...Daniel P Faith ABSTRACT Ecosystem services programs are rapidly increasing and are seen as a pathway for biodiversity conservation based on the attractive idea that quantified values of the ecosystem services of intact land may exceed any gains from conversion to intensive logging or other non...

...Tani Cooper; Karl Vernes The larger bodied skink of the genera Tikiqua (blue -tounged and shingle-back lizards) and Egernia may be contributing to the maintainance of ecosystem health by dispersing fungle spores that form symbiotic relationships with most terrestrial plant species. We observed...

...Renee L. Brawata The removal of apex carnivores from ecosystems can impact the abundance and diversity of species in lower trophic levels. In arid ecosystems, where “bottom up” forces of primary productivity and resource availability strongly affect trophic interactions, the role of “top down...

... of natural systems that we are blessed with o n the western flanks of our largest city. Ross Bradstock NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Hurstville Nature Conservation: Reconstruction of Fragmented Ecosystems, Global and Regional Perspectives - Workshop Report Denis A. Saunders and Richard J. Hobbs...

..., rock scrambling and/ or swimming through the canyon streams. The sport's popularity is reported to have increased substantially over time, causing concern for the sustainability of these fragile ecosystems. To investigate visitor impacts, benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages and water quality were...

... protection as part of ecologically sustainable development (ESD). Moreover, the management of beaches and linked adjacent ecosystems is becoming increasingly important because of their vulnerability to burgeoning human pressures including climate change. Although there are large uncertainties involved, some...

... over space and time are used to investigate the function and persistence of ecosystems, and how societal actions affect ecosystem attributes. Long-term monitoring is particularly important as it yields insights that are not possible from short-term investigations (e.g. those that span only a few...

..., and Benjamin J Pitcher2,6 1. Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW), NSW 2052, Australia 2. Taronga Institute of Science and Learning, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Dubbo NSW 2830 and Sydney NSW 2088 3. The University...

...James U. Van Dyke; Michael B. Thompson; Deborah S. Bower; Anthony Santoro; Marilyn J. Connell; Donald T. McKnight; Sylvia Clarke; Geetha Ortac; Olly Cirocco; Ricky-John Spencer ABSTRACT Australian freshwater turtle populations have declined substantially, with consequent losses to aquatic ecosystem...

...-reaching consequences for ecosystem assembly associated with the removal of a top predator. * CHM and BW are co-lead and corresponding authors. CHM: [email protected] , BW: [email protected] © 2021 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2021 Trophic cascades camera trap...

... South Wales 2800, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Ecosystem Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia 3 Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems...

... and Emma M. BennettC A Terrestrial Ecosystems, 10 Houston Place, Mt Claremont, 6010, Australia B School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009,Australia C School of Biological Science, Monash University,Wellington Rd, Clayton 3800, Australia Conservation...

... (Dearborn and Kark 2010) benefits people, providing ecosystem services (Luederitz et al. 2015) and improving physical and mental health (Fuller et al. 2007, Carrus et al. 2015). Indeed, there is broad public support for biodiversity within cities (Fischer et al. 2018). Support for urban greenspaces...

...Aaron C. Greenville; Vuong Nguyen; Glenda M. Wardle; Chris R. Dickman ABSTRACT Long-term field-based monitoring is essential to develop a deep understanding of how ecosystems function and to identify species at risk of decline. However, conducting long-term field-based research poses some unique...