Dr Sarah Legge

Woinarski, John, Legge, Sarah and Dickman, Chris (2019). Cats in Australia : companion and killer. Clayton South, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/9781486308446

Legge, Sarah (2004). Kookaburra : King of the Bush. Clayton South, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/9780643091375

Legge, Sarah, Hayward, Matt and Weeks, Andrew (2023). Novel Conservation Strategies to Conserve Australian Marsupials. American and Australasian Marsupials. (pp. 1-30) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-88800-8_56-1

Legge, Sarah, Hayward, Matt and Weeks, Andrew (2023). Novel conservation strategies to conserve Australian marsupials. American and Australasian marsupials. (pp. 1555-1584) edited by Nilton C. Cáceres and Christopher R. Dickman. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5_56

Jacklyn, Peter, Ansell, Shaun, Crosbie, Aaron, Holmes, Jarrad, Joseph, Aidan, Legge, Sarah, Lewis, Ben, Pickworth, Anna, Vigilante, Tom and Weigl, Jake (2015). The operational role of satellite-based fire data in savanna burning methodologies. Carbon accounting and savanna fire management. (pp. 97-113) edited by Brett Murphy, Andrew Edwards, CP (Mick) Meyer and Jeremy Russell-Smith. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing.

Woinarski, John C. Z., Burbidge, Allan H., Comer, Sarah, Harley, Dan, Legge, Sarah, Lindenmayer, David B. and Partridge, Thalie B. (2014). Fire and biodiversity in Australia. Austral Ark: The State of Wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 537-559) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139519960.027

Tiernan, Brendan, Woinarski, John C. Z., Legge, Sarah M., Southwell, Darren, Barry Baker, G., Hill, F. Richard, James, David J., Macgregor, Nicholas A., Flakus, Samantha and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Stable detection frequency of the threatened Christmas Island Boobook Ninox natalis , 2012–2022. Emu - Austral Ornithology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2024.2408541

Woinarski, John C.Z., Garnett, Stephen T. and Legge, Sarah M. (2024). No More Extinctions: Recovering Australia's Biodiversity. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. doi: 10.1146/annurev-animal-111523-102004

Ward, Michelle, Ashman, Kita, Lindenmayer, David B., Legge, Sarah, Kindler, Gareth, Cadman, Timothy, Fletcher, Rachel, Whiterod, Nick, Lintermans, Mark, Zylstra, Philip, Stewart, Romola, Thomas, Hannah, Blanch, Stuart and Watson, James E. M. (2024). Shifting baselines clarify the impact of contemporary logging on forest‐dependent threatened species. Conservation Science and Practice, 6 (9) e13185. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13185

Heinsohn, Robert, Appleby, Daniel, Wilson, David and Legge, Sarah (2024). Large, overlapping home ranges reveal male mating strategies in polygynandrous Eclectus parrots. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (3-4), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2024.2368006

Dorph, A., Ballard, G., Legge, S., Algar, D., Basnett, G., Buckmaster, T., Dunlop, J., Edwards, A. M., Hine, A., Knight, A. R., Marshall, E., McColl-Gausden, S. C., Pauza, M. D. and Penman, T. D. (2024). Current and emerging feral cat management practices in Australia. Wildlife Research, 51 (6) WR23107. doi: 10.1071/wr23107

Ryan-Schofield, Ned L., Moseby, Katherine E., McWhorter, Todd J., Legge, Sarah M. and McGregor, Hugh W. (2024). The effect of collar weight and capture frequency on bodyweight in feral cats (Felis catus). Wildlife Research, 51 (6) ARTN WR24024. doi: 10.1071/wr24024

Lilleyman, A., Pascoe, J., Robinson, C., Legge, Sarah M., Woinarski, John C. Z. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Imperilled birds and First Peoples’ land and sea Country in Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 108-122. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2290008

Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John C. Z., Barry Baker, G., Berryman, Alex J., Crates, Ross, Legge, Sarah M., Lilleyman, Amanda, Luck, Linda, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Verdon, Simon J., Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Zander, Kerstin K. and Geyle, Hayley M. (2024). Monitoring threats to Australian threatened birds: climate change was the biggest threat in 2020 with minimal progress on its management. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 37-54. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2291144

Crates, Ross, Barry Baker, G., Legge, Sarah M., Menkhorst, Peter W., Murphy, Steve, Watson, James E.M., Woinarski, John C. Z. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). The feasibility of implementing management for threatened birds in Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 93-107. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2295355

Woinarski, John C.Z., Legge, Sarah M. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Extinct Australian birds: numbers, characteristics, lessons and prospects. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 8-20. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2240345

Berryman, Alex J., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Jackson, Micha V., Legge, Sarah M., Olah, George, Thomas, Janelle, Woinarski, John C. Z. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Trends and patterns in the extinction risk of Australia’s birds over three decades. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 55-67. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2289999

Garnett, Stephen T., Barry Baker, G., Berryman, Alex J., Carlile, Nicholas, Ely, Isabel, Geyle, Hayley M., Legge, Sarah M., Rumpff, Libby, Zander, Kerstin K. and Woinarski, John C.Z. (2024). Australian threatened birds for which the risk of extinction declined between 1990 and 2020. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 68-82. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2291140

Olah, George, Heinsohn, Robert, Berryman, Alex J., Legge, Sarah M., Radford, James Q. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Biological characteristics of Australian threatened birds. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 83-92. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2285821

Verdon, Simon J., Davis, Robert A., Tulloch, Ayesha, Legge, Sarah M., Watson, David M., Woinarski, John C.Z., Baker, G. Barry, Driessen, Joris, Geyle, Hayley M., Possingham, Hugh and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 124 (1), 21-36. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2275121

Doherty, Tim S., Fandiño, Daniel F. Bohórquez, Watchorn, Darcy J., Legge, Sarah M. and Dickman, Chris R. (2024). Experimentally testing animal responses to prescribed fire size and severity. Conservation Biology, 38 (3) e14231. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14231

Gallagher, Rachael, Roger, Erin, Packer, Jasmin, Slatyer, Cameron, Rowley, Jodi, Cornwell, Will, Ens, Emilie, Legge, Sarah, Simpfendorfer, Colin, Stephens, Ruby and Mesaglio, Thomas (2024). Incorporating citizen science into IUCN Red List assessments. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14329

Legge, Sarah, Indigo, Naomi, Southwell, Darren M., Skroblin, Anja, Nou, Tida, Young, Alys R., Dielenberg, Jaana, Wilkinson, David P., Brizuela-Torres, Diego, A¿angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, , Birriliburu Rangers, , Backhouse, Brett, Galindez Silva, Carolina, Arkinstall, Cassandra, Lynch, Catherine, Central Land Council Rangers, , Curnow, Chris L., Rogers, Dan J., Moore, Danae, Ryan-Colton, Ellen, Benshemesh, Joe, Schofield, Josef, Jukurrpa, Kanyirninpa, Karajarri Rangers, , Moseby, Katherine, Tuft, Katherine, Bellchambers, Keith, Bradley, Kevin, Webeck, Kim ... Yawuru Country Managers, (2024). The Arid Zone Monitoring Project: combining Indigenous ecological expertise with scientific data analysis to assess the potential of using sign-based surveys to monitor vertebrates in the Australian deserts. Wildlife Research, 51 (9) WR24070, NULL. doi: 10.1071/wr24070

Legge, Sarah, Bijlani, Hamsini, Taylor, Braedan, Shovellor, Jacqueline, McCarthy, Frankie, Murray, Chantelle, Ala’i, Jesse, Brown, Courtney, Tromp, Kevin, Bayley, Sam, Noakes, Ewan, Wemyss, Jackie, Cliff, Hannah, Jackett, Nigel, Greatwich, Bruce, Corey, Ben, Cowan, Mark, Macdonald, Kristina J., Murphy, Brett P., Banks, Sam and Lindsay, Malcom (2024). Pirra Jungku and Pirra Warlu: using traditional fire-practice knowledge and contemporary science to guide fire-management goals for desert animals. Wildlife Research, 51 (10) ARTN WR24069. doi: 10.1071/wr24069

