Peer reviewed publications
2025
Hohnen R., Scrafford M., Stewart F.E.C., (2025) Wolverine in the slipstream: A systematic review of caribou-focused conservation benefits, gaps and uncertainties for wolverine in Canada, Conservation Science and Practice. doi 10.1111/csp2.70152
Bruce T., Amir Z., Algar D., Allen B.L., Alting B., Amos M., (other authors) Hohnen R., et al., (2025) Large-scale and long-term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis, Biological Reviews, doi 10.1111/brv.13152
2024
2023
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
2022
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
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
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
2021
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
2020
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
2019
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
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
2017
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
2016
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
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
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
2015
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
2013
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
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).
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).
Hohnen R. (2022) Golden-backed tree-rat: these rodents go nuts for nuts. Cosmos Magazine
Hohnen R. (2020) Fire-ravaged Kangaroo Island is teeming with feral cats. It’s bad news for this little marsupial. The Conversation
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
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
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
Hohnen, R., Veronique-L’Hoest A. (2019). The two of us, Vertical Life Magazine
Hohnen, R., (2018). Detecting and protecting the Kangaroo Island dunnart, Science of Saving Species Magazine, Threatened Species Recovery Hub
Hohnen, R., (2017). No te olvidaremos, Vertical Life Magazine
Hohnen, R., (2017). In search of the KI dunnart, Island conservation after the feral cat, Science of Saving Species Magazine, Threatened Species Recovery Hub
Hohnen, R., (2013). Unlocking the secrets of the Artesian Range, Wildlife Matters, Australian Wildlife Conservancy
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