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PUBLICATIONS

Gollan, J.R., Ashcroft, M.B. & Ramp, D. Evaluating local-scale predictors for modelling ant biodiversity at the landscape scale.

Insect Conservation and Diversity. Under revision

Under revision

Bino, G., Ramp, D., & Kingsford, R.T. (In Press). Identifying minimal sets of survey teachniques for multi-species monitoring across landscapces: an approach utilising species distributions models.

International Journal of Geographical Information Science.

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In Press.

Ashcroft, M.B., Cavanagh, R., Eldridge, M.& Gollan, J.R. (In Press). Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby

Journal of Biogeography.

In Press

Slavich, E., Warton, D.I., Aschroft, M.B., Gollan, J.R. & Ramp, D. (In Press). Topoclimate versus macroclimate: how does climate mapping methodology affect species distribution models and climate change projections?

Diversity and Distributions.

In Press

Ashcroft, M.B., Gollan, J.R., & Ramp, D. (In Press). Creating vegetation density profiles for a diverse range of ecological habitats using terrestrial laser scanning.

Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Accepted 17/12/2013.

In Press

Gollan, J.R., Ramp, D. & Aschroft, M.B. (In Press). Assessing the distribution and protection status of two types of cool environment for climate change adaptation strategies.

Conservation Biology. Accepted 31/7/13.

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In Press

Brandis, K.J., Koeltzow, N., Ryall, S. & Ramp, D. (In Press). The use of camera traps to measure reproductive success in colonial waterbird breeding colonies.

Australian Field Ornithology. Accepted 9/10/13.

In Press

Ben-Ami, D., Boom, K., Boronyak, L., Croft, D.B., Ramp, D., Townend, C. & Bekoff, M. (2014). The welfare ethics of the commercial killing of free ranging kangaroos: an evaluation of the benefits and costs of the industry.

Animal Welfare 23: 1-10.

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2014

Gollan, J.R., Ashcroft, M.B. & Ramp, D. (2013). Fine-grained climate data alters the interpretation of a trait-based cline.

Ecosphere 4(12). art154.

2013

Letten, A.D., Ashcroft, M.B., Keith, D.A., Gollan, J.R. & Ramp, D. (2013). The importance of temporal climate variability for spatial patterns in plant diversity.

Ecography 36(12): 1341-1349

2013

Warton, D.I., Renner, I.W. & Ramp, D. (2013). Model-based control of observer bias for the analysis of presence-only data in ecology.

PLOS One 8(11): e79168

2013

Bino, G., Ramp, D. & Kingsford, R.T. (2013). Niche evolution in Australian terrestrial mammals?: clarifying scale-dependencies in phylogenetic and functional drivers of assemblages.

Evolutionary Ecology 27: 1159-1173.

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2013

Ashcroft, M.B. & Gollan, J.R. (2013) Moisture, thermal inertia, and the spatial distributions of near-surface soil and air temperatures: Understanding factors that promote microrefugia.

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 176: 77–89.

2013

Ashcroft, M.B. & Gollan, J.R. (2013) The sensitivity of topoclimatic models to fine-scale microclimatic variability and the relevance for ecological studies.

Theoretical and Applied Climatology 114: 281–289

2013

Gollan J.R., Lobry de Bruyn L., Reid N. & Wilkie, L. (2013) Monitoring the ecosystem service provided by dung beetles offers benefits over commonly used biodiversity metrics and a traditional trapping method.

Journal for Nature Conservation 21(3): 183-188

2013

Ben-Ami, D & Ramp D. (2013) The impact of roadside habitat on swamp wallaby movement and fitness.

Wildlife Research 40: 512-522

2013

Ramp, D. (2013). Bringing compassion to the killing of kangaroos for conservation.

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 10: 267-272.

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2013

Bino, G., Ramp, D. & Kingsford, R.T. (2013). Improving bioregional frameworks for conservation by including mammal assemblages.

Austral Ecology 38: 393-404.

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2013

Ramp, D., Ben-Ami, D., Boom, K. & Croft, D.B. (2013). Compassionate conservation: A paradigm shift for wildlife management in Australasia.

‘Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation’. pp. 295-315. Bekoff, M. (ed). University of Chicago Press.

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2013

Laffan, S.W., Ramp, D. & Roger, E. (2013). Assessing reserve representation using endemism – the family Myrtaceae in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.

Journal of Biogeography 40: 570-578.

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2013

Gibbs, P., Sammut, J., Ramp, D. & Cuvin-Aralar, M.L. (2013). Refinement and application of Cage Aquaculture Decision Support Tool (CADS_Tool) for freshwater systems in the Philippines.

Final Report FIS 2009/054, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.

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2013

Boronyak, L., Ramp, D., Croft, D.B. & Ben-Ami, D. (2013). Kanganomics: a socio-economic assessment of the commercial kangaroo industry.

THINKK report for IFAW.

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2013

Riley, S. & Ramp, D. (2013). Hunting game gets new rules in NSW, but should we play at all?

The Conversation 23 July 2013.

