;
With researchers from the Australian National University, Netherlands Institute for Ecology, University of Maine and others, investigating the effects of extinction of giant herbivores on global vegetation and fire.

Awards

2013 - Eureka Prize for Environmental Research (with Michael Letnic, Euan Ritchie, Arian Wallach & Adam O'Neill)
2013 - University of Tasmania Vice-Chancellor's Award for Internationally Recognised Research Excellence
2012 - Australian Ecology Research Award, Ecological Society of Australia, for 'recognising excellence in research in Australian ecology, for a specific body of recent work by a mid-career researcher'
2008 - Ellis Troughton Memorial Award and Medal, Australian Mammal Society, for significant scientific contribution to Australian mammalogy
2007 - Whitley Medal, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, for '…best book on the natural history of Australian animals published during the previous year'

Fields of Research

Wildlife and habitat management (410407)
Terrestrial ecology (310308)
Conservation and biodiversity (410401)
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) (310302)
Population ecology (310307)
Palaeoecology (310306)
Behavioural ecology (310301)
Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology (410202)
Ecological physiology (310303)
Animal behaviour (310901)
Genetics (310599)
Biogeography and phylogeography (310402)
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) (310305)
Vertebrate biology (310914)
Cell development, proliferation and death (310102)
Global change biology (319902)
Speciation and extinction (310412)
Zoology (310999)
Environmental rehabilitation and restoration (410405)
Landscape ecology (410206)
Fisheries sciences (300599)
Geochronology (370502)
Evolutionary ecology (310405)
Forest ecosystems (300703)
Animal physiology - biophysics (310908)
Forestry fire management (300706)
Environmental management (410499)
Host-parasite interactions (310407)
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation (410102)
Environmental management (410404)
Archaeological science (430101)
Forestry management and environment (300707)
Evolutionary impacts of climate change (310406)
Quaternary environments (370905)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges (450304)
Environmental sociology (441002)
Animal welfare (300306)
Health services and systems (420399)
Environment policy (440704)

Research Objectives

Terrestrial biodiversity (180606)
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments (180602)
Other environmental management (189999)
Fisheries - wild caught (100399)
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems (180601)
Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environments (180604)
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems (180403)
Marine biodiversity (180504)
Assessment and management of freshwater ecosystems (180301)
Livestock raising (100499)
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments (180404)
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences (280102)
Environmentally sustainable animal production (100199)
Measurement and assessment of freshwater quality (incl. physical and chemical conditions of water) (180306)
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change (190102)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health (210301)
Climate variability (excl. social impacts) (190502)
Animal welfare (109902)
Animal adaptation to climate change (109901)
Other animal production and animal primary products (109999)
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in coastal and estuarine environments (180204)
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem) (190101)
Fresh, ground and surface water biodiversity (180303)
Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response) (200404)
Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology (280113)
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity (180203)
Soils (180605)
Natural hazards (190499)
Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use (180603)
Understanding Australia's past (130703)
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences (280107)
Native forests (260204)
Government and politics (230299)
Public health (excl. specific population health) (200499)
Coastal erosion (180202)
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments (180206)
Environmental ethics (130303)

Publications

Total publications

169

Highlighted publications

(10 outputs)

Year	Type	Citation
2012	Journal Article	Rule S, Brook BW, Haberle SG, Turney CSM, Kershaw AP, et al., 'The aftermath of megafaunal extinction: ecosystem transformation in Pleistocene Australia', Science, 335, (6075) pp. 1483-1486. ISSN 0036-8075 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1126/science.1214261 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 226Web of Science - 220 Tweet
2011	Journal Article	Johnson CN, Brook BW, 'Reconstructing the dynamics of ancient human populations from radiocarbon dates: 10 000 years of population growth in Australia', Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 278, (1725) pp. 3748-3754. ISSN 0962-8452 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0343 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 45Web of Science - 43 Tweet
2011	Journal Article	Woinarski JCZ, Legge S, Fitzsimons JA, Traill BJ, Burbidge AA, et al., 'The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: context, cause, and response ', Conservation Letters, 4, (3) pp. 192-201. ISSN 1755-263X (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00164.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 238Web of Science - 227 Tweet
2009	Journal Article	Johnson CN, 'Ecological consequences of Late Quaternary extinctions of megafauna', Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 276, (1667) pp. 2509-2519. ISSN 0962-8452 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1921 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 201Web of Science - 184 Tweet
2009	Journal Article	Ritchie EG, Johnson CN, 'Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation', Ecology Letters, 12, (9) pp. 982-998. ISSN 1461-023X (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01347.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 821Web of Science - 780 Tweet
2009	Journal Article	VanDerWal J, Shoo LP, Johnson CN, Williams SE, 'Abundance and the Environmental Niche: Environmental Suitability Estimated from Niche Models Predicts the Upper Limit of Local Abundance ', The American Naturalist, 174, (2) pp. 1-10. ISSN 0003-0147 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1086/600087 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 303Web of Science - 300 Tweet
2007	Journal Article	Johnson CN, Isaac JL, Fisher DO, 'Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: Dingoes and marsupials in Australia ', Proceedings of The Royal Society : Biological Sciences, 274, (1608) pp. 341-346. ISSN 0962-8452 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3711 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 259Web of Science - 236 Tweet
2006	Book	Johnson CN, 'Australia's Mammal Extinctions : A 50,000 year history', Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, pp. 288. ISBN 0521686601 (2006) [Authored Research Book] [eCite] [Details]
1998	Journal Article	Johnson CN, 'Species extinction and the relationship between distribution and abundance', Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science, 394, (16 July 1998) pp. 272-274. ISSN 0028-0836 (1998) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/28385 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 169Web of Science - 161 Tweet
1996	Journal Article	Johnson CN, 'Interactions between mammals and ectomycorrhiza fungi', Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 11, (12) pp. 503-507. ISSN 0169-5347 (1996) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(96)10053-7 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 154Web of Science - 146 Tweet

