Google Scholar Profile
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Books
1. Newsome TM, Newsome AE (2016) The red kangaroo in Central Australia: an early account by AE Newsome (CSIRO Publishing) (Whitley Award Winner – Royal Zoological Society of NSW).
Book Chapters
3. Newsome, T.M., Cairncross, R.J., Barton, P.S. 2025. Ecology of vertebrate and invertebrate scavengers of Australian carrion in terrestrial environments (book chapter in Carrion Ecology, Evolution, and Their Applications).
2. Beasley, J.C., Olson, Z.H., Newsome, T.M., Patterson, J.R., DeVault T.L. 2025. Ecological role of vertebrate scavengers (book chapter in Carrion Ecology, Evolution, and Their Applications).
1. Dickman, C.R., Greenville A., Newsome, T.M. 2019. Carnivore conservation: the importance of carnivores to the ecosystem, and the value of reintroductions (book chapter in Saving the Tasmanian Devil).
Journal Articles
(** = first or senior author. Where applicable the following is noted: high online attention based AltMetric scores in the top 5%, journals with Impact Factors (IF) >4, papers with >100 citations, and journal accolades. Papers with >10 authors denoted with et al.)
2025 / In Press
135. **McCarthy, E.D., Grueber, C.E., Newsome, T.M. 2025. Invasive deer demonstrate species‐specific niche habitat selection in the Australian Alps. Ecological Management & Restoration 26 (3), e70017.
134. Hampton, J.O., Newsome, T.M., Dickman, A., Sandøe, P. 2025. Preserving predation. BioScience biaf121.
133. Torres-Romero, E.J., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.). 2025. Global scale assessment of the human-induced extinction crisis of terrestrial carnivores. Science Advances 11, eadq2853.
132. Finnerty, P.B., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2025. Urban rewilding to combat global biodiversity decline. BioScience biaf062.
131. **Wauchope, M., Finnerty, P.B., Pierson, J.C., Banks, P.B., Carthey, J.R., Newsome, T.M., 2025. Who’s been lost from the landscape? Identifying missing terrestrial fauna to inform urban rewilding. Pacific Conservation Biology 31, PC24096.
130. Cunningham, C.X., Windell, R., Satterfield, L.C., Wirsing, A.J., Newsome, T.M., Ganz, T.R., Prugh, L.R., 2025. Navigating the risks and rewards of scavenging in multipredator, human‐impacted landscapes. Ecology 106, e70090.
129. Gibson, R.K., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2025. Remotely sensed fire heterogeneity and biomass recovery predicts empirical biodiversity responses. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(4), e 70040.
128. **Boer-Cueva, M., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2025. Life in the big smoke: terrestrial vertebrate assemblages and their drivers along an urbanisation gradient in Sydney, Australia. Wildlife Research 52(2).
127. Geyle, H., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2025. Declines in greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) geographic range and realised niche are best explained by the invasive red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Biological Conservation 302, 110872.
126. Bruce, T., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2025. Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis. Biological Reviews 100 (2) 530-555. (IF: 14).
125. Benson., J.F., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2025. Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups. Ecology 106 (1), e4492. (IF: 4.7)
2024
124. Driscoll, D.A., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2024. Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. Nature (IF: 50.5).
123. Ripple, W.J., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2024. The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth. BioScience biae087. (IF: 10.1) (Altmetric top 5%; 6787).
122. **Newsome, T.M., Spencer, E.E., Cairncross, R., Fust, C., Vandersteen, J., P Barton. 2024. A call to further understand the role of carrion in food webs: a case study of the Australian Alps. Australian Zoologist 43 (4), 574-587.
121. **Finnerty, P et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2024. Brushing up on carcass consumption: Investigating spatiotemporal scavenging dynamics of brushtail possums in Australian ecosystems. Austral Ecology 49 (10), e13598.
120. **Spencer, E.E., Dickman, C.R., Greenville, A., Barton, P., Ritchie, E.G., Newsome, T.M., 2024. Vertebrate scavenging in Australia is shaped by a complex interplay of bioregional, seasonal and habitat factors. Journal of Zoology 324 (2), 128-140.
119. Ripple W.J., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2024. Trophic cascades and climate change. Food Webs, e00362.
118. Legge, S., et al (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2024. The Arid Zone Monitoring Project: combining Indigenous ecological expertise with scientific data analysis to assess the potential of using sign-based surveys to monitor vertebrates in the Australian deserts. Wildlife Research 51, WR24070.
117. **Brewster, R., Jameson, T., Roncolato, F., Crowther, M.S., Finnerty, P.B., Newsome, T.M., 2024. Islands in the sky–could complex topography help us rewild beyond the fence? Pacific Conservation Biology 30, (5).