Woinarski, John C. Z., Chapple, David G., Garnett, Stephen T., Legge, Sarah M., Lintermans, Mark and Scheele, Ben C. (2023). Few havens for threatened Australian animal taxa that are highly susceptible to introduced and problematic native species. Biodiversity and Conservation, 33 (1), 305-331. doi: 10.1007/s10531-023-02750-4

Woinarski, John C.Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Gillespie, Graeme, Legge, Sarah M., Lintermans, Mark and Rumpff, Libby (2023). Parsing progress in conservation management of Australian mammals – A reply to. Biological Conservation, 287 110337, 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110337

Woinarski, John C. Z., Tiernan, B. and Legge, S. M. (2023). Should the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura) be considered extinct?. Australian Mammalogy, 46 (1) AM23033, 1-10. doi: 10.1071/am23033

Legge, Sarah, Rumpff, Libby, Garnett, Stephen T. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2023). Loss of terrestrial biodiversity in Australia: Magnitude, causation, and response. Science, 381 (6658), 622-631. doi: 10.1126/science.adg7870

Pocknee, Christopher A., Legge, Sarah M., McDonald, Jane and Fisher, Diana O. (2023). Modeling mammal response to fire based on species’ traits. Conservation Biology, 37 (4) e14062, e14062. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14062

Ensbey, Michelle, Legge, Sarah, Jolly, Chris J., Garnett, Stephen T., Gallagher, Rachael V., Lintermans, Mark, Nimmo, Dale G., Rumpff, Libby, Scheele, Ben C., Whiterod, Nick S., Woinarski, John C.Z., Ahyong, Shane T., Blackmore, Caroline J., Bower, Deborah S., Burbidge, Allan H., Burns, Phoebe A., Butler, Gavin, Catullo, Renee, Chapple, David G., Dickman, Christopher R., Doyle, Katie E., Ferris, Jason, Fisher, Diana O., Geyle, Hayley M., Gillespie, Graeme R., Greenlees, Matt J., Hohnen, Rosemary, Hoskin, Conrad J., Kennard, Mark ... Zukowski, Sylvia (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. Biological Conservation, 283 110021, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110021

Tomlinson, Sean, Lomolino, Mark V., Woinarski, John C. Z., Murphy, Brett P., Reed, Elizabeth, Johnson, Chris N., Legge, Sarah, Helgen, Kristofer M., Brown, Stuart C. and Fordham, Damien A. (2023). Reconstructing mechanisms of extinctions to guide mammal conservation biogeography. Journal of Biogeography, 50 (7), 1199-1212. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14616

Woinarski, John C.Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Gillespie, Graeme, Legge, Sarah M., Lintermans, Mark and Rumpff, Libby (2023). Frogs still in a dark place?: Reply to. Biological Conservation, 284 110131, 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110131

Hohnen, Rosemary, James, Alex I., Jennings, Paul, Murphy, Brett P., Berris, Karleah, Legge, Sarah M., Dickman, Chris R. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2023). Abundance and detection of feral cats decreases after severe fire on Kangaroo Island, Australia. Austral Ecology, 48 (3), 600-615. doi: 10.1111/aec.13294

Dielenberg, Jaana, Bekessy, Sarah, Cumming, Graeme S., Dean, Angela J., Fitzsimons, James A., Garnett, Stephen, Goolmeer, Teagan, Hughes, Lesley, Kingsford, Richard T., Legge, Sarah, Lindenmayer, David B., Lovelock, Catherine E., Lowry, Rachel, Maron, Martine, Marsh, Jessica, McDonald, Jan, Mitchell, Nicola J., Moggridge, Bradley J., Morgain, Rachel, O'Connor, Patrick J., Pascoe, Jack, Pecl, Gretta T., Possingham, Hugh P., Ritchie, Euan G., Smith, Liam D. G., Spindler, Rebecca, Thompson, Ross M., Trezise, James, Umbers, Kate ... Wintle, Brendan A. (2023). Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council. Ecological Management and Restoration, 24 (2-3), 69-74. doi: 10.1111/emr.12594

Woinarski, John C. Z., McCormack, Phillipa C., McDonald, Jan, Legge, Sarah, Garnett, Stephen T., Wintle, Brendan and Rumpff, Libby (2023). Making choices: prioritising the protection of biodiversity in wildfires. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32 (7), 1031-1038. doi: 10.1071/wf22229

Willacy, Rosalie, Flakus, Samantha, McDonald-Madden, Eve and Legge, Sarah (2023). Investigating the impact of black rats (Rattus rattus) on the endemic and threatened avifauna of Christmas Island. Wildlife Research, 51 (1). doi: 10.1071/wr22068

Ruscalleda-Alvarez, Jaume, Cliff, Hannah, Catt, Gareth, Holmes, Jarrad, Burrows, Neil, Paltridge, Rachel, Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Schubert, Andrew, See, Peter and Legge, Sarah (2023). Right-way fire in Australia's spinifex deserts: An approach for measuring management success when fire activity varies substantially through space and time. Journal of Environmental Management, 331 117234, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117234

Yong, Chuanji, Ward, Michelle, Watson, James E. M., Reside, April E., van Leeuwen, Stephen, Legge, Sarah, Geary, William L., Lintermans, Mark, Kennard, Mark J., Stuart, Stephanie and Carwardine, Josie (2023). The costs of managing key threats to Australia's biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60 (5), 898-910. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14377

Woinarski, John C.Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Gillespie, Graeme, Legge, Sarah M., Lintermans, Mark and Rumpff, Libby (2023). Lights at the end of the tunnel: The incidence and characteristics of recovery for Australian threatened animals. Biological Conservation, 279 109946, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109946

Southwell, Darren, Skroblin, Anja, Moseby, Katherine, Southgate, Richard, Indigo, Naomi, Backhouse, Brett, Bellchambers, Keith, Brandle, Robert, Brenton, Peter, Copley, Peter, Dziminski, Martin A., Galindez‐Silva, Carolina, Lynch, Catherine, Newman, Peggy, Pedler, Reece, Rogers, Daniel, Roshier, David A., Ryan‐Colton, Ellen, Tuft, Katherine, Ward, Matt, Zurell, Damaris and Legge, Sarah (2023). Designing a large‐scale track‐based monitoring program to detect changes in species distributions in arid Australia. Ecological Applications, 33 (2) e2762, e2762. doi: 10.1002/eap.2762

Kearney, Stephen G., Watson, James E. M., Reside, April E., Fisher, Diana O., Maron, Martine, Doherty, Tim S., Legge, Sarah M., Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Wintle, Brendan A., Ritchie, Euan G., Driscoll, Don A., Lindenmayer, David, Adams, Vanessa M., Ward, Michelle S. and Carwardine, Josie (2023). Threat-abatement framework confirms habitat retention and invasive species management are critical to conserve Australia's threatened species. Biological Conservation, 277 109833, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109833

Ward, Michelle, Southwell, Darren, Gallagher, Rachael V., Raadik, Tarmo A., Whiterod, Nick S., Lintermans, Mark, Sheridan, Gary, Nyman, Petter, Suárez‐Castro, Andrés F., Marsh, Jessica, Woinarski, John and Legge, Sarah (2022). Modelling the spatial extent of post‐fire sedimentation threat to estimate the impacts of fire on waterways and aquatic species. Diversity and Distributions, 28 (11), 2429-2442. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13640

