Peer-reviewed articles

2021
  • Pires SF*, Olah G*, Nandika D, Agustina D, Heinsohn R (2021) What drives the illegal parrot trade? Applying a criminological model to market and seizure data in Indonesia. Biological Conservation (Online First)
    doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109098  |  PDF  |  Supplementary  |  Video abstract
  • Crates R, Langmore N, Ranjard L, Stojanovic D, Rayner L, Ingwersen D, Heinsohn R (2021) Loss of vocal culture and fitness costs in a critically endangered songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288(1947).
    doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.0225  |  PDF  |  Video abstract
  • Keighley MV, Haslett S, Zdenek CN, Heinsohn R (2021) Slow breeding rates and low population connectivity indicate Australian palm cockatoos are in severe decline. Biological Conservation 253:108865.
    doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108865  |  PDF​
  • Stojanovic D, Rayner L, Cobden M, Davey C, Harris S, Heinsohn R, Owens G, Manning AD (2021) Suitable nesting sites for specialized cavity dependent wildlife are rare in woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 483:118718.
    doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118718  |  PDF
  • Cobden M, Alves F, Robinson S, Heinsohn R, Stojanovic D (2021) Impact of removal on occupancy patterns of the invasive rainbow lorikeet ( Trichoglossus moluccanus ) in Tasmania. Austral Ecology 46(1):31–38.
    doi:10.1111/aec.12954  |  PDF
  • Olah G & Stojanovic D, Webb M, Waples R, Heinsohn R (2021) Comparison of three techniques for genetic estimation of effective population size in a critically endangered parrot. Animal Conservation 24:491–498.
    doi:10.1111/ACV.12655  |  PDF  |  Video abstract
  • Alves Amorim F, Langmore N, Heinsohn R, Stojanovic D (2021) 'Self-fumigation' of nests by an endangered avian host using insecticide-treated feathers increases reproductive success more than tenfold. Animal Conservation 24: 239–245.
    doi:10.1111/acv.12627​  |  PDF
2020
  • Keighley M, Langmore N, Penalba J, Heinsohn R (2020) Modelling dispersal in a large parrot: a comparison of landscape resistance models with population genetics and vocal dialect patterns. Landscape Ecology 35:129–144.
    ​doi:10.1007/s10980-019-00938-0  |  PDF
  • Crates R, Rayner L, Webb M, Stojanovic D, Wilkie C, Heinsohn R (2020) Sustained and delayed noisy miner suppression at an avian hotspot. Austral Ecology 45:636–643.
    doi:10.1111/aec.12878  |  PDF​
2019
  • Crates R & Olah G, Adamski M, Aitken N, Banks S, Ingwersen D, Ranjard L, Rayner L, Stojanovic D, Suchan T, Takach-Dukai B, Heinsohn R (2019) Genomic impact of severe population decline in a nomadic songbird. PLOS ONE 14(10):e0223953.
    doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223953  |  PDF
  • Heinsohn RG, Olah G, Webb M, Peakall R, Stojanovic D (2019) Sex ratio bias and shared paternity reduce individual fitness and population viability in a critically endangered parrot. Journal of Animal Ecology 88(4):502–510.
    ​doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12922  |  PDF
  • Webb M, Heinsohn R, Sutherland WJ, Stojanovic D, Terauds A (2019) An empirical and mechanistic explanation of abundance-occupancy relationships for a critically endangered nomadic migrant. The American Naturalist 193(1):59–69.
    doi:10.1086/700595  |  PDF
  • Keighley M, Heinsohn R, Langmore NE, Murphy SA, Peñalba JV (2019) Genomic population structure aligns with vocal dialects in Palm Cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus); evidence for refugial late-Quaternary distribution? Emu - Austral Ornithology 119(1):24–37.
    doi:10.1080/01584197.2018.1483731  |  PDF
  • Stojanovic D, Cook H, Sato C, Alves F, Harris G, Mckernan A, Rayner L, Webb MH, Sutherland WJ, Heinsohn R (2019) Pre-emptive action as a measure for conserving nomadic species. Journal of Wildlife Management 83(1):64–71.
    doi:10.1002/jwmg.21575  |  PDF
  • Edworthy AB, Langmore NE, Heinsohn R (2019) Native fly parasites are the principal cause of nestling mortality in endangered Tasmanian pardalotes. Animal Conservation 22(1):96–103.
    doi:10.1111/acv.12444  |  PDF
  • Webb M, Alves F, Tulloch A, Shaw J, Bryant S, Stojanovic D, Crates R, Heinsohn R (2019) All the eggs in one basket: Are island refuges securing an endangered passerine? Austral Ecology 44(3):523–533.
