Publications for Mathew Crowther
Publications for Mathew Crowther
2016
Parr, W., Wilson, L., Wroe, S., Colman, N.,
Crowther, M., Letnic, M. (2016). Cranial Shape
and the Modularity of Hybridization in Dingoes
and Dogs; Hybridization Does Not Spell the End
for Native Morphology. Evolutionary biology,
43, 171-187. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11692-016-937
1-x">[More Information]</a>
Crowther, M., Ortac, G., Pedersen, S., McArthur,
C. (2016). Interactions between fire and
introduced deer herbivory on coastal heath
vegetation. Austral Ecology, in press. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12349">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Predavec, M., Lunney, D., Hope, B., Stalenberg,
E., Shannon, I., Crowther, M., Miller, I. (2016).
The contribution of community wisdom to
conservation ecology. Conservation Biology,
30(3), 496-505. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12698">[M
ore Information]</a>
2015
Rees, J., Webb, J., Crowther, M., Letnic, M.
(2015). Carrion subsidies provided by fishermen
increase predation of beach-nesting bird nests by
facultative scavengers. Animal Conservation: the
rapid publication journal for quantitative studies
in conservation, 18, 44-49. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12133">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Cremona, T., Mella, V., Webb, J., Crowther, M.
(2015). Do individual differences in behavior
influence wild rodents more than predation risk?
Journal of Mammalogy, 96(6), 1337-1343. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv14
2">[More Information]</a>
Mowat, E., Webb, J., Crowther, M. (2015).
Fire-mediated niche-separation between two
sympatric small mammal species. Austral
Ecology, 40(1), 50-59. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12166">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Colman, N., Crowther, M., Letnic, M. (2015).
Macroecological patterns in mammal abundances
provide evidence that an apex predator shapes
forest ecosystems by suppressing herbivore and
mesopredator abundance. Journal of
Biogeography, 42(10), 1975-1985. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12563">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Rees, J., Webb, J., Crowther, M., Letnic, M.
(2015). Ravens are a key threat to beach-nesting
birds. Australian Field Ornithology, 32(2),
100-107.
Newsome, T., Ballard, G., Crowther, M.,
Dellinger, J., Fleming, P., Glen, A., Greenville,
A., Johnson, C., Letnic, M., Moseby, K.,
Dickman, C., et al (2015). Resolving the value of
the dingo in ecological restoration. Restoration
Ecology, 23(3), 201-208. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12186">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Colman, N., Gordon, C., Crowther, M., Letnic,
M. (2015). Response to Allen ‘An alternative
hypothesis to the conclusion of Colman et al.
(2014)’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B:
Biological Sciences, 282(1799), 1-4. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1845"
>[More Information]</a>
Gonzalz-Bernal, E., Brown, G., Crowther, M.,
Shine, R. (2015). Sex and age differences in
habitat use by invasive cane toads (Rhinella
marina) and a native anuran (Cyclorana australis)
in the Australian wet-dry tropics. Austral
Ecology, 40(8), 953-961. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12279">[Mo
re Information]</a>
McDonald, P., Luck, G., Dickman, C., Ward, S.,
Crowther, M. (2015). Using multiple-source
occurrence data to identify patterns and drivers
of decline in arid-dwelling Australian
marsupials. Ecography, 38(11), 1090-1100. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01212">[M
ore Information]</a>
2014
Crowther, M., Fillios, M., Colman, N., Letnic,
M. (2014). An updated description of the
Australian dingo (Canis dingo Meyer, 1793).
Journal of Zoology, 293(3), 192-203. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12134">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Crowther, M., Lunney, D., Lemon, J.,
Stalenberg, E., Wheeler, R., Madani, G., Ross,
K., Ellis, M. (2014). Climate-mediated habitat
selection in an arboreal folivore. Ecography,
37(4), 336-343. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.201
3.00413.x">[More Information]</a>
Spencer, E., Crowther, M., Dickman, C. (2014).
