Damian Michael

2024

Extinction risk of the world's freshwater mammals

Sanders, E., Wassens, S., Michael, D. R., Nimmo, D. G. & Turner, J. M., Feb 2024, In: Conservation Biology. 38, 1, p. 1-14 14 p., e14168.

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Factors affecting microhabitat use in two agamid species from south-eastern Australia

Westaway, D. M., Jolly, C. J., Michael, D. R. & Nimmo, D. G., Jul 2024, In: Austral Ecology. 49, 7, p. 1-10 10 p., e13567.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Fragments maintain similar herpetofauna and small mammal richness and diversity to continuous habitat, but community composition and traits differ

Westaway, D. M., Jolly, C. J., Watson, D. M., Jessop, T. S., Michael, D. R., Linley, G. D., Aristova, A., Holmes, B., Price, J. N., Ritchie, E. G., Geary, W. L., Buchan, A., Loeffler, E. & Nimmo, D. G., Aug 2024, In: Landscape Ecology. 39, 8, p. 1-21 21 p., 138.

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Putting rakali in the spotlight: Innovative methods for detecting an elusive semi-aquatic mammal

Sanders, E., Nimmo, D. G., Turner, J. M., Wassens, S. & Michael, D. R., 31 May 2024, In: Wildlife Research. 51, 6, 11 p., WR24002.

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Terrestrial reptiles in the diet of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Salmonidae; Walbaum, 1792)

Doyle, K., McGregor, C., Pearce, L. & Michael, D., 08 Mar 2024, In: Australian Zoologist. 43, 3, p. 485-490 6 p.

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The influence of severe wildfire on a threatened arboreal mammal

Green, M. C., Michael, D. R., Turner, J. M., Wright, L. J. & Nimmo, D. G., 26 Jul 2024, In: Wildlife Research. 51, 8, p. 1-12 12 p., WR23129.

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Use of eDNA and conventional sampling methods to survey rock pool (gnamma) biodiversity on granite inselbergs

Michael, D. R., Murray, A., Murray, P., Murray, B., Hagen, S., Mcternan, R., Furst, D. J. & Nimmo, D. G., Aug 2024, In: Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere. 49, 8, e13562.

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Wildlife restoration in fragmented landscapes: Trialling wild-to-wild translocation with two common reptiles

Westaway, D. M., Jolly, C. J., Watson, D. M., Watson, M. J., Michael, D. R., Linley, G. D., Holmes, B., Ritchie, E. G., Buchan, A., Loeffler, E. & Nimmo, D. G., Nov 2024, In: Biological Conservation. 299, 110780.

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2023

Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the Australian 2019-20 megafires

Ensbey, M., Legge, S., Jolly, C. J., Garnett, S. T., Gallagher, R. V., Lintermans, M., Nimmo, D. G., Rumpff, L., Scheele, B. C., Whiterod, N. S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Ahyong, S. T., Blackmore, C. J., Bower, D. S., Burbidge, A. H., Burns, P. A., Butler, G., Catullo, R., Chapple, D. G. & Dickman, C. R. & 35 others, Doyle, K. E., Ferris, J., Fisher, D. O., Geyle, H. M., Gillespie, G. R., Greenlees, M. J., Hohnen, R., Hoskin, C. J., Kennard, M., King, A. J., Kuchinke, D., Law, B., Lawler, I., Lawler, S., Loyn, R., Lunney, D., Lyon, J., MacHunter, J., Mahony, M., Mahony, S., McCormack, R., Melville, J., Menkhorst, P., Michael, D., Mitchell, N., Mulder, E., Newell, D., Pearce, L., Raadik, T. A., Rowley, J. J. L., Sitters, H., Southwell, D. G., Spencer, R., West, M. & Zukowski, S., Jul 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 283, 16 p., 110021.