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2013

Gollan, J.R., Lobry de Bruyn, L., Reid, N. & Wilkie, L. (2012). Can volunteers collect data that are comparable to professional scientists? A study of variables used in monitoring the outcomes of ecosystem rehabilitation.

Environmental Management 50: 969–978.

2012

Roger, E., Bino, G. & Ramp, D. (2012). Linking habitat suitability and road mortalities across geographic ranges.

Landscape Ecology 27: 1167-1181

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2012

Boom, K., Ben-Ami, D., Croft, D.B., Cushing, N., Ramp, D. & Boronyak, L. (2012). ‘Pest’ and resource: a history of Australia’s kangaroos.

Animal Studies Journal 1: 17-40.

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2012

Ashcroft, M.B. & Gollan, J.R. (2012). Fine-resolution (25m) topoclimatic grids of near-surface (5cm) extreme temperatures and humidities across various habitats in a large (200km by 300km) and diverse region.

International Journal of Climatology 32(14): 2134–2148

2012

Ashcroft, M.B., Gollan, J.R. & Batley, M. (2012). Combining citizen science, bioclimatic envelope models and observed habitat preferences to determine the distribution of a cryptic, recently detected introduced bee (Halictus smaragdulus Vachal Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Australia.

Biological Invasions 14(3): 515–527

2012

Ramp, D., Gates-Foale, C., Roger, E. & Croft, D.B. (2011). Suitability of acoustics as non-lethal deterrents for macropodids: the influence of origin, delivery, and anti-predator behaviour.

Wildlife Research 38: 408-418.

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2011

Roger, E., Laffan, S.W., Ramp, D. (2011). Road impacts a tipping point for wildlife populations in threatened landscapes.

Population Ecology 53: 215-227.

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2011

Zhang, K., Laffan, S.W., Ramp, D., Webster, E. (2011). Incorporating a distance cost in systematic reserve design.

International Journal of Geographical Information Science 25: 393-404.

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2011

Brandis, K.J., Kingsford, R.T., Ren, S. & Ramp, D. (2011). Crisis water management and Ibis breeding at Narran Lakes in arid Australia.

Environmental Management 48: 489-498.

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2011

Gold, D.A., Ramp, D. & Laffan, S.W. (2011). Potential lantana invasion of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area under climate change.

Pacific Conservation Biology 17: 54-67.

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2011

Gollan, J.R., Reid, C.A.M., Barnes, P.B. & Wilkie, L. (2011). The ratio of exotic-to-native dung beetles can indicate habitat quality in riparian restoration

Insect Conservation and Diversity 4(2): 123–131

2011

Gollan, J.R., Ashcroft, M.B. & Batley, M. (2011). Comparison of yellow and white pan traps in surveys of bee fauna in New South Wales, Australia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila).

Australian Journal of Entomology 50: 174–178

2011

Gollan, J.R., Lobry de Bruyn, L., Reid, N., Smith, D. & Wilkie, L. (2011). Can ants be used as ecological indicators of restoration progress in dynamic environments? A case-study in a revegetated riparian zone.

Ecological Indicators 11: 1517–1525

2011

Chapple, R.S., Ramp, D., Kingsford, R.T., Merson, J.A., Bradstock, R.A., Auld, T.D., Fleming, P.J.S. & Mulley, R.C. (2011). Integrating science into the management of ecosystems in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.

Environmental Management 48: 659-674.

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2011

Thomson, F.J., Moles, A.T., Auld, T.D., Ramp, D., Ren, S. & Kingsford, R.T (2010). Chasing the unknown – predicting plant dispersal mechanisms from plant traits.

Journal of Ecology 98: 1310-1318.

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2010

Ramp, D. (2010). Roads as drivers of change for macropodids.

In ‘Macropods: the Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies & Rat-kangaroos’. Pages 279-291. Coulson, G. & Eldridge, M. (eds.) CSIRO Publishing, Australia.

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2010

Lee, E., Ramp, D., Croft, D.B. (2010). Flight response as a causative factor in kangaroo-vehicle collisions.

In ‘Macropods: the Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies & Rat-kangaroos’. Pages 301-311. Coulson, G. & Eldridge, M. (eds.) CSIRO Publishing, Australia.

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2010

Garvey, N., Ben-Ami, D., Ramp, D., Croft, D.B. (2010). Survival behaviour of swamp wallabies during prescribed burning and wildfire.

Wildlife Research 37:1-12.

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2010

Taçon, P.S.C., Chapple, R.S., Merson, J., Ramp, D., Brennan, W., King, G., Tasire, A. (2010). Aboriginal rock art depictions of fauna: What can they tell us about the natural history of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area?

In ‘The Natural History of Sydney’. Pages 58-73. Lunney, D., Hutchings, P. and Hochuli, D. (eds.) Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW, Australia.

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2010

Gollan, J.R., Smith, H., Bulbert, M., Donnelley, A.P. & Wilkie, L. (2010). Using spider web types as a substitute for assessing web-building spider biodiversity and the success of habitat restoration

Biodiversity and Conservation 19 (11): 3141–3155

2010

Ashcroft, M.B., Gollan, J.R., Faith, D.P., Carter, G.A., Lassau, S.A., Ginn, S.G., Bulbert, M.W. & Cassis, G. (2010). Using Generalised Dissimilarity Models and many small samples to improve the efficiency of regional and landscape scale invertebrate sampling.