116. **Cairncross, R.J., Spencer, E.E., Meisuria, N., Crowther, M.S., Newsome, T.M., 2024. Carrion use by a reptile is influenced by season, habitat and competition with an apex mammalian scavenger. Ecology and Evolution 14 (8), e70211.
115. **Meisuria, N., Spencer, E.E., Cairncross, R.J., Crowther, M.S., Newsome, T.M., 2024. Scavenging and social interaction of an apex avian scavenger is governed by bioregional and seasonal variation. Oikos e10826.
114. **Barton, P.S., Schultz, N., Butterworth, N.J., Ulyshen, M.D., Mateo-Tomas, P., Newsome, T.M., 2024. Disentangling ecosystem necromass dynamics for biodiversity conservation. Ecosystems 27, 544-558.
113. **Krige, Z., Spencer, E.E., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Newsome T.M., 2024. Flooding, season and habitat interact to drive changes in vertebrate scavenging and carcass persistence rates. Oecologia 204, 861-874.
112. Fletcher, C., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2024. Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future. PNAS Nexus 3, 1-20.
111. Cope, H.R., McArthur, C., Gray, R., Newsome, T.M. Dickman,C.R., Siriram, A., Haering, R., Herbert, C.A., 2024. Trends in rescue and rehabilitation of marsupials surviving the Australian 2019–2020 bushfires. Animals 14, 1019.
110. **Newsome, TM., Cairncross, R., Cunningham, C.X., Spencer, E.E., Barton, P.S., Ripple, W.J., Wirsing, A.J., 2024. Scavenging with invasive species. Biological Reviews 99(2) 562-581. (IF: 14).
2023
109. Ripple, W. J., Wolf, C., Gregg, J.W., Rockström, J., Newsome, T.M., Law, B.E., Marques, L., Lenton, T.M., Xu, C., Huq, S., Simons, L., King, D.A., 2023. The 2023 state of the climate report: entering uncharted territory. BioScience 732, 841-850. (IF: 10.1) (Altmetric top 5%; >10,000)
108. **McCarthy, E.D., Hampton, J.O., Hunt, R., Williams, S., Eccles, G., Newsome T.M. 2023. Evaluating aerial net gunning and chemical immobilisation for capture of invasive sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) in alpine Australia. Wildlife Research 51.
107. Stone, R.L., Bonat, S., Newsome, T.M., Barton P.S. 2023. Responses of necrophilous beetles to animal mass mortality in the Australian Alps. Journal of Insect Conservation 24, 865-877.
106. Donfranesco, V., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.), 2023. Understanding conflict among experts working on controversial species: A case study on the Australian dingo. Conservation Science and Practice 5 (3), e12900.
105. **Bragato, P.J., Spencer, E.E., Dickman, C.R., Crowther, M.S., Tulloch, A., Newsome T.M., 2023. Habitat but not group size or recent predator activity affect corvid collective vigilance at carcasses. Austral Ecology 48, 999-1014.
104. **Vandersteen, J., Fust, C., Crowther, M.S., Smith, M., Viola, B., Barton, P., Newsome, T.M. 2023. Carcass use by mesoscavengers drives seasonal shifts in Australian alpine scavenging dynamics. Wildlife Research 50, 1031-1045. (Altmetric top 5%).
103. **Barton, P.S., Reboldi, A., Bonat, S., Mateo-Tomás, P., Newsome T.M., 2023. Climate-driven animal mass mortality events: is there a role for scavengers? Environmental Conservation 50, 1-6.
2022
102. Ripple, W.J., (including Newsome, T.M.), 2022. World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022. BioScience https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac083. (IF: 10.1) (Altmetric top 5% – 2113) (Featured by USyd).
101. Fleming P.A., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2022. Distinctive diets of eutherian predators in Australia. Royal Society Open Science 9 (10), 220792.
100. Woinarski et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2022. Compounding and complementary carnivores: Australian bird species eaten by the introduced European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis catus. Bird Conservation International 32 (3), 506-522. (Altmetric top 5%).
99. **Cairncross, R.J., Barton, P.S., Bonat, S., Crowther M.S., Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., 2022. The predatory impacts of invasive European wasps on flies are facilitated by carcasses with open wounds. Food Webs 31, e00227.
98. Wright, AL., Ansons, J.R., Leo, V., Wright B.R., Newsome, T.M., Grueber, C.E., 2022. Urban restoration of common species: population genetics of reintroduced native bush rats Rattus fuscipes in Sydney, Australia. Animal Conservation doi:10.1111/acv.12787.