Diet and prey selectivity of three species of
sympatric mammalian predators in central
Australia. Journal of Mammalogy, 95(6),
1278-1288. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-3
00">[More Information]</a>
Newsome, T., Ballard, G., Crowther, M.,
Fleming, P., Dickman, C. (2014). Dietary niche
overlap of free-roaming dingoes and domestic
dogs: the role of human provided food. Journal
of Mammalogy, 95(2), 392-403. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-1
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Johnson, C., Crowther, M., Dickman, C., Letnic,
M., Newsome, T., Nimmo, D., Ritchie, E.,
Wallach, A. (2014). Experiments in no-impact
control of dingoes: Comment on Allen et al.
2013. Frontiers in Zoology, 11(Feb), 1-3. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-11-1
7">[More Information]</a>
Colman, N., Gordon, C., Crowther, M., Letnic,
M. (2014). Lethal control of an apex predator has
unintended cascading effects on forest mammal
assemblages. Proceedings of the Royal Society
B: Biological Sciences, 281(1782), 1-8. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3094"
>[More Information]</a>
Newsome, T., Crowther, M., Dickman, C.
(2014). Rapid recolonisation by the European red
fox: how effective are uncoordinated and isolated
control programs? European Journal of Wildlife
Research, 60, 749-757. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-014-084
4-x">[More Information]</a>
Kamper, W., Webb, J., Crowther, M., Greenlees,
M., Shine, R. (2013). Behaviour and
survivorship of a dasyurid predator (Antechinus
flavipes) in response to encounters with the toxic
and invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina).
Australian Mammalogy, 35, 136-143. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM12025">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Croak, B., Crowther, M., Webb, J., Shine, R.
(2013). Movements and Habitat Use of an
Endangered Snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides
(Elapidae): Implications for Conservation. PloS
One, 8(4), 1-10. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.006
1711">[More Information]</a>
Letnic, M., Crowther, M. (2013). Patterns in the
abundance of kangaroo populations in arid
Australia are consistent with the exploitation
ecosystems hypothesis. OIKOS Synthesising
Ecology, 122(5), 761-769. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.201
2.20425.x">[More Information]</a>
Pedersen, S., Andreassen, H., Keith, D., Skarpe,
C., Dickman, C., Gordon, I., Crowther, M.,
McArthur, C. (2014). Relationships between
native small mammals and native and introduced
large herbivores. Austral Ecology, 39(2),
236-243. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12072">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Matthews, A., Ruykys, L., Ellis, B., FitzGibbon,
S., Lunney, D., Crowther, M., Glen, A., Purcell,
B., Moseby, K., Stott, J., Newsome, T.,
Dickman, C., et al (2013). The success of GPS
collar deployments on mammals in Australia.
Australian Mammalogy, 35(1), 65-83. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM12021">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Spencer, E., Crowther, M., Dickman, C. (2014).
Risky business: Do native rodents use habitat
and odor cues to manage predation risk in
Australian deserts? PloS One, 9(2), 1-9. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.009
0566">[More Information]</a>
2012
Letnic, M., Fillios, M., Crowther, M. (2014). The
arrival and impacts of the dingo. In Alistair
Glen, Christopher Dickman (Eds.), Carnivores of
Australia: Past, Present and Future, (pp. 53-67).
Collingwood, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Smyth, A., Smee, E., Godfrey, S., Crowther, M.,
Phalen, D. (2014). The use of body condition and
haematology to detect widespread threatening
processes in sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa) in
two agricultural environments. Royal Society
Open Science, 1, 1-13. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140257">[
More Information]</a>
Cremona, T., Crowther, M., Webb, J. (2014).
Variation of prey responses to cues from a
mesopredator and an apex predator. Austral
Ecology, 39(7), 749-754. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12138">[Mo
re Information]</a>
2013
Radford, C., Letnic, M., Fillios, M., Crowther,
M. (2012). An assessment of the taxonomic
status of wild canids in south-eastern New South
Wales: Phenotypic variation in dingoes.
Australian Journal of Zoology, 60(2), 73-80. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO12006">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Lunney, D., Lemon, J., Crowther, M.,
Stalenberg, E., Ross, K., Wheeler, R. (2012). An
Ecological Approach to Koala Conservation in a
Mined Landscape. Life-of-Mine Conference
2012, South Carlton, Victoria: AusIMM.
Crowther, M., Lunney, D., Parnaby, H. (2012).
