Publications

the population origins and expansion of feral cats in australia.	the historical literature suggests that in australia, the domestic cat (felis catus) had a european origin [~200 years before present (ybp)], but it is unclear if cats arrived from across the asian land bridge contemporaneously with the dingo (4000 ybp), or perhaps immigrated ~40000 ybp in association with aboriginal settlement from asia. the origin of cats in australia is important because the continent has a complex and ancient faunal assemblage that is dominated by endemic rodents and marsupi ...	2016	26647063
mammals of australia's tropical savannas: a conceptual model of assemblage structure and regulatory factors in the kimberley region.	we construct a state-and-transition model for mammals in tropical savannas in northern australia to synthesize ecological knowledge and understand mammalian declines. we aimed to validate the existence of alternative mammal assemblage states similar to those in arid australian grasslands, and to speculate on transition triggers. based on the arid grassland model, we hypothesized that assemblages are partitioned across rainfall gradients and between substrates. we also predicted that assemblages ...	2014	24670997