...Renee L. Brawata The removal of apex carnivores from ecosystems can impact the abundance and diversity of species in lower trophic levels. In arid ecosystems, where “bottom up” forces of primary productivity and resource availability strongly affect trophic interactions, the role of “top down...

... important in arid ecosystems (Whitford 1996). Ants also perform a range of important ecosystem functions and represent an important food resource for a variety of vertebrates and invertebrates (Andersen 1995; Del Toro, Ribbons et al. 2012; Folgarait 1998). Pulses in the abundances of ants and other...

.... Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia, Melbourne. Newell, J. 2008. The role of the reintroduction of greater bilbies (Macrotis lagotis) and burrowing bettongs (Bettongia lesueur) in the ecological restoration of an arid ecosystem: foraging diggings, diet, and soil seed...

... unique insights into the ecological role of the dingo in arid Australia and more broadly the fundamental role that apex predators play in shaping ecosystems. Any expansion of dingo control in arid Australia must be considered against the far-reaching consequences for ecosystem assembly associated...

... that this introgression has minimal effects on the functional morphology of the dingo skull.There is also some preliminary evidence that introgression has not had a major impact on dingo reproductive biology. Studies on the impacts of dingoes on arid, tropical and temperate ecosystems, where levels of introgression vary...

...Aaron C. Greenville; Vuong Nguyen; Glenda M. Wardle; Chris R. Dickman ABSTRACT Long-term field-based monitoring is essential to develop a deep understanding of how ecosystems function and to identify species at risk of decline. However, conducting long-term field-based research poses some unique...

...,Victoria Brookes 388 There is no Dingo dilemma: legislation facilitates culling, containment and conservation of Dingoes in New South Wales Peter J. S. Fleming, Guy Ballard and Nathan Cutter 408 Does management of a top carnivore influence the response of mesopredators and prey to rainfall in arid...

... periods of dry weather in south-eastern Australia Australian Wildlife Research 4 241 247 Schwinning, S. and Sala, O.E. 2004. Hierarchy of responses to resource pulses in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141: 211-220. Hierarchy of responses to resource pulses in arid and semi-arid...

... and kangaroos, have caused gross anthropogenic engineering to semi-arid ecosystems, even affecting soil carbon and microbial activity (Holt 1997). Although RHD reduced rabbit populations over much of their distribution, grazing and browsing pressure from all large herbivores continue to restrain vegetation...

... of the main issues facing conservation of nomadic species is the current perception of arid ecosystems that many nomads inhabit the frontier mentality . Much of the work presented here shows that far from being homogenous, featureless landscapes, arid ecosytems shift between habitat type and species...

...) in the ecological restoration of an arid ecosystem: Foraging diggings, diet, and soil seed banks. PhD thesis. University of Adelaide, Adelaide. Read, J. L., Carter, J., Moseby, K. M., and Greenville, A. 2008. Ecological roles of rabbit, bettong and bilby warrens in arid Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 72...

... control are reflected in comments by Mills et al. (2021) that any expansion of dingo control in arid Australia must be considered against the far-reaching consequences for ecosystem assembly associated with the removal of a top predator and that cluster fencing projects are in their infancy and long...

... affects the relationship between species diversity and productivity at the local scale in a semi-arid steppe ecosystem. Functional Ecology 20:753-762. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01175.x Land use affects the relationship between species diversity and productivity at the local scale in a semi-arid...

... of rabbits prevented the regeneration of highly palatable species such as Allocasuarina (Bird et al. 2012), a key component of some semi-arid ecosystems. The impacts of invasive species, in particular introduced cats and foxes, continue to be the main drivers for the loss of mammalian biodiversity...

... preliminary evidence that introgression has not had a major impact on dingo reproductive biology. Studies on the impacts of dingoes on arid, tropical and temperate ecosystems, where levels of introgression vary greatly, all show consistent positive impacts of dingoes, regardless of the amount of domestic dog...

... Prize for Environmental of rivers and wetlands. For almost 20 years he worked for Research 2001 for research on conservation of rivers in NSW National Parks and Wildlife and ran a small research arid Australia. The work focussed on the ecological crisis team working on these topics. As these issues...

.... University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities 442 454 Morton, S.R. 1990. The impact of European settlement on the vertebrate animals of arid Australia: a conceptual model. Pp. 201-213 in Australian Ecosystems: 200...

... control on sheep and beef cattle in Queensland. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 76-87. Allen, B.L., Fawcett, A., Anker, A., Engeman, R.M., Lisle, A., Leung, L.K.-P. 2018. Environmental effects are stronger than human effects on mammalian predator-prey relationships in arid Australian ecosystems. Science...

... of this species is still deficient. Leggadina lakedownensis Queensland distribution habitat conservation threats Baverstock, P.R. 1982. Adaptations and evolution of the mammals of arid Australia. Pp. 175-178 in Evolution of the Flora and Fauna of Arid Australia, edited by W.R. Barker...