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2024

  • Law, B., Gonsalves, L., Brassil, T. and Kerr, I. (2024) 'Broad-scale acoustic monitoring of koala populations suggests metapopulation stability, but varying bellow rate, in the face of major disturbances and climate extremes', Ecology and Evolution 14(5): e11351. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11351
  • Law, B., Gonsalves, L., Slade, C., Brassil, T. and Flanagan, C. (2024) 'GPS tracking reveals koalas Phascolarctos cinereus use mosaics of different forest ages after environmentally regulated timber harvesting', Austral Ecology 49(4): e13518. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13518

2023

  • Law, B. (2023) 'Landscape monitoring in forests: a wildlife ecologist's perspective', Australian Forestry 86(2): 55-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049158.2023.2265103
  • Velasco, S., French, K., Law, B. and Threlfall, C.G. (2023) 'Bat boxes in urban bushland are associated with inflated activity of an urban generalist bat, but not an altered community', Austral Ecology 48(8): 1978-1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13435
  • Law, B., Gonsalves, L., Chidel, M. and McConville, A. (2023) 'When bat eats bat: diet and roosts of the greater broad-nosed bat (Scoteanax rueppellii) across different regions and habitats', Australian Mammalogy 45(3): 324-334. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM23010
  • Ensbey, M., et al. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110021
  • Law, B., Brassil, T., Proud, R. and Potts, J. (2023) 'Estimating density of forest bats and their long-term trends in a climate refuge', Ecology and Evolution 13(6): e10215. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10215
  • Madani G., Turbill C. and Law B. (2023) 'The golden tip for better breeding: evidence for polyoestry in the golden-tipped bat (Phoniscus papuensis)', Australian Mammalogy 45(3): 369-374. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM22032
  • Woinarski, J.C.Z., Cripps, J., Durkin, L., Law, B., Legge, S., Macak, P. V., Nelson, J. and Rumpf, L. (2023) 'Impacts of the 2019–20 wildfires on native mammals'. In S. van Leeuwen, B.A. Wintle, J.C.Z. Woinarski, L. Rumpff, & S. M. Legge (Eds.), Australia's Megafires: Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons From 2019-2020 (1 ed., Ch16: 211-226). CSIRO Publishing. https://ebooks.publish.csiro.au/content/australias-megafires

2022

  • Madani, G., Turbill, C., Lloyd, A., Gonsalves, L., Brassil, T. and Law, B. (2022) 'How do we sleep while our beds are burning? Impacts of the 2019–20 mega-fires on a rainforest dependent species – the Golden-tipped Bat Phoniscus papuensis', Australian Zoologist 42(2): 223-242. https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.031
  • Law, B., Brassil, T. and Chidel, M. (2022) 'Site fidelity and other attributes of infrequently trapped bats over two decades in a montane wet sclerophyll forest', Australian Mammalogy 45(1): 91-97. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM22019
  • Law, B., Slade, C., Gonsalves, L., Brassil, T., Flanagan, C. and Kerr I. (2022) 'Tree use by koalas after timber harvesting in a mosaic landscape', Wildlife Research 50(7): 581-592. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR22087
  • Gonsalves, L., Law, B., Brassil, T., Kerr, I. and O'Loughlin, C. (2022) 'Roost Selection in Relation to a Patchy, Mosaic Management Burn by a Threatened Clutter-Adapted Bat', Forests 13(8): 1327. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081327
  • Law, B.S., Madani, G., Gonsalves, L., Brassil, T., Hall, L., Sujaraj, A., Lloyd, A. and Turbill, C. (2022) 'The impact of fire severity from the 2019 to 2020 mega-fires on roosting ecology of a rainforest-dependent bat (Phoniscus papuensis)', Austral Ecology 47(7): 1438-1447. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13229
  • Law, B.S., Madani, G., Lloyd, A., Gonsalves, L., Hall, L., Sujaraj, A., Brassil, T. and Turbill, C. (2022) 'Australia's 2019–20 mega-fires are associated with lower occupancy of a rainforest-dependent bat', Animal Conservation 26(1): 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12805
  • Law, B., Gonsalves L., Burgar J., Brassil T., Kerr I., O'Loughlin C., Eichinski P. and Roe, P. (2022) 'Regulated timber harvesting does not reduce koala density in north-east forests of New South Wales', Scientific Reports 12: 3968. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08013-6
  • Legge, S. et al. (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. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13473
  • Law, B.S., Gonsalves, L., Burgar, J., Brassil, T., Kerr, I. and O'Loughlin, C. (2022) 'Fire severity and its local extent are key to assessing impacts of Australian mega-fires on koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) density', Global Ecology and Biogeography 31(4): 714-726. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13458
  • Hayward, M.W. et al. (2022) 'Conservation Case Study: Basing IUCN Red List Status Assessments on an Absence of Knowledge: The Case of the Parma Wallaby Notomacropus parma', Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, 324-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00150-1