Fraser, H., Legge, S. M., Garnett, S. T., Geyle, H., Silcock, J., Nou, T., Collingwood, T., Cameron, K. A., Fraser, F., Mulcahy, A., Walker, G. and Woinarski, J. C.Z. (2022). Application of expert elicitation to estimate population trajectories for species prioritized in Australia's first threatened species strategy. Biological Conservation, 274 109731, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109731

Lindenmayer, David B., Woinarski, John, Legge, Sarah, Maron, Martine, Garnett, Stephen T., Lavery, Tyrone, Dielenberg, Jaana and Wintle, Brendan A. (2022). Eight things you should never do in a monitoring program: an Australian perspective. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194 (10) 701, 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10348-6

Ward, Michelle, Tulloch, Ayesha, Stewart, Romola, Possingham, Hugh P., Legge, Sarah, Gallagher, Rachael V., Graham, Erin M., Southwell, Darren, Keith, David, Dixon, Kingsley, Yong, Chuanji, Carwardine, Josie, Cronin, Tim, Reside, April E. and Watson, James E. M. (2022). Restoring habitat for fire-impacted species’ across degraded Australian landscapes. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (8) 084036, 084036. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac83da

Garnett, Stephen T., Hayward-Brown, Brittany K., Kopf, R. Keller, Woinarski, John C.Z., Cameron, Kerry A., Chapple, David G., Copley, Peter, Fisher, Alaric, Gillespie, Graeme, Latch, Peter, Legge, Sarah, Lintermans, Mark, Moorrees, Adrian, Page, Manda, Renwick, Juanita, Birrell, Jessica, Kelly, Dave and Geyle, Hayley M. (2022). Australia's most imperilled vertebrates. Biological Conservation, 270 109561, 109561. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109561

Doherty, Tim S., Geary, William L., Jolly, Chris J., Macdonald, Kristina J., Miritis, Vivianna, Watchorn, Darcy J., Cherry, Michael J., Conner, L. Mike, González, Tania Marisol, Legge, Sarah M., Ritchie, Euan G., Stawski, Clare and Dickman, Chris R. (2022). Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions. Biological Reviews, 97 (4), 1539-1558. doi: 10.1111/brv.12853

Legge, Sarah, Rumpff, Libby, Woinarski, John C. Z., Whiterod, Nick S., Ward, Michelle, Southwell, Darren G., Scheele, Ben C., Nimmo, Dale G., Lintermans, Mark, Geyle, Hayley M., Garnett, Stephen T., Hayward‐Brown, Brittany, Ensbey, Miki, Ehmke, Glenn, Ahyong, Shane T., Blackmore, Caroline J., Bower, Deborah S., Brizuela‐Torres, Diego, Burbidge, Allan H., Burns, Phoebe A., Butler, Gavin, Catullo, Renee, Chapple, David G., Dickman, Christopher R., Doyle, Katherine E., Ferris, Jason, Fisher, Diana, Gallagher, Rachael, Gillespie, Graeme R. ... Zukowski, Sylvia (2022). The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31 (10), 2085-2104. doi: 10.1111/geb.13473

Wysong, Michael, Legge, Sarah, Clark, Alex, Maier, Stefan, Rangers, Bardi Jawi, Rangers, Nyul Nyul, Cowell, Stuart and Mackay, Grey (2022). The sum of small parts: changing landscape fire regimes across multiple small landholdings in north-western Australia with collaborative fire management. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 31 (2), 97-111. doi: 10.1071/WF21118

Blackwood, Edward M. J., Rangers, Karajarri, Bayley, Sam, Bijlani, Hamsini, Fensham, Rod J., Lindsay, Malcolm, Noakes, Ewan, Wemyss, Jackie and Legge, Sarah (2022). Pirra Jungku: comparison of traditional and contemporary fire practices on Karajarri Country, Western Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration, 23 (S1), 83-92. doi: 10.1111/emr.12527

Jolly, Chris J., Moore, Harry A., Cowan, Mitchell A., Cremona, Teigan, Dunlop, Judy A., Legge, Sarah M., Linley, Grant D., Miritis, Vivianna, Woinarski, John C. Z. and Nimmo, Dale G. (2022). Taxonomic revision reveals potential impacts of Black Summer megafires on a cryptic species. Pacific Conservation Biology, 29 (1), 17-25. doi: 10.1071/PC21045

Jolly, Chris J., Dickman, Chris R., Doherty, Tim S., van Eeden, Lily M., Geary, William L., Legge, Sarah M., Woinarski, John C. Z. and Nimmo, Dale G. (2022). Animal mortality during fire. Global Change Biology, 28 (6), 2053-2065. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16044

Lavery, Tyrone H., Eldridge, Mark, Legge, Sarah, Pearson, David, Southwell, Darren, Woinarski, John C. Z., Woolley, Leigh-Ann and Lindenmayer, David (2021). Threats to Australia’s rock-wallabies (Petrogale spp.) with key directions for effective monitoring. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30 (14), 4137-4161. doi: 10.1007/s10531-021-02315-3

Southwell, Darren, Legge, Sarah, Woinarski, John, Lindenmayer, David, Lavery, Tyrone and Wintle, Brendan (2021). Design considerations for rapid biodiversity reconnaissance surveys and long‐term monitoring to assess the impact of wildfire. Diversity and Distributions, 28 (3), 559-570. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13427

Zander, Kerstin K., St-Laurent, Guillaume Peterson, Hogg, Carolyn J., Sunnucks, Paul, Woinarski, John, Legge, Sarah, Burton, Michael, Pandit, Ram, Hagerman, Shannon and Garnett, Stephen T. (2021). Measuring social preferences for conservation management in Australia. Biological Conservation, 262 109323, 109323. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109323

Stobo-Wilson, Alyson M., Murphy, Brett P., Crawford, Heather M., Dawson, Stuart J., Dickman, Chris R., Doherty, Tim S., Fleming, Patricia A., Gentle, Matthew N., Legge, Sarah M., Newsome, Thomas M., Palmer, Russell, Rees, Matthew W., Ritchie, Euan G., Speed, James, Stuart, John-Michael, Thompson, Eilysh, Turpin, Jeff and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2021). Sharing meals: predation on Australian mammals by the introduced European red fox compounds and complements predation by feral cats. Biological Conservation, 261 109284, 109284. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109284

Tuft, Katherine, Legge, Sarah, Frank, Anke S. K., James, Alex I., May, Tegan, Page, Ethan, Radford, Ian J., Woinarski, John C. Z., Fisher, Alaric, Lawes, Michael J., Gordon, Iain J. and Johnson, Chris N. (2021). Cats are a key threatening factor to the survival of local populations of native small mammals in Australia's tropical savannas: Evidence from translocation trials with Rattus tunneyi. Wildlife Research, 48 (7) WR20193, 654-662. doi: 10.1071/wr20193

Shaw, Robyn E., James, Alex I., Tuft, Katherine, Legge, Sarah, Cary, Geoffrey J., Peakall, Rod and Banks, Sam C. (2021). Unburnt habitat patches are critical for survival and in situ population recovery in a small mammal after fire. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58 (6), 1325-1335. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13846

Bal, Payal, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Carwardine, Josie, Legge, Sarah, Tulloch, Ayesha, Game, Edward, Martin, Tara G., Possingham, Hugh P. and McDonald‐Madden, Eve (2021). How to choose a cost‐effective indicator to trigger conservation decisions?. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (3) 2041-210X.13532, 520-529. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13532

Woinarski, John C.Z., Stobo-Wilson, Alyson M., Crawford, Heather M., Dawson, Stuart J., Dickman, Chris R., Doherty, Tim S., Fleming, Patricia A., Garnett, Stephen T., Gentle, Matthew N., Legge, Sarah M., Newsome, Thomas M., Palmer, Russell, Rees, Matthew W., Ritchie, Euan G., Speed, J. A.M.E.S., Stuart, John-Michael, Thompson, Eilysh, Turpin, J. E.F.F. and Murphy, Brett P. (2021). Compounding and complementary carnivores: Australian bird species eaten by the introduced European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis catus. Bird Conservation International, 32 (3) PII S0959270921000460, 1-17. doi: 10.1017/S0959270921000460