    doi:10.1111/aec.12693  |  PDF
  • Alves F, López-Iborra GM, Stojanovic D, Webb MH, Langmore N, Heinsohn R (2019) Occupancy and density of a habitat specialist and a sympatric generalist songbird species in Tasmania. Austral Ecology 44(8):1430–1437. doi:10.1111/aec.12817  |  PDF
  • Stojanovic D, Eyles S, Cook H, Alves F, Webb M, Heinsohn R (2019) Photosensitive automated doors to exclude small nocturnal predators from nest boxes. Animal Conservation 22(3):297–301.
    doi:10.1111/acv.12471  |  PDF
2018
  • Zdenek, C, Heinsohn, R & Langmore, N 2018, 'Vocal individuality, but not stability, in wild palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus)', Bioacoustics, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 1.
    ​doi:10.1080/09524622.2016.1272004  |  PDF
  • Stirnemann, R, Stirnemann, I, Abbot, D et al 2018, 'Interactive impacts of by-catch take and elite consumption of illegal wildlife', Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 931-946.
    doi:10.1007/s10531-017-1473-y  |  PDF
  • Stojanovic D & Olah G, Webb M, Peakall R, Heinsohn R (2018). Genetic evidence confirms severe extinction risk for critically endangered swift parrots: implications for conservation management. Animal Conservation 21(4):313–323.
    doi:10.1111/acv.12394​  |  PDF  |  Full-text access  |  Video abstract
  • Radley, M, Davis, R, Dekker, W et al 2018, 'Vulnerability of megapodes (Megapodiidae, Aves) to climate change and related threats', Environmental Conservation, pp. 1-11.
    doi:10.1017/S0376892918000152  |  PDF
  • Crates, R, Rayner, L, Stojanovic, D et al 2018, 'Contemporary breeding biology of critically endangered Regent Honeyeaters: implications for conservation', IBIS, vol. online, pp. 1-12.
    doi:10.1111/ibi.12659  |  PDF
  • Crates, R, Terauds, A, Rayner, L et al 2018, 'Spatially and temporally targeted suppression of despotic noisy miners has conservation benefits for highly mobile and threatened woodland birds', Biological Conservation, vol. online.
    doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.10.006  |  PDF
  • Olah G, Theuerkauf J, Legault A, Gula R, Stein J, Butchart S, O'Brien M, Heinsohn R (2018). Parrots of Oceania – A comparative study of extinction risk. Emu - Austral Ornithology 118(1):94–112.
    doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1410066  |  PDF  |  Video abstract
  • Heinsohn, R, Buchanan, K & Joseph, L 2018, 'Parrots move to centre stage in conservation and evolution', Emu - Austral Ornithology, vol. 118, no. 1, pp. 1-6pp.
    doi:10.1080/01584197.2018.1411223  |  PDF
  • Allen, M, Webb, M, Alves Amorim, F et al 2018, 'Occupancy patterns of the introduced, predatory sugar glider in Tasmanian forests', Austral Ecology, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 470-475pp.
    doi:10.1111/aec.12583  |  PDF​
2017
  • Keighley, M, Langmore, N, Zdenek, C et al 2017, 'Geographic variation in the vocalizations of Australian palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus)', Bioacoustics, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 91-108pp.
    doi:10.1080/09524622.2016.1201778  |  PDF
  • Olah G, Heinsohn RG, Brightsmith DJ, Peakall R (2017). The application of non-invasive genetic tagging reveals new insights into the clay lick use by macaws in the Peruvian Amazon. Conservation Genetics 18:1037–1046.
    doi:10.1007/s10592-017-0954-6  |  PDF  |  Full-text access  |  Video abstract
  • Crates, R, Terauds, A, Rayner, L et al 2017, 'An occupancy approach to monitoring regent honeyeaters', Journal of Wildlife Management, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. 669-677pp.
    doi:10.1002/jwmg.21222  |  PDF
  • Olah G, Smith AL, Asner GP, Brightsmith DJ, Heinsohn RG, Peakall R (2017). Exploring dispersal barriers using landscape genetic resistance modelling in scarlet macaws of the Peruvian Amazon. Landscape Ecology 32:445–456.
    doi:10.1007/s10980-016-0457-8  |  PDF  |  Full-text access  |  Video abstract
  • Heinsohn R, Zdenek C, Cunningham R, Endler J, Langmore N (2017). Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in palm cockatoos shares key elements of human instrumental music. Science Advances vol. 3, no. 6, e1602399​
    doi:10.1126/sciadv.1602399 | PDF  |  Video abstract
  • Webb, M, Terauds, A, Tulloch, A et al 2017, 'The importance of incorporating functional habitats into conservation planning for highly mobile species in dynamic systems', Conservation Biology, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 1018-1028.