Journal Article

(161 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2023	Derham T, Johnson C, Martin B, Ryeland J, Ondei S, et al., 'Extinction of the Tasmanian emu and opportunities for rewilding', Global Ecology and Conservation, 41 Article 2358. ISSN 2351-9894 (2023) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02358 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Derham T; Martin B; Ondei S; Fielding M; Brook BW Tweet
2021	Barlow MM, Johnson CN, McDowell MC, Fielding MW, Amin RJ, et al., 'Species distribution models for conservation: identifying translocation sites for eastern quolls under climate change', Global Ecology and Conservation, 29 Article e01735. ISSN 2351-9894 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01735 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Barlow MM; McDowell MC; Fielding MW; Amin RJ Tweet
2021	Bolam FC, Mair L, Angelico M, Brooks TM, Burgman M, et al., 'How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented?', Conservation Letters, 14, (1) Article e12762. ISSN 1755-263X (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/conl.12762 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 73Web of Science - 72 Co-authors: Brooks TM Tweet
2021	Bradshaw CJA, Johnson CN, Llewelyn J, Weisbecker V, Strona G, et al., 'Relative demographic susceptibility does not explain the extinction chronology of Sahul's megafauna', Elife, 10 Article e63870. ISSN 2050-084X (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.7554/eLife.63870 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Bradshaw CJA Tweet
2021	Hamer RP, Andersen GE, Hradsky BA, Troy SN, Gardiner RZ, et al., 'Differing effects of productivity on home range size and population density of mammalian carnivores', Wildlife Research, 49, (2) pp. 158-168. ISSN 1035-3712 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR20134 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Hamer RP; Andersen GE; Gardiner RZ; Jones ME Tweet
2021	Jansen J, McGregor H, Axford G, Dean AT, Comte S, et al., 'Long-distance movements of feral cats in semi-arid South Australia and implications for conservation management', Animals, 11, (11) Article 3125. ISSN 2076-2615 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3390/ani11113125 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Jansen J; McGregor H; Dean AT; Jones M Tweet
2021	Jones ME, Bain GC, Hamer RP, Proft KM, Gardiner RZ, et al., 'Research supporting restoration aiming to make a fragmented landscape functional' for native wildlife', Ecological Management & Restoration, 22, (2) pp. 65-74. ISSN 1839-3330 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/emr.12504 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Jones ME; Bain GC; Hamer RP; Proft KM; Gardiner RZ; Dixon KJ; Kittipalawattanapol K; Ranyard CE; Munks SA; Barmuta LA; Burridge CP; Davidson NJ Tweet
2021	McGregor H, Moseby K, Johnson CN, Legge S, 'Effectiveness of thermal cameras compared to spotlights for counts of arid zone mammals across a range of ambient temperatures', Australian Mammalogy pp. 1-8. ISSN 0310-0049 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/AM20040 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: McGregor H Tweet
2021	Morris SD, Brook BW, Moseby KE, Johnson CN, 'Factors affecting success of conservation translocations of terrestrial vertebrates: A global systematic review', Global Ecology and Conservation, 28 Article e01630. ISSN 2351-9894 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01630 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 14 Co-authors: Morris SD; Brook BW Tweet
2021	Ondei S, Prior LD, McGregor HW, Reid AM, Johnson CN, et al., 'Small mammal diversity is higher in infrequently compared with frequently burnt rainforest-savanna mosaics in the north Kimberley, Australia', Wildlife Research, 48, (3) pp. 218-229. ISSN 1035-3712 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR20010 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Ondei S; Prior LD; McGregor HW; Bowman DMJS Tweet
2021	Proft KM, Bateman BL, Johnson CN, Jones ME, Pauza M, et al., 'The effects of weather variability on patterns of genetic diversity in Tasmanian bettongs', Molecular Ecology, 30, (8) pp. 1777-1790. ISSN 0962-1083 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/mec.15847 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Proft KM; Jones ME; Burridge CP Tweet
2021	Tuft K, Legge S, Frank ASK, James AI, May T, et al., 'Cats are a key threatening factor to the survival of local populations of native small mammals in Australia's tropical savannas: evidence from translocation trials with Rattus tunneyi', Wildlife Research, 48, (7) pp. 654-662. ISSN 1035-3712 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR20193 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 5 Tweet
2021	Wheatley R, Buettel JC, Brook BW, Johnson CN, Wilson RP, 'Accidents alter animal fitness landscapes', Ecology Letters, 24, (5) pp. 920-934. ISSN 1461-0248 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ele.13705 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Wheatley R; Buettel JC; Brook BW Tweet
2020	Andersen GE, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Space use and temporal partitioning of sympatric Tasmanian devils and spotted-tailed quolls', Austral Ecology, 45, (3) pp. 355-365. ISSN 1442-9993 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/aec.12865 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Andersen GE; Jones ME Tweet
2020	Andersen GE, McGregor HW, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Activity and social interactions in a wideranging specialist scavenger, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), revealed by animalborne video collars', PLOS ONE, 15, (3) Article e0230216. ISSN 1932-6203 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230216 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Andersen GE; McGregor HW; Jones ME Tweet
2020	Bain GC, MacDonald MA, Hamer R, Gardiner R, Johnson CN, et al., 'Changing bird communities of an agricultural landscape: Declines in arboreal foragers, increases in large species', Royal Society Open Science, 7, (3) pp. 1-20. ISSN 2054-5703 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200076 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Bain GC; Hamer R; Gardiner R; Jones ME Tweet
2020	Cliff HB, Jones ME, Johnson CN, Pech RP, Heyward RP, et al., 'Short-term pain before long-term gain? Suppression of invasive primary prey temporarily increases predation on native lizards', Biological Invasions, 22 pp. 2063-2078. ISSN 1387-3547 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02239-z [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Cliff HB; Jones ME Tweet
2020	Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'A native apex predator limits an invasive mesopredator and protects native prey: Tasmanian devils protecting bandicoots from cats', Ecology Letters, 23, (4) pp. 711-721. ISSN 1461-0248 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ele.13473 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 21 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Jones ME Tweet
2020	Foster CN, Banks SC, Cary GJ, Johnson CN, Lindenmayer DB, et al., 'Animals as agents in fire regimes', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35, (4) pp. 346-356. ISSN 0169-5347 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.01.002 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 16 Tweet
2020	Hamer RP, Gardiner RZ, Proft KM, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'A triple threat: high population density, high foraging intensity and flexible habitat preferences explain high impact of feral cats on prey', Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 288 Article 20201194. ISSN 0962-8452 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1194 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 17 Co-authors: Hamer RP; Gardiner RZ; Proft KM; Jones ME Tweet
2020	McGregor H, Moseby K, Johnson CN, Legge S, 'The short-term response of feral cats to rabbit population decline: Are alternative native prey more at risk?', Biological Invasions, 22, (2) pp. 799-811. ISSN 1387-3547 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02131-5 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 16 Co-authors: McGregor H Tweet
2020	McGregor H, Read J, Johnson CN, Legge S, Hill B, et al., 'Edge effects created by fenced conservation reserves benefit an invasive mesopredator', Wildlife Research, 47, (8) pp. 677-685. ISSN 1035-3712 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR19181 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: McGregor H Tweet
2020	Morris SD, Johnson CN, Brook BW, 'Roughing it: terrain is crucial in identifying novel translocation sites for the vulnerable brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale pencillata)', Royal Society open science, 7, (12) Article 201603. ISSN 2054-5703 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201603 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Morris SD; Brook BW Tweet
2020	Scoleri V, Johnson CN, Vertigan P, Jones ME, 'Conservation trade-offs: island introduction of a threatened predator suppresses invasive mesopredators but eliminates a seabird colony', Biological Conservation, 248 Article 108635. ISSN 0006-3207 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108635 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Scoleri V; Vertigan P; Jones ME Tweet
2020	Stobo-Wilson AM, Brandle R, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Management of invasive mesopredators in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia: effectiveness and implications', Wildlife Research, 47, (8) pp. 720-730. ISSN 1035-3712 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR19237 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Jones ME Tweet
2020	Watts ET, Johnson CN, Carver S, Butler CD, Harvey AM, et al., 'Maternal protectiveness in feral horses: responses to intraspecific and interspecific sources of risk', Animal Behaviour, 159 pp. 1-11. ISSN 0003-3472 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.10.018 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Watts ET; Carver S; Butler CD; Cameron EZ Tweet
2019	Bain GC, Johnson CN, Jones M, 'Chronic stress in superb fairy-wrens occupying remnant woodlands: are noisy miners to blame?', Austral Ecology, 44, (7) pp. 1139-1149. ISSN 1442-9993 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/aec.12785 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Bain GC; Jones M Tweet
2019	Beeton NJ, Johnson CN, 'Modelling horse management in the Australian Alps', Ecological Management and Restoration, 20, (1) pp. 57-62. ISSN 1442-7001 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/emr.12350 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7 Tweet
2019	Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Hollings T, Kreger KM, Jones ME, 'Trophic rewilding establishes a landscape of fear: Tasmanian devil introduction increases risk-sensitive foraging in a key prey species', Ecography, 42, (12) pp. 2053-2059. ISSN 0906-7590 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04635 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 17 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Hollings T; Kreger KM; Jones ME Tweet
2019	Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Harnessing the power of ecological interactions to reduce the impacts of feral cats', Biodiversity, 20, (1) pp. 43-47. ISSN 1488-8386 (2019) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2019.1585289 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Jones ME Tweet
2019	Cunningham CX, Scoleri V, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Jones ME, 'Temporal partitioning of activity: rising and falling top-predator abundance triggers community-wide shifts in diel activity', Ecography, 42, (12) pp. 2157-2168. ISSN 0906-7590 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04485 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 32Web of Science - 29 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Scoleri V; Barmuta LA; Jones ME Tweet
2019	Davies GTO, Kirkpatrick JB, Cameron EZ, Carver S, Johnson CN, 'Ecosystem engineering by digging mammals: effects on soil fertility and condition in Tasmanian temperate woodland', Royal Society Open Science, 6, (1) Article 180621. ISSN 2054-5703 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180621 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 23Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: Davies GTO; Kirkpatrick JB; Cameron EZ; Carver S Tweet
2019	Driscoll DA, Worboys GL, Allan H, Banks SC, Beeton NJ, et al., 'Impacts of feral horses in the Australian Alps and evidence-based solutions', Ecological Management and Restoration, 20, (1) pp. 63-72. ISSN 1442-7001 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/emr.12357 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 36Web of Science - 34 Tweet
2019	Gardiner R, Hamer R, Leos-Barajas V, Penaherrera-Palma C, Jones ME, et al., 'State-space modeling reveals habitat perception of a small terrestrial mammal in a fragmented landscape', Ecology and Evolution, 9, (17) pp. 9804-9814. ISSN 2045-7758 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5519 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Gardiner R; Hamer R; Jones ME Tweet
2019	Gardiner R, Proft K, Comte S, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Home range size scales to habitat amount and increasing fragmentation in a mobile woodland specialist', Ecology and Evolution, 9, (24) pp. 14005-14014. ISSN 2045-7758 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5837 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Gardiner R; Proft K; Comte S; Jones ME Tweet
2019	Johnson CN, van Bommel L, Williams D, 'Livestock guardian dogs and animal welfare: Comment on Allen et al. (2019) 'Animal welfare considerations for using large carnivores and guardian dogs as vertebrate biocontrol tools against other animals'', Biological Conservation, 236 pp. 580-581. ISSN 0006-3207 (2019) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.04.017 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: van Bommel L Tweet
2019	Ng D, Carver S, Gotame M, Karmasharya D, Karmacharya D, et al., 'Canine distemper in Nepal's Annapurna Conservation Area - Implications of dog husbandry and human behaviour for wildlife disease', PLoS One, 14, (12) Article e0220874. ISSN 1932-6203 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220874 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Ng D; Carver S Tweet
2019	Ringma J, Legge S, Woinarski JCZ, Radford JQ, Wintle B, et al., 'Systematic planning can rapidly close the protection gap in Australian mammal havens', Conservation Letters, 12, (1) Article e12611. ISSN 1755-263X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/conl.12611 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5 Tweet
