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Bush stone curlew
tortoise
Wallabi
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  • Bytheway, J.P., Carthey, A.J.R., and Banks, P.B. (in press) Risk vs. reward: how predators and prey respond to aging olfactory cues. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology accepted 21 Jan 2013. doi:10.1007/s00265-013-1494-9
  • Cristescu, R.H., Rhodes, J., Frere, C., and Banks, P.B. (in press) Is restoring flora the same as restoring fauna? Lessons learned from koalas and mining rehabilitation. Journal of Applied Ecology accepted Nov 2012. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12046
  • Guy, A.J., Curnoe, D., and Banks, P.B. (in press) A survey of current mammal rehabilitation and release practices. Biodiversity and Conservation accepted 8 Feb 2013. doi:10.1007/s10531-013-0452-1
  • Threlfall, C.G., Law, B.S., and Banks, P.B. (in press) Roost selection in suburban bushland by the urban sensitive bat Nyctophilus gouldi. Journal of Mammalogy accepted 7 Jan 2013. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/11-MAMM-A-393.1
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  • Threlfall, C.G., Law, B., and Banks, P.B. (in press) The urban matrix and artificial light restricts the nightly ranging behaviour of Gould’s long-eared bat (Nyctophilus gouldi). Austral Ecology accepted 4 Feb 2013.
  • Weerakoon, M.K., Ruffino, L., Cleary, G.P., Heavener, S., Bytheway, J.P., and Banks, P.B. (in press) Can cameras be used to estimate small mammal population size? In The Hidden Eye: camera trapping in wildlife management and research (Meek, P., et al., eds), CSIRO publishing accepted 14 Jan 2013.
  • Aloise-King, E.D., Banks, P.B., and Brooks, R. (2013). Sexual conflict in mammals: consequences for mating systems and life history. Mammal Review 43:47-58.
  • Hughes, N.K., Kelley, J.L., and Banks, P.B. (2012) Dangerous liaisons: the predation risks of receiving social signals. Ecology Letters 15:1326-1339
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  • Lunney, D., Dickman, C.R., and Banks, P.B. (2012) Zoology under threat: a distressing case of science under siege. In Science Under Siege (Banks, P.B., et al., eds), pp. 173-185, Royal Zoological Society of NSW
  • Threlfall, C.G. Law, B.S. Banks, P.B. (2012) Influence of Landscape Structure and Human Modifications on Insect Biomass and Bat Foraging Activity in an Urban Landscape. PLoSOne 7:e38800. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038800.
  • Nersesian, C., Banks, P.B., Simpson, S.J., and McArthur, C. (2012). Mixing nutrients mitigates the intake constraints of a plant toxin in a generalist herbivore. Behavioral Ecology doi: 10.1093/beheco/ars049.
  • Cristescu, R., Frere, C., and Banks, P.B.. (2012). A review of fauna in mine rehabilitation in Australia: Current state and future directions. Biological Conservation 149:60-72.
  • Threlfall, C.G., Law, B., and Banks, P.B.. (2012). Sensitivity of insectivorous bats to urbanization: implications for suburban conservation planning. Biological Conservation 146:41-52.
zoo bush rat
  • Stokes, V.L., Banks, P.B., and Pech, R.P. (2012). Influence of residency and social odors in interactions between competing native and alien rodents. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66:329-338.
  • McArthur, C., Orlando, P., Banks, P.B., and Brown, J.S. 2012. The foraging tight-rope between predation risk and plant toxins: a matter of concentration. Functional Ecology 26:74-83.
  • Guy, A.J., and Banks, P.B. 2012. A survey of current rehabilitation practices for Australian mammals. Australian Mammalogy 34:108-118.
  • Nersesian, C., Banks, P.B., and McArthur, C. 2012. Behavioural responses to indirect and direct predator cues by a mammalian herbivore, the common brushtail possum. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66:47-55.
  • Banks, P. B., and Hughes, N.K. 2012. A review of the evidence for potential impacts of black rats Rattus rattus on wildlife and humans in Australia. Wildlife Research 39:78-88.
woylie trapped
  • Carthey, A.J.R. and Banks, P.B. 2012. When does an alien become a native species? A vulnerable native mammal recognizes and responds to its long-term alien predator. PLoS ONE 7: e31804. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031804.