2021

  • Law, B., Kerr, I., Gonsalves, L., Brassil, T., Eichinski, P., Truskinger, A. and Roe, P. (2021) 'Mini-acoustic sensors reveal occupancy and threats to koalas Phascolarctos cinereus in private native forests', Journal of Applied Ecology 59(3): 835-846. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14099
  • Law B., Gonsalves, L., Burgar, J., Brassil, T., Kerr, I., et al. (2021) 'Estimating and validating koala Phascolarctos cinereus density estimates from acoustic arrays using spatial count modelling', Wildlife Research 49(5): 438-448. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR21072
  • Cawthen L., Law B., Nicol S. and Munks S. (2021) 'Bat roosts in Tasmania's production forest landscapes: importance of mature forest for maternity roosts', Australian Journal of Zoology, 68(6): 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO20027
  • Threlfall C.G., Law B. and Colman N. (2021) 'The effects of harvest frequency on coarse woody debris and its use by fauna', Wildlife Research 48(6): 521-30. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR20140
  • Law B.S. and Blakey R.V. (2021) 'Bats in Temperate Forests: Where Are the Trends in Bat Populations?'. In: Lim B.K. et al. 50 Years of Bat Research. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. pp 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54727-1_6
  • Gonsalves, L., Potter, T., Colman, N. and Law, B. (2021) 'Long-term effects of grating derelict mines on bat emergence activity, abundance and behaviour', Australian Journal of Zoology 68(6): 320-331. https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO20026
  • Baker A.G., Catterall C., Benkendorff K. and Law B. (2021) 'No room to move: bat response to rainforest expansion into long-unburnt eucalypt forest', Pacific Conservation Biology, 27(1): 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC19045
  • Law, B., Gonsalves, L., McConville, A. and Tap, P. (2021) 'Landscape monitoring reveals initial trends in occupancy and activity of bats in multiple-use forests', Austral Ecology 46(2): 261-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12976

2020

  • Law B., Chidel M., Brassil M.T. and Potter T. (2020) 'Changes in bat activity over 10 years in silviculturally treated wet sclerophyll forest', Australian Mammalogy 43(2): 179-189. https://www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM19057
  • Law, B., Chidel, M. and Law, P. (2020) 'Multi-year population dynamics of a specialist trawling bat at streams with contrasting disturbance', Journal of Mammalogy 101(2): 433-47. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz210

2019

  • Law, B., Kathuria, A. , Chidel, M. and Brassil, T. (2019) 'Long-term effects of repeated fuel-reduction burning and logging on bats in south-eastern Australia', Austral Ecology 44(6): 1013-1024. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12768

2018

  • Threlfall, C.G., Law, B.S. and Peacock, R.J. (2018) 'Benchmarks and predictors of coarse woody debris in native forests of eastern Australia', Austral Ecology 44(1): 138-50. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12661
  • Law, B.S., Brassil, T., Gonsalves, L., Roe, P., Truskinger, A. and McConville, A. (2018) 'Passive acoustics and sound recognition provide new insights on status and resilience of an iconic endangered marsupial (koala Phascolarctos cinereus) to timber harvesting', PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205075. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205075
  • Gonsalves, L., Law, B. and Blakey, R. (2018) 'Experimental evaluation of the initial effects of large-scale thinning on structure and biodiversity of river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) forests', Wildlife Research 45(5): 397-410. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR17168
  • Law, B., Gonsalves, L., Brassil, T. and Hill, D. (2018) 'Does Thinning Homogenous and Dense Regrowth Benefit Bats? Radio-Tracking, Ultrasonic Detection and Trapping', Diversity 10(2): 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/d10020045
  • Law, B.S., Chidel, M. and Law, P.R. (2018) 'Forest bat population dynamics over 14 years at a climate refuge: Effects of timber harvesting and weather extremes', PLoS ONE 13(2): e0191471. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191471
  • Rueegger, N., Law, B. and Goldingay, R. (2018) 'Interspecific differences and commonalities in maternity roosting by tree cavity-roosting bats over a maternity season in a timber production landscape', PLoS ONE 13(3): e0194429. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194429
  • Gonsalves, L., Law, B., Brassil, T., Waters, C., Toole, I. and Tap, P. (2018) 'Ecological outcomes for multiple taxa from silvicultural thinning of regrowth forest', Forest Ecology & Management 425: 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.05.026
  • Slade, C. and Law, B. (2018) 'The other half of the coastal State Forest estate in New South Wales; the value of informal forest reserves for conservation', Australian Zoologist 39(2): 359-370. https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.011

2017

  • Law, B., Caccamo, G., Roe, P., Truskinger, A., Brassil, T., Gonsalves, L., et al. (2017) 'Development and field validation of a regional, management-scale habitat model: A koala Phascolarctos cinereus case study', Ecology and Evolution 7(18): 7475-7489. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3300
  • Law, B.S., Chidel, M., Brassil, T., Turner, G. and Gonsalves, L. (2017) 'Winners and losers among mammals and nocturnal birds over 17 years in response to large-scale eucalypt plantation establishment on farmland', Forest Ecology and Management 399: 108-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.05.022
  • Blakey R.V., Law, B.S., Kingsford R.T. and Stoklosa J. (2017) 'Terrestrial laser scanning reveals below-canopy bat trait relationships with forest structure', Remote Sensing of Environment 198: 40-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.038

2016

  • Law, B., Brassil, T. and Gonsalves, L. (2016) 'Recent decline of an endangered, endemic rodent: does exclusion of disturbance play a role for Hastings River mouse (Pseudomys oralis)?', Wildlife Research 43(6): 482-491. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR16097
  • Law, B.S., Gonsalves, L., Chidel, M. and Brassil, T. (2016) 'Subtle use of a mosaic of disturbance histories by Corben's long-eared bat Nyctophilus corbeni: a member of the extinction-prone, narrow space bat guild', Wildlife Research 43(2): 153-68.
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