Ecological Informatics 5: 124–132

2010

Roger, E., Ramp, D. (2009). Incorporating habitat use in models of fauna fatalities on roads.

Diversity and Distributions 15: 222-231.

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2009

Gollan, J.R., Ashcroft, M.B., Cassis, G., Donnelly, A.P. & Lassau, S.A. (2009). Testing common habitat-based surrogates of invertebrate diversity in a semi-arid rangeland.

Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 1147–1159

2009

Ramp, D., Roger, E. (2008). Frequency of animal-vehicle collisions in NSW.

In ‘Too Close for Comfort: contentious issues in human-wildlife encounters’. Pages 118-126. Lunney, D., Munn, A. & Meikle, W. (eds.) Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW, Australia.

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2008

Gollan J.R., Batley, M. & Reid, C.A.M. (2008). The exotic bee Halictus smaragdulus Vachal, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in the Hunter Valley, NSW: A new genus in Australia.

Australian Entomologist 35(1): 21–26

2008

Roger, E., Laffan, S.W., Ramp, D. (2007). Habitat selection by the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) in disturbed environments: implications for conservation of a common species.

Biological Conservation 137: 437-449.

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2007

Ramp, D., Wilson, V.K., Croft, D.B. (2006). Assessing the impacts of roads in peri-urban reserves: road-based fatalities and road usage by wildlife in the Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia.

Biological Conservation 129: 348-359.

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2006

Ramp, D., Ben-Ami, D. (2006). The effect of road-based fatalities on the viability of a peri-urban swamp wallaby population.

Journal of Wildlife Management 70: 1615-1624.

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2006

Maguire G., Ramp D., Coulson G. (2006). Foraging behaviour and dispersion of eastern grey kangaroos in an Ideal Free framework.

Journal of Zoology, London 268: 261-269.

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2006

Klöcker, U., Croft, D., Ramp, D. (2006). Frequency and causes of kangaroo-vehicle collisions on an Australian outback highway.

Wildlife Research 33: 5-15.

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2006

Ramp, D., Croft, D.B. (2006). Do wildlife warning reflectors elicit aversion in captive macropods?

Wildlife Research 33: 583-590.

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2006

Gollan J.R. & Wright J.T. (2006). Limited grazing pressure by native herbivores on the invasive seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia in a temperate Australian estuary.

Marine and Freshwater Research 57: 685–694

2006

Rose, T., Munn, A., Ramp, D., Banks, P. (2006). Foot-thumping as an alarm signal in macropodoid marsupials: prevalence and hypotheses of function.

Mammal Review 36: 281-298.

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2006

Ben-Ami, D., Croft, D.B., Ramp, D. (2006). Population viability assessment and sensitivity analysis as a management tool for the peri-urban environment.

Urban Ecosystems 9: 227-241.

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2006

Ramp, D., Caldwell, J., Edwards, K., Warton, D., Croft, D. (2005). Modelling of wildlife fatality hotspots along the Snowy Mountains Highway in New South Wales, Australia.

Biological Conservation 126: 474-490.

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2005

Ramp D., Russell B.G., Croft D.B. (2005). Predator scent induces differing responses in two sympatric macropodids.

Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 73-78.

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2005

Ramp, D. (2005). Is ‘control’ of kangaroo populations really necessary?

In Wilson, M. and Croft, D.B. (eds.) Kangaroos: Myths and Realities. Pages 208-220. Australian Wildlife Protection Council Inc., Melbourne, Australia.

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2005

Ramp, D. (2005). A new frontier: the road environment and its impact on kangaroos.

In Wilson, M. and Croft, D.B. (eds.) Kangaroos: Myths and Realities. Pages 155-167. Australian Wildlife Protection Council Inc., Melbourne, Australia.

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2005

Lee E., Klöcker U., Croft D.B., Ramp D. (2004). Kangaroo-vehicle collisions in Australia’s sheep rangelands, during and following drought periods.

Australian Mammalogy 26: 215-226.

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2004

Ramp D., Coulson G. (2004). Small-scale patch selection and consumer-resource dynamics in free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos.

Journal of Mammalogy 85: 1053-1059.

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2004

Ramp D., Coulson G. (2002). Density dependence in foraging habitat preference of eastern grey kangaroos.

Oikos 98: 393-402.

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2002

Coulson, G. Alviano, P., Ramp, D., Way, S., McLean, N. and Yazgin, V. (2000). The kangaroos of Yan Yean: Issues for a forested water catchment in a semi-rural matrix.

In Craig, J.L., Mitchell, N. and Saunders, D.A. (eds.) Nature Conservation 5: Nature conservation in production environments: Managing the matrix. Pages 146-156. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney, Australia.

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2000

Coulson, G., Alviano, P., Ramp, D., Way, S. (1999). The kangaroos of Yan Yean: History of a problem population.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 111: 121-130.

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1999

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