  • Cristescu, R., Ellis,W., de Villiers, D., Lee, K., Woosnam-Merchez,O., Frere, O., Banks, P.B., Dique, D., Hodgkison, S., Carrick, H., Carter, D., Smith, P., and Carrick, F. (2011). North Stradbroke Island: An island ark for Queensland's koala population? Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 117:309-333.
  • Banks, P.B., Cleary, G.P., and Dickman, C.R. (2011). Sydney’s bubonic plague outbreak 1900-1910: A disaster for foreshore wildlife? Australian Zoologist 35:1033-1039.
  • Weerakoon, M.K. and Banks, P.B. 2011. Not just a matter of taste: palatability of bait markers is influenced by the need to search for alternative food. Wildlife Research 38:596-602.
egg
  • Threlfall, C., Law, B., Penman, T., and Banks, P.B. 2011. Ecological processes in urban landscapes: mechanisms influencing the distribution and activity of insectivorous bats. Ecography 34:814-826.
  • Nersesian, C. L., Banks, P.B., and McArthur, C. 2011. Titrating the cost of plant toxins against predators: determining the tipping point for foraging herbivores. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:753-760.
  • Hamer, R., Lemckert, F.L., and Banks, P.B. 2011. Adult frogs are sensitive to the predation risks of olfactory communication. Biology Letters 7:361-363.
  • Carthey, A.J.R., Bytheway,J.P., and Banks, P.B. 2011. Negotiating a noisy, information-rich environment in search of cryptic prey: olfactory predators need patchiness in prey cues. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:742-752.
  • Basham, R., Law, B., and Banks, P.B. 2011. Microbats in a 'leafy' urban landscape: are they persisting, and what factors influence their presence? Austral Ecology 36:663-678.
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  • Hughes, N.K. and Banks, P.B. 2010. Interacting effects of predation risk and signal patchiness on activity and communication in house mice. Journal of Animal Ecology 79:88-97.
  • Fey, K., Banks, P.B., Ylonen, H., and Korpimäki, E. 2010. Behavioural responses of voles to simulated risk of predation by a native and an alien mustelid: an odour manipulation experiment. Wildlife Research 37: 273-282.
  • Fey, K., Banks, P.B., and Korpimäki, E. 2010. Alien mink predation and colonisation processes of rodent prey on small islands of the Baltic Sea: does prey naïveté matter? International Journal of Ecology. Article ID 984396, 7 pages, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/984396.
  • Barrio, I.C., Bueno, C.G., Banks, P.B., and Tortosa, F.S. 2010. Prey naïveté in an introduced prey species: the wild rabbit in Australia. Behavioural Ecology 21:986-991.
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  • Young, C.M., Kimpton, K.A., Cohen, H.M., Burns, P.T., McLaughlin, K. and Banks, P.B. (in press). Factors affecting bird attacks on small mammal traps. Australian Zoologist accepted 2009.
  • Stokes, V.L., Banks, P.B., Pech, R.P., and Williams, R.L. 2009. Invasion by Rattus rattus into native coastal forests of south-eastern Australia: are native small mammals at risk? Austral Ecology 34:395-408.
  • Stokes, V.L., Banks, P.B., Pech,R.P., and Spratt, D.M. 2009. Competition in an invaded rodent community reveals black rats as a threat to native bush rats in littoral rainforest of south-eastern Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 1239-1247.
  • Hughes, N.K., Kelley, J.L., and Banks, P.B. 2009. Receiving behaviour is sensitive to risks from eavesdropping predators. Oecologia 160:609-617.
rat with a cut in its ear
  • Fey, K., Banks, P.B., Oksanen, L., and Korpimäki, E. 2009. Does removal of an alien predator from small islands in the Baltic Sea induce a trophic cascade? Ecography 32:546-552.
  • Miller, R.W., Stuart, A.M., Joshi, R.C., Banks, P.B., and Singleton, G.R. 2008. Biology and management of rodent communities in complex agroecosystems - rice terraces. Pages 25-36 in G. R. Singleton, R. C. Joshi, andL. S. Sebastian, editors. Philippine Rats: Ecology and Management. Philippines Rice Research Institute, Science City of Munoz.
  • Lovasz, T.J., Banks, P.B., and Croft, D. 2008. Establishing tourism guidelines for viewing Australian sea lions, Neophoca cinerea, at Seal Bay Conservation Park, South Australia. In D. Lunney, A. Munn, andW. Meikle, editors. Too Close for Comfort. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman pp. 225-232.