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Decline in semi-arid reptile occurrence following habitat loss and fragmentation

Simpson, R. E. L., Nimmo, D. G., Wright, L. J., Wassens, S. & Michael, D. R., Jul 2023, In: Wildlife Research. 51, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.

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Defence Establishment Orchard Hills baseline reptile surveys

Michael, D. & Wright, L., 08 Dec 2023, Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University. 42 p.

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Empowering traditional owners by documenting the ecological and cultural values of rock holes in North East Victoria

Michael, D., 16 Aug 2023, Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University. 18 p.

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Factors affecting overwintering retreat-site selection in reptiles in an agricultural landscape

O’Sullivan, J. L., Foster, C. N., Michael, D. R., Blanchard, W. & Lindenmayer, D. B., May 2023, In: Landscape Ecology. 38, 5, p. 1177-1189 13 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Finding Ngabi (Hemiaspis damelii): Factors affecting the use of modified floodplain wetlands by an endangered snake

Michael, D. R., Nimmo, D. G., Stevens, E., Schlen, T. & Wassens, S., 10 Mar 2023, In: Wildlife Research. 50, 12, p. 1131-1140 10 p.

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Implications of agricultural intensification (rock removal) on cryptozoic fauna

Michael, D., O’Sullivan, J. L. & Lindenmayer, D., 24 Jul 2023.

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Indigenous plants and animals of the Upper Murray

Michael, D., 10 Jul 2023, Wodonga, VIC: Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Corporation. 72 p.

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Pink-tailed Worm-lizard in non-rocky habitat: Literature review and methodology

Michael, D., 20 Jun 2023, Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University. 18 p.

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Pink-tailed Worm-lizard in non-rocky habitat: Preliminary survey and recommendations

Michael, D., 20 Nov 2023, Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University. 15 p.

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Pump my wetland: potential benefits of using water pumps fitted with large-mesh screens to conserve anurans in regulated floodplain environments

Michael, D. R., Bino, G., Conallin, A., Maguire, J. & Wassens, S., Nov 2023, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 74, 17, p. 1445-1454 10 p.

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Reversing habitat loss: An experimental test of the interactive effects of grazing exclusion and surface rock restoration on reptile conservation

O’Sullivan, J. L., Foster, C. N., Blanchard, W., Florance, D., Michael, D. R. & Lindenmayer, D. B., Sept 2023, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 60, 9, p. 1778-1789 12 p.

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Riverina squirrel glider LAMP baseline population survey June 2023

Michael, D., 18 May 2023, Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University. 58 p.

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Temporal trends in reptile occurrence among temperate old-growth, regrowth and replanted woodlands

Lindenmayer, D. B., Florance, D., Smith, D., Crane, C., Siegrist, A., Lang, E., Crane, M., Michael, D. R., Scheele, B. C. & Evans, M. J., Sept 2023, In: PLoS One. 18, 9, 17 p., e0291641.

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The impacts of the 2019–20 wildfires on Australia’s lizards and snakes

Nimmo, D., Michael, D., Greenlees, M., Jolly, C., Catullo, R., Melville, J., Mulder, E., Southwell, D. & Webb, J., 2023, Australia's Megafires: Biodiversity impacts and lessons from 2019-2020. Rumpff, L., Legge, S., van Leeuwen, S., Wintle, B. & Woinarski, J. (eds.). Clayton South VIC: CSIRO Publishing, p. 182-195 13 p.

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

What state of the world are we in? Targeted monitoring to detect transitions in vegetation restoration projects

Jones, C. S., Thomas, F. M., Michael, D. R., Fraser, H., Gould, E., Begley, J., Wilson, J., Vesk, P. A. & Rumpff, L., Jan 2023, In: Ecological Appplications. 33, 1, 16 p., e2728.

