Leigh-Ann Woolley

Project Researcher
Charles Darwin University

Leigh-Ann Woolley is a Research Associate at Charles Darwin University. She is a conservation ecologist with over 15 years research experience in African and northern Australian savannas.

Currently she is working on projects investigating the drivers of mammal decline in the tropical savannas of northern Australia.

Leigh-Ann has a particular interest in ecosystem response to disturbance and stochastic change, and the resulting trophic interactions within the system.

Projects
Feral cat distribution, abundance, management and impacts on threatened species: collation and analysis of data
Feral cat distribution, abundance, management and impacts on threatened species: collation and analysis of data Project 1.1.2
Publications
Threats to Australia’s rock-wallabies (Petrogale spp.) with key directions for effective monitoring
TSR Hub
Monitoring wiliji using cameras - Community factsheet
TSR Hub
The impact of feral cats on Australian invertebrates
TSR HUB
Prescribed burning benefits threatened mammals in northern Australia
Biodiversity and Conservation
Introduced cats eating a continental fauna: invertebrate consumption by feral cats (Felis catus) in Australia
Wildlife Research
Targeted sampling successfully detects the cryptic and declining arboreal marsupial (Phascogale pirata) in northern Australia
Pacific Conservation Biology
Predation by introduced cats Felis catus on Australian frogs: compilation of species records and estimation of numbers killed
Wildlife Research
Science for Saving Species Magazine Issue 14 Summer 2020
TSR Hub
The impacts of fire regimes on key resources for the threatened Gouldian finch
TSR Hub
Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: inventory and traits of Australian mammal species killed
Mammal Review
Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: The number of mammals killed in Australia
Biological Conservation
How many birds are killed by cats in Australia?
Biological Conservation
Compilation and traits of Australian bird species killed by cats
Biological Conservation
Cyclones, fire and termites: Tree hollow abundance in the tropical savannas of northern Australia - Journal
Forest Ecology and Management
Feral cat distribution, abundance, management and impacts on threatened species: collation and analysis of data
TSR Hub
For whom the bell tolls: cats kill more than a million Australian birds every day
The Conversation