A threatened species index for Australian birds

Species richness and evenness in Australian birds.

Species richness and evenness are the two major components of biodiversity, but the way in which they are interrelated is a subject of contention. We found a negative relationship between the two variables for bird communities at 92 woodland sites across Australia and sought an explanation. Actual evapotranspiration (AET) was by far the best predictor of species richness. When AET was controlle...

Review of Endangered Birds. Management Techniques for Preserving Threatened Species, ed. Stanley A. Temple

Two new quill mite species (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing Australian birds.

Two new quill mite species (Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae), Syringophilopsis philemonis sp. nov. from Philemon citreogularis (Gould) (Passeriformes: Meliphagidae) and Megasyringophilus cacatua sp. nov. from Cacatua galerita (Latham) (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) are described from Australia.

Clinical pathologists--a threatened species?

All pathologists, and especially those of you who are of my generation, have been giving increasing thought to the career prospects for young doctors and share, with me, concern with the declining recruitment to our speciality. Like you, I can look back over some twenty or thirty years to the days of numerous applicants for Consultant Pathologist posts, impressive short-lists with candidates of...

Mapping Indigenous land management for threatened species conservation: An Australian case-study

Much biodiversity lives on lands to which Indigenous people retain strong legal and management rights. However this is rarely quantified. Here we provide the first quantitative overview of the importance of Indigenous land for a critical and vulnerable part of biodiversity, threatened species, using the continent of Australia as a case study. We find that three quarters of Australia's 272 terre...