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Sarah Legge

Australian National University · AU
Area of research
Ecology · Ecological Modeling
Research interest
Research interests include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Fire effects on ecosystems.
h-index
60
citations
10,310
works
295
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2025cited by 25position: middledoi
Investigating the Causes of an Extinction Catastrophe: Controlling Introduced Predators Remains Essential for Conserving Australia’s Mammals
BioScience 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
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 2023cited by 35position: middledoi
Experimentally testing animal responses to prescribed fire size and severity
Conservation Biology 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Animal mortality during fire
Global Change Biology 2022cited by 147position: middledoi
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2022cited by 131position: middledoi
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 2022cited by 111position: firstdoi
Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators
Diversity and Distributions 2022cited by 56position: middledoi
Designing a large‐scale track‐based monitoring program to detect changes in species distributions in arid <scp>A</scp>ustralia
Ecological Applications 2022cited by 14position: lastdoi
Sharing meals: Predation on Australian mammals by the introduced European red fox compounds and complements predation by feral cats
Biological Conservation 2021cited by 33position: middledoi
We need to worry about Bella and Charlie: the impacts of pet cats on Australian wildlife
Wildlife Research 2020cited by 93position: firstdoi
Cat-dependent diseases cost Australia AU$6 billion per year through impacts on human health and livestock production
Wildlife Research 2020cited by 47position: firstdoi
Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: The number of mammals killed in Australia
Biological Conservation 2019cited by 117position: middledoi
Introduced cats <i>Felis catus</i> eating a continental fauna: inventory and traits of Australian mammal species killed
Mammal Review 2019cited by 72position: middledoi
Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators
Wildlife Research 2018cited by 210position: firstdoi
How many reptiles are killed by cats in Australia?
Wildlife Research 2018cited by 113position: middledoi
How to ensure threatened species monitoring leads to threatened species conservation
Ecological Management & Restoration 2018cited by 88position: middledoi
Degrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial non-volant mammal species to predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and feral cat (Felis catus)
Wildlife Research 2018cited by 88position: middledoi
Genetic diversity through time and space: diversity and demographic history from natural history specimens and serially sampled contemporary populations of the threatened Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
Conservation Genetics 2018cited by 5position: middledoi
Corrigendum to: Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations
Conservation Physiology 2018cited by 2position: middledoi
How many birds are killed by cats in Australia?
Biological Conservation 2017cited by 170position: middledoi
Compilation and traits of Australian bird species killed by cats
Biological Conservation 2017cited by 51position: middledoi
Wings of tropical finches: interspecific differences in shape are consistent with levels of mobility, but moult and feather fault patterns are more complex
Emu - Austral Ornithology 2017cited by 7position: middledoi
Enumerating a continental-scale threat: How many feral cats are in Australia?
Biological Conservation 2016cited by 246position: firstdoi
Impacts and management of feral cats <i>Felis catus</i> in Australia
Mammal Review 2016cited by 221position: middledoi
Three Molecular Markers Show No Evidence of Population Genetic Structure in the Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
PLoS ONE 2016cited by 28position: middledoi
A Landscape-Scale, Applied Fire Management Experiment Promotes Recovery of a Population of the Threatened Gouldian Finch, Erythrura gouldiae, in Australia’s Tropical Savannas
PLoS ONE 2015cited by 43position: firstdoi
Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations
Conservation Physiology 2015cited by 9position: middledoi
Seasonal stress physiology and body condition differ among co-occurring tropical finch species
Journal of Comparative Physiology B 2013cited by 19position: middledoi
MODIS time series as a tool for monitoring fires and their effects on savanna bird diversity
International Journal of Wildland Fire 2012cited by 8position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Chris R. Dickman · The University of Sydney15 papers (2016–2023) · 13 papers (2015–2022)Tim S. Doherty · Edith Cowan University12 papers (2016–2025) · 9 papers (2017–2025)Kimberly Maute · University of Wollongong7 papers (2013–2018) · 7 papers (2015–2022) · 7 papers (2017–2022)Glenn Edwards · Sunnybrook Health Science Centre5 papers (2017–2019) · 5 papers (2018–2025)Katherine E. Moseby · UNSW Sydney5 papers (2018–2025)Euan G. Ritchie · Deakin University4 papers (2016–2022) · 4 papers (2019–2022)Sarah Comer · The University of Western Australia4 papers (2017–2019)Lee B. Astheimer · University of Wollongong4 papers (2013–2018)Anja Skroblin · The University of Melbourne3 papers (2017–2022) · 3 papers (2018–2019)Hugh McGregor · UNSW Sydney3 papers (2019–2025)Kris French · University of Wollongong3 papers (2013–2018)John Kanowski · Australian Wildlife Conservancy3 papers (2018–2025)Chris J. Jolly · Charles Darwin University3 papers (2022–2025)