97. **Bragato, P.J., Spencer, E.E., Dickman, C.R., Crowther, M.S., Tulloch, A., Newsome T.M., 2022. Effects of habitat, season and flood on corvid scavenging dynamics in Central Australia. Austral Ecology 47, 939–953.
96. Stobo-Wilson et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2022. Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators. Diversity and Distributions 28 (5), 976-991. (IF:4).
95. Spencer E.E., Dickman, C.R., Wardle, G.M., Newsome T.M., Greenville A.A., 2022. One year on: rapid assessment of fauna and red fox diet after the 2019–20 mega-fires in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Australian Zoologist 42 (2), 304-325.
94. Cope, H.R., McArthur, C., Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., Gray, R., Herbert, C.A., 2022. A systematic review of factors affecting wildlife survival during rehabilitation and release. PloS one 17 (3), e0265514.
93. **Ripple, W.J., Moomaw, W.R., Wolf, C., Betts, M.G., Law B.E., Gregg, J., Newsome T.M., 2022. Six steps to integrate climate mitigation with adaptation for social justice. Environmental Science & Policy 128, 41-44. (IF: 6.5).
92. **Castañeda, I., Doherty, T.S., Fleming, P.A., Stobo‐Wilson, A.M., Woinarski, J.CZ., Newsome, T.M., 2022. Variation in red fox Vulpes vulpes diet in five continents. Mammal Review 52, 328-342. (IF:4.9).
91. **Parsons, M., Newsome, T.M. Young, J. 2022. The consequences of predators without prey. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20(1), 31-39. (IF: 11).
90. **Newsome, T.M. and Spencer E. E. 2022. Megafires attract avian scavenging but carcasses still persist. Diversity and Distributions 28(3) 515-528. (IF:4)
2021
89. **Newsome, T.M., Dickman, C.R., Lunney D., 2021. The dingo dilemma: Cull, contain or conserve-editors’ prologue. Australian Zoologist 41 (3), 291-295.
88. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Barnard, P., Moomaw. W., 2021. The climate emergency: 2020 in review. Scientific American 6.
87. Stobo-Wilson et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2021. Sharing meals: Predation on Australian mammals by the introduced European red fox compounds and complements predation by feral cats. Biological Conservation 261, 109284.
86. Sebastian-Gonzalez E., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2021. Functional traits driving species role in the structure of terrestrial vertebrate scavenger networks. Ecology 102 (12), e03519. (IF: 5.175).
85. **Newsome, T.M., (2021) Looking to the future: what next for the dingo? Australian Zoologist 41(3), 643-653.
84. **Ripple et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2021. World scientists’ warning of a climate emergency 2021. BioScience 71(9), 894-898. (IF: 8.5) (Altmetric top 5% – 4815) (Featured by USyd).
83. Gallagher et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2021. A guide to using species trait data in conservation. One Earth 4, 927-936. (IF: 6.5).
82. Stobo-Wilson et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2021. Reptiles as food: predation of Australian reptiles by introduced red foxes compounds and complements predation by cats. Wildlife Research 48(5), 470-480.
81. **Spencer, E.E., Dickman, C.R., Greenville, A.C., Crowther, M.C., Newsome, T.M., 2021. Carcasses attract invasive species and increase artificial nest predation in a desert environment. Global Ecology and Conservation 27, e01588.
80. Fleming, P.A., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2021. Diet of the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes in Australia: analysis of temporal and spatial patterns. Mammal Review 51(4), 508-527. (IF:4.9)
79. **Newsome, T.M., Barton, N., Buck, J., DeBruyn, J., Spencer, E.E., Ripple, W.J., Barton, P., 2021. Monitoring the dead as an ecosystem indicator. Ecology and Evolution 11(11), 5844-5856.
78. **van Eeden, L.M., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., 2021. Wicked “wild dogs”: Australian public awareness of and attitudes towards dingoes and dingo management. Australian Zoologist 41(3), 467-479.
77. Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., van Eeden, L.M., 2021. The dingo dilemma: a brief history of the debate. Australian Zoologist 41(3), 298-321.
76. **Wirsing, A., Newsome, T.M., 2021. Scavenging effects of large canids. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61, 117–131.
75. **Greenville, A.C., Newsome, T.M., Wardle, G.M., Dickman, C.R., Ripple, W.J., Murray, B.R., 2021. Simultaneously operating threats cannot predict extinction risk. Conservation Letters 14 (1), e12758. (IF: 7.1).
74. Gil-Fernández, M., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2021 The canid pest ejector challenge: controlling urban foxes while keeping domestic dogs safe. Wildlife Research 48(4), 314-322.