    doi:10.1111/cobi.12899  |  PDF
  • Stojanovic, D, Alves Amorim, F, Cook, H et al 2017, 'Further knowledge and urgent action required to save Orange-bellied Parrots from extinction', Emu - Austral Ornithology, vol. 118, no. 1, pp. 126-134pp.
    doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1394165  |  PDF
  • Stojanovic, D, Rayner, L, Webb, M et al 2017, 'Effect of nest cavity morphology on reproductive success of a critically endangered bird ', Emu - Austral Ornithology, vol. 117, no. 3, pp. 247-253.
    doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1311221  |  PDF
  • Crates, R, Rayner, L, Stojanovic, D et al 2017, 'Undetected Allee effects in Australia's threatened birds: implications for conservation', Emu - Austral Ornithology, vol. 117, no. 3, pp. 207-221pp.
    doi:10.1080/01584197.2017.1333392  |  PDF
2015-2016
  • Olah G, Smith AL, Asner GP, Brightsmith DJ, Heinsohn RG, Peakall R (2016). Exploring dispersal barriers using landscape genetic resistance modelling in scarlet macaws of the Peruvian Amazon. Landscape Ecology
    doi:10.1007/s10980-016-0457-8 | Springer full-text  |  Video abstract
  • Olah G, Heinsohn RG, Brightsmith DJ, Espinoza JR, and Peakall R (2016). Validation of non-invasive genetic tagging in two large macaw species (Ara macao and A. chloropterus) of the Peruvian Amazon. Conservation Genetics Resources
    doi:10.1007/s12686-016-0573-4 | PDF | Supplementary | Springer full-text
  • Olah G, Butchart SHM, Symes A, Guzmán IM, Cunningham R, Brightsmith DJ, and Heinsohn R (2016). Ecological and socio-economic factors affecting extinction risk in parrots. Biodiversity and Conservation 25(2): 205–223.
    doi:10.1007/s10531-015-1036-z | PDF | Supplementary1 | Supplementary2  |  Video abstract
  • Stojanovic, D, Webb (nee Voogdt), J, Webb, M, Heinsohn, R, 2016, 'Loss of habitat for a secondary cavity nesting bird after wildfire', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 360, pp. 235-241.
    doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.10.040 | PDF
  • Zdenek, C, Heinsohn, R & Langmore, N, 2015, 'Vocal complexity in the palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)', Bioacoustics, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 253-267.
    doi:10.1080/09524622.2015.1070281  | PDF
  • Heinsohn, R, Webb, M, Lacy, R et al, 2015, 'A severe predator-induced population decline predicted for endangered, migratory swift parrots (Lathamus discolor)', Biological Conservation, vol. 186, pp. 75-82.
    doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.006 | PDF
  • Olah G, Heinsohn RG, Espinoza JR, Brightsmith DJ, and Peakall R (2015). An evaluation of primers for microsatellite markers in Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) and their performance in a Peruvian wild population. Conservation Genetics Resources 7(1): 157–159.
    doi:10.1007/s12686-014-0317-2 | PDF | Supplementary
  • Stojanovic, D, Terauds, A, Westgate, M et al, 2015, 'Exploiting the richest patch has a fitness pay-off for the migratory swift parrot', Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. Online, pp. 1-8.
    doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12375 | PDF
​​2014
  • Carter AJ, Marshall HH, Heinsohn R, Cowlishaw G (2014) Personality predicts the propensity for social learning in a wild primate. PeerJ, vol. 2014, no. 1, pp. 1-22.
    doi:10.7717/peerj.283  |  PDF
  • Webb M, Wotherspoon S, Stojanovic D, Heinsohn R, Cunningham R, Bell P, Terauds A (2014) Location matters: Using spatially explicit occupancy models to predict the distribution of the highly mobile, endangered swift parrot. Biological Conservation, vol. 176, pp. 99-108.
    doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.017  |  PDF
  • Stojanovic D, Koch A, Webb M, Cunningham R, Roshier D, Heinsohn R (2014) Validation of a landscape-scale planning tool for cavity-dependent wildlife. Austral Ecology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 579-586.
    doi:10.1111/aec.12118  |  PDF
  • Stojanovic D, Webb M, Alderman R, Porfirio LL, Heinsohn R (2014) Discovery of a novel predator reveals extreme but highly variable mortality for an endangered migratory bird. Diversity and Distributions, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 1200-1207.