2019	Swift JA, Bunce M, Dortch J, Douglass K, Faith JT, et al., 'Micro Methods for Megafauna: Novel Approaches to Late Quaternary Extinctions and Their Contributions to Faunal Conservation in the Anthropocene', BioScience, 69, (11) pp. 877-887. ISSN 0006-3568 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz105 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 7 Tweet
2018	Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Hollings T, Woehler EJ, et al., 'Top carnivore decline has cascading effects on scavengers and carrion persistence', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285, (1892) Article 20181582. ISSN 0962-8452 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1582 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 53Web of Science - 52 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Barmuta LA; Woehler EJ; Jones ME Tweet
2018	Derham TT, Duncan RP, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Hope and caution: Rewilding to mitigate the impacts of biological invasions', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373, (1761) Article 20180127. ISSN 0962-8436 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0127 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 14 Co-authors: Derham TT; Jones ME Tweet
2018	Gardiner R, Bain GC, Hamer R, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Habitat amount and quality, not patch size, determine persistence of a woodland-dependent mammal in an agricultural landscape', Landscape Ecology, 33, (11) pp. 1837-1849. ISSN 0921-2973 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10980-018-0722-0 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 31Web of Science - 29 Co-authors: Gardiner R; Bain GC; Hamer R; Jones ME Tweet
2018	Johnson CN, Prior LD, Archibald S, Poulos HM, Barton AM, et al., 'Can trophic rewilding reduce the impact of fire in a more flammable world?', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 373, (1761) Article 20170443. ISSN 0962-8436 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0443 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 34Web of Science - 34 Co-authors: Prior LD; Williamson GJ; Bowman DMJS Tweet
2018	Legge S, Woinarski JCZ, Burbidge AA, Palmer R, Ringma J, et al., '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, (7) pp. 627-644. ISSN 1035-3712 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR17172 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 86Web of Science - 87 Tweet
2018	Proft KM, Jones ME, Johnson CN, Burridge CP, 'Making the connection: expanding the role of restoration genetics in restoring and evaluating connectivity', Restoration Ecology, 26, (3) pp. 411-418. ISSN 1061-2971 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/rec.12692 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 15 Co-authors: Proft KM; Jones ME; Burridge CP Tweet
2018	Radford JQ, Woinarski JCZ, Legge S, Baseler M, Bentley J, et al., '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, (7) pp. 645-657. ISSN 1035-3712 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR18008 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 49Web of Science - 48 Co-authors: Dickman CR Tweet
2018	Ranyard C, Kirkpatrick JB, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Jones ME, 'An exotic woody weed in a pastoral landscape provides habitat for many native species, but has no apparent threatened species conservation significance', Ecological Management and Restoration, 19, (3) pp. 212-221. ISSN 1442-7001 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/emr.12338 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: Ranyard C; Kirkpatrick JB; Barmuta LA; Jones ME Tweet
2018	Smout FA, Skerratt LE, Johnson CN, Butler JRA, Congdon BC, 'Zoonotic helminth diseases in dogs and dingoes utilising shared resources in an Australian Aboriginal community', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 3, (4) Article 1-14. ISSN 2414-6366 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed3040110 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 11 Tweet
2017	Andersen GE, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Jones ME, 'Use of anthropogenic linear features by two medium-size carnivores in reserved and agricultural landscapes', Scientific Reports, 7, (1) Article 11624. ISSN 2045-2322 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11454-z [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 26 Co-authors: Andersen GE; Barmuta LA; Jones ME Tweet
2017	Anderson GE, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Jones ME, 'Dietary partitioning of Australia's two marsupial hypercarnivores, the Tasmania devil and the spotted-tailed quoll, across their shared distributional range', PLoS One, 12, (11) Article e0188529. ISSN 1932-6203 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188529 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 23 Co-authors: Anderson GE; Barmuta LA; Jones ME Tweet
2017	Doherty TS, Dickman CR, Johnson CN, Legge SM, Ritchie EG, et al., 'Impacts and management of feral cats Felis catus in Australia', Mammal Review, 47, (2) pp. 83-97. ISSN 0305-1838 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/mam.12080 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 100Web of Science - 90 Tweet
2017	Galetti M, Moleon M, Jordano P, Pires MM, Guimaraes Jr PR, et al., 'Ecological and evolutionary legacy of megafauna extinctions', Biological Reviews, 93, (2) pp. 845-862. ISSN 1464-7931 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/brv.12374 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 126Web of Science - 124 Tweet
2017	Johnson CN, Balmford A, Brook BW, Buettel JC, Galetti M, et al., 'Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene', Science, 356, (6335) pp. 270-275. ISSN 0036-8075 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1126/science.aam9317 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 428Web of Science - 399 Co-authors: Brook BW; Buettel JC Tweet
2017	Legge S, Murphy BP, McGregor H, Woinarski JCZ, Augusteyn J, et al., 'Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?', Biological Conservation, 206 pp. 293-303. ISSN 0006-3207 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.032 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 153Web of Science - 154 Co-authors: McGregor H; Fancourt BA; Hohnen R Tweet
2017	Morrant DS, Johnson CN, Butler JRA, Congdon BC, 'Biodiversity friend or foe: Land use by a top predator, the dingo in contested landscapes of the Australian Wet Tropics', Austral Ecology, 42, (3) pp. 252-264. ISSN 1442-9985 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/aec.12427 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 Tweet
2017	Morrant DS, Wurster CM, Johnson CN, Butler JRA, Congdon BC, 'Prey used by dingoes in a contested landscape: ecosystem service provider or biodiversity threat?', Ecology and Evolution, 7, (21) pp. 8927-8935. ISSN 2045-7758 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3345 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 Tweet
2017	Newsome TM, Greenville AC, Cirovic D, Dickman CR, Johnson CN, et al., 'Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions', Nature Communications, 8 Article 15469. ISSN 2041-1723 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15469 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 83Web of Science - 79 Tweet
2017	Smout FA, Skerratt LF, Butler JRA, Johnson CN, Congdon BC, et al., 'The hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum: an emerging public health risk in Australian tropical rainforests and Indigenous communities', One Health, 3 pp. 66-69. ISSN 2352-7714 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2017.04.002 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 29Web of Science - 29 Tweet
2017	van Bommel L, Johnson CN, 'Olfactory communication to protect livestock: dingo response to urine marks of livestock guardian dogs', Australian Mammalogy, 39, (2) pp. 219-226. ISSN 0310-0049 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/AM15049 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: van Bommel L Tweet
2016	Andersen GE, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Sympatric predator odour reveals a competitive relationship in size-structured mammalian carnivores', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, (11) pp. 1831-1841. ISSN 0340-5443 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2189-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Andersen GE; Jones ME Tweet
2016	Bakker ES, Gill JL, Johnson CN, Vera FWM, Sandom CJ, et al., 'Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113, (4) pp. 847-855. ISSN 0027-8424 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502545112 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 199Web of Science - 188 Tweet
2016	Bowman DMJS, Perry GLW, Higgins SI, Johnson CN, Fuhlendorf SD, et al., 'Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371, (1696) Article 20150169. ISSN 0962-8436 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0169 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 109Web of Science - 100 Co-authors: Bowman DMJS Tweet
2016	Davis NE, Bennett A, Forsyth DM, Bowman DMJS, Lefroy EC, et al., 'A systematic review of the impacts and management of introduced deer (family Cervidae) in Australia', Wildlife Research, 43, (1) pp. 515-532. ISSN 1035-3712 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR16148 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 78Web of Science - 76 Co-authors: Bowman DMJS; Lefroy EC; Wood SW Tweet
2016	Hohnen R, Tuft K, Legge S, Walters N, Johanson L, et al., 'The significance of topographic complexity in habitat selection and persistence of a declining marsupial in the Kimberley region of Western Australia', Australian Journal of Zoology, 64, (3) pp. 198-216. ISSN 0004-959X (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/ZO16015 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 13 Co-authors: Hohnen R; Tuft K; Carver S Tweet
2016	Hohnen R, Tuft K, McGregor HW, Legge S, Radford IJ, et al., 'Occupancy of the invasive feral cat varies with habitat complexity', PLoS One, 11, (9) Article e0152520. ISSN 1932-6203 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152520 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 41Web of Science - 42 Co-authors: Hohnen R Tweet
2016	Hohnen R, Tuft KD, Legge S, Hillyer M, Spencer PBS, et al., 'Rainfall and topography predict gene flow among populations of the declining northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)', Conservation Genetics, 17, (5) pp. 1213-1228. ISSN 1566-0621 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10592-016-0856-z [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 15 Co-authors: Hohnen R; Burridge CP Tweet
2016	Johnson CN, 'Mammalian diggers and the ecological impacts of fire', Animal Conservation, 19, (6) pp. 502-503. ISSN 1367-9430 (2016) [Non Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/acv.12320 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 2 Tweet
2016	Johnson CN, 'Fire, people and ecosystem change in Pleistocene Australia', Australian Journal of Botany, 64, (7-8) pp. 643-651. ISSN 0067-1924 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/BT16138 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 12 Tweet
2016	Johnson CN, Alroy J, Beeton NJ, Bird MI, Brook BW, et al., 'What caused extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna of Sahul?', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283, (1824) pp. 1-8. ISSN 0962-8452 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2399 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 37Web of Science - 37 Co-authors: Beeton NJ; Brook BW Tweet
2016	Johnson CN, Rule S, Haberle SG, Kershaw AP, McKenzie GM, et al., 'Geographic variation in the ecological effects of extinction of Australia's Pleistocene megafauna', Ecography, 39, (2) pp. 109-116. ISSN 0906-7590 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01612 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 24Web of Science - 26 Co-authors: Brook BW Tweet
2016	Johnson CN, Wallach AD, 'The virtuous circle: predator-friendly farming and ecological restoration in Australia', Restoration Ecology, 24, (6) pp. 821-826. ISSN 1061-2971 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/rec.12396 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 34Web of Science - 29 Tweet
2016	Leahy L, Legge SM, Tuft K, McGregor HW, Barmuta LA, et al., 'Amplified predation after fire suppresses rodent populations in Australia's tropical savannas', Wildlife Research, 42, (8) pp. 705-716. ISSN 1035-3712 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR15011 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 122Web of Science - 124 Co-authors: Leahy L; McGregor HW; Barmuta LA; Jones ME Tweet
2016	McGregor HW, Legge S, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Extraterritorial hunting expeditions to intense fire scars by feral cats', Scientific Reports, 6 Article 22559. ISSN 2045-2322 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/srep22559 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 73Web of Science - 71 Co-authors: McGregor HW; Jones ME Tweet
2016	McGregor HW, Legge SM, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'GPS collars are more efficient when collecting high-frequency data', Australian Mammalogy, 38, (2) pp. 237-240. ISSN 0310-0049 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/AM15034 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: McGregor HW; Jones ME Tweet
2016	Rodriguez-Rey M, Herrando-Perez S, Brook BW, Saltre F, Alroy J, et al., 'A comprehensive database of quality-rated fossil ages for Sahul's Quaternary vertebrates', Scientific Data, 3 Article 160053. ISSN 2052-4463 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.53 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Brook BW; Beeton N Tweet
2016	Saltre F, Rodriguez-Rey M, Brook BW, Johnson CN, Turney CSM, et al., 'Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia', Nature Communications, 7 Article 10511. ISSN 2041-1723 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10511 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 91Web of Science - 96 Co-authors: Brook BW; Beeton N Tweet
2016	Simpson K, Johnson CN, Carver S, 'Sarcoptes scabiei: the mange mite with mighty effects on the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)', PLOS One, 11, (3) Article e0149749. ISSN 1932-6203 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149749 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 30Web of Science - 25 Co-authors: Simpson K; Carver S Tweet
2016	Smout FA, Skerratt LF, Butler JRA, Johnson CN, Congdon BC, 'Dingoes (Canis dingo Meyer, 1793) continue to be an important reservoir host of Dirofilaria immitis in low density housing areas in Australia', Veterinary Parasitology, 215 pp. 6-10. ISSN 0304-4017 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.10.020 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 14 Tweet