Are Journal Impact Factors Another Key
Threatening Process to the Australian Fauna?
The potential bias of journal impact factors in the
selection of subjects for research and publishing.
In P. Banks, D. Lunney, C. Dickman (Eds.),
Science Under Siege. Australia: Royal
Zoological Society of NSW.
Letnic, M., Fillios, M., Crowther, M. (2012).
Could direct killing by larger dingoes have
caused the extinction of the thylacine from
mainland Australia? PloS One, 7(5), 1-5. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.003
4877">[More Information]</a>
Publications for Mathew Crowther
Tuft, K., Crowther, M., McArthur, C. (2012).
Fire and grazing influence food resources of an
endangered rock-wallaby. Wildlife Research,
39(5), 436-445. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR11208">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Lunney, D., Crowther, M., Wallis, I., Foley, W.,
Lemon, J., Wheeler, R., Madani, G., Orscheg, C.,
Griffith, J., Krockenberger, M., Retamales, M.,
et al (2012). Koalas and climate change: A case
study on the Liverpool Plains, north-west New
South Wales. Royal Zoological Society Forum
2010: Wildlife and climate change: towards
robust conservation strategies for Australian
fauna, Mosman, NSW: Royal Zoological Society
of New South Wales.
Kovacs, E., Crowther, M., Webb, J., Dickman,
C. (2012). Population and behavioural responses
of native prey to alien predation. Oecologia,
168(4), 947-957. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-216
8-9">[More Information]</a>
Fillios, M., Crowther, M., Letnic, M. (2012). The
impact of the dingo on the thylacine in Holocene
Australia. World Archaeology, 44(1), 118-134.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2012.
646112">[More Information]</a>
2011
Letnic, M., Crowther, M., Dickman, C., Ritchie,
E. (2011). Demonising the dingo: How much
wild dogma is enough? Current Zoology, 57(5),
668-670.
Cupples, J., Crowther, M., Story, G., Letnic, M.
(2011). Dietary overlap and prey selectivity
among sympatric carnivores: Could dingoes
suppress foxes through competition for prey?
Journal of Mammalogy, 92(3), 590-600. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-1
64.1">[More Information]</a>
Tuft, K., Crowther, M., McArthur, C. (2011).
Multiple scales of diet selection by brush-tailed
rock-wallabies, Petrogale penicillata. Australian
Mammalogy, 33(2), 169-180. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM10041">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Tuft, K., Crowther, M., Connell, K., Mueller, S.,
McArthur, C. (2011). Predation risk and
competitive interactions affect foraging of an
endangered refuge-dependent herbivore. Animal
Conservation: the rapid publication journal for
quantitative studies in conservation, 14(4),
447-457. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.201
1.00446.x">[More Information]</a>
2010
Lunney, D., Close, R., Bryant, J., Crowther, M.,
Shannon, I., Madden, K., Ward, S. (2010).
Campbelltown's koalas: their place in the natural
history of Australia. In Daniel Lunney, Pat
Hutchings and Dieter Hochuli (Eds.), The
Natural History of Sydney, (pp. 319-325).
Mosman NSW 2088: Royal Zoological Society
of New South Wales.
Lunney, D., Close, R., Bryant, J., Crowther, M.,
Shannon, I., Madden, K., Ward, S. (2010).
Campbelltown's koalas: their place in the natural
history of Sydney. Royal Zoological Society of
NSW 2007 Forum The Natural History of
Sydney, Mosman, NSW: Royal Zoological
Society of New South Wales.
Lunney, D., Close, R., Bryant, J., Crowther, M.,
Shannon, I., Madden, K., Ward, S. (2010). The
koalas of campbelltown, south-western Sydney:
does their natural history foretell of an unnatural
future? Royal Zoological Society of NSW 2007
Forum The Natural History of Sydney, Mosman,
NSW: Royal Zoological Society of New South
Wales.
Lunney, D., Close, R., Bryant, J., Crowther, M.,
Shannon, I., Madden, K., Ward, S. (2010). The
koalas of Campbelltown, south-western Sydney:
does their natural history fortell of an unnatural
future? In Daniel Lunney, Pat Hutchings and
Dieter Hochuli (Eds.), The Natural History of
Sydney, (pp. 339-370). Mosman NSW 2088:
Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.