McGregor, Hugh, Moseby, Katherine, Johnson, Christopher N. and Legge, Sarah (2021). Effectiveness of thermal cameras compared to spotlights for counts of arid zone mammals across a range of ambient temperatures. Australian Mammalogy, 44 (1), 59-66. doi: 10.1071/AM20040

Hohnen, Rosemary, Murphy, Brett P., Legge, Sarah M., Dickman, Chris R., Hodgens, Pat, Groffen, Heidi, Molsher, Robyn, Gates, Jody P. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2021). Environmental factors influencing the distribution of the Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni). Australian Mammalogy, 44 (1), 51-58. doi: 10.1071/AM19036

Legge, Sarah, Taggart, Pat L., Dickman, Chris R., Read, John L. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2020). Cat-dependent diseases cost Australia AU$6 billion per year through impacts on human health and livestock production. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), 731-746. doi: 10.1071/wr20089

Hohnen, Rosemary, Berris, Karleah, Hodgens, Pat, Mulvaney, Josh, Florence, Brenton, Murphy, Brett P., Legge, Sarah M., Dickman, Chris R. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2020). Pre-eradication assessment of feral cat density and population size across Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), 669-676. doi: 10.1071/WR19137

Lindenmayer, David, Woinarski, John, Legge, Sarah, Southwell, Darren, Lavery, Tyrone, Robinson, Natasha, Scheele, Ben and Wintle, Brendan (2020). A checklist of attributes for effective monitoring of threatened species and threatened ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management, 262 110312, 110312. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110312

Roshier, David A., Hotellier, Felicity L, Carter, Andrew, Kemp, Leah, Potts, Joanne, Hayward, Matt W. and Legge, Sarah M. (2020). Long-term benefits and short-term costs: small vertebrate responses to predator exclusion and native mammal reintroductions in south-western New South Wales, Australia. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), 570-579. doi: 10.1071/wr19153

McGregor, Hugh, Moseby, Katherine, Johnson, Christopher N. and Legge, Sarah (2020). The short-term response of feral cats to rabbit population decline: Are alternative native prey more at risk?. Biological Invasions, 22 (2), 799-811. doi: 10.1007/s10530-019-02131-5

Woinarski, J. C. Z., Legge, S. M., Woolley, L. A., Palmer, R., Dickman, C. R., Augusteyn, J., Doherty, T. S., Edwards, G., Geyle, H., McGregor, H., Riley, J., Turpin, J. and Murphy, B. P. (2020). Predation by introduced cats Felis catus on Australian frogs: compilation of species records and estimation of numbers killed. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), 580-588. doi: 10.1071/wr19182

Legge, Sarah, Woinarski, John C. Z., Dickman, Chris R., Murphy, Brett P., Woolley, Leigh-Ann and Calver, Mike C. (2020). We need to worry about Bella and Charlie: the impacts of pet cats on Australian wildlife. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), 523-539. doi: 10.1071/wr19174

Woolley, Leigh-Ann, Murphy, Brett P., Geyle, Hayley M., Legge, Sarah M., Palmer, Russell A., Dickman, Chris R., Doherty, Tim S., Edwards, Glenn P., Riley, Joanna, Turpin, Jeff M. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2020). Introduced cats eating a continental fauna: invertebrate consumption by feral cats (Felis catus) in Australia. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), 610-623. doi: 10.1071/wr19197

McGregor, Hugh, Read, John, Johnson, Christopher N., Legge, Sarah, Hill, Brydie and Moseby, Katherine (2020). Edge effects created by fenced conservation reserves benefit an invasive mesopredator. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), 677-685. doi: 10.1071/wr19181

Wintle, Brendan A., Legge, Sarah and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2020). After the Megafires: What Next for Australian Wildlife?. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35 (9), 753-757. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.009

Legge, Sarah, Woinarski, John C. Z., Dickman, Chris R., Doherty, Tim S., McGregor, Hugh and Murphy, Brett P. (2020). Cat ecology, impacts and management in Australia. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), i-vi. doi: 10.1071/wrv47n8_ed

Hohnen, Rosemary, Murphy, Brett P., Legge, Sarah M., Dickman, Chris R. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2019). Uptake of ‘Eradicat. Wildlife Research, 47 (8), NULL-556. doi: 10.1071/wr19056

Corey, Ben, Andersen, Alan N., Legge, Sarah, Woinarski, John C. Z., Radford, Ian J. and Perry, Justin J. (2019). Better biodiversity accounting is needed to prevent bioperversity and maximize co-benefits from savanna burning. Conservation Letters, 13 (1) e12685. doi: 10.1111/conl.12685

Wintle, Brendan A., Cadenhead, Natasha C. R., Morgain, Rachel A., Legge, Sarah M., Bekessy, Sarah A., Cantele, Matthew, Possingham, Hugh P., Watson, James E. M., Maron, Martine, Keith, David A., Garnett, Stephen T., Woinarski, John C. Z. and Lindenmayer, David B. (2019). Spending to save: What will it cost to halt Australia's extinction crisis?. Conservation Letters, 12 (6) e12682. doi: 10.1111/conl.12682

Woinarski, J. C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J. L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: the number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation, 239 108261, 108261. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261

Dickman, Christopher R., Legge, Sarah M. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2019). Assessing risks to wildlife from free-roaming hybrid cats: the proposed introduction of pet savannah cats to Australia as a case study. Animals, 9 (10) 795, 795. doi: 10.3390/ani9100795

Murphy, Brett P., Woolley, Leigh-Ann, Geyle, Hayley M., Legge, Sarah M., Palmer, Russell, Dickman, Chris R., Augusteyn, John, Brown, Stuart C., Comer, Sarah, Doherty, Tim S., Eager, Charlie, Edwards, Glenn, Fordham, Damien A., Harley, Dan, McDonald, Peter J., McGregor, Hugh, Moseby, Katherine E., Myers, Cecilia, Read, John, Riley, Joanna, Stokeld, Danielle, Trewella, Gavin J., Turpin, Jeff M. and Woinarski, John C.Z. (2019). Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: The number of mammals killed in Australia. Biological Conservation, 237, 28-40. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.06.013

Hayward, Matt W., Callen, Alex, Allen, Benjamin L., Ballard, Guy, Broekhuis, Femke, Bugir, Cassandra, Clarke, Rohan H., Clulow, John, Clulow, Simon, Daltry, Jennifer C., Davies-Mostert, Harriet T., Fleming, Peter J. S., Griffin, Andrea S., Howell, Lachlan G., Kerley, Graham I. H., Klop-Toker, Kaya, Legge, Sarah, Major, Tom, Meyer, Ninon, Montgomery, Robert A., Moseby, Katherine, Parker, Daniel M., Périquet, Stéphanie, Read, John, Scanlon, Robert J., Seeto, Rebecca, Shuttleworth, Craig, Somers, Michael J., Tamessar, Cottrell T. ... Wüster, Wolfgang (2019). Deconstructing compassionate conservation. Conservation Biology, 33 (4), 760-768. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13366

Igag, Paul, Mack, Andrew L., Legge, Sarah and Heinsohn, Robert (2019). Breeding biology of three large, sympatric rainforest parrots in New Guinea: Palm Cockatoo, Pesquet’s Parrot and Eclectus Parrot. Emu, 119 (3), 196-204. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2019.1616211

Scheele, Ben C., Legge, Sarah, Blanchard, Wade, Garnett, Stephen, Geyle, Hayley, Gillespie, Graeme, Harrison, Perter, Lindenmayer, David, Lintermans, Mark, Robinson, Natasha and Woinarski, John (2019). Continental-scale assessment reveals inadequate monitoring for threatened vertebrates in a megadiverse country. Biological Conservation, 235, 273-278. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.04.023