  • Hochuli, D.F., and Banks, P.B. 2008. Selection pressures on zoology teaching in Australian universities: student perceptions of zoological education and how to improve it. Australian Zoologist 34:548-553.
bat
  • Fey, K., Banks, P.B., and Korpimäki, E. 2008. Voles on small islands: effects of food limitation and alien predation. Oecologia 157: 419-428.
  • Banks, P. B., Nordström, M., Ahola, M., Salo, P., Fey, K., and Korpimäki, E. 2008. Impacts of alien mink predation on island vertebrate communities of the Baltic Sea Archipelago: review of a long-term experimental study. Boreal Environmental Research 13:3-16.
  • Stokes, V.L., Spratt, D.M., Banks, P.B., Pech, R.P., and Williams, R.L. 2007. Occurrence of Angiostrongylus species (Nematoda) in populations of Rattus rattus and Rattus fuscipes in coastal forests of south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 55:177-184.
  • Salo, P., Korpimäki, E., Banks, P.B., Nordström, M., and Dickman, C.R. 2007. Alien predators are more dangerous than native predators to prey populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 274:1237-1243.
in the bush
  • Russell, B.G. and Banks, P.B. 2007. Do Australian small mammals respond to native and introduced predator odours? Austral Ecology 32: 277-286.
  • Rose, T.R. and Banks, P.B. 2007. Impacts of black rats (Rattus rattus) across an urban/bushland interface at Sydney's North Head. Pages 66-75 in D. Lunney, P. Eby, P. Hutchings, andS. Burgin, editors. Pest or Guest: The Zoology of Overabundance. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman.
  • Hayward, M.W., de Tores, P.J., Dillon, M.J., and Banks, P.B. 2007. Predicting the occurrence of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae : Marsupialia), in Western Australia's northern jarrah forest. Wildlife Research 34: 194-199.
  • Brown, P.R., Huth, N.I., Banks, P.B., and Singleton, G.R. 2007. Relationship between abundance of rodents and damage to agricultural crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 120:405-415.
rat black and white
  • Banks, P.B. and Dickman, C.R. 2007. Alien predation and the effects of multiple levels of prey naïveté. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 229-230.
  • Banks, P.B. and Bryant, J.V. 2007. Four-legged friend or foe? Dog walking displaces native birds from natural areas. Biology Letters 3:611-613.
  • Banks, P.B. 2007. Guest or pest? Animal rights activism at the RZS Annual Forum. Pages 249-250 in D. Lunney, P. Eby, P. Hutchings, andS. Burgin, editors. Pest or Guest: The Zoology of Overabundance. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman.
  • Rose, T.A., Munn, A.J., Ramp, D., and Banks, P.B. 2006. Foot-thumping as an alarm signal in macropodoid marsupials: prevalence and hypotheses of function. Mammal Review 36:281-298.
picutre of the bush
bat photo
  • Mitchell, B.D. and Banks, P.B. 2005. Do wild dogs exclude foxes? Evidence for competition from dietary and spatial overlaps. Austral Ecology 30:581-591.
  • Korpimäki, E., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Klemola, T., Norrdahl, K., and Banks, P.B. 2005. Vole cycles and predation in temperate and boreal zones of Europe. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 1150-1159.
  • Hayward, M.W., de Tores, P.J., Dillon, M.J., Fox, B.J., and Banks, P.B. 2005. Using faecal pellet counts along transects to estimate quokka (Setonix brachyurus) population density. Wildlife Research 32:503-507.
  • Hayward, M.W., de Tores, P.J., and Banks, P.B. 2005. Habitat use of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae : Marsupialia), in the northern jarrah forest of Australia. Journal of Mammalogy 84:683-688.
  • Hayward, M.W., de Tores, P.J., Augee, M.L., and Banks, P.B. 2005. Mortality and survivorship of the quokka (Setonix brachyurus) (Macropodidae : Marsupialia) in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia. Wildlife Research 32: 715-722.
wendy in lantana
  • Brown, P.R., Tuan, N.P., and Banks, P.B. 2005. Movements, habitat use and response of ricefield rats to removal in an intensive cropping system in Vietnam. Belgian Journal of Zoology 135: 145-152.
  • Banks, P. B. 2005. Animal-rights zealots put wildlife welfare at risk. Nature 438:559.
