Paul Sunnucks

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a conceptual model of the hypothesised roles of connectivity in complex landscapes and a linked framework to guide design of connectivity monitoring approaches in an adaptive management context and demonstrate that integrated monitoring approaches using complementary methods are essential to reveal whether long-term landscape-scale goals are being achieved, and to determine whether connectivity management and restoration are the mechanisms responsible.

TL;DR: It is shown that body size in this butterfly is negatively related to developmental temperature in the laboratory, in accordance with the temperature-size rule, but not in the field, despite very strong temperature gradients, which highlights the importance of understanding how variation in life-history traits may arise in response to environmental change.

TL;DR: To understand the association of kinship with burrow/warren‐sharing and preferential colocation between wombats, > 100 genetically ‘tagged’ individuals at Brookfield Conservation Park were ‘tracked’ through multiple seasons between 1999 and 2001 and provided starting points to address questions about the origins and maintenance of the system.

TL;DR: The early stages of an invasion by a Northern Hemisphere Hymenopteran model in three different land masses in the Southern Hemisphere is described and Nematus oligospilus is developed as a valuable model to understand invasion genetics of clonal pests.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of low-severity fire on fauna were investigated using a before-after control-impact experiment to examine avian responses to prescribed fire at two scales in topographically variable, tall-open eucalypt forest in south-east Australia.