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2022

A feeding observation in a free-ranging Grey Snake Hemiaspis damelii (Günther 1876) in the Murrumbidgee catchment, southern NSW

Michael, D., Schlen, T. & Lanceman, D., 20 Apr 2022, In: Australian Zoologist. 42, 3, p. 811-815 5 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Biodiversity on private land: Lessons from the Mid-Murray Valley in South-eastern Australia

Ward, W. W., Bond, J., Burge, L., Conallin, J., Finlayson, C., Michael, D., Scoullar, S., Vanderzee, M. & Wettenhall, A., May 2022, In: Ecological Management and Restoration. 23, 2, p. 175-183 9 p.

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Habitat amount is less important than habitat configuration for a threatened marsupial predator in naturally fragmented landscapes

Moore, H. A., Michael, D. R., Dunlop, J. A., Valentine, L. E., Cowan, M. A. & Nimmo, D. G., Apr 2022, In: Landscape Ecology. 37, 4, p. 935–949 15 p.

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Microhabitat preferences and guild structure of a tropical reptile community from the Western Ghats of India: Implications for conservation

Jins, V. J., Mukherjee, A., Arun, P. R., Michael, D. & Bhupathy, S., Sept 2022, In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. 38, 5, 9 p.

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Murrumbidgee Monitoring, Evaluation and Research program, ecological responses to Commonwealth environmental water: Field report. Number 11, March 2022

Turner, A., Moore, E., Talbot, S., Michael, D. & Wassens, S., 20 Apr 2022, Charles Sturt University. 14 p.

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Non-preferred habitat increases the activity area of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) in a semi-arid landscape

Cowan, M. A., Moore, H. A., Hradsky, B. A., Jolly, C. J., Dunlop, J. A., Wysong, M. L., Hernandez-Santin, L., Davis, R. A., Fisher, D. O., Michael, D. R., Turner, J. M., Gibson, L. A., Knuckey, C. G., Henderson, M. & Nimmo, D. G., 28 Sept 2022, In: Australian Mammalogy. 45, 2, p. 138-150 13 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions

Legge, S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Scheele, B. C., Garnett, S. T., Lintermans, M., Nimmo, D. G., Whiterod, N. S., Southwell, D. M., Ehmke, G., Buchan, A., Gray, J., Metcalfe, D. J., Page, M., Rumpff, L., van Leeuwen, S., Williams, D., Ahyong, S. T., Chapple, D. G., Cowan, M. & Hossain, M. A. & 10 others, Kennard, M., Macdonald, S., Moore, H., Marsh, J., McCormack, R. B., Michael, D., Mitchell, N., Newell, D., Raadik, T. A. & Tingley, R., Mar 2022, In: Diversity and Distributions. 28, 3, p. 571-591 21 p.

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The Bidgee Bulletin: Quarterly Newsletter of the Murrumbidgee Monitoring Program. Summer 2021/22. Issue 10

Turner, A., Moore, E., Sanders, E., Michael, D. & Wassens, S., 20 Mar 2022, Albury, NSW: Charles Sturt University, 7 p.

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The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

Legge, S., Rumpff, L., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Whiterod, N. S., Ward, M., Southwell, D. G., Scheele, B. C., Nimmo, D. G., Lintermans, M., Geyle, H. M., Garnett, S. T., Hayward-Brown, B., Ensbey, M., Ehmke, G., Ahyong, S. T., Blackmore, C. J., Bower, D. S., Brizuela-Torres, D., Burbidge, A. H. & Burns, P. A. & 42 others, Butler, G., Catullo, R., Chapple, D. G., Dickman, C. R., Doyle, K. E., Ferris, J., Fisher, D., Gallagher, R., Gillespie, G. R., Greenlees, M. J., Hohnen, R., Hoskin, C. J., Hunter, D., Jolly, C., Kennard, M., King, A., Kuchinke, D., Law, B., Lawler, I., Lawler, S., Loyn, R., Lunney, D., Lyon, J., MacHunter, J., Mahony, M., Mahony, S., McCormack, R. B., Melville, J., Menkhorst, P., Michael, D., Mitchell, N., Mulder, E., Newell, D., Pearce, L., Raadik, T. A., Rowley, J. J. L., Sitters, H., Spencer, R., Valavi, R., West, M., Wilkinson, D. P. & Zukowski, S., Oct 2022, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31, 10, p. 2085-2104 20 p.

