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Desley Whisson

Deakin University
Verified email at deakin.edu.au
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Effects of cover crops on grapevines, yield, juice composition, soil microbial ecology, and gopher activity

CA Ingels, KM Scow, DA Whisson… - American journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Enol Viticulture
Several cover crop mixes were planted in a winegrape vineyard in Sacramento County to
test their effects on vine growth, production, juice composition, soil microbial ecology, and …

When an iconic native animal is overabundant: the koala in southern Australia

DA Whisson, KR Ashman - Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Management of overabundant native species is challenging at the best of times but is even
more so when it involves an iconic species that is threatened in part of its range. Here, we …

Developing relative abundance techniques (RATs) for monitoring rodent populations

DA Whisson, RM Engeman, K Collins - Wildlife Research, 2005 - CSIRO Publishing
… The monitoring blocks developed here have been successfully used to monitor other
species, including roof rats (Rattus rattus) (DA Whisson unpublished data) and Cuban hutia (…

[HTML][HTML] Failure to respond to food resource decline has catastrophic consequences for koalas in a high-density population in southern Australia

DA Whisson, V Dixon, ML Taylor, A Melzer - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the ability of koalas to respond to changes in their environment is critical for
conservation of the species and their habitat. We monitored the behavioural response of …

Intense predation of non-colonial, ground-nesting bird eggs by corvid and mammalian predators

KB Ekanayake, DA Whisson, LXL Tan… - Wildlife …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Loss of eggs to predators is a major cause of reproductive failure among birds. It is
especially pronounced among ground-nesting birds because their eggs are accessible to a …

A review of the 'noose and flag'method to capture free-ranging koalas

…, KR Ashman, VSA Mella, DA Whisson - Australian …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
The capture of free-ranging individuals is often needed for research, population management
and health assessment. Because of its iconic and threatened species status, methods to …

Animal lifestyle affects acceptable mass limits for attached tags

…, BM Allan, DA Whisson… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Animal-attached devices have transformed our understanding of vertebrate ecology. To
minimize any associated harm, researchers have long advocated that tag masses should not …

Prioritising research efforts for effective species conservation: a review of 145 years of koala research

KR Ashman, DJ Watchorn, DA Whisson - Mammal Review, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In many countries, more resources are required for the conservation of threatened species
than are made available. Australia, the home to many unique mammalian species, has been …

[HTML][HTML] Passive acoustic surveys for predicting species' distributions: Optimising detection probability

SV Hagens, AR Rendall, DA Whisson - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Surveying terrestrial species across diverse habitats is important for predicting species’
distributions and implementing conservation actions. For vocalising species, passive acoustic …

Logging and wildfire limit the distribution of a vulnerable arboreal mammal

…, AR Rendall, F McKinnon, DA Whisson - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Habitat loss and degradation are two of the greatest threats to biodiversity conservation globally.
In Australia, the incidence of wildfire and native forest logging contribute substantially to …