  • Sutherland, D.R., Banks, P.B., Jacobe, J., and Singleton, G.R. 2004. Shifting age structure of house mice during a population outbreak. Wildlife Research 31:613-618.
  • Stokes, V.L., Pech, R.P., Banks, P.B., and Arthur, A.D. 2004. Foraging behaviour and habitat use by Antechinus flavipes and Sminthopsis murina (Marsupialia : Dasyuridae) in response to predation risk in eucalypt woodland. Biological Conservation 117:331-342.
  • Powell, F. and Banks, P.B. 2004. Do house mice modify their foraging behaviour in response to predator odours and habitat? Animal Behaviour 67:753-759.
bushland
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  • Banks, P.B. 2004. Population viability analysis in urban wildlife management: Modelling management options for Sydney's quarantined bandicoots. Pages 70-77 in S. Burgin, and D. Lunney, editors. Urban Wildlife. Royal Zoological Society, Mosman.
  • Penn, A.M., Sherwin, W.B., Lunney, D., and Banks, P.B. 2003. The effects of a low-intensity fire on small mammals and lizards in a logged, burnt forest. Wildlife Research 30:477-486.
  • Korpimäki, E., Klemola, T., Norrdahl, K., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Banks, P.B., Batzli, G.O., and Henttonen, H. 2003. Vole cycles and predation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18:494-495.
  • Banks, P.B., Hughes, N.K., and Rose, T.A. 2003. Do Australian native small mammals avoid faeces of domestic dogs? Australian Zoologist 32:406-409.
  • Banks, P.B. 2003. Book review "The story of rats". Australian Zoologist 32:271.
  • Banks, P.B. and Powell, F. 2002. An analysis of the NSW NPWS North Head long-nosed bandicoot monitoring program: A report for the NPWS Central Directorate Threatened Species Unit.
  • Banks, P.B., Norrdahl, K., and Korpimaki, E. 2002. Mobility decisions and the predation risks of reintroduction. Biological Conservation 103:133-138.
  • Spencer, R.J., Thompson, M.B., and Banks, P.B. 2001. Hatch or wait? A dilemma in reptilian incubation. Oikos 93:401-406.
  • Banks, P.B. 2001. Predation-sensitive grouping and habitat use by eastern grey kangaroos: a field experiment. Animal Behaviour 61:1013-1021.
  • Banks, P.B., Norrdahl, K., and Korpimäki, E. 2000. Nonlinearity in the predation risk of prey mobility. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 267:1621-1625.
  • Banks, P.B., Newsome, A.E., and Dickman, C.R. 2000. Predation by red foxes limits recruitment in populations of eastern grey kangaroos. Austral Ecology 25:283-291.
  • Banks, P.B. and Dickman, C.R. 2000. Effects of winter food supplementation on reproduction, body mass, and numbers of small mammals in montane Australia. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 78:1775-1783.
  • Banks, P.B. 2000. Population viability analysis for the long-nosed bandicoot population at North Head, NSW: modelling the effects of increased traffic flow on adult mortality. A report to NSW NPWS Central Directorate.
  • Banks, P.B. 2000. Can foxes regulate rabbit populations? Journal of Wildlife Management 64:401-406.
  • Banks, P.B., Hume, I.D., and Crowe, O. 1999. Behavioural, morphological and dietary response of rabbits to predation risk from foxes. Oikos 85:247-256.
  • Banks, P.B. 1999. Predation by introduced foxes on native bush rats in Australia: do foxes take the doomed surplus? Journal of Applied Ecology 36:1063-1071.
  • Mahon, P.S., Banks, P.B., and Dickman, C.R. 1998. Population indices for wild carnivores: a critical study in sand-dune habitat, south-western Queensland. Wildlife Research 25:11-22.
  • Banks, P.B., Dickman, C.R., and Newsome, A.E. 1998. Ecological costs of feral predator control: Foxes and rabbits. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:766-772.
  • Banks, P.B. 1998. Responses of Australian bush rats, Rattus fuscipes, to the odor of introduced Vulpes vulpes. Journal of Mammalogy 79:1260-1264.
  • Newsome, A.E., Pech, R.P., Banks, P.B., Dickman, C.R., and Smythe, R. 1997. Potential Impacts of Releasing Rabbit Calicivirus Disease on Australian Native Fauna. Australian Government Publishers, Canberra, Australia.
sandy road
CP collectiing sand
CP setting up camera
Planning