Legge, Sarah, Smith, James G., James, Alex, Tuft, Katherine D., Webb, Terry and Woinarski, John C.Z. (2019). Interactions among threats affect conservation management outcomes: livestock grazing removes the benefits of fire management for small mammals in Australian tropical savannas. Conservation Science and Practice, 1 (7) e52. doi: 10.1111/csp2.52

Garnett, S. T., Butchart, S. H. M., Baker, G. B., Bayraktarov, E., Buchanan, K. L., Burbidge, A. A., Chauvenet, A. L. M., Christidis, L., Ehmke, G., Grace, M., Hoccom, D. G., Legge, S. M., Leiper, I., Lindenmayer, D. B., Loyn, R. H., Maron, M., McDonald, P., Menkhorst, P., Possingham, H. P., Radford, J., Reside, A. E., Watson, D. M., Watson, J. E. M., Wintle, B., Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Geyle, H. M. (2019). Metrics of progress in the understanding and management of threats to Australian birds: metrics of progress. Conservation Biology, 33 (2), 456-468. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13220

Ringma, Jeremy, Legge, Sarah, Woinarski, John C. Z., Radford, James Q., Wintle, Brendan, Bentley, Joss, Burbidge, Andrew A., Copley, Peter, Dexter, Nicholas, Dickman, Chris R., Gillespie, Graeme R., Hill, Brydie, Johnson, Chris N., Kanowski, John, Letnic, Mike, Manning, Adrian, Menkhorst, Peter, Mitchell, Nicola, Morris, Keith, Moseby, Katherine, Page, Manda, Palmer, Russell and Bode, Michael (2019). Systematic planning can rapidly close the protection gap in Australian mammal havens. Conservation Letters, 12 (1) e12611, e12611. doi: 10.1111/conl.12611

Woolley, Leigh-Ann, Geyle, Hayley M., Murphy, Brett P., Legge, Sarah M., Palmer, Russell, Dickman, Christopher R., Augusteyn, John, Comer, Sarah, Doherty, Tim S., Eager, Charlie, Edwards, Glenn, Harley, Dan K.P., Leiper, Ian, McDonald, Peter J., McGregor, Hugh W., Moseby, Katherine E., Myers, Cecilia, Read, John L., Riley, Joanna, Stokeld, Danielle, Turpin, Jeff M. and Woinarski, John C.Z. (2019). Introduced cats Felis catus eating a continental fauna: inventory and traits of Australian mammal species killed. Mammal Review, 49 (4) mam.12167, 354-368. doi: 10.1111/mam.12167

Hohnen, Rosemary, Murphy, Brett P., Gates, Jody A., Legge, Sarah, Dickman, Chris R. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2019). Detecting and protecting the threatened Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis fuliginosus aitkeni). Conservation Science and Practice, 1 (1) e4. doi: 10.1111/csp2.4

Scheele, B. C., Legge, S., Armstrong, D. P., Copley, P., Robinson, N., Southwell, D., Westgate, M. J. and Lindenmayer, D. B. (2018). How to improve threatened species management: an Australian perspective. Journal of Environmental Management, 223, 668-675. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.084

Robinson, Natasha M., Scheele, Ben C., Legge, Sarah, Southwell, Darren M., Carter, Oberon, Lintermans, Mark, Radford, James Q., Skroblin, Anja, Dickman, Chris R., Koleck, Jessica, Wayne, Adrian F., Kanowski, John, Gillespie, Graeme R. and Lindenmayer, David B. (2018). How to ensure threatened species monitoring leads to threatened species conservation. Ecological Management & Restoration, 19 (3), 222-229. doi: 10.1111/emr.12335

Legge, Sarah (2018). Searching for meaning in the interface between research and management. Pacific Conservation Biology, 24 (3), 222-229. doi: 10.1071/PC18012

Woinarski, J. C. Z., Murphy, B. P., Palmer, R., Legge, S. M., Dickman, C. R., Doherty, T. S., Edwards, G., Nankivell, A., Read, J. L. and Stokeld, D. (2018). How many reptiles are killed by cats in Australia?. Wildlife Research, 45 (3), 247-266. doi: 10.1071/WR17160

Bolton, Peri E., Rollins, Lee A., Brazill-Boast, James, Maute, Kimberley L., Legge, Sarah, Austin, Jeremy J. and Griffith, Simon C. (2018). Genetic diversity through time and space: diversity and demographic history from natural history specimens and serially sampled contemporary populations of the threatened Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae). Conservation Genetics, 19 (3), 737-754. doi: 10.1007/s10592-018-1051-1

Maute, Kimberly, French, Kristine, Legge, Sarah, Astheimer, Lee and Garnett, Stephen (2018). Corrigendum to: Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations [Conserv Physiol, 3, 1, (cov025)] doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov025. Conservation Physiology, 6 (1) coy028. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coy028

Lindenmayer, David B., Wood, Jeff, MacGregor, Christopher, Foster, Claire, Scheele, Ben, Tulloch, Ayesha, Barton, Philip, Banks, Sam, Robinson, Natasha, Dexter, Nick, O'Loughlin, Luke S. and Legge, Sarah (2018). Conservation conundrums and the challenges of managing unexplained declines of multiple species. Biological Conservation, 221, 279-292. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.007

Geyle, Hayley M., Woinarski, John C.Z., Baker, G. Barry, Dickman, Chris R., Dutson, Guy, Fisher, Diana O., Ford, Hugh, Holdsworth, Mark, Jones, Menna E., Kutt, Alex, Legge, Sarah, Leiper, Ian, Loyn, Richard, Murphy, Brett P., Menkhorst, Peter, Reside, April E., Ritchie, Euan G., Roberts, Finley E., Tingley, Reid and Garnett, Stephen T. (2018). Quantifying extinction risk and forecasting the number of impending Australian bird and mammal extinctions. Pacific Conservation Biology, 24 (2), 157-167. doi: 10.1071/PC18006

Ringma, Jeremy, Legge, Sarah, Woinarski, John, Radford, Jim, Wintle, Brendan and Bode, Michael (2018). Australia's mammal fauna requires a strategic and enhanced network of predator-free havens. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (3), 410-411. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0456-4

Kindel, Jennifer, Legge, Sarah, Milenkaya, Olga and Walters, Jeffrey R. (2018). Male-male pair bonding, nesting and egg incubation in a wild passerine. Journal of Ornithology, 159 (1), 307-309. doi: 10.1007/s10336-017-1495-y

Kearney, Stephen G., Cawardine, Josie, Reside, April E., Fisher, Diana O., Maron, Martine, Doherty, Tim S., Legge, Sarah, Silcock, Jennifer, Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Wintle, Brendan A. and Watson, James E. M. (2018). The threats to Australia's imperilled species and implications for a national conservation response. Pacific Conservation Biology, 25 (3), 231-244. doi: 10.1071/PC18024

Woinarski, J. C.Z., Woolley, L. A., Garnett, S. T., Legge, S. M., Murphy, B. P., Lawes, M. J., Comer, S., Dickman, C. R., Doherty, T. S., Edwards, G., Nankivill, A., Palmer, R. and Paton, D. (2017). Compilation and traits of Australian bird species killed by cats. Biological Conservation, 216, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.017

Lindenmayer, David B., Woinarski, John C. Z., Legge, Sarah M. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2017). Staving off extinction – more than luck and fate. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15 (8), 429-430. doi: 10.1002/fee.1533

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Murphy, B.P., Legge, S.M., Garnett, S.T., Lawes, M.J., Comer, S., Dickman, C.R., Doherty, T.S., Edwards, G., Nankivell, A., Paton, D., Palmer, R. and Woolley, L.A. (2017). How many birds are killed by cats in Australia?. Biological Conservation, 214, 76-87. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.006