2016	van Bommel L, Johnson CN, 'Livestock guardian dogs as surrogate top predators? How Maremma sheepdogs affect a wildlife community', Ecology and Evolution, 6, (18) pp. 6702-6711. ISSN 2045-7758 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2412 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: van Bommel L Tweet
2015	Beeton NJ, McMahon CR, Williamson GJ, Potts J, Bloomer J, et al., 'Using the Spatial Population Abundance Dynamics Engine for conservation management', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6, (12) pp. 1407-1416. ISSN 2041-210X (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12434 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Beeton NJ; McMahon CR; Williamson GJ; Forbes LK Tweet
2015	Fancourt BA, Bateman BL, VanDerWal J, Nicol SC, Hawkins CE, et al., 'Testing the role of climate change in species decline: is the eastern quoll a victim of a change in the weather?', PLoS ONE, 10, (6) Article e0129420. ISSN 1932-6203 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129420 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: Fancourt BA; Nicol SC; Hawkins CE; Jones ME Tweet
2015	Hohnen R, Tuft KD, Legge S, Radford IJ, Carver S, et al., 'Post-fire habitat use of the golden-backed tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus) in the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia', Austral Ecology, 40, (8) pp. 941-952. ISSN 1442-9985 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/aec.12278 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: Hohnen R; Carver S Tweet
2015	Johnson CN, Rule S, Haberle SG, Turney CSM, Kershaw AP, et al., 'Using dung fungi to interpret decline and extinction of megaherbivores: problems and solutions', Quaternary Science Reviews, 110 pp. 107-113. ISSN 0277-3791 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.12.011 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 33Web of Science - 34 Co-authors: Brook BW Tweet
2015	Lawes MJ, Fisher DO, Johnson CN, Blomberg SP, Frank ASK, et al., 'Correlates of recent declines of rodents in Northern and Southern Australia: habitat structure is critical', PLoS ONE, 10, (6) Article e0130626. ISSN 1932-6203 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130626 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 26Web of Science - 29 Co-authors: Frank ASK Tweet
2015	McGregor H, Legge S, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Feral cats are better killers in open habitats, revealed by animal-borne video', PLoS ONE, 10, (8) Article e0133915. ISSN 1932-6203 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133915 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 136Web of Science - 137 Co-authors: McGregor H; Jones ME Tweet
2015	McGregor HW, Legge S, Potts J, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Density and home range of feral cats in north-western Australia', Wildlife Research, 42, (3) pp. 223-231. ISSN 1035-3712 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR14180 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 57Web of Science - 59 Co-authors: McGregor HW; Jones ME Tweet
2015	Newsome TM, Ballard G-A, Crowther MS, Dellinger JA, Fleming PJS, et al., 'Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration', Restoration Ecology, 23, (3) pp. 201-208. ISSN 1061-2971 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/rec.12186 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 68Web of Science - 55 Tweet
2015	Prowse TAA, Correll RA, Johnson CN, Prideaux GJ, Brook BW, 'Empirical tests of harvest-induced body-size evolution along a geographic gradient in Australian macropods', Journal of Animal Ecology, 84 pp. 299-309. ISSN 0021-8790 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12273 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2015	Prowse TAA, Johnson CN, Cassey P, Bradshaw CJA, Brook BW, 'Ecological and economic benefits to cattle rangelands of restoring an apex predator', Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, (2) pp. 455-466. ISSN 0021-8901 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12378 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 44Web of Science - 40 Co-authors: Brook BW Tweet
2015	Rodriguez-Rey M, Herrando-Perez S, Gillespie R, Jacobs Z, Saltre F, et al., 'Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages', Quaternary Geochronology, 30 pp. 69-79. ISSN 1871-1014 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.08.002 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 26Web of Science - 25 Co-authors: Brook BW; Beeton N Tweet
2015	Saltre F, Brook BW, Rodriguez-Rey M, Cooper A, Johnson CN, et al., 'Uncertainties in dating constrain model choice for inferring extinction time from fossil records', Quaternary Science Reviews, 112 pp. 128-137. ISSN 0277-3791 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.01.022 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 31Web of Science - 35 Co-authors: Brook BW Tweet
2015	Ziembicki MR, Woinarski JCZ, Webb JK, Vanderduys E, Tuft K, et al., 'Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia', Therya, 6, (1) pp. 169-225. ISSN 2007-3364 (2015) [Non Refereed Article] DOI: 10.12933/therya-15-236 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Frank ASK Tweet
2014	DeGabriel JL, Moore BD, Foley WJ, Johnson CN, 'Male-biased predation and its effect on paternity skew and life history in a population of common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)', PLoS One, 9, (11) Article e111746. ISSN 1932-6203 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111746 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Tweet
2014	Eldridge MDB, Potter S, Johnson CN, Ritchie EG, 'Differing impact of a major biogeographic barrier on genetic structure in two large kangaroos from the monsoon tropics of Northern Australia', Ecology and Evolution, 4, (5) pp. 554-567. ISSN 2045-7758 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.954 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 24Web of Science - 23 Tweet
2014	Fancourt BA, Nicol SC, Hawkins CE, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Beyond the disease: is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?', International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 3, (2) pp. 102-112. ISSN 2213-2244 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.05.001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25 Co-authors: Fancourt BA; Nicol SC; Hawkins CE; Jones ME Tweet
2014	Fisher DO, Johnson CN, Lawes MJ, Fritz SA, McCallum H, et al., '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, 24, (1) pp. 123-125. ISSN 1466-822X (2014) [Letter or Note in Journal] DOI: 10.1111/geb.12252 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Frank A Tweet
2014	Fisher DO, Johnson CN, Lawes MJ, Fritz SA, McCallum HI, et al., 'The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: is history repeating?', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, (2) pp. 181-190. ISSN 1466-822X (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/geb.12088 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 101Web of Science - 107 Co-authors: McCallum HI; Frank A Tweet
2014	Frank ASK, Johnson CN, Potts JM, Fisher A, Lawes MJ, et al., 'Experimental evidence that feral cats cause local extirpation of small mammals in Australia's tropical savannas', Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, (6) pp. 1486-1493. ISSN 0021-8901 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12323 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 80Web of Science - 82 Co-authors: Frank ASK Tweet
2014	Johnson CN, Crowther MS, Dickman CR, Letnic MI, Newsome TM, et al., 'Experiments in no-impact control of dingoes: comment on Allen et al. 2013', Frontiers in Zoology, 11 Article 17. ISSN 1742-9994 (2014) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-17 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 12 Tweet
2014	McGregor HW, Legge S, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Landscape management of fire and grazing regimes alters the fine-scale habitat utilisation by feral cats', PLoS One, 9, (10) Article e109097. ISSN 1932-6203 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109097 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 161Web of Science - 163 Co-authors: McGregor HW; Jones ME Tweet
2014	Potts JM, Beeton NJ, Bowman DMJS, Williamson GJ, Lefroy EC, et al., 'Predicting the future range and abundance of fallow deer in Tasmania, Australia', Wildlife Research, 41, (8) pp. 633-640. ISSN 1035-3712 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR13206 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 13 Co-authors: Beeton NJ; Bowman DMJS; Williamson GJ; Lefroy EC Tweet
2014	Prowse TAA, Johnson CN, Bradshaw CJA, Brook BW, 'An ecological regime shift resulting from disrupted predator-prey interactions in Holocene Australia', Ecology, 95, (3) pp. 693-702. ISSN 0012-9658 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1890/13-0746.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 38Web of Science - 40 Co-authors: Brook BW Tweet
2014	van Bommel L, Johnson CN, 'Where do livestock guardian dogs go? Movement patterns of free-ranging Maremma sheepdogs', PLoS One, 9, (10) Article e111444. ISSN 1932-6203 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111444 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 36Web of Science - 32 Co-authors: van Bommel L Tweet
2014	van Bommel L, Johnson CN, 'How guardian dogs protect livestock from predators: territorial enforcement by Maremma sheepdogs', Wildlife Research, 41, (8) pp. 662-672. ISSN 1035-3712 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR14190 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 24 Co-authors: van Bommel L Tweet
2013	Bradshaw CJA, Bowman DMJS, Bond NR, Murphy BP, Moore AD, et al., 'Brave new green world - Consequences of a carbon economy for the conservation of Australian biodiversity', Biological Conservation, 161 pp. 71-90. ISSN 0006-3207 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.012 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 56Web of Science - 55 Co-authors: Bowman DMJS; Murphy BP; Lefroy EC Tweet
2013	Brook BW, Bradshaw CJA, Cooper A, Johnson CN, Worthy TH, et al., 'Lack of chronological support for stepwise prehuman extinctions of Australian megafauna', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, 110, (36) pp. 1. ISSN 0027-8424 (2013) [Letter or Note in Journal] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1309226110 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 17 Tweet
2013	DeGabriel JL, Moore BD, Felton AM, Ganzhorn JU, Stolter C, et al., 'Translating nutritional ecology from the laboratory to the field: milestones in linking plant chemistry to population regulation in mammalian browsers', Oikos, 123, (3) pp. 298-308. ISSN 0030-1299 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00727.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 49Web of Science - 49 Tweet
2013	Inkster-Draper TE, Sheaves M, Johnson CN, Robson SKA, 'Prescribed fire in eucalypt woodlands: immediate effects on a microbat community of northern Australia', Wildlife Research, 40, (1) pp. 70-76. ISSN 1035-3712 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR12133 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 19 Tweet
2013	Johnson CN, Bradshaw CJA, Cooper A, Gillespie R, Brook BW, 'Rapid megafaunal extinction following human arrival throughout the New World', Quaternary International, 308-309 pp. 273-277. ISSN 1040-6182 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.022 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 16 Tweet
2013	Johnson CN, Ritchie EG, 'The dingo and biodiversity conservation: response to Fleming et al. (2012)', Australian Mammalogy, 35, (1) pp. 8-14. ISSN 0310-0049 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/AM12005 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 28Web of Science - 24 Tweet
2013	Kolomyjec SH, Grant TR, Johnson CN, Blair D, 'Regional population structuring and conservation units in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)', Australian Journal of Zoology, 61, (5) pp. 378-385. ISSN 0004-959X (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/ZO13029 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 9 Tweet
2013	Pope LC, Vernes K, Goldizen AW, Johnson CN, 'Mating system and local dispersal patterns of an endangered potoroid, the northern bettong (Bettongia tropica)', Australian Journal of Zoology, 60, (4) pp. 278-287. ISSN 0004-959X (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/ZO12071 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7 Tweet
2013	Prowse TAA, Johnson CN, Lacy RC, Bradshaw CJA, Pollak JP, et al., 'No need for disease: Testing extinction hypotheses for the thylacine using multi-species metamodels', Journal of Animal Ecology, 82, (2) pp. 355-364. ISSN 0021-8790 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12029 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 34Web of Science - 31 Tweet
2013	Ritchie EG, Bradshaw CJA, Dickman CR, Hobbs R, Johnson CN, et al., 'Continental-scale governance and the hastening of loss of Australia's biodiversity', Conservation Biology, 27, (6) pp. 1133-1135. ISSN 0888-8892 (2013) [Letter or Note in Journal] DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12189 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 34Web of Science - 29 Tweet
2013	Windley HR, Wallis IR, DeGabriel JL, Moore BD, Johnson CN, et al., 'A faecal index of diet quality that predicts reproductive success in a marsupial folivore', Oecologia, 173, (1) pp. 203-212. ISSN 0029-8549 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2616-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 16 Tweet
2012	Bateman BL, VanDerWal J, Johnson CN, 'Nice weather for bettongs: using weather events, not climate means, in species distribution models', Ecography, 35, (4) pp. 306-314. ISSN 0906-7590 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06871.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 71Web of Science - 70 Tweet
2012	Bateman BL, VanDerWal J, Williams SE, Johnson CN, 'Biotic interactions influence the projected distribution of a specialist mammal under climate change', Diversity and Distributions, 18, (9) pp. 861-872. ISSN 1366-9516 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00922.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 78Web of Science - 75 Tweet
2012	Brook LA, Johnson CN, Ritchie EG, 'Effects of predator control on behaviour of an apex predator and indirect consequences for mesopredator suppression', Journal of Applied Ecology, 49, (6) pp. 1278-1286. ISSN 0021-8901 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02207.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 181Web of Science - 176 Tweet
