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Overview

Peter Caley is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with extensive work conducted within several related subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, and Genetics.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum within wildlife and ecological studies. Key areas include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Insect behavior and control techniques

Peter Caley has contributed to research published in various scientific journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Ecological Management & Restoration
  • Wildlife Research
  • Austral Entomology
  • Environmental and Ecological Statistics
  • PLoS ONE

Selected recent papers by Peter Caley include:

  • On inferring population trends of mobile waterbirds from aerial transect surveys in variable environments, 2021, Environmental and Ecological Statistics
  • It's a trap: effective methods for monitoring house mouse populations in grain-growing regions of south-eastern Australia, 2022, Wildlife Research

In addition, they are part of a broader research landscape including other key studies such as the decline of Australian Bogong moths (2020) published in Austral Entomology and research on herbivore management in the Australian Capital Territory featured in Ecological Management & Restoration (2021). More recent work includes studies on population trends in the vulnerable Grey-headed flying-fox published in PLoS ONE in 2024.

Peter Caley has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Simon C. Barry, Matthew P. Hill, Melissa Snape, Don Fletcher, and Rieks D. van Klinken, each with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Movements, activity patterns and habitat use of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in a tropical habitat.

    Peter Caley

  • TESTING THE IRRUPTIVE PARADIGM OF LARGE-HERBIVORE DYNAMICS

    David M. Forsyth;Peter Caley

  • Population Dynamics of Feral Pigs (Sus Scrofa) in a Tropical Riverine Habitat Complex.

    P Caley

  • The effects of reducing population density on contact rates between brushtail possums: implications for transmission of bovine tuberculosis

    Dave Ramsey;Nick Spencer;Peter Caley;Murray Efford

  • Estimating the invasion success of introduced plants

    Peter Caley;Richard H. Groves;Robyn Barker

  • Estimating population density from presence–absence data using a spatially explicit model

    David S. L. Ramsey;Peter A. Caley;Alan Robley

  • Application and evaluation of classification trees for screening unwanted plants

    Peter Caley;Peter Caley;Petra M. Kuhnert;Petra M. Kuhnert

  • Combining a Climatic Niche Model of an Invasive Fungus with Its Host Species Distributions to Identify Risks to Natural Assets: Puccinia psidii Sensu Lato in Australia

    Darren J. Kriticos;Darren J. Kriticos;Louise Morin;Agathe Leriche;Robert C. Anderson

  • Disease transmission between and within species, and the implications for disease control

    Peter Caley;Jim Hone

  • Estimating disease transmission in wildlife, with emphasis on leptospirosis and bovine tuberculosis in possums, and effects of fertility control

    Peter Caley;Peter Caley;Dave Ramsey;Dave Ramsey

  • Introduced mammals in Australian rangelands: Future threats and the role of monitoring programmes in management strategies

    G. P. Edwards;A. R. Pople;K. Saalfeld;P. Caley

  • The Effectiveness of Hunting Dogs for Removing Feral Pigs (Sus Scrofa).

    P Caley;B Ottley

  • THE EFFECT OF MANIPULATING POPULATION DENSITY ON THE PROBABILITY OF DEN-SHARING AMONG COMMON BRUSHTAIL POSSUMS, AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSMISSION OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS

    P. Caley;N. J. Spencer;R. A. Cole;M. G. Efford

  • Estimating the force of infection; Mycobacterium bovis infection in feral ferrets Mustela furo in New Zealand

    Peter Caley;Peter Caley;Jim Hone

  • Quantifying uncertainty in predictions of invasiveness

    Peter Caley;Peter Caley;Peter Caley;WM Lonsdale;WM Lonsdale;P C Pheloung;P C Pheloung

  • Citizen surveillance for environmental monitoring: combining the efforts of citizen science and crowdsourcing in a quantitative data framework

    Marijke Welvaert;Marijke Welvaert;Peter Caley;Peter Caley

  • Long-term ecological trends of flow-dependent ecosystems in a major regulated river basin

    Matthew J. Colloff;Peter Caley;Neil Saintilan;Carmel A. Pollino

  • Entry of exotic insects into Australia: Does border interception count match incursion risk?

    Peter Caley;Robert Ingram;Paul De Barro

  • Australian Bogong moths Agrotis infusa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), 1951-2020: decline and crash.

    Ken Green;Peter Caley;Monika Baker;David Dreyer

  • The effects of various binders and moisture content on pellet stability of research diets for freshwater crayfish

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  • Assessing the host disease status of wildlife and the implications for disease control: Mycobacterium bovis infection in feral ferrets

    Peter Caley;Peter Caley;Jim Hone

  • Quantifying extinction probabilities from sighting records: inference and uncertainties.

    Peter Caley;Simon C. Barry

  • Inferring the distribution and demography of an invasive species from sighting data: the red fox incursion into Tasmania.

    Peter Caley;David S. L. Ramsey;Simon C. Barry

  • Modelling of floating seed dispersal in a fluvial environment

    Jeremy H. Groves;David G. Williams;Peter Caley;Richard H. Norris

  • Broad-scale possum and ferret correlates of macroscopic Mycobacterium bovis infection in feral ferret populations

    P. Caley

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Hone
Jim Hone University of Canberra
David M. Forsyth
David M. Forsyth New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
W. M. Lonsdale
W. M. Lonsdale Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Matthew J. Colloff
Matthew J. Colloff Australian National University
David A. Westcott
David A. Westcott Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Darren J. Kriticos
Darren J. Kriticos Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Neil Saintilan
Neil Saintilan Macquarie University
Neville D. Crossman
Neville D. Crossman University of Adelaide
R.S. Morris
R.S. Morris Massey University
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong

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