2009
Stojanovic, D., Maguire, G., Weston, M.,
Dickman, C., Crowther, M. (2009). Attempted
incubation and nest-maintenance behaviour of
artificially deployed quail egg clutches by
Hooded Plovers Thinornis rubricollis. Wader
Study Group Bulletin, 116(1), 41-43.
Lunney, D., Crowther, M., Bryant, J., Shannon,
I. (2009). Combining a map-based public survey
with an estimation of site occupancy to
determine the recent and changing distribution of
the koala in New South Wales. Wildlife
Research, 36, 262-273. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR08079">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Vine, S., Crowther, M., Lapidge, S., Dickman,
C., Mooney, N., Piggott, M., English, A. (2009).
Comparison of methods to detect rare and cryptic
species: a case study using the red fox (Vulpes
vulpes). Wildlife Research, 36(5), 436-446. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR08069">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Letnic, M., Crowther, M., Koch, F. (2009). Does
a top-predator provide an endangered rodent with
refuge from an invasive mesopredator? Animal
Conservation: the rapid publication journal for
Publications for Mathew Crowther
quantitative studies in conservation, 12(4),
302-312. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.200
9.00250.x">[More Information]</a>
(Mastacomys fuscus) persist? Biological
Conservation, 141, 1962-1971. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05
.020">[More Information]</a>
Letnic, M., Koch, F., Gordon, C., Crowther, M.,
Dickman, C. (2009). Keystone effects of an alien
top-predator stem extinctions of native
mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B:
Biological Sciences, 276(1671), 1-8. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0574"
>[More Information]</a>
McAllan, B., Westman, W., Crowther, M.,
Dickman, C. (2008). Morphology, growth and
reproduction in the Australian house mouse:
differential effects of moderate temperatures.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 94(1),
21-30. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.200
8.00977.x">[More Information]</a>
Dickman, C., Crowther, M. (2009). Science and
the environment. In Mike Calver, Alan
Lymbery, Jen McComb, Mike Bamford (Eds.),
Environmental Biology, (pp. 23-42). Cambridge,
UK: Cambridge University Press.
Crowther, M. (2008). Rusty Antechinus
(Antechinus adustus). In S. Van Dyck and R.
Strahan (Eds.), (pp. 81-82). New Holland
Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd.
Navinth, M., Finlayson, G., Crowther, M.,
Dickman, C. (2009). The diet of the
re-introduced greater bilby Macrotis lagotis in
the mallee woodlands of western New South
Wales. Australian Zoologist, 35(1), 90-95.
Dee, J., Shrestha, K., Crowther, M. (2008). Rusty
Antechinus Antechinus adustus. In Steve van
Dyck and Ronald Strahan (Eds.), The Mammals
of Australia, (pp. 81-82). Sydney: Reed New
Holland.
Crowther, M., McAlpine, C., Lunney, D.,
Shannon, I., Bryant, J. (2009). Using
broad-scale, community survey data to compare
species conservation strategies across regions: A
case study of the Koala in a set of adjacent
'catchments'. Ecological Management and
Restoration, 10(S1), 88-96. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.200
9.00465.x">[More Information]</a>
Crowther, M. (2008). Subtropical Antechinus
(Antechinus subtropicus). In S. Van Dyck and
R. Strahan (Eds.), (pp. 97-98). New Holland
Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd.
2008
Crowther, M. (2008). Yellow-footed Antechinus
(Antechinus flavipes). (pp. 86-88).
Crowther, M. (2008). Brown Antechinus
(Antechinus stuartii). In S. Van Dyck and R.
Strahan (Eds.), (pp. 94-96). New Holland
Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd.
Crowther, M., Braithwaite, R. (2008). Brown
Antechinus Antechinus Stuartii. In Steve van
Dyck and Ronald Strahan (Eds.), The Mammals
of Australia, (pp. 94-96). Sydney: Reed New
Holland.
Daly, B., Dickman, C., Crowther, M. (2008).
Causes of habitat divergence in two species of
agamid lizards in arid central Australia. Ecology,
89(1), 65-76. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/06-1991.1">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Dee, J., Shrestha, K., Crowther, M. (2008).