2012	Rule S, Brook BW, Haberle SG, Turney CSM, Kershaw AP, et al., 'The aftermath of megafaunal extinction: ecosystem transformation in Pleistocene Australia', Science, 335, (6075) pp. 1483-1486. ISSN 0036-8075 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1126/science.1214261 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 226Web of Science - 220 Tweet
2012	Valentine LE, Schwarzkopf L, Johnson CN, 'Effects of a short fire-return interval on resources and assemblage structure of birds in a tropical savanna', Austral Ecology, 37, (1) pp. 23-34. ISSN 1442-9985 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02244.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 24 Tweet
2012	Zamora-Vilchis I, Williams SE, Johnson CN, 'Environmental Temperature Affects Prevalence of Blood Parasites of Birds on an Elevation Gradient: Implications for Disease in a Warming Climate', PLoS-One, 7, (6) Article e39208. ISSN 1932-6203 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039208 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 133Web of Science - 123 Tweet
2012	van Bommel L, Johnson CN, 'Good dog! Using livestock guardian dogs to protect livestock from predators in Australia's extensive grazing systems', Wildlife Research, 39, (3) pp. 220-229. ISSN 1035-3712 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR11135 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 82Web of Science - 80 Co-authors: van Bommel L Tweet
2011	Bateman BL, Abell-Davis SE, Johnson CN, 'Climate-driven variation in food availability between the core and range edge of the endangered northern bettong (Bettongia tropica)', Australian Journal of Zoology, 59, (3) pp. 177-185. ISSN 0004-959X (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/ZO11079 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 10 Tweet
2011	Bateman BL, Johnson CN, 'The influences of climate, habitat and fire on the distribution of cockatoo grass (Alloteropsis semialata) (Poaceae) in the Wet Tropics of northern Australia', Australian Journal of Botany, 59, (4) pp. 315-323. ISSN 0067-1924 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/BT10266 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2011	Johnson CN, Brook BW, 'Reconstructing the dynamics of ancient human populations from radiocarbon dates: 10 000 years of population growth in Australia', Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 278, (1725) pp. 3748-3754. ISSN 0962-8452 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0343 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 45Web of Science - 43 Tweet
2011	Simberloff D, Johnson C, Wright J, 'Non-natives: 141 scientists object', Nature, 475, (7354) pp. 36. ISSN 0028-0836 (2011) [Letter or Note in Journal] DOI: 10.1038/475036a [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 164Web of Science - 155 Co-authors: Wright J Tweet
2011	Woinarski JCZ, Legge S, Fitzsimons JA, Traill BJ, Burbidge AA, et al., 'The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: context, cause, and response ', Conservation Letters, 4, (3) pp. 192-201. ISSN 1755-263X (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00164.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 238Web of Science - 227 Tweet
2010	Asari Y, Johnson CN, Parsons M, Larson J, 'Gap-crossing in fragmented habitats by mahogany gliders (Petaurus gracilis). Do they cross roads and powerline corridors?', Australian Mammalogy, 32, (1) pp. 10-15. ISSN 0310-0049 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/AM08017 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 20 Tweet
2010	Johnson CN, 'Red in tooth and claw: how top predators shape terrestrial ecosystems ', Journal of Animal Ecology, 79 pp. 723-725. ISSN 0021-8790 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01706.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 4 Tweet
2010	Wallach AD, Johnson CN, Ritchie EG, O'Neill AJ, 'Predator control promotes invasive dominated ecological states ', Ecology Letters, 13, (8) pp. 1008-1018. ISSN 1461-023X (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01492.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 141Web of Science - 128 Tweet
2009	Bennett JM, Kutt AS, Johnson CN, Robson SKA, 'Ants as indicators for vertebrate fauna at a local scale: an assessment of cross-taxa surrogacy in a disturbed matrix', Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, (13) pp. 3407-3419. ISSN 0960-3115 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9650-2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 8 Tweet
2009	DeGabriel JL, Moore BD, Foley WJ, Johnson CN, 'The effects of plant defensive chemistry on nutrient availability predict reproductive success in a mammal ', Ecology, 90, (3) pp. 711-719. ISSN 0012-9658 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1890/08-0940.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 130Web of Science - 129 Tweet
2009	DeGabriel JL, Moore BD, Shipley LA, Krockenberger AK, Wallis IR, et al., 'Inter-population differences in the tolerance of a marsupial folivore to plant secondary metabolites', Oecologia, 161, (3) pp. 539-548. ISSN 0029-8549 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1407-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 16 Tweet
2009	Isaac JL, Vanderwal J, Johnson CN, Williams SE, 'Resistence and resilience: quantifying relative extinction risk in a diverse assemblage of Australian tropical rainforest vertebrates', Diversity and Distributions, 15, (2) pp. 280-288. ISSN 1366-9516 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00531.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 62Web of Science - 57 Tweet
2009	Johnson CN, 'Megafaunal decline and fall', Science, 326 pp. 1072-1073. ISSN 0036-8075 (2009) [Non Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1126/science.1182770 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 10 Tweet
2009	Johnson CN, 'Ecological consequences of Late Quaternary extinctions of megafauna', Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 276, (1667) pp. 2509-2519. ISSN 0962-8452 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1921 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 201Web of Science - 184 Tweet
2009	Johnson CN, Isaac JL, 'Body mass and extinction risk in Australian marsupials: The 'Critical Weight Range' revisited ', Austral Ecology, 34, (1) pp. 35-40. ISSN 1442-9985 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01878.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 131Web of Science - 129 Tweet
2009	Johnson CN, VanDerWal J, 'Evidence that dingoes limit abundance of a mesopredator in eastern Australian forests ', Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, (3) pp. 641-646. ISSN 0021-8901 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01650.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 108Web of Science - 97 Tweet
2009	Kolomyjec SH, Chong JYT, Blair D, Gongora J, Grant TR, et al., 'Population genetics of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): a fine-scale look at adjacent river systems ', Australian Journal of Zoology, 57, (4) pp. 225-234. ISSN 0004-959X (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/ZO09045 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 16 Co-authors: Kolomyjec SH Tweet
2009	Ritchie EG, Johnson CN, 'Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation', Ecology Letters, 12, (9) pp. 982-998. ISSN 1461-023X (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01347.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 821Web of Science - 780 Tweet
2009	Ritchie EG, Martin JK, Johnson CN, Fox BJ, 'Separating the influences of environment and species interactions on patterns of distribution and abundance: competition between large herbivores ', Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, (4) pp. 724-731. ISSN 0021-8790 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01520.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 48Web of Science - 48 Tweet
2009	VanDerWal J, Shoo LP, Johnson CN, Williams SE, 'Abundance and the Environmental Niche: Environmental Suitability Estimated from Niche Models Predicts the Upper Limit of Local Abundance ', The American Naturalist, 174, (2) pp. 1-10. ISSN 0003-0147 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1086/600087 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 303Web of Science - 300 Tweet
2009	Visser RL, Watson JEM, Dickman CR, Southgate R, Jenkins D, et al., 'A national framework for research on trophic regulation by the Dingo in Australia', Pacific Conservation Biology, 15, (3) pp. 209-216. ISSN 1038-2097 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/pc090209 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11 Tweet
2009	Williams SE, Williams YM, VanDerWal J, Isaac JL, Shoo LP, et al., 'Ecological specialization and population size in a biodiversity hotspot: How rare species avoid extinction', National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings, 106, (Supplement 2) pp. 19737-19741. ISSN 0027-8424 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901640106 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 82Web of Science - 76 Tweet
2008	Ritchie EG, Martin JK, Krockenberger AK, Garnett S, Johnson CN, 'Large-herbivore distribution and abundance: intra-and interspecific niche variation in the tropics', Ecological Monographs, 78, (1) pp. 105-122. ISSN 0012-9615 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1890/06-2117.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 36Web of Science - 38 Tweet
2008	Shevill DI, Johnson CN, 'Diet and breeding of the rufous spiny bandicoot echymipera rufescens australis, Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula', Australian Mammalogy, 29, (2) pp. 169-175. ISSN 0310-0049 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/AM07021 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7 Tweet
2008	Symonds MRE, Johnson CN, 'Species richness and evenness in Australian birds', The American Naturalist , 171, (4) pp. 480-490. ISSN 0003-0147 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1086/528960 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 30Web of Science - 25 Tweet
2007	Ford F, Johnson CN, 'Eroding abodes and vanished bridges: historical biogeography of the substrate specialist pebble-mound mice (pseudomys)', Journal of Biogeography, 34, (3) pp. 514-523. ISSN 0305-0270 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01649.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 11 Tweet
2007	Johnson CN, Isaac JL, Fisher DO, 'Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: Dingoes and marsupials in Australia ', Proceedings of The Royal Society : Biological Sciences, 274, (1608) pp. 341-346. ISSN 0962-8452 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3711 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 259Web of Science - 236 Tweet
2007	Parsons JG, Cairns A, Johnson CN, Robson SKA, Shilton LA, et al., 'Dietary variation in spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) of the Australian Wet Tropics ', Australian Journal of Zoology, 54, (6) pp. 417-428. ISSN 0004-959X (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/ZO06092 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 24 Tweet
2007	Parsons JG, Cairns A, Johnson CN, Robson SKA, Shilton LA, et al., 'Bryophyte dispersal by flying foxes: A novel discovery', Oecologia, 152, (1) pp. 112-114. ISSN 0029-8549 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0639-1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 31Web of Science - 31 Tweet
2007	Valentine LE, Schwarzkopf L, Johnson CN, Grice AC, 'Burning season influences the response of bird assemblages to fire in tropical savannas', Biological Conservation, 137, (1) pp. 90-101. ISSN 0006-3207 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.018 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 28Web of Science - 24 Tweet
2006	Brook BW, Johnson CN, 'Selective hunting of juveniles as a cause of the imperceptible overkill of the Australian Pleistocene megafauna', Alcheringa, 30, (Supplement 1) pp. 39-48. ISSN 0311-5518 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/03115510609506854 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 36 Tweet
2006	Hourigan CL, Johnson CN, Robson SKA, 'The structure of a micro-bat community in relation to gradients of environmental variation in a tropical urban area', Urban Ecosystems, 9, (2) pp. 67-82. ISSN 1083-8155 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s11252-006-7902-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 39 Tweet
2006	Symonds MRE, Christidis L, Johnson CN, 'Latitudinal gradients in abundance, and the causes of rarity in the tropics: a test using Australian honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae)', Oecologia, 149, (3) pp. 406-417. ISSN 0029-8549 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0456-6 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 11 Tweet
2006	Symonds MRE, Johnson CN, 'Determinants of local abundance in a major radiation of Australian passerines (Aves: Meliphagoidea)', Journal of Biogeography, 33, (5) pp. 794-802. ISSN 0305-0270 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01432.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 15 Tweet
2006	Symonds MRE, Johnson CN, 'Range size-abundance relationships in Australian passerines', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 15, (2) pp. 143-152. ISSN 1466-822X (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00198.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 21 Tweet
2006	Williams YM, Williams SE, Alford RA, Waycott M, Johnson CN, 'Niche breadth and geographical range: Ecological compensation for geographical rarity in rainforest frogs', Biology Letters, 2, (4) pp. 532-535. ISSN 1744-9561 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0541 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 48Web of Science - 42 Tweet
1998	Johnson CN, 'Species extinction and the relationship between distribution and abundance', Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science, 394, (16 July 1998) pp. 272-274. ISSN 0028-0836 (1998) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/28385 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 169Web of Science - 161 Tweet
1996	Johnson CN, 'Interactions between mammals and ectomycorrhiza fungi', Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 11, (12) pp. 503-507. ISSN 0169-5347 (1996) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(96)10053-7 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 154Web of Science - 146 Tweet
1988	Johnson CN, 'Dispersal and the sex ratio at birth in primates', Nature, 332 pp. 726-728. ISSN 0028-0836 (1988) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/332726a0 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 78Web of Science - 81 Tweet

