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View article: A typology of Australian terrestrial bird communities
A typology of Australian terrestrial bird communities Open
Aim Increasing interest in holistic measurement of the response of fauna communities to interventions requires suitable community condition metrics. However, the development of such metrics is hindered by the absence of broad-scale typolog…
View article: Predicting fine‐scale distributions and emergent spatiotemporal patterns from temporally dynamic step selection simulations
Predicting fine‐scale distributions and emergent spatiotemporal patterns from temporally dynamic step selection simulations Open
Understanding and predicting animal movement is fundamental to ecology and conservation management. Models that estimate and then predict animal movement and habitat selection parameters underpin diverse conservation applications, from mit…
View article: Love thy neighbour: Feral buffalos show greater space use, resource overlap and encounters during the wet season in the Northern Territory
Love thy neighbour: Feral buffalos show greater space use, resource overlap and encounters during the wet season in the Northern Territory Open
Managing feral water buffalo in the Northern Territory is a formidable challenge. As an introduced species, buffalo are associated with a myriad of biosecurity, economic, cultural and environmental issues ranging from overgrazing, decrease…
View article: Population trends in the vulnerable Grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus; results from a long-term, range-wide study
Population trends in the vulnerable Grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus; results from a long-term, range-wide study Open
Monitoring is necessary for the management of any threatened species if its predicament and status are to improve. Monitoring establishes baseline data for tracking trends in distribution and abundance and is a key tool for informing threa…
View article: Predicting fine-scale distributions and emergent spatiotemporal patterns from temporally dynamic step selection simulations
Predicting fine-scale distributions and emergent spatiotemporal patterns from temporally dynamic step selection simulations Open
Understanding and predicting animal movement is fundamental to ecology and conservation management. Models that estimate and then predict animal movement and habitat selection parameters underpin diverse conservation applications, from mit…
View article: Note and photographs of a roosting White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus from New South Wales
Note and photographs of a roosting White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus from New South Wales Open
White-throated Needletails Hirundapus caudacutus are very rarely recorded landing in Australia. Here we report on the circumstances of a roosting White-throated Needletail, from the Pilliga Forest, New South Wales. It was detected while we…
View article: Detection of filovirus-reactive antibodies in Australian bat species
Detection of filovirus-reactive antibodies in Australian bat species Open
Bats have been implicated as the reservoir hosts of filoviruses in Africa, with serological evidence of filoviruses in various bat species identified in other countries. Here, serum samples from 190 bats, comprising 12 different species, c…
View article: Camp site habitat preferences of the little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) in Queensland
Camp site habitat preferences of the little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) in Queensland Open
Urban flying-fox camps are a major source of human–wildlife conflict, producing noise, odour, vegetation damage, property damage, and concerns about disease. Although there is a significant demand in many communities for bat camps to be di…
View article: Red hot frogs: identifying the Australian frogs most at risk of extinction
Red hot frogs: identifying the Australian frogs most at risk of extinction Open
More than a third of the world’s amphibian species are listed as Threatened or Extinct, with a recent assessment identifying 45 Australian frogs (18.4% of the currently recognised species) as ‘Threatened’ based on IUCN criteria. We applied…
View article: The golden-tailed gecko: a disturbance-tolerant species in a fragmenting environment
The golden-tailed gecko: a disturbance-tolerant species in a fragmenting environment Open
Context In central Queensland, Australia, the development of a coal-seam gas (CSG) industry is creating additional fragmentation of landscapes consisting of woodland and open forest that are already highly fragmented. Aims To assess the re…
View article: Beyond the Model: Expert Knowledge Improves Predictions of Species’ Fates under Climate Change
Beyond the Model: Expert Knowledge Improves Predictions of Species’ Fates under Climate Change Open
Predicting the impact of climate change on species is often done using species distribution models, but these can be problematic in topographically diverse environments. For species relying on particular moisture gradients, such as Austral…
View article: Beyond the model: expert knowledge improves predictions of species’ fates under climate change
Beyond the model: expert knowledge improves predictions of species’ fates under climate change Open
The need to proactively manage landscapes and species to aid their adaptation to climate change is widely acknowledged. Current approaches to prioritizing investment in species conservation generally rely on correlative models, which predi…
View article: A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from sandstone habitats of inland north Queensland, Australia
A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from sandstone habitats of inland north Queensland, Australia Open
We describe a new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from the sandstone ranges of central-north Queensland, Australia. Oedura argentea sp. nov. is a medium-sized (SVL 61–80 mm) gecko that is distinguished from its congeners …
View article: Addressing Potential Cumulative Impacts of Development on Threatened Species: The Case of the Endangered Black-Throated Finch
Addressing Potential Cumulative Impacts of Development on Threatened Species: The Case of the Endangered Black-Throated Finch Open
Where threatened biodiversity is adversely affected by development, policies often state that "no net loss" should be the goal and biodiversity offsetting is one mechanism available to achieve this. However, developments are often approved…
View article: Aerial photographs Aak Puul Ngangtam Cape York Peninsula
Aerial photographs Aak Puul Ngangtam Cape York Peninsula Open
High resolution aerial photographs capturing the extent and distribution of feral pig (Sus scrofa) impact on marine turtle nesting, freshwater and estuarine ecosystems.
View article: Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia
Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia Open
Introduction: Recent studies at sites in northern Australia have reported severe and rapid decline of several native mammal species, notwithstanding an environmental context (small human population size, limited habitat loss, substantial r…