Doherty, Tim S., Dickman, Chris R., Johnson, Chris N., Legge, Sarah M., Ritchie, Euan G. and Woinarski, John C. Z. (2017). Impacts and management of feral cats Felis catus in Australia. Mammal Review, 47 (2), 83-97. doi: 10.1111/mam.12080

Smith, J., Legge, S., James, A. and Tuft, K. (2017). Optimising camera trap deployment design across multiple sites for species inventory surveys. Pacific Conservation Biology, 23 (1), 43-51. doi: 10.1071/PC16017

Legge, S., Murphy, B. P., McGregor, H., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Augusteyn, J., Ballard, G., Baseler, M., Buckmaster, T., Dickman, C. R., Doherty, T., Edwards, G., Eyre, T., Fancourt, B. A., Ferguson, D., Forsyth, D. M., Geary, W. L., Gentle, M., Gillespie, G., Greenwood, L., Hohnen, R., Hume, S., Johnson, C. N., Maxwell, M., McDonald, P. J., Morris, K., Moseby, K., Newsome, T., Nimmo, D., Paltridge, R. ... Zewe, F. (2017). Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?. Biological Conservation, 206, 293-303. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.032

Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Legge, Sarah M. and Lindenmayer, David B. (2017). The contribution of policy, law, management, research, and advocacy failings to the recent extinctions of three Australian vertebrate species. Conservation Biology, 31 (1), 13-23. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12852

Franklin, Donald C., Legge, Sarah, Skroblin, Anja, Heathcote, Joanne, Maute, Kimberly, Schaefer, Douglas J. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2017). Wings of tropical finches: interspecific differences in shape are consistent with levels of mobility, but moult and feather fault patterns are more complex. Emu, 117 (4), 370-381. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2017.1361790

Bolton, Peri E., West, Andrea J., Cardilini, Adam P. A., Clark, Jennalee A., Maute, Kimberley L., Legge, Sarah, Brazill-Boast, James, Griffith, Simon C. and Rollins, Lee A. (2016). Three molecular markers show no evidence of population genetic structure in the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae). PLoS ONE, 11 (12) e0167723, e0167723. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167723

Bowman, David M. J. S. and Legge, Sarah (2016). Pyrodiversity—why managing fire in food webs is relevant to restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology, 24 (6), 848-853. doi: 10.1111/rec.12401

Hohnen, Rosemary, D. Tuft, Katherine, Legge, Sarah, Hillyer, Mia, Spencer, Peter B. S., J. Radford, Ian, Johnson, Christopher N. and Burridge, Christopher P. (2016). Rainfall and topography predict gene flow among populations of the declining northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). Conservation Genetics, 17 (5), 1213-1228. doi: 10.1007/s10592-016-0856-z

Hohnen, Rosemary, Tuft, Katherine, McGregor, Hugh W., Legge, Sarah, Radford, Ian J. and Johnson, Christopher N. (2016). Occupancy of the invasive feral cat varies with habitat complexity. PLoS ONE, 11 (9) e0152520, e0152520. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152520

McGregor, Hugh W., Hampton, Jordan O., Lisle, Danielle and Legge, Sarah (2016). Live-capture of feral cats using tracking dogs and darting, with comparisons to leg-hold trapping. Wildlife Research, 43 (4), 313-322. doi: 10.1071/WR15134

McGregor, Hugh W., Legge, Sarah, Jones, Menna E. and Johnson, Christopher N. (2016). Extraterritorial hunting expeditions to intense fire scars by feral cats. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 22559. doi: 10.1038/srep22559

Leahy, Lily, Legge, Sarah M., Tuft, Katherine, McGregor, Hugh W., Barmuta, Leon A., Jones, Menna E. and Johnson, Christopher N. (2016). Amplified predation after fire suppresses rodent populations in Australia's tropical savannas. Wildlife Research, 42 (8), 705-716. doi: 10.1071/WR15011

Hohnen, Rosemary, Tuft, Katherine, Legge, Sarah, Walters, Naomi, Johanson, Lucy, Carver, Scott, Radford, Ian J. and Johnson, Christopher N. (2016). The significance of topographic complexity in habitat selection and persistence of a declining marsupial in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 64 (3), 198-216. doi: 10.1071/ZO16015

McGregor, H. W., Legge, S. M., Jones, M. E. and Johnson, C. N. (2016). GPS collars are more efficient when collecting high-frequency data. Australian Mammalogy, 38 (2), 237-240. doi: 10.1071/AM15034

Hohnen, Rosemary, Tuft, Katherine D., Legge, Sarah, Radford, Ian J., Carver, Scott and Johnson, Christopher N. (2015). Post-fire habitat use of the golden-backed tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus) in the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia. Austral Ecology, 40 (8), 941-952. doi: 10.1111/aec.12278

Legge, Sarah, Garnett, Stephen, Maute, Kim, Heathcote, Joanne, Murphy, Steve, Woinarski, John C. Z. and Astheimer, Lee (2015). A landscape-scale, applied fire management experiment promotes recovery of a population of the threatened Gouldian finch, Erythrura gouldiae, in Australia's tropical savannas. PLoS One, 10 (10) e0137997, 1-27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137997

Milenkaya, Olga, Catlin, Daniel H., Legge, Sarah and Walters, Jeffrey R. (2015). Body condition indices predict reproductive success but not survival in a sedentary, tropical bird. PLoS ONE, 10 (8) e0136582. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136582

McGregor, Hugh, Legge, Sarah, Jones, Menna E. and Johnson, Christopher N. (2015). Feral cats are better killers in open habitats, revealed by animal-borne video. PLoS ONE, 10 (8) e0133915, e0133915. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133915

Lawes, Michael J., Fisher, Diana O., Johnson, Chris N., Blomberg, Simon P., Frank, Anke S. K., Fritz, Susanne A., McCallum, Hamish, VanDerWal, Jeremy, Abbott, Brett N., Legge, Sarah, Letnic, Mike, Thomas, Colette R., Thurgate, Nikki, Fisher, Alaric, Gordon, Iain J. and Kutt, Alex (2015). Correlates of recent declines of rodents in northern and southern Australia: habitat structure is critical. PloS One, 10 (6) e0130626, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130626

Legge, S. (2015). A plea for inserting evidence-based management into conservation practice. Animal Conservation, 18 (2), 113-116. doi: 10.1111/acv.12195

Fisher, Diana O., Johnson,Chris N., Lawes, Michael J., Fritz, Susanne A., McCallum, Hamish, Blomberg, Simon P., VanDerWal, Jeremy, Abbott, Brett, Frank, Anke, Legge, Sarah, Letnic, Mike, Thomas, Colette R., Fisher, Alaric, Gordon, Iain J. and Kutt, Alex (2015). Response to commentary by Woinarski (Critical-weight-range marsupials in northern Australia are declining: a commentary on Fisher et al. (2014) ‘The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: is history repeating?’). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 (1), 123-125. doi: 10.1111/geb.12252

Maute, Kimberly, French, Kristine, Legge, Sarah, Astheimer, Lee and Garnett, Stephen (2015). Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations. Conservation Physiology, 3 (1) cov025. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov025

McGregor, Hugh W., Legge, Sarah, Potts, Joanne, Jones, Menna E. and Johnson, Christopher N. (2015). Density and home range of feral cats in north-western Australia. Wildlife Research, 42 (3), 223-231. doi: 10.1071/WR14180

