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Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (1): 76–84.
Published: 02 June 2014
.... knightorum against IUCN Criteria B (Geographic Range). The butterfly was found to have an extent of occurrence of 312 km 2 and an area of occupancy of 76 km 2 , at three locations. A detailed digital elevation model was used to demonstrate the likelihood of continued decline due largely to sea-level rise...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (2): 190–202.
Published: 10 October 2011
.... The combination of storm surges and sea-level rise may enhance erosion rates, the most extreme effect being the total loss of sandy beach habitat, especially if sea-walls are deployed to protect coastal assets. Alternatively, in some areas there may be a slow retreat of the coastline with few effects on beach...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/FS.2012.020
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-6-7
... species) and the second highest number of globally threatened species in mainland South-East Asia. Due to sea level rise alone, a significant amount of Vietnam's protected areas will be directly impacted suggesting a need to review the long term comprehensiveness of the protected area network. A 1m rise...
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Australian Zoologist (2012) 36 (2): 159–168.
Published: 12 December 2012
... of protection, serious threats remain that are operating wholly or partly independent of tenure. These include sea-level rise, weed invasion and anthropogenic disturbance. Further assessment of threats is needed to reappraise the conservation status of the species adequately. butterfly conservation...
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Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.024
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
.... Global warming may catastrophically reduce the habitat of upland rainforest and tall open forest species, and climate change may also be an issue in lowland and drier habitats; a rise in sea level accompanying global warming may eliminate extensive areas of mangroves; and more intensive use of tropical...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.017
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
... to be subjected to increased disturbance through logging and predicted rises in sea level respectively. More knowledge about changing fire regimes on fauna, particularly for species that favour rocky or cypress pine habitats, and the role of animal pollination and dispersal of plants is also required. ...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (3): 449–461.
Published: 01 May 2020
... and the gradual and ongoing redistribution of coastal sediments may result in damage to or total loss of coastal properties, infrastructure, recreational amenity, and natural habitats (Harley et al. 2017; Kinsela et al. 2017). Projected sea-level rise under future climate scenarios is expected to increase...
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Australian Zoologist (2023)
Published: 17 November 2023
... once inhabited, by naturally occurring populations of koalas, and discusses them in order from the northernmost island to the southernmost island. There are arguably 13 Queensland islands that had/have koalas as part of their natural range. Sea level rises and the formation of islands are briefly...
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 76–80.
Published: 01 December 2017
..., 14 May 1904, p1; 17 Aug 1907, p3; 6 Apr 1907, p3; 8 Apr 1911, p6. 4 The farm site was identified on a field visit by Dr Robert Haworth, a geographer from UNE, and two historians, Dr Peter Read and the author. Sea level rises over the last 150 years have been minor, but are demonstrated...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/9780980327250
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-6-7
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Australian Zoologist (2023)
Published: 10 November 2023
... 4(1): 9pp Heinrich, P. V., Miner, M., Paulsell, R. and McCulloh, R. P. 2020. Response of Late Quaternary Valley systems to Holocene sea level rise on continental shelf offshore Louisiana: preservation potential of paleolandscapes. 104 pp. New Orleans (LA): US Department of the Interior, Bureau...
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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (2): 280–295.
Published: 01 January 2018
... of a Multispecies Shorebird Flyway under Sea Level Rise. Conservation Biology 28:1710 1720. Iwamura, T., H. P. Possingham, I. Chadès, C. Minton, N. J. Murray, D. I. Rogers, E. A. Treml, and R. A. Fuller. 2013b. Migratory connectivity magnifies the consequences of habitat loss from sea level rise for shorebird...
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Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (1): 67–78.
Published: 24 February 2023
... the same tectonic plate, known as the Australian plate, they form a singular landmass, known as Sahul or Meganesia, when the sea level is extremely low (Helgen et al. 2012; Blewett et al. 2018). The last time when these islands were connected was relatively recently, during the last glaciation (Helgen et...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (4): 425–435.
Published: 17 March 2014
...). O’Sullivan, Alf. 1929. Great Barrier Reef Island Holiday Featuring Fancy Dress Beach Party; Other Segments, Canberra. Home movie. Great Barrier Reef Island Holiday Featuring Fancy Dress Beach Party; Other Segments Patterson, Ewen K. 1946. “Turtle-Hunting in Coral Seas”. Canadian Geographical Journal...
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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (2): 194–206.
Published: 01 January 2018
... runoff due to rainfall can have negative impacts on marine invertebrates (Pedersen and Perkins 1986). With rising sea levels, the entire intertidal rocky shore systems will be reduced (Thompson et al. 2002). All the bioengineering species in the present study are calcified so will therefore be threatened...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 26 (1): 26–33.
Published: 17 March 2014
... m. A further type of dive is the feeding dive which can extend to a depth of 400 m and occasionally as much as 600 m but the duration is only 15 minutes or so. Incredibly, a series of feeding dives may continue for several hours! What is Meant by Pressure? At sea level the atmosphere, which extends...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (3): 261–271.
Published: 17 March 2014
..., and exposure to low salinity and high acidity. In view of these threats, a rescue bid was launched to return the whale to the ocean. Five rescue attempts were made the last culminated in the whale being successfully towed to sea and released several kilometers offshore. Despite its emaciated condition...
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Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (2): 231–236.
Published: 01 December 2019
... an interesting situation, with four sympatric taxa of sea kraits (frontalis, saintgironsi, colubrina, laticaudata): more than is known for any other part of the Indo-Pacific. As rising sea levels threaten the biodiversity of Pacific island ecosystems, we urgently need to find out more about the species...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 307–314.
Published: 14 October 2011
... of Tasmania. Many of these islands would have supported devil populations for varying periods over the past 13,000 years following sea level rise and the creation of the Bass Strait, with extinction of devils on all but the largest of the islands well before European settlement (Hope 1972). Nevertheless...