73. **Spencer, E.E., Newsome T.M., 2021. Dingoes dining with death. Australian Zoologist 41 (3), 433-451.
72. Gaynor, K.M., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.)., 2021. An applied ecology of fear framework: linking theory to conservation practice. Animal Conservation 24, 308-321.
71. **van Eeden, L.M., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., 2021. A Theory of change for promoting coexistence between dingoes and livestock production. Conservation Science and Practice 3, e304.
70. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Barnard, P., Moomaw, WR., Maas, B., 2021. The climate emergency, forests, and transformative change. BioScience 70 (6), 446-447 (IF: 8.5).
2020
69. Gil-Fernández, M., Harcourt, R., Newsome, T.M., Towerton, A., Carthey, A., 2020. Adaptations of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) to urban environments in Sydney, Australia. Journal of Urban Ecology 6, juaa009.
68. Campbell, S., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.) 2020. Red fox viromes in urban and rural landscapes. Virus Evolution 2, veaa065. (IF: 5.59).
67. Sebastian-Gonzalez E., et al. (including Newsome, T.M.) 2020 Network structure of vertebrate scavenger assemblages at the global scale: drivers and ecosystem functioning implications. Ecography 43, 1143-1155. (IF: 6.45).
66. Spencer, E.E., Barton, P.S., Ripple, W.J., Newsome, T.M., 2020. Invasive European wasps alter scavenging dynamics around carrion. Food Webs, e00144. (Featured by USyd)
65. **van Eeden, L.M., Slage, K., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., 2020. Linking social identity, risk perception, and behavioral psychology to understand predator management by livestock producers. Restoration Ecology 28, 902-910.
64. Janeiro-Otero, A., Newsome, T.M., Van Eeden, L.M., Ripple, W.J., Dormann, C.F., 2020. Grey wolf (Canis lupus) predation on livestock in relation to prey availability. Biological Conservation 243, 108433 (IF: 4.6).
63. van Eeden, L.M., Newsome, T.M., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Bruskotter. J., 2020. Diverse public perceptions of species’ status and management align with conflicting conservation frameworks. Biological Conservation 242, 108416 (IF: 4.6).
62. van Eeden, L.M., Slagle, K., Newsome, T.M., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Bruskotter, J.T., 2020. Exploring nationality and social identity to explain attitudes toward conservation actions in the United States and Australia. Conservation Biology 34, 1165-1175. (IF: 4.2).
61. Barton, B.T., Hill, J.G., Wolff C.L., Newsome, T.M., Ripple, W.J., Lashley M.A., 2020. Grasshopper consumption by grey wolves and implications for ecosystems. Ecology 10(2) e02892 (IF: 5.17).
60. **Newsome, T.M., Wolf, C.H., Nimmo, D.G., Kopf, R.K. Ritchie, E.G., Smith, F.A., Ripple, W.J., 2020. Constraints on vertebrate range size predict extinction risk. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29, 76-86. (IF: 8).
59. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Barnard, P., Moomaw, W.R., 2020. World scientists’ warning of a climate emergency. BioScience 70, 8-12. (IF: 5.4). (1192 citations) (AltMetric top 5% – 11,624).
2019
58. **Newsome, T.M., Howden, C., Wirsing, A., 2019. Restriction of anthropogenic foods alters a top predator’s diet and intra-specific interactions. Journal of Mammalogy 100, 1522-1532.
57. **van Eeden, L.M., Smith, B.P., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., 2019. ‘The dingo menace’: an historic survey on graziers’ management of an Australian carnivore. Pacific Conservation Biology 25, 245-256.
56. **van Eeden, L., Dickman, C., Crowther, M., Newsome, T., 2019. A snapshot of changes in graziers’ management and attitudes towards dingoes over 60 years. Pacific Conservation Biology 25, 413-420.
55. Sweeney, O.F., Turnbull, J., Jones, M., Letnic, M., Newsome, T.M., Sharp, A., 2019. An Australian perspective on rewilding. Conservation Biology 33, 812-256. (IF: 4.2).
54. van Eeden, L.M., Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., Crowther, M.S., 2019. What should we do with wild dogs? Taxonomic tangles and the management of dingo-dog hybridisation. Australian Zoologist 40, 92-101.
53. **Greenville, A.C., Wardle, G., Ritchie, E.G., Newsome T.M., 2019. Demise of the dingo. Austral Ecology (Hot Topic) 44, 555-560.
52. Nimmo, D.G., Avitabile, S., Banks, S.C., Bliege Bird, R., Callister, K., Clarke, M.F., Dickman, C.R., Doherty, T.S., Driscoll, D.A., Greenville, A.C., Newsome, T.M. et al., 2019. Animal movements in fire‐prone landscapes. Biological Reviews 94, 981–998. (IF: 10.2).