Hayward, Matt W., Poh, Aline Si Lin, Cathcart, Jennifer, Churcher, Chris, Bentley, Jos, Herman, Kerryn, Kemp, Leah, Riessen, Noel, Scully, Phil, Diong, Cheong Hoong, Legge, Sarah, Carter, Andrew, Gibb, Heloise and Friend, J. Anthony (2015). Numbat nirvana: Conservation ecology of the endangered numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) (Marsupialia:Myrmecobiidae) reintroduced to Scotia and Yookamurra Sanctuaries, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 63 (4), 258-269. doi: 10.1071/ZO15028

McGregor, Hugh W., Legge, Sarah, Jones, Menna E. and Johnson, Christopher N. (2014). Landscape management of fire and grazing regimes alters the fine-scale habitat utilisation by feral cats. PLoS ONE, 9 (10) e109097, e109097. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109097

Fisher, Diana O., Johnson, Chris N., Lawes, Michael J., Fritz, Susanne A., Mccallum, Hamish, Blomberg, Simon P., Vanderwal, Jeremy, Abbott, Brett, Frank, Anke, Legge, Sarah, Letnic, Mike, Thomas, Colette R., Fisher, Alaric, Gordon, Iain J. and Kutt, Alex (2014). The current decline of tropical marsupials in Australia: Is history repeating?. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23 (2), 181-190. doi: 10.1111/geb.12088

Skroblin, Anja, Legge, Sarah, Webb, Terry and Hunt, Leigh P. (2014). EcoFire: Regional-scale prescribed burning increases the annual carrying capacity of livestock on pastoral properties by reducing pasture loss from wildfire. Rangeland Journal, 36 (2), 133-142. doi: 10.1071/RJ13095

Milenkaya, O., Legge, S. and Walters, J. R. (2014). Body-condition indices are repeatable across short, but not long, time periods in crimson finches Neochmia phaeton. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 87 (4), 550-558. doi: 10.1086/676651

Frank, Anke S. K., Johnson, Chris N., Potts, Joanne M., Fisher, Alaric, Lawes, Michael J., Woinarski, John C. Z., Tuft, Katherine, Radford, Ian J., Gordon, Iain J., Collis, Mary-Anne and Legge, Sarah (2014). Experimental evidence that feral cats cause local extirpation of small mammals in Australia's tropical savannas. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51 (6), 1486-1493. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12323

Skroblin, Anja, Cockburn, Andrew and Legge, Sarah (2014). The population genetics of the western purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus), a declining riparian passerine. Australian Journal of Zoology, 62 (3), 251-259. doi: 10.1071/ZO13087

Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Legge, S. (2013). The impacts of fire on birds in Australia's tropical savannas. Emu, 113 (4), 319-352. doi: 10.1071/MU12109

Maute, Kimberly L., French, Kristine, Legge, Sarah and Astheimer, Lee (2013). Seasonal stress physiology and body condition differ among co-occurring tropical finch species. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 183 (8), 1023-1037. doi: 10.1007/s00360-013-0775-y

Skroblin, Anja and Legge, Sarah (2013). Conservation of the patchily distributed and declining purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus) across a vast landscape: the need for a collaborative landscape-scale approach. PLoS ONE, 8 (5) e64942, e64942. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064942

Page, M. J., Kuiper, J., Kabat, A. P. and Legge, S. (2013). A way to reduce interference with Elliott traps. Australian Mammalogy, 35 (1), 128-130. doi: 10.1071/AM11045

Milenkaya, Olga, Weinstein, Nicole, Legge, Sarah and Walters, Jeffrey R. (2013). Variation in body condition indices of crimson finches by sex, breeding stage, age, time of day, and year. Conservation Physiology, 1 (1) cot020. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cot020

Skroblin, Anja and Legge, Sarah (2012). Influence of fine-scale habitat requirements and riparian degradation on the distribution of the purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus) in northern Australia. Austral Ecology, 37 (8), 874-884. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02331.x

Skroblin, Anja, Lanfear, Robert, Cockburn, Andrew and Legge, Sarah (2012). Inferring population connectivity across the range of the purple-crowned fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus) from mitochondrial DNA and morphology: Implications for conservation management. Australian Journal of Zoology, 60 (3), 199-209. doi: 10.1071/ZO12093

Carwardine, Josie, O'Connor, Trudy, Legge, Sarah, Mackey, Brendan, Possingham, Hugh P. and Martin, Tara G. (2012). Prioritizing threat management for biodiversity conservation. Conservation Letters, 5 (3), 196-204. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00228.x

Lindenmayer, David B., Gibbons, Philip, Bourke, Max, Burgman, Mark, Dickman, Chris R., Ferrier, Simon, Fitzsimons, James, Freudenberger, David, Garnett, Stephen T., Groves, Craig, Hobbs, Richard J., Kingsford, Richard T., Krebs, Charles, Legge, Sarah, Lowe, Andrew J., McLean, Rob, Montambault, Jensen, Possingham, Hugh, Radford, Jim, Robinson, Doug, Smallbone, Lisa, Thomas, David, Varcoe, Tony, Vardon, Michael, Wardel, Glenda, Woinarski, John and Zerger, Andre (2012). Improving biodiversity monitoring. Austral Ecology, 37 (3), 285-294. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02314.x

Kennedy, Malcolm, Phillips, Ben L., Legge, Sarah, Murphy, Stephen A. and Faulkner, Richard A. (2012). Do dingoes suppress the activity of feral cats in northern Australia?. Austral Ecology, 37 (1), 134-139. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02256.x

Levin, Noam, Legge, Sarah, Price, Bronwyn, Bowen, Michiala, Litvack, Emily, Maron, Martine and McAlpine, Clive (2012). MODIS time series as a tool for monitoring fires and their effects on savanna bird diversity. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 21 (6), 680-694. doi: 10.1071/WF11031

Hayward, Matt W., L'Hotellier, Felicity, O'Connor, Trudy, Ward-Fear, Georgia, Cathcart, Jennifer, Cathcart, Tony, Stephens, Joe, Stephens, Joanne, Herman, Kerryn and Legge, Sarah (2012). Reintroduction of Bridled Nailtail Wallabies Beyond Fences at Scotia Sanctuary - Phase 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 134, A27-A37.

Milenkaya, Olga, Legge, Sarah and Walters, Jeffrey R. (2011). Breeding biology and life-history traits of an Australasian tropical granivore, the Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton). Emu, 111 (4), 312-320. doi: 10.1071/MU10088

Armstrong, Graeme and Legge, Sarah (2011). The post-fire response of an obligate seeding Triodia species (Poaceae) in the fire-prone Kimberley, north-west Australia. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20 (8), 974-981. doi: 10.1071/WF10130

Legge, Sarah, Kennedy, Malcolm S., Lloyd, Ray, Murphy, Stephen A. and Fisher, Alaric (2011). Rapid recovery of mammal fauna in the central Kimberley, northern Australia, following the removal of introduced herbivores. Austral Ecology, 36 (7), 791-799. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02218.x

Legge, Sarah, Murphy, Stephen, Kingswood, Richard, Maher, Butch and Swan, Daniel (2011). EcoFire: Restoring the biodiversity values of the Kimberley region by managing fire. Ecological Management and Restoration, 12 (2), 84-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00595.x

Hayward, Matt W., Bellchambers, Keith, Herman, Kerryn, Bentley, Joss and Legge, Sarah (2011). Spatial behaviour of yellow-footed rock-wallabies, Petrogale xanthopus, changes in response to active conservation management. Australian Journal of Zoology, 59 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.1071/ZO11007

Woinarski, John C. Z., Legge, Sarah, Fitzsimons, James A., Traill, Barry J., Burbidge, Andrew A., Fisher, Alaric, Firth, Ron S. C., Gordon, Iain J., Griffiths, Anthony D., Johnson, Christopher N., McKenzie, Norm L., Palmer, Carol, Radford, Ian, Rankmore, Brooke, Ritchie, Euan G., Ward, Simon and Ziembicki, Mark (2011). The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: Context, cause, and response. Conservation Letters, 4 (3), 192-201. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00164.x

Skroblin, Anja and Legge, Sarah (2010). The distribution and status of the western subspecies of the Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus coronatus). Emu, 110 (4), 339-347. doi: 10.1071/MU10029

Murphy, Stephen A., Legge, Sarah M., Heathcote, Joanne and Mulder, Eridani (2010). The effects of early and late-season fires on mortality, dispersal, physiology and breeding of red-backed fairy-wrens (Malurus melanocephalus). Wildlife Research, 37 (2), 145-155. doi: 10.1071/WR09007

Heinsohn, Robert, Zeriga, Tanya, Murphy, Stephen, Igag, Paul, Legge, Sarah and MacK, Andrew L. (2009). Do Palm Cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus) have long enough lifespans to support their low reproductive success?. Emu, 109 (3), 183-191. doi: 10.1071/MU08053

Murphy, Stephen A., Heathcote, Joanne, Garcia, Silvanna and Legge, Sarah M. (2009). Time partitioning and substrate use of red-backed fairy-wrens malurus melanocephalus. Corella, 33 (2), 39-42.

