... to determine the status, conservation priorities, ecological requirements of the butterfly, and to identify factors contributing to its population decline. Habitat loss appears to be the main factor contributing to population decline. Management of the population will focus on maintaining food plant...

...-100 km in search of food within the Mt Lofty region. The habitats that provide floral nectar during late summer and autumn, the gum and box woodlands, however, have been disproportionately cleared and honeyeater populations decline during these times. As a consequence, honeyeaters are unable...

..., are distinctive at higher taxonomic levels. In this paper, the conservation priorities of several species of concern are assessed against criteria of rarity, distinctiveness, intrinsic vulnerability to population decline, and the level of threat currently faced. In many cases, far too little is known...

... In Queensland since 1978, seven species of frogs have disappeared and populations of another four have seriously declined. All the declines have occurred in upland rainforest and all the species live along or breed in streams. We ask the question “what is wrong with upland rainforest streams...