Environmental impact assessment environmental
planning education: Value conflicts in Sydney's
Port Botany Expansion. ANZAPS 2008: Planning
Education in a Globalised World, Sydney:
ANZAPS.
Crowther, M., Barnett, S. (2008). Subtropical
Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus. In Steve
van Dyck and Ronald Strahan (Eds.), The
Mammals of Australia, (pp. 97-98). Sydney:
Reed New Holland.
Crowther, M. (2008). Yellow-footed Antechinus
Antechinus flavipes. In Steve van Dyck and
Ronald Strahan (Eds.), The Mammals of
Australia, (pp. 86-88). Sydney: Reed New
Holland.
2007
Pizzuto, T., Finlayson, G., Crowther, M.,
Dickman, C. (2007). Microhabitat use by the
brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) and
burrowing bettong (B-lesueur) in semiarid New
South Wales: implications for reintroduction
programs. Wildlife Research, 34(4), 271-279.
Daly, B., Dickman, C., Crowther, M. (2007).
Selection of habitat components by two species
of agamid lizards in sandridge desert, central
Australia. Austral Ecology, 32(7), 825-833.
2006
O'Brien, C., Crowther, M., Dickman, C.,
Keating, J. (2008). Metapopulation dynamics and
threatened species
McAllan, B., Dickman, C., Crowther, M. (2006).
Photoperiod as a reproductive cue in the
marsupial genus Antechinus: ecological and
evolutionary consequences. Biological Journal
of the Linnean Society, 87(3), 365-379.
management: Why does the broad-toothed rat
Holleley, C., Dickman, C., Crowther, M.,
Publications for Mathew Crowther
Oldroyd, B. (2006). Size breeds success:
multiple paternity, multivariate
selection and male semelparity in a small
marsupial,
Antechinus stuartii. Molecular Ecology, 15(11),
3439-3448.
2004
Murray, B., Brown, A., Dickman, C., Crowther,
M. (2004). Geographical Gradients In Seed Mass
In Relation To Climate. Journal of
Biogeography, 31(3), 379-388.
Wroe, S., Crowther, M., Dortch, J., Chong, J.
(2004). The Size Of The Largest Marsupial And
Why It Matters. Proceedings of the Royal Society
B: Biological Sciences, 271, S34-S36.
2003
Wroe, S., Myers, T., Seebacher, F., Kear, B.,
Gillespie, A., Crowther, M., Salisbury, S. (2003).
An alternative method for predicting body mass:
the case of the Pleistocence marsupial lion.
Paleobiology, 29(3), 403-411.
Crowther, M., Blacket, M. (2003). Biogeography
and speciation in the Dasyuridae: why are there
so many kinds of Dasyurids? In Jones,
Dickman, Archer (Eds.), Predators with
Pouches, (pp. 124-130). Australia: CSIRO
Publishing.
Masters, P., Dickman, C., Crowther, M. (2003).
Effects of cover reduction on mulgara
Dasycercus cristicauda (Marsupialia:
Dasyuridae), rodent and invertebrate populations
in central Australia: Implications for land
management. Austral Ecology, 28(6), 658-665.
Crowther, M., McAllan, B., Dickman, C. (2003).
Morphological variation within Australian
populations of the house mouse: an observational
and experimental approach. 2nd International
Conference on Rodent Biology and Management
2003, Australia: Australian Centre for
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
McAllan, B., Westman, W., Crowther, M.,
Dickman, C. (2003). Reproduction and growth in
house mice from cold, hot and thermally
moderate environments. 2nd International
Conference on Rodent Biology and Management
2003, Australia: Australian Centre for
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Crowther, M., Sumner, J., Dickman, C. (2003).
Speciation of Antechinus stuartii and A.
subtropicus (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in eastern
Australia: molecular and morphological
evidence. Australian Journal of Zoology, 51(5),
443-462.
2002
Crowther, M., Spencer, P., Alpers, D., Dickman,
C. (2002). Taxonomic status of the mardo,
Antechinus flavipes leucogaster (Marsupialia:
Dasyuridae): a morphological, molecular,
reproductive and bioclimatic approach.
Australian Journal of Zoology, 50(6), 627-647.