Legge, Sarah, Murphy, Stephen, Heathcote, Joanne, Flaxman, Emma, Augusteyn, John and Crossman, Marnie (2008). The short-term effects of an extensive and high-intensity fire on vertebrates in the tropical savannas of the central Kimberley, northern Australia. Wildlife Research, 35 (1), 33-43. doi: 10.1071/WR07016

Heinsohn, Robert, Ebert, Daniel, Legge, Sarah and Peakall, Rod (2007). Genetic evidence for cooperative polyandry in reverse dichromatic Eclectus parrots. Animal Behaviour, 74 (4), 1047-1054. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.026

Murphy, Stephen A., Double, Michael C. and Legge, Sarah M. (2007). The phylogeography of palm cockatoos, Probosciger aterrimus, in the dynamic Australo-Papuan region. Journal of Biogeography, 34 (9), 1534-1545. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01706.x

Murphy, Stephen A. and Legge, Sarah M. (2007). The gradual loss and episodic creation of Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) nest-trees in a fire- and cyclone-prone habitat. Emu, 107 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1071/MU06012

Wilson, David, Heinsohn, Robert and Legge, Sarah (2006). Age- and sex-related differences in the spatial ecology of a dichromatic tropical python (Morelia viridis). Austral Ecology, 31 (5), 577-587. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01519.x

Heinsohn, Robert, Legge, Sarah and Endler, John A. (2005). Evolution: Extreme reversed sexual dichromatism in a bird without sex role reversal. Science, 309 (5734), 617-619. doi: 10.1126/science.1112774

Legge, S., Heinsohn, R. and Garnett, S. (2004). Availability of nest hollows and breeding population size of eclectus parrots, Eclectus roratus, on Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Wildlife Research, 31 (2), 149-161. doi: 10.1071/WR03020

Legge, S., Murphy, S., Igag, P. and Mack, A. L. (2004). Territoriality and density of an Australian migrant, the Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher, in the New Guinean non-breeding grounds. Emu, 104 (1), 15-20. doi: 10.1071/MU03054

Murphy, Stephen, Legge, Sarah and Heinsohn, Robert (2003). The breeding biology of palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus): A case of a slow life history. Journal of Zoology, 261 (4) S0952836903004175, 327-339. doi: 10.1017/S0952836903004175

Heinsohn, Robert, Murphy, Stephen and Legge, Sarah (2003). Overlap and competition for nest holes among eclectus parrots, palm cockatoos and sulphur-crested cockatoos. Australian Journal of Zoology, 51 (1), 81-94. doi: 10.1071/ZO02003

Heinsohn, Robert and Legge, Sarah (2003). Breeding biology of the reverse-dichromatic, co-operative parrot Eclectus roratus. Journal of Zoology, 259 (2) S0952836902003138, 197-208. doi: 10.1017/S0952836902003138

Legge, Sarah (2002). Siblicide, starvation and nestling growth in the laughing kookaburra. Journal of Avian Biology, 33 (2), 159-166. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.330206.x

Nathan, A., Legge, S. and Cockburn, A. (2001). Nestling aggression in broods of a siblicidal kingfisher, the laughing kookaburra. Behavioral Ecology, 12 (6), 716-725.

Legge, Sarah, Heinsohn, Robert, Double, Michael C., Griffiths, Richard and Cockburn, Andrew (2001). Complex sex allocation in the laughing kookaburra. Behavioral Ecology, 12 (5), 524-533.

Lindenmayer, David B., McCarthy, Michael A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Legge, Sarah (2001). A Simple Landscape-Scale Test of a Spatially Explicit Population Model: Patch Occupancy in Fragmented South-Eastern Australian Forests. Oikos, 92 (3), 445-458. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920306.x

Legge, Sarah and Heinsohn, Robert (2001). Kingfishers in paradise: The breeding biology of Tanysiptera sylvia at the Iron Range National Park, Cape York. Australian Journal of Zoology, 49 (1), 85-98. doi: 10.1071/ZO00090

Legge, Sarah (2000). The effect of helpers on reproductive success the laughing kookaburra. Journal of Animal Ecology, 69 (4), 714-724. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00429.x

Heinsohn, Robert, Dunn, Peter, Legge, Sarah and Double, Michael (2000). Coalitions of relatives and reproductive skew in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 267 (1440), 243-249. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0993

Legge, Sarah (2000). Helper contributions in the cooperatively breeding laughing kookaburra: Feeding young is no laughing matter. Animal Behaviour, 59 (5), 1009-1018. doi: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1382

Legge, S. (2000). Siblicide in the cooperatively breeding laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 48 (4), 293-302. doi: 10.1007/s002650000229

Legge, Sarah and Cockburn, Andrew (2000). Social and mating system of cooperatively breeding laughing kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 47 (4), 220-229. doi: 10.1007/s002650050659

Heinsohn, Robert and Legge, Sarah (1999). The cost of helping. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 14 (2), 53-57. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01545-6

Heinsohn, R., Legge, S. and Barry, S. (1997). Extreme bias in sex allocation in Eclectus parrots. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 264 (1386), 1325-1329. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1997.0183

Legge, S (1996). Cooperation among lions: an overlooked theory - Reply from S. Legge. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 11 (6), 252-252. doi: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)81112-8

Legge, S. and Heinsohn, R. (1996). Cooperative breeding in Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous. Emu, 96 (2), 139-140. doi: 10.1071/MU9960139

Legge, S. (1996). Cooperative lions escape the Prisoner's dilemma. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 11 (1), 2-3. doi: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)81053-6

Shearan, B., Mukhopadhyay, S., Tregoning, P., Legge, S., Close, J., Andersen, M. S., Rutlidge, H., Vervoot, R. W., Simmons, J., Scalzo, R., Francis, G., Isaacs, M., Tamsitt, L., McCallum, D., Hu, T. and Runcie, P. (2022). Where is All the Water?. 2022 22nd International Symposium on Electrical Apparatus and Technologies (SIELA), Bourgas, Bulgaria, 1-4 June 2022. Piscataway, NJ USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/SIELA54794.2022.9845719

Legge, Sarah, Ringma, Jeremy, Bode, Michael, Radford, Jim, Woinarski, John, Mitchell, Nicola and Wintle, Brendan (2019). Protecting Australian mammals from introduced cats and foxes: the current status and future growth of predator-free havens. Brisbane, Australia: Threatened Species Recovery Hub; National Environmental Science Programme.

Garnett, Stephen, Chauvenet, Alienor, Reside, April, Wintle, Brendan, Lindenmayer, David, Watson, David M., Bayrakarov, Elisa, Geyle, Hayley, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Maron, Martine and Legge, Sarah (2018, 11 27). For the first time we’ve looked at every threatened bird in Australia side-by-side The Conversation

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