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October 9, 2024

Yes, nature is complex. But saving our precious environment means finding ways to measure it

Brendan Wintle, The University of Melbourne; Sarah Bekessy, RMIT University; Simon O'Connor, The University of Melbourne, and William Geary, The University of Melbourne

By measuring what might seem immeasurable, businesses can become part of the solution to the nature crisis.

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April 22, 2024

Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years

William Geary, The University of Melbourne; Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University; Julianna Santos, The University of Melbourne, and Kristina J Macdonald, Deakin University

We compiled maps of bushfires and prescribed burns in southern Australia from 1980 to 2021 to see how fire activity is changing habitat for 129 threatened species such as mountain pygmy possums.

Once abundant, woylies – or brush-tailed bettongs – are now critically endangered. John Gould

March 21, 2023

Species don’t live in isolation: what changing threats to 4 marsupials tell us about the future

William Geary, Deakin University; Adrian Wayne, The University of Western Australia; Euan Ritchie, Deakin University, and Tim Doherty, University of Sydney

To give native species their best chance of survival, we have to embrace ecosystem-based conservation – rather than trying to rescue individual species in isolation.

Some predators, including red foxes, move into burnt areas after fires pass through. Alexandre Roux/Flickr

December 26, 2019

Hunter, hunted: when the world catches on fire, how do predators respond?

Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Ayesha Tulloch, University of Sydney; Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University; Tim Doherty, Deakin University, and William Geary, Deakin University

Some predators thrive after fires, other wilt – and one bird even starts them on purpose.

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