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Publications

Roger, E., Laffan, S.W., Ramp, D. (In Press). Roadway fatalities can deplete patch networks of common species over time. Population Ecology. Accepted pending revision August 2009.

Zhang, K., Laffan, S.W., Ramp, D., Webster, E. (In Press). Incorporating a distance cost in systematic reserve design. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. Accepted pending revision August 2009.

Taçon, P.S.C., Chapple, R.S., Merson, J., Ramp, D., Brennan, W., King, G., Tasire, A. (In Press). Aboriginal rock art depictions of fauna: What can they tell us about the natural history of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area? Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Ramp, D. (In Press). Roads as drivers of change for macropodids. In 'Macropods: the Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies & Rat-kangaroos'. Coulson, G. & Eldridge, M. (eds.) CSIRO Publishing, Australia. (Accepted May 2009).

Lee, E., Ramp, D., Croft, D.B. (In Press). Flight response as a causative factor in kangaroo-vehicle collisions. In 'Macropods: the Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies & Rat-kangaroos'. Coulson, G. & Eldridge, M. (eds.) CSIRO Publishing, Australia. (Accepted May 2009).

Roger, E., Ramp, D. (2009). Incorporating habitat use in models of fauna fatalities on roads. Diversity and Distributions 15: 222-231. [PDF]

Ramp, D., Roger, E. (2008). Frequency of animal-vehicle collisions in NSW. In 'Too Close for Comfort: contentious issues in human-wildlife encounters'. Pages 118-126. Lunney, D., Munn, A. & Meikle, W. (eds.) Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW, Australia. [PDF]

Roger, E., Laffan, S.W., Ramp, D. (2007). Habitat selection by the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) in disturbed environments: implications for conservation of a common species. Biological Conservation 137: 437-449. [PDF]

Ramp, D., Ben-Ami, D. (2006). The effect of road-based fatalities on the viability of a peri-urban swamp wallaby population. Journal of Wildlife Management 70: 1615-1624. [PDF]

Rose, T., Munn, A., Ramp, D., Banks, P. (2006). Foot-thumping as an alarm signal in macropodoid marsupials: prevalence and hypotheses of function. Mammal Review 36: 281-298.

Ramp, D., Croft, D.B. (2006). Do wildlife warning reflectors elicit aversion in captive macropods? Wildlife Research 33: 583-590. [PDF]

Ben-Ami, D., Croft, D.B., Ramp, D. (2006). Population viability assessment and sensitivity analysis as a management tool for the peri-urban environment. Urban Ecosystems 9: 227-241. [PDF]

Ramp, D., Wilson, V.K., Croft, D.B. (2006). Assessing the impacts of roads in peri-urban reserves: road-based fatalities and road usage by wildlife in the Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Biological Conservation 129: 348-359. [PDF]

Klöcker, U., Croft, D., Ramp, D. (2006). Frequency and causes of kangaroo-vehicle collisions on an Australian outback highway. Wildlife Research 33: 5-15. [PDF]

Maguire G., Ramp D., Coulson G. (2006). Foraging behaviour and dispersion of eastern grey kangaroos in an Ideal Free framework. Journal of Zoology, London 268: 261-269. [PDF]

Ben-Ami, D., Ramp, D. (2006). Modelling the effect of roads and other disturbances on wildlife populations in the peri-urban environment to facilitate long-term viability. Pages 317-322. In Irwin, C.L., Garrett P., McDermott K.P. (eds.) On the road to stewardship. International Conference on Ecology and Transportation 2005 Proceedings, San Diego, California. (ITRE, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.)

Ramp, D., Caldwell, J., Edwards, K., Warton, D., Croft, D. (2005). Modelling of wildlife fatality hotspots along the Snowy Mountains Highway in New South Wales, Australia. Biological Conservation 126: 474-490. [PDF]

Ramp D., Russell B.G., Croft D.B. (2005). Predator scent induces differing responses in two sympatric macropodids. Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 73-78.

Ramp, D. (2005). Is 'control' of kangaroo populations really necessary? In Wilson, M. and Croft, D.B. (eds.) Kangaroos: Myths and Realities. Pages 208-220. Australian Wildlife Protection Council Inc., Melbourne, Australia. [PDF]

Ramp, D. (2005). A new frontier: the road environment and its impact on kangaroos. In Wilson, M. and Croft, D.B. (eds.) Kangaroos: Myths and Realities. Pages 155-167. Australian Wildlife Protection Council Inc., Melbourne, Australia. [PDF]

Lee E., Klöcker U., Croft D.B., Ramp D. (2004). Kangaroo-vehicle collisions in Australia's sheep rangelands, during and following drought periods. Australian Mammalogy 26: 215-226. [PDF]

Ramp D., Coulson G. (2004). Small-scale patch selection and consumer-resource dynamics in free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos. Journal of Mammalogy 85: 1053-1059. [PDF]

Ramp D., Coulson G. (2002). Density dependence in foraging habitat preference of eastern grey kangaroos. Oikos 98: 393-402. [PDF]

Coulson, G. Alviano, P., Ramp, D., Way, S., McLean, N. and Yazgin, V. (2000). The kangaroos of Yan Yean: Issues for a forested water catchment in a semi-rural matrix. pp 146-156. In Craig, J.L., Mitchell, N. and Saunders, D.A. (eds.) Nature Conservation 5: Nature conservation in production environments: Managing the matrix. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney, Australia.

Coulson, G., Alviano, P., Ramp, D., Way, S. (1999). The kangaroos of Yan Yean: History of a problem population. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 111: 121-130.

In Review

Roger, E., Ramp, D., Bino, G. & Laffan, S.W. Protected areas and prospects for persistence of common species. Biological Conservation.

Chapple, R.S., Ramp, D., Kingsford, R.T., Merson, J.A., Bradstock, R.A., Auld, T., Fleming, P.J.S. & Mulley, R.C. Management of ecosystem threats in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. Environmental Management.

Ben-Ami, D., Ramp, D., Horn, A. Adaptations for survival in peri-urban landscapes: the effect of roads on the behaviour, movement and home range of a large mammal. Journal of Wildlife Management.

Garvey, N., Ben-Ami, D., Ramp, D. Survival behaviour of swamp wallabies during prescribed burning and wildfire. Wildlife Research.

Other Publications

Ramp, D. (2007). Evaluation of acoustic repellents: Behavioural responses of red-necked pademelons (Thylogale thetis) and red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus) to acoustic stimuli. Report to Forestry Tasmania. University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Ramp, D., Roger, E. (2007). Our 'common' wildlife may be the next 'sleeping' threatened species. In A voice for wildlife: Newsletter of the Australian Wildlife Protection Council.

Ramp, D. (2006). Biodiversity and ecosystem consequences of road development in peri-urban landscapes. In A voice for wildlife: Newsletter of the Australian Wildlife Protection Council 17.

Ramp, D. (2004). Sharing the environment: counting the cost of wildlife mortality on roads. National Wildlife Carers Conference, Conference proceedings, July 2004.

Ramp, D. (2004). Wildlife road kill in Australia: guidelines for research. In Australian Wildlife Autumn 2/2004.

Ramp, D., Croft, D.B. (2003). Behavioural responses of wallabies to predator odours. In Noldus News 10 (2): September 2003.

Ramp, D. (2003). Animal movement and habitat connectivity: can we design permeable roads? In A voice for wildlife: Newsletter of the Australian Wildlife Protection Council 14 (4).