Book

(1 outputs)

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2006	Johnson CN, 'Australia's Mammal Extinctions : A 50,000 year history', Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, pp. 288. ISBN 0521686601 (2006) [Authored Research Book] [eCite] [Details]

Chapter in Book

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2015	Johnson C, 'An ecological view of the dingo', The Dingo Debate: Origins, Behaviour and Conservation, CSIRO Publishing, B Smith (ed), Australia, pp. 191-213. ISBN 9781486300297 (2015) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2014	Johnson CN, 'The rise and fall of large marsupial carnivores', Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future, CSIRO Publishing, AS Glen, CR Dickman (ed), Collingwood, Australia, pp. 13-26. ISBN 9780643103108 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2014	Johnson CN, Letnic M, 'Introducing a new top predator, the dingo', Invasion Biology and Ecological Theory: Insights from a Continent in Transformation, Cambridge University Press, HHT Prins, IJ Gordon (ed), Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 414-428. ISBN 978-1-1-07-03581-2 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2014	van Bommel L, Johnson CN, 'Protecting livestock while conserving ecosystem function: non-lethal management of wild predators', Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future, CSIRO Publishing, AS Glen, CR Dickman (ed), Collingwood, Australia, pp. 323-354. ISBN 9780643103108 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: van Bommel L Tweet

Conference Publication

(1 outputs)

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2007	Frusher SD, Gardner C, Ling SD, Johnson CN, Ridgeway K, 'Is climate change impacting on lobster stocks in Tasmania?', Programme & Abstracts: 8th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, 23-28 September 2007, Charlottetown, Canada, pp. 43. (2007) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Frusher SD; Gardner C; Ling SD

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2007

Frusher SD, Gardner C, Ling SD, Johnson CN, Ridgeway K, 'Is climate change impacting on lobster stocks in Tasmania?', Programme & Abstracts: 8th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, 23-28 September 2007, Charlottetown, Canada, pp. 43. (2007) [Conference Extract]

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Co-authors: Frusher SD; Gardner C; Ling SD

Other Public Output

(2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2013	Johnson C, 'What happened to the megafauna?', Wildlife Australia, Preservation Society of QLD, Queensland, Australia, 50, 3 (2013) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details]
2013	Johnson C, 'Ecologica - new eye on life: Dingoes for wildlife', Wildlife Australia, Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, Australia, 50, 2 (2013) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details]

Grants & Funding

Professor Johnson has held nine ARC Discovery and four ARC Linkage grants, and collaborated in two CRCs, one National Environment Research Program Hub, and one National Environment Science Program Hub.