51. van Eeden, L.M., Newsome, T.M., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Bruskotter, J., 2019. Social identity shapes support for management of wildlife and pests. Biological Conservation 231, 167–173. (IF:4.6).
50. Smith, B.P., Cairns, K.M., Adams, J.W., Newsome, T.M., Fillios, M., Deaux, E.C., Parr, W.C., Letnic, M., Van Eeden, L.M., Appleby, R.G., 2019. Taxonomic status of the Australian dingo: the case for Canis dingo Meyer, 1793. Zootaxa 4564, 173–197.
49. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Betts, M.G., Ceballos, G., Courchamp, F., Hayward, M.W., Van Valkenburgh, B., Wallach, A.D., Worm, B., 2019. Are we eating the world’s megafauna to extinction? Conservation Letters e12627. (IF: 7.1) (144 citations) (AltMetric Top 5%).
48. Gabriele-Rivet, V., Arsenault, J., Wilhelm, B., Brookes, V.J., Newsome, T.M, Ward, M.P., 2019. A scoping review of dingo and wild-living dog ecology and biology in Australia to inform parameterisation for disease spread modelling. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6, 47.
47. **Doherty, T.S., Davis, N.E., Dickman, C.R., Forsyth, D.M., Letnic, M., Nimmo, D.G., Palmer, R., Ritchie, E.G., Benshemesh, J., Edwards, G., Newsome T.M. 2019. Continental patterns in the diet of a top predator: Australia’s dingo. Mammal Review 49, 31–44. (IF:4.2).
2018
46. Wolf, C., Betts, M.G., Levi, T., Newsome, T.M., Ripple, W.J., 2018. Large species within carnivora are large carnivores. Royal Society Open Science 5, 181228.
45. van Eeden, L.M., Eklund, A., Miller, J.R., López-Bao, J.V., Chapron, G., Cejtin, M.R., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Frank, J., Krofel, M., Newsome, T.M. et al. 2018. Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection. PLoS Biology 16, e2005577. (205 citations) (IF:8.4).
44. **Van Eeden, L.M., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Macdonald, D.W., Ripple, W.J., Ritchie, E.G., Newsome, T.M., 2018. Managing conflict between large carnivores and livestock. Conservation Biology 32, 26–34. (IF: 4.2) (263 citations) (AltMetric top 5%).
43. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Hoffmann, M., Wirsing, A.J., McCauley, D.J., 2018. Reply to Pincheira-Donoso and Hodgson: Both the largest and smallest vertebrates have elevated extinction risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, E5847–E5848. (IF:9.5).
42. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Galetti, M., Newsome, T.M., Green, T.L., Alamgir, M., Crist, E., Mahmoud, M.I., Laurance, W.F., 2018. The role of scientists’ warning in shifting policy from growth to conservation economy. BioScience 68, 239–240. (IF:5.4) (AltMetric top 5%).
41. **Ripple, W.J., Meijaard, E., Newsome, T., 2018. Saving the World with Satire: A Response to Chapron et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 33, 483–484. (IF:15.9).
40. **Newsome, T.M, 2018. The Coevolution of Wolves and Humans. BioScience 68, 305– 306 (IF:8.5).
39. Driscoll, D.A., Bland, L.M., Bryan, B.A., Newsome, T.M., Nicholson, E., Ritchie, E.G., Doherty, T.S., 2018. A biodiversity-crisis hierarchy to evaluate and refine conservation indicators. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, 775–781. (IF: 12) (AltMetric top 5%).
38. dos Santos, C.L., Le Pendu, Y., Giné, G.A., Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., Cassano, C.R., 2018. Human behaviors determine the direct and indirect impacts of free-ranging dogs on wildlife. Journal of Mammalogy 99, 1261–1269.
2017
37. **van Eeden, L.M., Dickman, C.R., Ritchie, E.G., Newsome, T.M., 2017. Shifting public values and what they mean for increasing democracy in wildlife management decisions. Biodiversity and Conservation 26, 2759–2763.
36. Spencer, E.E., Newsome, T.M., Dickman, C.R., 2017. Prey selection and dietary flexibility of three species of mammalian predator during an irruption of non-cyclic prey. Royal Society Open Science 4, 170317.
35. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Galetti, M., Alamgir, M., Crist, E., Mahmoud, M.I., Laurance, W.F., and 15, 364 scientist signatories from 184 countries, 2017. World scientists’ warning to humanity: a second notice. BioScience 67, 1026–1028. (IF:8.5) (AltMetric top 5%, 8,201, highest score for 2017/2018) (1429 Citations) (Featured in NY Times).
34. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Hoffmann, M., Wirsing, A.J., McCauley, D.J., 2017. Reply to Kalinkat et al.: Smallest terrestrial vertebrates are highly imperiled. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, E10265–E10265. (IF:10.4).
33. Ripple, W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome, T.M., Hoffmann, M., Wirsing, A.J., McCauley, D.J., 2017. Extinction risk is most acute for the world’s largest and smallest vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 10678–10683. (IF:10.4) (252 citations) (AltMetric top 5%, 555) (Featured in BBC and ABC 24).
32. Ripple, W.J., Chapron, G., López-Bao, J.V., Durant, S.M., Macdonald, D.W., Lindsey, P.A., Bennett, E.L., Beschta, R.L., Bruskotter, J.T., Campos-Arceiz, A., Newsome, T.M. et al. 2017. Conserving the world’s megafauna and biodiversity: The fierce urgency of now. BioScience 67, 197–200. (IF:8) (AltMetric top 5%).
31. **Newsome, T.M, Van Eeden, L., 2017. Food waste is still an underappreciated threat to wildlife. Animal Conservation 20, 405–406. (Featured in BBC).
30. **Newsome, T.M, Spencer, E., Dickman, C., 2017. Short-term tracking of three red foxes in the Simpson Desert reveals large home-range sizes. Australian Mammalogy 39, 238–242.
29. **Newsome, T.M, van Eeden, L., 2017. The effects of food waste on wildlife and humans. Sustainability 9, 1269. (Featured in Mongabay).
28. **Newsome, T.M., Greenville, A.C., Letnic, M., Ritchie, E.G., Dickman, C.R., 2017. The case for a dingo reintroduction in Australia remains strong: a reply to Morgan et al., 2016. Food Webs 10, 39–41.
27. **Newsome, T.M., Greenville, A.C., Ćirović, D., Dickman, C.R., Johnson, C.N., Krofel, M., Letnic, M., Ripple, W.J., Ritchie, E.G., Stoyanov, S., 2017. Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions. Nature Communications 8, 15469. (IF:12) (125 citations) (AltMetric = 281).
26. **Newsome, T.M., Fleming, P.J., Dickman, C.R., Doherty, T.S., Ripple, W.J., Ritchie, E.G., Wirsing, A.J., 2017. Making a new dog? BioScience 67, 374–381. (IF:5.4) (AltMetric = 171) (Selected as Editor’s Choice for the issue) (Featured in Science and QuantaMagazine).
25. Molsher, R., Newsome, A.E., Newsome, T.M., Dickman, C.R., 2017. Mesopredator management: effects of red fox control on the abundance, diet and use of space by feral cats. PLoS One 12, e0168460.
24. Legge, S., Murphy, B., McGregor, H., Woinarski, J., Augusteyn, J., Ballard, G., Baseler, M., Buckmaster, T., Dickman, C., Doherty, T., Newsome, T.M. et al. 2017. Enumerating a continental-scale threat: how many feral cats are in Australia? Biological Conservation 206, 293–303. (IF:4.6) (210 citations) (Featured in TIME).
23. Lindenmayer D, Newsome TM et al. (2017) Save Australia’s ecological research. Science 357, 557. (IF:34) (Featured in Nature).
22. **Krofel, M., Giannatos, G., Ćirovič, D., Stoyanov, S., Newsome, T.M., 2017. Golden jackal expansion in Europe: a case of mesopredator release triggered by continent-wide wolf persecution? Hystrix: Italian journal of Mammalogy 28, 9–15.
21. Doherty, T.S., Dickman, C.R., Glen, A.S., Newsome, T.M., Nimmo, D.G., Ritchie, E.G., Vanak, A.T., Wirsing, A.J., 2017. The global impacts of domestic dogs on threatened vertebrates. Biological Conservation 210, 56–59. ( 231 citations) (IF:4.6).
2016
20. Ripple, W.J., Newsome, T.M., Kerley, G.I., 2016. Does trophy hunting support biodiversity? A response to Di Minin et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 31, 495–496.
19. Ripple, W.J., Chapron, G., López-Bao, J.V., Durant, S.M., Macdonald, D.W., Lindsey, P.A., Bennett, E.L., Beschta, R.L., Bruskotter, J.T., Campos-Arceiz, A., Newsome, T.M. et al. 2016. Saving the world’s terrestrial megafauna. BioScience 66, 807–812. (IF:8.5) (216 citations) (AltMetric top 5%, 1199).
