Peer reviewed publications
2024
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2023
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Hohnen R., James A.I., Jennings P., Murphy B.P., Berris K., Legge S.M., Dickman C.R., Woinarski J.C.Z., (2023) Abundance and detection of feral cats decreases following high severity fire on Kangaroo Island Australia, Austral Ecology, 48(3), doi 10.1111/aec.13294
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2022
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Hohnen R., Smith J., Mulvaney J., Evans T., Mooney T., (2022) Impacts of ‘Curiosity’ baiting on feral cat populations in woodland of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Wildlife Research, 49(7) doi 10.1071/WR21090
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Legge S., Rumpff L., Woinarski J.C.Z., Whiterod N.S, Ward M, Southwell D.G., Scheele B.C, Nimmo D.G., Lintermans M., Geyle H.M., Garnett S.T, Hayward-Brown B., Ensbey M., Ehmke G., Ahyong S.T., Blackmore C.J., Bower D.S., Brizuela-Torres D., Burbidge A. H., Burns P.A. , Butler G., Catullo R., Chapple D.G., Dickman C.R, Doyle K.E., Ferris J., Fisher D., Gallagher R., Gillespie G.R., Greenlees M.J., Hohnen R., 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), doi 10.1111/geb.13473
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Von Takach B, Ranjard L, Burridge P.C., Cameron S.F., Cremona T., Eldridge M.D.B., Fisher D.O., Hohnen R., et al., (2022) Population genomics of a predatory mammal reveals patterns of decline and impacts of exposure to toxic toads. Molecular Ecology, 31(21), doi 10.1111/mec.16680
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2021
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Hohnen R., Murphy B., Legge S., Dickman C., Woinarski J., (2021) Environmental factors influencing the distirbution of the Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthposis fuliginosus aitkeni), Australian Mammalogy, 44(1), doi 10.1071/AM19036
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2020
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Hohnen R., Berris, K., Hodgens, P., Mulvaney J., Florence, B., Murphy, B., Legge S., Dickman C., Woinarski J., (2020) Pre-eradication assessment of feral cat density across Kangaroo Island, Wildlife Research, 47(8), doi 10.1071/WR19137
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2019
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Hohnen R., Murphy B., Gates J., Legge S., Dickman C., Woinarski J., (2019) Detecting and protecting the Kangaroo Island dunnart (Sminthopsis fuligosus aitkeni), Conservation Science and Practice, 1(1), doi 10.1002/csp2.4
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Hohnen R., Murphy B., Legge S., Dickman C., Woinarski J., (2019) Uptake of “Eradicat” feral cat baits by non-target species on Kangaroo Island, Wildlife Research, 47(8), doi 10.1071/WR19056
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2017
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Legge S., Murphy P.B., McGregor H. W., Woinarski J.C.Z., Augusteyn J., Ballard G., Baseler M., Buckmaster T., Dickman C.R., Doherty T., Hohnen R., et al., (2017). Enumerating a continental-scale threat: how many feral cats are in Australia?, Biological Conservation, 206, doi 10.1016/j. biocon.2016.11.032
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2016
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Hohnen R., Tuft K., Legge S., Carver S., Johanson L., Walters N., Radford I.J., Johnson C.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), doi 10.1071/ZO16015
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Hohnen R., Tuft K., McGregor H.W., Legge S., Radford I.J., Johnson C., (2016) Occupancy of the invasive feral cat varies with habitat complexity, Plos One, 11(9), doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0152520
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Hohnen R., Tuft K., Legge S., Hillyer M., Spencer P.B.S., Radford I.J., Johnson C.N., Burridge C.P., (2016). Rainfall and topography affect gene flow among populations of the declining northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), Conservation Genetics 17(5), doi 10.1007/s10592-016-0856-z
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2015
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Hohnen R., Tuft K., Legge S., Carver S., Radford I.J., Johnson C.N., (2015). Post-fire habitat use of the golden-backed tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus) in the north-west Kimberley, Western Australia, Austral Ecology, 40(8), doi 10.1111/aec.12278
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2013
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Hohnen R., Ashby J., Tuft K., McGregor H.W., (2013) Individual identification of northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) using remote cameras, Australian Mammalogy, 35(2), doi 10.1071/AM12015
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Other writing
Legge S.M., Duncan D.H., Forsyth D.M., Giljohann K., Hogendoorn K, Hohnen R., Hradsky B., Lintermans M. (2023), How introduced animals compound the effects of fire on native plants and animals, Australia's Megafires: Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons from 2019-2020 (eds: Stephen van Leeuwen), CSIRO Publishing
Burbidge, A.A., Webb, M.J. and Hohnen, R., (2023). Scaly-tailed Possum: Wyulda squamicaudata. In Strahan's Mammals of Australia (pp. 278-280). New Holland Publishers (Australia).
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Dickman, C.R. and Hohnen, R., (2023). Grey-bellied Dunnart: Sminthopsis fuliginosa. In Strahan's Mammals of Australia (pp. 132-134). New Holland Publishers (Australia).
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Hohnen R. (2022) Golden-backed tree-rat: these rodents go nuts for nuts. Cosmos Magazine
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Hohnen R. (2020) Fire-ravaged Kangaroo Island is teeming with feral cats. It’s bad news for this little marsupial. The Conversation
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Hohnen, R., Woinarski, J., Legge, S., Dickman, C. R., & Murphy, B. (2021). Post-fire changes in feral cat density across burnt and unburnt landscapes, Kangaroo Island. Threatened Species Recovery Hub
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Hohnen, R., Woinarski, J., Legge, S., Dickman, C. R., & Murphy, B. (2019). Investigating feral cat control methods for western Kangaroo Island, Threatened Species Recovery Hub
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Hohnen, R., Woinarski, J., Legge, S., Gates, J.A, Dickman, C. R., & Murphy, B. (2019). The Kangaroo Island dunnart: distribution, status and effective monitoring methods, Threatened Species Recovery Hub
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Hohnen, R., Veronique-L’Hoest A. (2019). The two of us, Vertical Life Magazine
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Hohnen, R., (2018). Detecting and protecting the Kangaroo Island dunnart, Science of Saving Species Magazine, Threatened Species Recovery Hub
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Hohnen, R., (2017). No te olvidaremos, Vertical Life Magazine
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Hohnen, R., (2017). In search of the KI dunnart, Island conservation after the feral cat, Science of Saving Species Magazine, Threatened Species Recovery Hub
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Hohnen, R., (2013). Unlocking the secrets of the Artesian Range, Wildlife Matters, Australian Wildlife Conservancy
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Hohnen, R., Edwards, A., (2009). Poster: Effects of reproductive condition on HPG-HPA axis interaction, Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Media
Brulliard K., Fears, D., (2020). A billion animals have been caught in Australia’s fires. Some may go extinct. The Washington Post
Hirji, Z., (2020). These animals are on the brink of extinction because of the Australian wildfires, Buzzfeed News
Young, E. (2020), The bleak future of Australian wildlife, The Atlantic
Collins, B., (2015). Australia's unique, golden-backed tree-rats and why we need to save them, ABC News