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Use of artificial bark covers to investigate the distribution and abundance of arboreal lizards in a floodplain environment

Moore, E., Nimmo, D., Wassens, S. & Michael, D., 2022, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 69, 4, p. 125-135 11 p.

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2021

Amphibian occurrence and abundance patterns across a modified floodplain ecosystem

Littlefair, M. E., Nimmo, D. G., Ocock, J. F., Michael, D. R. & Wassens, S., Dec 2021, In: Austral Ecology. 46, 8, p. 1343-1355 13 p.

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10 Citations (Scopus)

A rocky heart in a spinifex sea: occurrence of an endangered marsupial predator is multiscale dependent in naturally fragmented landscapes

Moore, H., Michael, D., Ritchie, E. G., Dunlop, J. A., Valentine, L. E., Hobbs, R. J. & Nimmo, D., 18 Mar 2021, In: Landscape Ecology. 36, p. 1359-1376 18 p.

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12 Citations (Scopus)

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Artificial refuges for wildlife conservation: what is the state of the science?

Cowan, M., Callan, M., Watson, M. J., Watson, D., Doherty, T. S., Michael, D., Dunlop, J., Turner, J., Moore, H., Watchorn, D. & Nimmo, D., Dec 2021, In: Biological Reviews. 96, 6, p. 2735-2754 20 p.

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40 Citations (Scopus)

Commonwealth Environmental Water Office monitoring, evaluation and research program: Murrumbidgee River system technical report, 2014-20

Wassens, S., Michael, D., Spencer, J., Thiem, J., Thomas, R., Kobayashi, Y., Bourke, G., Bino, G., Brandis, K., Turner, A., Wright, D., Heath, J., Kuo, W., Amos, C. & Hall, A., 2021, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia. 197 p.

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Commonwealth Environmental Water Office monitoring, evaluation and research program Murrumbidgee River system: Summary report, 2019-20

Wassens, S., Michael, D., Spencer, J., Thiem, J., Thomas, R., Kobayashi, Y., Amos, C., Hall, A., Bourke, G., Bino, G., Wright, D., Heath, J., Turner, A. & Kuo, W., 2021, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia. 23 p.

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Commonwealth Environmental Water Office Murrumbidgee River System: Category 3 waterbird breeding monitoring summary report

Spencer, J., Michael, D., Brandis, K., Francis, R. & Wassens, S., 2021, Australia: Commonwealth Environmental Water Office. 16 p.

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Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

Chapple, D. G., Roll, U., Böhm, M., Aguilar, R., Amey, A. P., Austin, C. C., Baling, M., Barley, A. J., Bates, M. F., Bauer, A. M., Blackburn, D. G., Bowles, P., Brown, R. M., Chandramouli, S. R., Chirio, L., Cogger, H., Colli, G. R., Conradie, W., Couper, P. J. & Cowan, M. A. & 77 others, Craig, M. D., Das, I., Datta-Roy, A., Dickman, C. R., Ellis, R. J., Fenner, A. L., Ford, S., Ganesh, S. R., Gardner, M. G., Geissler, P., Gillespie, G. R., Glaw, F., Greenlees, M. J., Griffith, O. W., Grismer, L. L., Haines, M. L., Harris, D. J., Hedges, S. B., Hitchmough, R. A., Hoskin, C. J., Hutchinson, M. N., Ineich, I., Janssen, J., Johnston, G. R., Karin, B. R., Keogh, J. S., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M., Lymberakis, P., Masroor, R., McDonald, P. J., Mecke, S., Melville, J., Melzer, S., Michael, D. R., Miralles, A., Mitchell, N. J., Nelson, N. J., Nguyen, T. Q., de Campos Nogueira, C., Ota, H., Pafilis, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Perera, A., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Reed, R. N., Ribeiro-Júnior, M. A., Riley, J. L., Rocha, S., Rutherford, P. L., Sadlier, R. A., Shacham, B., Shea, G. M., Shine, R., Slavenko, A., Stow, A., Sumner, J., Tallowin, O. J. S., Teale, R., Torres-Carvajal, O., Trape, J. F., Uetz, P., Ukuwela, K. D. B., Valentine, L., Van Dyke, J. U., van Winkel, D., Vasconcelos, R., Vences, M., Wagner, P., Wapstra, E., While, G. M., Whiting, M. J., Whittington, C. M., Wilson, S., Ziegler, T., Tingley, R. & Meiri, S., May 2021, In: Biological Conservation. 257, p. 1-12 12 p., 109101.

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30 Citations (Scopus)

Estimates of the impacts of the 2019-20 fires on populations of native animal species: NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub. Project 8.3.2 report

Legge, S., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Garnett, S. T., Geyle, H., Lintermans, M., Nimmo, D. G., Rumpff, L., Scheele, B. C., Southwell, D. G., Ward, M., Whiterod, N. S., Ahyong, S. T., Blackmore, C. J., Bower, D. S., Brizuela-Torres, D., Burbidge, A. H., Burns, P. A., Butler, G., Catullo, R. & Dickman, C. R. & 41 others, Doyle, K., Ehmke, G., Ensbey, M., Ferris, J., Fisher, D., Gallagher, R., Gillespie, G. R., Greenlees, M. J., Hayward-Brown, B., Hohnen, R., Hoskin, C. J., Hunter, D., Jolly, C., Kennard, M., King, A., Kuchinke, D., Law, B., Lawler, I., Lawler, S., Loyn, R., Lunney, D., Lyon, J., MacHunter, J., Mahony, M., Mahony, S., McCormack, R. B., Melville, J., Menkhorst, P., Michael, D., Mitchell, N., Mulder, E., Newell, D., Pearce, L., Raadik, T. A., Rowley, J., Sitters, H., Spencer, R., Valavi, R., West, M., Wilkinson, D. P. & Zukowski, S., Jul 2021, Brisbane, QLD: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. 116 p.

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Murrumbidgee Monitoring, Evaluation and Research program, ecological responses to Commonwealth environmental water: Field report. Number 9, November 2021

Turner, A., Moore, E., Talbot, S., Michael, D. & Wassens, S., Nov 2021, Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia. 14 p.

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Murrumbidgee Monitoring, Evaluation and Research program, ecological responses to Commonwealth environmental water: Field report. Number 8, March 2021

Turner, J., Michael, D. & Wassens, S., 2021, Albury NSW: Institute for Land, Water and Society. 9 p.

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Murrumbidgee Monitoring, Evaluation and Research program, ecological responses to Commonwealth environmental water: Field report. Number 10, December 2021

Turner, A., Moore, E., Talbot, S., Michael, D. & Wassens, S., 2021, Albury, NSW: Institute for Land, Water and Society. 10 p.

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Murrumbidgee Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Program, ecological responses to Commonwealth environmental water: Field Report. Number 7, January 2021

Turner, J., Michael, D. & Wassens, S., 30 Jan 2021, Albury, NSW: Institute for Land, Water and Society. 8 p.

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Recommendations for using the subdermal stitch method to attach external transmitters on snakes

Zdenek, C. N., Hay, C. J. & Michael, D., 31 Aug 2021, In: Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 16, 2, p. 374-385 12 p.

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Rock removal associated with agricultural intensification will exacerbate the loss of reptile diversity

Michael, D., Moore, H., Wassens, S., Craig, M. D., Tingley, R., Chapple, D. G., O'Sullivan, J., Hobbs, R. J. & Nimmo, D., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 58, 7, p. 1557-1565 9 p.

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