18. Ripple, W.J., Abernethy, K., Betts, M.G., Chapron, G., Dirzo, R., Galetti, M., Levi, T., Lindsey, P.A., Macdonald, D.W., Machovina, B., Newsome, T.M. et al. 2016. Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world’s mammals. Royal Society Open Science 3, 160498. (AltMetric top 5%, 562) (471 Citations) (Featured in Science).
17. **Newsome, T.M., Boitani, L., Chapron, G., Ciucci, P., Dickman, C.R., Dellinger, J.A., López‐Bao, J.V., Peterson, R.O., Shores, C.R., Wirsing, A.J., 2016. Food habits of the world’s grey wolves. Mammal Review 46, 255–269. ( 171 citations) (IF:4.2).
2015
16. Ripple, W.J., Newsome, T.M., Wolf, C., Dirzo, R., Everatt, K.T., Galetti, M., Hayward, M.W., Kerley, G.I., Levi, T., Lindsey, P.A., 2015. Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores. Science Advances 1, e1400103. (IF:12.8) (AltMetric top 5%) (876 Citations) (Featured in TIME).
15. **Newsome, T., Ripple, W., 2015. Carnivore coexistence: trophic cascades. Science 347, 383–383. (IF:34).
14. **Newsome, T.M., Ripple, W.J., 2015. A continental scale trophic cascade from wolves through coyotes to foxes. Journal of Animal Ecology 84, 49–59. (IF:4.5) (164 citations) (AltMetric top 5%).
13. **Newsome, T.M., Dellinger, J.A., Pavey, C.R., Ripple, W.J., Shores, C.R., Wirsing, A.J., Dickman, C.R., 2015. The ecological effects of providing resource subsidies to predators. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24, 1–11. (IF:8) (346 Citations) (AltMetric top 5%) .
12. **Newsome, T.M., Bruskotter, J.T., Ripple, W.J., 2015. When shooting a coyote kills a wolf: Mistaken identity or misguided management? Biodiversity and Conservation 24, 3145–3149.
11. **Newsome, T.M., Ballard, G., Crowther, M.S., Dellinger, J.A., Fleming, P.J., Glen, A.S., Greenville, A.C., Johnson, C.N., Letnic, M., Moseby, K.E., 2015. Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology 23, 201–208. (AltMetric top 5%) (Featured in The Guardian).
10. **Dickman, C.R., Newsome, T.M., 2015. Individual hunting behaviour and prey specialisation in the house cat Felis catus: implications for conservation and management. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 173, 76–87. (111 citations).
2014
9. **Newsome, T.M., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., 2014. Rapid recolonisation by the European red fox: how effective are uncoordinated and isolated control programs? European Journal of Wildlife Research 60, 749–757.
8. **Newsome, T.M., Ballard, G.-A., Fleming, P.J., van de Ven, R., Story, G.L., Dickman, C.R., 2014. Human-resource subsidies alter the dietary preferences of a mammalian top predator. Oecologia 175, 139–150.
7. **Newsome, T.M., Ballard, G.-A., Crowther, M.S., Fleming, P.J., Dickman, C.R., 2014. Dietary niche overlap of free-roaming dingoes and domestic dogs: the role of human-provided food. Journal of Mammalogy 95, 392–403.
6. **Newsome, T.M., 2014. Makings of Icons: Alan Newsome, the Red Kangaroo and the Dingo. Historical Records of Australian Science 25, 153–171.
5. Johnson, C.N., Crowther, M.S., Dickman, C.R., Letnic, M.I., Newsome, T.M., Nimmo, D.G., Ritchie, E.G., Wallach, A.D., 2014. Experiments in no-impact control of dingoes: comment on Allen et al. 2013. Frontiers in Zoology 11, 17.
2013
4. **Newsome, T.M., Stephens, D., Ballard, G.-A., Dickman, C.R., Fleming, P.J., 2013. Genetic profile of dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) and free-roaming domestic dogs ( l. familiaris) in the Tanami Desert, Australia. Wildlife Research 40, 196–206.
3. **Newsome, T.M., Ballard, G., Dickman, C.R., Fleming, P.J., van de Ven, R., 2013. Home range, activity and sociality of a top predator, the dingo: a test of the Resource Dispersion Hypothesis. Ecography 36, 914–925. (IF:4).
2. **Newsome, T.M., Ballard, G.-A., Dickman, C.R., Fleming, P.J., Howden, C., 2013. Anthropogenic resource subsidies determine space use by Australian arid zone dingoes: an improved resource selection modelling approach. PLoS One 8, e63931.
1. Matthews, A., Ruykys, L., Ellis, B., FitzGibbon, S., Lunney, D., Crowther, M.S., Glen, A.S., Purcell, B., Moseby, K., Stott, J., Newsome, T.M. et al. 2013. The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia. Australian Mammalogy 35, 65–83.
