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464

Overview

Bradley Law is affiliated with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on ecology, and related subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, ecological modeling, and developmental biology.

Their work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Bradley Law has contributed to various academic papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Fire severity and its local extent are key to assessing impacts of Australian mega-fires on koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) density, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Mini-acoustic sensors reveal occupancy and threats to koalas Phascolarctos cinereus in private native forests, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology

Their coauthors frequently include Leroy Gonsalves, Traecey Brassil, Isobel Kerr, Daniel Lunney, and Chris R. Dickman. These collaborations reflect sustained research partnerships across multiple studies.

Law's research is often published in venues such as Australian Zoologist, Australian Mammalogy, Australian Journal of Zoology, Austral Ecology, and Wildlife Research. These journals have featured multiple contributions by Law, indicating active involvement in topics relevant to Australian fauna and environmental issues.

Among recent paper contributions by other authors related to the broader research themes Law engages with are:

  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019-2020 Australian megafires, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • 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, 2023, Biological Conservation
  • Long-term monitoring of an endangered population of Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis on the Bago Plateau, New South Wales, and its response to wildfires and timber harvesting in a changing climate, 2022, Australian Zoologist

Bradley Law's research demonstrates a focus on the effects of environmental disturbances such as wildfires on native Australian wildlife, particularly species like koalas and gliders. Their studies combine field monitoring techniques, including acoustic sensors, to assess population density, habitat occupancy, and threat levels in native forests.

Best Publications

  • The use of habitat mosaics by terrestrial vertebrate fauna: implications for conservation and management

    B. S. Law;C. R. Dickman

  • The disproportionate value of scattered trees

    Joern Fischer;Jenny Stott;Bradley S. Law

  • Flowering phenology of myrtaceous trees and their relation to climatic, environmental and disturbance variables in northern New South Wales

    B. Law;C. Mackowski;L. Schoer;T. Tweedie

  • Bat communities in a fragmented forest landscape on the south-west slopes of New South Wales, Australia

    B.S. Law;J. Anderson;M. Chidel

  • Bat activity on riparian zones and upper slopes in Australian timber production forests and the effectiveness of riparian buffers

    Anna Lloyd;Bradley S Law;Ross L Goldingay

  • Cascading effects of climate extremes on vertebrate fauna through changes to low‐latitude tree flowering and fruiting phenology

    Nathalie Butt;Leonie Seabrook;Martine Maron;Bradley S. Law

  • Tree decline and the future of Australian farmland biodiversity

    Joern Fischer;Andre Zerger;Phil Gibbons;Jenny Stott

  • Tracks and riparian zones facilitate the use of Australian regrowth forest by insectivorous bats

    Bradley Law;Mark Chidel

  • Sensitivity of insectivorous bats to urbanization: Implications for suburban conservation planning

    Caragh G. Threlfall;Bradley Law;Peter B. Banks;Peter B. Banks

  • Vegetation structure influences the vertical stratification of open- and edge-space aerial-foraging bats in harvested forests

    Maria D. Adams;Bradley S. Law;Kris O. French

  • Ecological processes in urban landscapes: mechanisms influencing the distribution and activity of insectivorous bats

    Caragh Threlfall;Bradley Law;Trent Penman;Peter B. Banks

  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

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  • Common blossom bats (Syconycteris australis) as pollinators in fragmented Australian tropical rainforest

    Bradley S. Law;Bradley S. Law;Merrilyn Lean

  • Daily torpor and energetics in a tropical mammal, the northern blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus (Megachiroptera)

    W. Bartels;B. S. Law;F. Geiser

  • The Use by Wildlife of Paddock Trees in Farmland

    Bradley S. Law;Mark Chidel;Graham Turner

  • Summer torpor in a free-ranging bat from subtropical Australia

    Christopher Turbill;Bradley S. Law;Fritz Geiser

  • Influence of Landscape Structure and Human Modifications on Insect Biomass and Bat Foraging Activity in an Urban Landscape

    Caragh G. Threlfall;Bradley Law;Peter B. Banks;Peter B. Banks

  • Reliable Automation of Bat Call Identification for Eastern New South Wales, Australia, Using Classification Trees and AnaScheme Software

    Maria D. Adams;Bradley S. Law;Matthew S. Gibson

  • Designing Effective Habitat Studies: Quantifying Multiple Sources of Variability in Bat Activity

    Joern Fischer;Jenny Stott;Bradley S. Law;Maria D. Adams

  • Roost preferences and foraging ranges of the eastern forest bat Vespadelus pumilus under two disturbance histories in northern New South Wales, Australia

    Bradley S. Law;Jason Anderson

  • The Maintenance Nitrogen Requirements of the Queensland Blossom Bat (Syconycteris australis) on a Sugar/Pollen Diet: Is Nitrogen a Limiting Resource?

    Bradley S. Law

Frequent Co-Authors

Caragh G. Threlfall
Caragh G. Threlfall Macquarie University
Peter B. Banks
Peter B. Banks University of Sydney
Daniel Lunney
Daniel Lunney University of Sydney
Fritz Geiser
Fritz Geiser University of New England
Trent D. Penman
Trent D. Penman University of Melbourne
Joern Fischer
Joern Fischer Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Christopher Turbill
Christopher Turbill University of Sydney
Gerhard Körtner
Gerhard Körtner University of New England
Clive McAlpine
Clive McAlpine University of Queensland
Jan Hanspach
Jan Hanspach Leuphana University of Lüneburg

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