Mark A. Cowan

Charles Sturt University — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

12h-index447citations24works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(14), Species Distribution and Climate Change(12), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(8), Evolution and Paleontology Studies(5), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(4)

Publications24 total

A Tale of Two Tails:Untangling the Phylogeography and Demographic History of Extant Species of Mulgara (Dasycercus spp.) in the Australian Arid Zone
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA)·2025
Mining reshapes animal communities at a local and landscape-scale
Biological Conservation·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Disruption and irruption shape genetic variation and population structure of the common rock‐rat in north‐western Australia
Journal of Zoology·2025Open Access
Balancing act: evaluating non-target risks of feral cat management in conservation reserves
Wildlife Research·2024Open Access
Pirra Jungku and Pirra Warlu: using traditional fire-practice knowledge and contemporary science to guide fire-management goals for desert animals
Wildlife Research·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Decadal abundance patterns in an isolated urban reptile assemblage: Monitoring under a changing climate
Ecology and Evolution·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk
Biological Conservation·2021· 42 citedOpen Access
Post-Release Monitoring of Western Grey Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus) Relocated from an Urban Development Site
Animals·2020· 15 citedOpen Access
Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction
Pacific Conservation Biology·2020· 58 citedOpen Access
Environmental correlates of reptile variation on the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago, eastern Indian Ocean
Journal of Biogeography·2020· 7 cited
Geographic and taxonomic patterns of extinction risk in Australian squamates
Biological Conservation·2019· 77 citedOpen Access
Is genomic diversity a useful proxy for census population size? Evidence from a species‐rich community of desert lizards
Molecular Ecology·2019· 28 citedOpen Access
Commercial Union Ins. v. Sea Harvest Seafood Co. 251 F.3d 1294 (10th Cir. 2001) (Filed June 11, 2001)
Admiralty Practicum·2018
Stable isotope ecology of a hyper-diverse community of scincid lizards from arid Australia
PLoS ONE·2017· 15 citedOpen Access
The avifauna of larger islands along the Kimberley coast, Western Australia
Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement·2013· 3 citedOpen Access
Islands and scales: a biogeographic survey of reptiles on Kimberley islands, Western Australia
Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement·2013· 15 citedOpen Access
Biogeographic patterns of frogs of the Kimberley islands, Western Australia
Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement·2012· 12 citedOpen Access
Species Interactions Mediate Phylogenetic Community Structure in a Hyperdiverse Lizard Assemblage from Arid Australia
The American Naturalist·2011· 55 citedOpen Access
Overdispersion of body size in Australian desert lizard communities at local scales only: no evidence for the Narcissus effect
Oecologia·2007· 41 cited
Appraising vertebrate diversity on Bonaparte Islands, Kimberley, Western Australia
Western Australian naturalist·2006· 13 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Paul Doughty(4), Roy J. Teale(4), Daniel L. Rabosky(4), R. A. How(4), Reid Tingley(3), Nicola J. Mitchell(3), Glenn M. Shea(3), Andrew P. Amey(3), Patrick Couper(3), Hal Cogger(3), Michael Craig(3), Chris R. Dickman(3), Ryan J. Ellis(3), Aaron L. Fenner(3), Graeme R. Gillespie(3), Conrad J. Hoskin(3), Peter J. McDonald(3), Jane Melville(3), Damian Michael(3), Erik Wapstra(3)