Funding Summary

Number of grants

Total funding

$76,766,707

Projects

Working with wind energy and forestry for effective eagle conservation (2022 - 2025)$1,009,488

Description: This project aims to ensure the conservation of the Endangered Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle by resolving conflict with wind farms and forestry. It will do this by understanding the flight behaviour, movements and mortality of eagles, and the responses of breeding birds to forestry-related disturbance. The project will build new knowledge and institutional partnerships that will result in better planning to minimise impacts on the Tasmanian eagle population. This will secure the future of Australia's largest eagle, and improve the sustainability of renewable energy and forest industries in Tasmania. Findings from the project will be transferrable to similar problems in other places.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($719,068)
Collaborators: ACEN Australia ($50,000); Environment Protection Authority Tasmania ($74,420); Epuron ($81,000); Pennicott Wilderness Journeys Pty Ltd ($60,000); Woolnorth Wind Farm Holding Pty Ltd ($25,000)
Scheme: Grant-Linkage Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Burridge CP; Koch A; Hawkins C; Cameron E
Period: 2022 - 2025
Grant Reference: LP210200539

Analysis and modelling of feral horse demography in the Australian Alps (2020)$5,000

Description: This project will use data previously collected over a three-year period to analyse the demography rates of two populations of feral horses in the Australian Alps and develop a working demographic model to estimate the effort required to stabilise population growth.
Funding: Parks Victoria ($5,000)
Scheme: Scholarship - The Research Partners Program
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Cameron EZ; Butler CD; Johnson CN
Year: 2020

Measuring chronic stress in superb fairy-wrens of the Tasmanian Midlands (2017)$1,500

Description: The project will involve the capture and blood sampling of superb fairy-wrens that occupy habitat with varying degrees of disturbance (e.g. noisy miner abundance) and fragmentation. Chronic stress in wrens will be measured in the laboratory via white blood cell ratios.
Funding: Australian Wildlife Society ($1,500)
Scheme: Grant-University Students Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Bain GC
Year: 2017

Protecting the Tasmanian wilderness from an expanding deer population (2017 - 2019)$521,629

Description: This projects aims to address the threats posed by deer to unique environments in Tasmania, especially in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. We will analyse the current and potential distribution of deer in Tasmania, describe their impacts on vegetation, and test how those impacts on vegetation interact with fire. We will use our data to develop options for management of deer to limit their environmental impacts, and especially to prevent future damage to sensitive environments. This will provide environmental and economic benefits by safeguarding ecosystems of high value. The project will also generate fundamental knowledge that will be ofbenefit to management of growing populations of deer in other parts of Australia.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($401,629)
Scheme: Grant-Linkage Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Bowman DMJS; Driessen MM; Forsyth D; Perry G
Period: 2017 - 2019
Grant Reference: LP170100301

ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (2017 - 2023)$33,750,000

Funding: Australian Research Council ($33,750,000)
Scheme: Grant-ARC Centres of Excellence
Administered By: University of Adelaide
Research Team: Roberts RG; Brook BW; Johnson CN
Period: 2017 - 2023
Grant Reference: CE170100015

Transformation of vegetation by big herbivores, from the Pleistocene to now (2016 - 2018)$387,527

Description: The structure and distribution of vegetation types is determined not only by climate and soils, but also by theimpacts of herbivory and fire as consumers of plant biomass. Recent research has shown how fire shapes thelarge-scale distribution of vegetation types, but we do not have an equivalent understanding of the effects of largeground-dwelling herbivores. We will test the effects of such animals on vegetation structure in the Pleistocene,when mega-herbivores were common, and today, and we will compare the impacts of fire and herbivory on thedistribution of vegetation types. The project will provide a coherent understanding of the effects of extinct andextant large herbivores on ecosystems over large scales of space and time.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($379,400)
Scheme: Grant-Discovery Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Bowman DMJS; Higgins S
Period: 2016 - 2018
Grant Reference: DP160100748

Long-term ecological effects of Tasmanian devil decline (2016 - 2018)$18,750

Description: This project investigates how the disease-induced decline of the Tasmanian devil affects prey behaviour and the composition of the mammal community.
Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($18,750)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Cunningham CX
Period: 2016 - 2018

Interactions among predators and impacts on prey on Maria Island: Devils, cats, possums and seabirds (2016 - 2018)$18,500

Description: This project will use remote cameras, GPS tracking technology, and monitoring of seabird numbers and survival to study the effects of an increasing devil population on the population dynamics, behaviour, activity and resource-use of brushtail possums, feral cats, shearwaters and other small-medium sized mammal species. The aim of the project is to enhance knowledge of the role of Tasmanian Devils as ecosystem architects in protecting biodiversity and guiding conservation mitigation and restoration programs in Tasmania and mainland Australia.
Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($18,500)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Scoleri V
Period: 2016 - 2018

Using a novel approach to assess microhabitat use under predation risk of declining ground-foraging birds in fragmented farmland (2016)$2,087

Description: This is a field study to assess the influence of predation risk on microhabitat selection of ground-foraging woodland birds in the Tasmanian Midlands.
Funding: British Ornithologist's Union ($2,087)
Scheme: Grant-Small Ornithological Research Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Bain GC
Year: 2016

Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and cats in the Tasmanian Midlands (2016)$6,000

Description: Determining the processes driving the distribution, abundance and behaviour of mammalian carnivores in the Tasmanian Midlands, with a view to improving the effectiveness of habitat restoration projects being undertaken by our industry partners.
Funding: Ecological Society of Australia Limited ($6,000)
Scheme: Award-Nature Conservancy Applied Conservation
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Hamer RP
Year: 2016

Is the Felixer cat trap safe for native carnivores? (2016)$5,000

Description: Feral cats are a huge threat to our native wildlife and agriculture but are notoriously hard to control via shooting, trapping and baiting. We aim to test whether the Felixer, a new robotic grooming trap for feral cats, is safe for native cat-like animals such as the vulnerable spotted-tailed quoll. If it can avoid impacts on these native carnivores, this device could be a vital weapon in the fight against feral cats.
Funding: Experiment ($5,000)
Scheme: Grant - Cats Challenge Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; McGregor H; Hamer RP
Year: 2016

Arthur River long-term eco-system monitoring project (2015)$16,000

Funding: University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($16,000)
Scheme: Donation - Individual
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN
Year: 2015

Landscape and conservation genetics of Tasmanian bettongs (2015 - 2017)$11,650

Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($11,650)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Burridge CP; Jones ME; Johnson CN; Proft KM
Period: 2015 - 2017

Using guardian dogs to protect threatened species (2015 - 2018)$390,000

Description: Guardian dogs are ancient breeds of dogs that live with livestock and protect them from wild predators. Thisproject asks whether they can also be used to reduce predation on threatened wildlife. The project will measurethe impacts of guardian dogs on distribution and behaviour of feral cats and red foxes, and monitor trialreintroductions of eastern barred bandicoots in the presence of guardian dogs. It aims to provide an innovativesolution to one of Australia's most significant conservation problems: the persistent failure of attempts toreintroduce threatened species to open landscapes with invasive predators.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($300,000)
Scheme: Grant-Linkage Projects Round 1
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Coulson G; Magrath M
Period: 2015 - 2018
Grant Reference: LP150100220

Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and feral cats in the Tasmanian Midlands. (2015)$1,500

Description: Aims1. Determine the nature and relative importance of factors driving the distribution and abundanceof large mammalian predators in the Tasmanian Midlands.2. Investigate the fine-scale habitat use of each species, with a view to defining important habitatfeatures and parameters for the conservation of native predators.3. Examine the behavioural interactions between the four species of large mammalian predatorspresent, in order to further understand how these may be affecting these species' habitat useand distribution.4. Quantify the relative impact of these four predators on native prey, and provide an indication ofwhether this impact can be limited by habitat complexity.5. Provide preliminary information on the impact of current predator control and managementpractices.
Funding: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales ($1,500)
Scheme: Grant-Ethel Mary Read
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Hamer RP
Year: 2015

Ecological restoration for Critical Weight Range Mammals in Tasmania's Midlands (2015 - 2017)$15,400

Description: The main aim of this project is to provide an animal centric approach for restoration efforts and conservationmanagement for Tasmania's CWR mammals, by studying individual decision making across the landscape.
Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($15,400)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Jones ME; Gardiner R
Period: 2015 - 2017

Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and cats in the Tasmanian Midlands (2015 - 2017)$17,000

Description: Determining the processes driving the distribution, abundance and behaviour of mammalian carnivores in the Tasmanian Midlands,with a view to improving the effectiveness of habitat restoration projects being undertaken by our industry partners.
Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($17,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Hamer RP
Period: 2015 - 2017