    doi:10.1111/ddi.12214  |  PDF
  • Driscoll DA, Banks SC, Barton PS, Ikin K, Lentini P, Lindenmayer DB, Smith AL, Berry LE, Burns EL, Edworthy A, Evans MJ, Gibson R, Heinsohn R, Howland B, Kay G, Munro N, Scheele BC, Stirnemann I, Stojanovic D, Sweaney N, Villaseñor NR, Westgate MJ (2014) The trajectory of dispersal research in conservation biology. Systematic review. PLOS ONE, 9, e95053.
    doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095053  |  PDF
  • Olah G, Vigo G, Heinsohn R, Brightsmith D (2014) Nest site selection and efficacy of artificial nests for breeding success of Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao macao) in lowland Peru. Journal for Nature Conservation, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 176-185.
    doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2013.11.003  |  PDF
​​2013
  • Le Souef, A, Stojanovic, D, Burbridge, A et al, 2013, 'Retention of transmitter attachments on black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.)', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 55-57.
  • Carter, A, Marshall, H, Heinsohn, R et al 2013, 'Personality predicts decision making only when information is unreliable', Animal Behaviour, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 633-639.
  • Feeney, W, Medina Guzman, I, Somveille, M et al 2013, 'Brood Parasitism and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds', Science, vol. 342, pp. 1506-1508.
  • Dhami, K, Joseph, L, Roshier, D et al 2013, 'Multilocus phylogeography of Australian teals (Anas spp.): A case study of the relationship between vagility and genetic structure', Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 169-178.
2012
  • Carter, A, Heinsohn, R, Goldizen, A et al 2012, 'Boldness, trappability and sampling bias in wild lizards', Animal Behaviour, vol. 83, no. 4, pp. 1051-1058.
  • Heinsohn, R 2012, 'The lengths birds will go to avoid incest', Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 81, pp. 735-737.
  • Stojanovic, D, Webb, M, Roshier, D et al 2012, 'Ground-based survey methods both overestimate and underestimate the abundance of suitable tree-cavities for the endangered Swift Parrot', Emu, vol. 112, pp. 350-356.
  • Roshier, D, Heinsohn, R, Adcock, G et al 2012, 'Biogeographic models of gene flow in two waterfowl of the Australo-Papuan tropics', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 2803-2814.
  • Carter, A, Goldizen, A & Heinsohn, R 2012, 'Personality and plasticity: temporal behavioural reaction norms in a lizard, the Namibian rock agama', Animal Behaviour, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 471-477.
  • Carter, A, Marshall, H, Heinsohn, R et al 2012, 'How not to measure boldness: Novel object and antipredator responses are not the same in wild baboons', Animal Behaviour, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 603-609.
  • Carter, A, Feeney, W, Marshall, H et al 2012, 'Animal personality: what are behavioural ecologists measuring?', Biological Reviews.
2011
  • Heinsohn, R, Langmore, N, Cockburn, A et al 2011, 'Adaptive Secondary Sex Ratio Adjustments via Sex-Specific Infanticide in a Bird', Current Biology, vol. 21, no. 20, pp. 1744-1747.
  • Blackmore, C, Peakall, R & Heinsohn, R 2011, 'The absence of sex-biased dispersal in the cooperatively breeding grey-crowned babbler', Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 80, pp. 69-78.
  • Langmore, N, Stevens, M, Maurer, G et al 2011, 'Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, vol. 278, pp. 2455-2463.
  • Carter, A, Marshall, H, Heinsohn, R et al 2011, 'Evaluating animal personalities: do observer assessments and experimental tests measure the same thing?', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. Online 29 September 2011.
  • Gardner, J, Kearney, M, Peters, A et al 2011, 'Mechanisms and consequences of changing body size: reply to Bickford et al. and McCauley and Mabry', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 555-556.
  • Blackmore CJ, Peakall R. and Heinsohn R (2011) Population genetic structure and the absence of sex-biased dispersal in the cooperatively breeding grey-crowned babbler. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:69-78
  • Gardner, J.L., Peters, A, Kearney, M.R., Joseph, L., Heinsohn, R. 2011, 'Declining body size: A third universal response to warming?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 285-291.
  • Heinsohn R, Langmore N, Cockburn A & Kokko H 2011 Adaptive Secondary Sex Ratio Adjustments via Sex-Specific Infanticide in a Bird. Current Biology 21, 1-4
  • Landstrom MT, Heinsohn R, Langmore NE (2011) 'Does clutch variability differ between populations of cuckoo hosts in relation to the rates of parasitism?', Animal Behaviour 81: 307-312
  • Langmore, N, Stevens M, Maurer G, Heinsohn R, Hall M, Peters A, Kilner R. (2011) 'Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos', Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B (doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2391)
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