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Published Dataset (first author papers only)
3. Newsome TM et al. (2017) Data from: Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions (Dryad Digital Repository)
2. Newsome TM, Ripple WJ (2014) Data from: A continental scale trophic cascade from wolves through coyotes to foxes (Dryad Digital Repository).
1. Newsome TM, Greenville AC, Ćirović D, Dickman CR, Johnson CN, Krofel M, Letnic M, Ripple WJ, Ritchie EG, Stoyanov S, Wirsing AJ (2017) Data from: Top predators constrain mesopredator distributions (Dryad Digital Repository)
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Conference Abstracts
25. Newsome TM (2018) Fear in a world dominated by introduced predators. The Wildlife Society Conference, Cleveland, USA
24. Newsome TM (2018) Humans and their role in shaping the ecological functions of wolves. International Wolf Symposium, Minneapolis, USA
23. Newsome TM (2018) Dingoes respond in unpredictable ways to a reduction in anthropogenic foods. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane, Queensland
22. Newsome TM and Spencer EE (2018) Webs of death in the Anthropocene. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Hobart, Tasmania
21. Newsome TM (2018) Humans and their role in shaping the ecological functions of predators. Australian Mammal Society Conference, Brisbane, Queensland
20. Newsome TM (2017) Prey switching by dingoes in relation to a reduction in anthropogenic foods. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Blue Mountains, NSW
19. Newsome TM (2017) Using body size and range size to predict vertebrate extinction risk. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Hunter Valley, NSW
18. Newsome TM (2016) Top predators can constrain mesopredator distributions. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Auckland, NZ
17. Newsome TM (2016) The predator edge hypothesis. Australian Mammal Society Conference, Alice Springs, NT
16. Newsome TM (2015) What can we learn from 90,000 wolf scats. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Perth, WA
15. Newsome TM (2015) What did the wolf eat? Understanding the diet of a globally distributed predator. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Adelaide, SA
14. Newsome TM (2014) Hybridization and its influence on the great dingo debate. IBRI Wolf Conference, Grosseto, Italy (attended as a guest of the European Union)
13. Newsome TM and Ripple WJ (2014) Reconciling our differences with the dingo through the eyes of the wolf. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Alice Springs, NT
12. Newsome TM and Ripple WJ (2014) Facilitating a trophic cascade from wolves through coyotes to foxes: how much wilderness is enough? Ecological Society of America Conference, Sacramento, CA
11. Newsome TM and Ripple WJ (2014) A wolf driven trophic cascade among carnivores across North America. Australian Mammal Society Conference, Melbourne, VIC
10. Newsome TM and Ripple WJ (2014) A continental scale trophic cascade from wolves through coyotes to foxes. Gordon Research Conference; Predator-Prey Interactions, Ventura, California, USA
9. Newsome TM and Ripple WJ (2013) Reintroducing wolves: a chance for dingoes too? International Wolf Symposium – Wolves and Humans at the Crossroads, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
8. Newsome TM, Fleming PJS, and Dickman CR (2013) Humans and their role as trophic regulators: a case study of the dingo in Australia. International Mammalogical Congress, Belfast, Ireland
7. Newsome TM, Ballard G, Crowther M, Fleming PJS, and Dickman CR (2013) Dietary overlap of free-roaming domestic dogs and dingoes: humans and their role as trophic regulators. Australian Mammal Society Conference, Sydney, NSW
6. Newsome TM, Ballard G, Fleming PJS, and Dickman CR (2011) When resources boom: learning from the story of dingoes in the Tanami Desert, Australia. Australian Mammal Society and American Society of Mammalogists, Portland, USA
5. Newsome TM, Ballard G, Fleming PJS, and Dickman CR (2010) When resources boom: learning from the story of dingoes in the Tanami Desert, Australia. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Canberra, ACT
4. Newsome TM, Ballard G, Fleming PJS, and Dickman CR (2009) Diet of the dingo in the Tanami Desert. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Napier, NZ
3. Newsome TM, Ballard G, Fleming PJS, and Dickman CR (2008) Managing dingoes in the Tanami Desert. Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Fremantle, WA
2. Newsome TM, Ballard G, Fleming PJS, and Dickman CR (2008) Activity of wild dogs, co-occurring carnivores and key prey species before and after annual strategic control in Northern NSW. Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference, Darwin, NT
1. Newsome TM, Ballard G, Fleming PJS, and Dickman CR (2007) Activity of wild dogs, co-occurring carnivores and key prey species before and after annual strategic control in Northern NSW. Fenner Conference on the Environment, incorporating the Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference, Canberra, ACT
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