Threatened Species Recovery Hub (2015 - 2021)$29,980,000

Funding: Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($29,980,000)
Scheme: Grant-National Environmental Science Prgm (NESP)
Administered By: University of Queensland
Research Team: Possingham H; Johnson CN
Period: 2015 - 2021

Does digging by marsupials reduces fire impact and promotes recovery from fire in Australia's woodlands? (2014 - 2016)$56,100

Description: Many medium-sized Australian marsupials dig for their food. In the process they turn over huge volumes of soil, create vast numbers of foraging pits, and disrupt the litter layer in woodland ecosystems. This project will explore the effects of this activity on the ecological impacts of fire in Australia's flammable southern woodlands. Our hypothesis is that diggings increase the patchiness of fire at fine spatial scales, protect some organic matter and seeds that would otherwise be consumed by fire, and promote rapid regeneration of diverse plant species following fire.
Funding: The Hermon Slade Foundation ($56,100)
Scheme: Grant-Research Project
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN
Period: 2014 - 2016

Restoring resilience in wildlife populations (2013 - 2016)$624,261

Description: Restoration and revegetation is now firmly on the agenda for Australia's management of its biodiversity, including some of its most vulnerable ecological systems. This project will create the first ever landscape models for eco-restoration based on how individual animals perceive habitat quality and predation risk. These ecological processes will be linked to structural elements of the habitat and scaled up to landscape models to ensure that restored and revegetated areas will support wildlife. It will provide a new conceptual approach for restoration projects - outcomes that will be used immediately to improve restoration design by the partner organisation and collaborators.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($497,261)
Scheme: Grant-Linkage Projects Round 1
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Burridge CP; Davidson NJ
Period: 2013 - 2016
Grant Reference: LP130100949

Assessment of adequacy of possible high conservation Tasmania eucalypt forest (2012)$14,850

Funding: Professor Jonathan West ($14,850)
Scheme: Contract Research
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Jones ME; Bateman BL
Year: 2012

Genetic distinctiveness and connectivity of flesh-footed shearwater colonies (2012)$5,000

Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($5,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Burridge CP; Johnson CN; Wenner TJ
Year: 2012

Genetic distinctivness of providence petrel colonies: past, present and future (2012)$2,000

Funding: Birds Australia ($2,000)
Scheme: Grant-Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Burridge CP; Johnson CN; Wenner TJ
Year: 2012

Population distinctiveness, sizes, and trajectories of Providence Petrels and Flesh-footed Shearwaters (2012)$7,000

Funding: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales ($7,000)
Scheme: Grant-Paddy Pallin Foundation Science
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Burridge CP; Johnson CN
Year: 2012

Marsupials as ecosystem engineers (2012)$7,000

Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($7,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Kirkpatrick JB; Davies GTO
Year: 2012

Predator dynamics: the effect of top predator decline on mesopredators (2012 - 2015)$28,000

Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($28,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Jones ME; Johnson CN; Andersen G
Period: 2012 - 2015

Dogs for livestock protection (2012)$24,761

Funding: Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust ($24,761)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN
Year: 2012

Drought, disease or destiny? Identifying the causes of decline of the eastern quoll (2012)$5,000

Funding: Norman Wettenhall Foundation ($5,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
Year: 2012

Keystone effects of Australia's top predators: dingoes, devils and biodiversity (2011 - 2015)$1,360,000

Description: We will study the ways in which Australia's two largest land predators, the dingo and Tasmanian devil, structure ecosystems and sustain biodiversity in diverse landscapes across Australia. The project will be the first to use largescale experiments to understand the roles played by these species in Australia's ecology. It will provide new fundamental understanding of the ecological value of large predators, and will guide future management of the dingo and devil.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($1,360,000)
Scheme: Grant-Discovery Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Jones ME; Letnic M; McCallum HI
Period: 2011 - 2015
Grant Reference: DP110103069

Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011 - 2013)$20,500

Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($20,500)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
Period: 2011 - 2013

Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$2,000

Funding: Wildlife Disease Association - Australasian section ($2,000)
Scheme: Grant-Research Award
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE
Year: 2011

Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$1,000

Funding: Trust of M.A. Ingram ($1,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
Year: 2011

Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$1,500

Funding: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales ($1,500)
Scheme: Grant-Ethel Mary Read
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
Year: 2011

Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$1,000

Funding: Australian Wildlife Society ($1,000)
Scheme: Grant-University Students Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
Year: 2011

Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$3,000

Funding: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency ($3,000)
Scheme: Grant-NCCARF Terrestrial Biodiversity PhD Visit
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
Year: 2011

Landscapes and Policy (LaP) (2011 - 2015)$6,780,000

Funding: Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($6,780,000)
Scheme: Grant-National Environmental Research Pgm (NERP)
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lefroy EC; Bowman DMJS; Lockwood M; Johnson CN; Tisdell JG; Bindoff NL; Hardy A; Davies PE
Period: 2011 - 2015

Mammal declines in northern Australia: science for conservation and recovery (2010 - 2013)$1,416,975

Description: Australia has already lost many mammal species to extinction. Dramatic and continuing declines of mammals across northern Australia mean that more species could be lost in the near future. There is still time to reverse these declines, but this will depend on a clear understanding of what is causing them. The project will use landscape-scale experiments to discover the factors that threaten mammals in northern Auastralia, focusing on predation by cats and its interaction with fire and grazing. We will provide knowledge to prevent extinctions and implement management by recovery.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($1,110,000)
Scheme: Grant-Linkage Projects Round 1
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Lawes M
Period: 2010 - 2013
Grant Reference: LP100100033

Investigating how different kinds of forest management affect ... (1989 - 1992)$212,729

Funding: Australian Research Council ($212,729)
Scheme: Fellowship-Queen Elizabeth II
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN
Period: 1989 - 1992
Grant Reference: 88/19869

Significance of fungus and fire in the ecology and management of the Tasmanian bettong (1989 - 1991)$37,000

Funding: Tasmanian Forest Research Council ($37,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Johnson CN; Cork SJ
Period: 1989 - 1991

Research Supervision

Professor Johnson has supervised a total of 51 MSc/PhD students, with 39 completions and 12 students still in progress, as well as 26 Honours students.

Current

Completed

Current

Degree	Title	Commenced
PhD	The Socio-Ecology of Nature Conservation on Private Land in Tasmania	2014
PhD	Quantitative Assessment of Feral Horse Abundance, their Impact on Flora and Fauna in the Australian Alps, and Control Techniques	2015
PhD	Science to Conserve Wildlife at Landscape-scale: Rabbits to control cats	2018
PhD	Ecological Impacts of Deer in Tasmania	2019
PhD	Fire-Herbivore Interactions and their Control on Lowland and Alpine Vegetation in the Modern Tasmanian Landscape	2019
PhD	Distribution and Dynamics of Tasmanian Beetles in Response to Land-Use Change	2019

Completed

Degree	Title	Completed
PhD	Ecology and Control of Feral Cats on a Large Island Ecosystem Candidate: Cyril Scomparin	2022
PhD	Reasons for Rewilding: The ethical and ecological principles of a novel mode of environmental restoration Candidate: Tristan Turner Derham	2022
PhD	Process-explicit Approaches to Predicting and Managing Range Changes in Australian Marsupials Candidate: Shane Morris	2021
PhD	Conservation Introduction of Top Predator to an Island Triggers Ecological Cascades Candidate: Vincent Paul Scoleri	2020
PhD	The Cascading Ecological Effects of Changes in Abundance of an Apex Predator, the Tasmanian Devil Candidate: Calum Xavier Cunningham	2020
PhD	Restoring Habitat for Woodland Bird Communities of the Tasmanian Midlands Candidate: Glen Colin Bain	2019
PhD	Restoring Farmland for Biodiversity: A carnivorous perspective Candidate: Rowena Penelope Hamer	2019
Masters	Interactions between Native Lizards and Introduced Mammals in New Zealand's Dryland Ecosystems Candidate: Hannah Blomfield Cliff	2019
PhD	Landscape and Restoration Genetics of Contrasting Tasmanian Marsupials Candidate: Kirstin Marie Proft	2019
PhD	Understanding the Response of a Critical Weight Range Mammal to Habitat Loss and Fragmentation in the Midlands Bioregion, Tasmania Candidate: Riana Gardiner	2019
Masters	Distribution of Native and Invasive Mammalian Carnivores in a Forestry and Agricultural Landscape in Northwest Tasmania Candidate: Joanna Margaret Lyall	2018
PhD	Resource Use and Coexistence of Sympatric Tasmanian Devils and Spotted-Tailed Quolls Candidate: Georgina Elizabeth Andersen	2016
PhD	The Dynamics of a Refuge: Factors supporting small mammal persistence in the north Kimberley, Western Australia Candidate: Rosemary Hohnen	2016
PhD	Constraints on Maternal Ability to Adjust Sex Ratios in Mammals Candidate: Amy Margarett Edwards	2016
PhD	Drought, Disease or Devil Declines? Identifying the Cause of Decline of the Eastern Quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus Candidate: Bronwyn Anne Fancourt	2015
PhD	Density, Movements and Hunting of Feral Cats in Relation to Fire and Grazing in Northern Australia Candidate: Hugh William Mcgregor	2015
PhD	Spatial Ecology of the Tasmanian Spotted-Tailed Quoll Candidate: Shannon Nichole Troy	2014
PhD	Guardian Dogs for Livestock Protection in Australia Candidate: Linda Van Bommel	2013