Welcome to the Pyrocene: Animal survival in the age of megafire

The 2019/2020 mega-fires exposed Australian ecosystems to an unprecedented extent of high-severity fire

(2021) Luke Collins et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Trophic cascade driven by behavioral fine‐tuning as naïve prey rapidly adjust to a novel predator

(2021) Chris J. Jolly et al.   ECOLOGY

Unprecedented burn area of Australian mega forest fires

(2020) Matthias M. Boer et al.   Nature Climate Change

Effects of rapid evolution due to predator‐free conservation on endangered species recovery

(2020) Chris J. Jolly et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Global determinants of prey naiveté to exotic predators

(2020) Andrea Anton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Parents know best: transgenerational predator recognition through parental effects

(2020) Jennifer A. Atherton et al.   PeerJ

Record‐setting climate enabled the extraordinary 2020 fire season in the western United States

(2020) Philip E. Higuera et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Visual cues of predation risk outweigh acoustic cues: a field experiment in black-capped chickadees

(2020) Josue David Arteaga-Torres et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cautious clams? Energetic state modifies risk assessment in giant clams

(2020) H. G. Hayes et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

(2020) Luke T. Kelly et al.   SCIENCE

Trophic rewilding establishes a landscape of fear: Tasmanian devil introduction increases risk‐sensitive foraging in a key prey species

(2019) Calum X. Cunningham et al.   ECOGRAPHY

A wake-up call for sleepy lizards: the olfactory-driven response of Tiliqua rugosa (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria) to smoke and its implications for fire avoidance behavior

(2019) Robert W. Mendyk et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

The perils of paradise: an endangered species conserved on an island loses antipredator behaviours within 13 generations

(2018) Chris J. Jolly et al.   Biology Letters

Towards an understanding of the evolutionary role of fire in animals

(2018) Juli G. Pausas et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Incorporating disturbance into trophic ecology: Fire history shapes mesopredator suppression by an apex predator

(2018) William L. Geary et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Can bats sense smoke during deep torpor?

(2018) Anna C. Doty et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Predicting Predator Recognition in a Changing World

(2018) Alexandra J.R. Carthey et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Animal movements in fire-prone landscapes

(2018) Dale G. Nimmo et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia

(2017) Mark Bonta et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY

A new cue for torpor induction: charcoal, ash and smoke

(2017) Clare Stawski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Predicting behavioural responses to novel organisms: state-dependent detection theory

(2017) Pete C. Trimmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pyric-carnivory: Raptor use of prescribed fires

(2017) Torre J. Hovick et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia

(2017) Mark Bonta et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY

The ecological importance of intraspecific variation

(2017) Simone Des Roches et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dominant predator odour triggers caution and eavesdropping behaviour in a mammalian mesopredator

(2016) Patrick M. Garvey et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Torpor and basking after a severe wildfire: mammalian survival strategies in a scorched landscape

(2016) Jaya K. Matthews et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Invasive predators and global biodiversity loss

(2016) Tim S. Doherty et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cool echidnas survive the fire

(2016) Julia Nowack et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Multiple threats, or multiplying the threats? Interactions between invasive predators and other ecological disturbances

(2015) Tim S. Doherty et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The importance of mammalian torpor for survival in a post-fire landscape

(2015) Clare Stawski et al.   Biology Letters

Targeted gene flow for conservation

(2015) Ella Kelly et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Heritability and genetic correlations of personality traits in a wild population of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

(2015) M. B. Petelle et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Physiological and behavioural responses of a small heterothermic mammal to fire stimuli

(2015) Clare Stawski et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Naïveté in novel ecological interactions: lessons from theory and experimental evidence

(2014) Alexandra J. R. Carthey et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Inter-individual Variation in Antipredator Hiding Behavior of Spanish Terrapins Depends on Sex, Size, and Coloration

(2014) Alejandro Ibáñez et al.   ETHOLOGY

Prey Responses to Predator's Sounds: A Review and Empirical Study

(2014) Alexandra M. Hettena et al.   ETHOLOGY

Multisensory perception in uncertain environments

(2012) Nicole E. Munoz et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Animal personalities: consequences for ecology and evolution

(2012) Max Wolf et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Turning up the heat: the impacts of Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) invasion on fire behaviour in northern Australian savannas

(2010) Samantha A. Setterfield et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Habitat or fuel? Implications of long-term, post-fire dynamics for the development of key resources for fauna and fire

(2010) Angie Haslem et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Personality and the emergence of the pace-of-life syndrome concept at the population level

(2010) D. Reale et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vigilance against predators induced by eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls in a non-vocal lizard Oplurus cuvieri cuvieri (Reptilia: Iguania)

(2009) R. Ito et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fire in the Earth System

(2009) D. M. J. S. Bowman et al.   SCIENCE

Relaxed selection in the wild

(2009) David C. Lahti et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Fitness consequences of personality: a meta-analysis

(2008) Brian R. Smith et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY