... to many species of native predators in Australia. Corresponding author: rick.shine@mq.edu.au Anura biological invasion Bufo marinus Myriapoda predator-prey The fauna fights back: invasive Cane Toads killed by native centipedes in tropical Australia John Pomeroy1, Gregory P. Brown2...

... of continuing long-term fire studies in temperate and sub-tropical forest ecosystems, with a focus on terrestrial invertebrates. Longitudinal fire study sites exist in southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania. Most studies have focussed on fire frequency and have identified...

... that its range extends to the southern east coast, an area regarded as an important climate change hot-spot. These records not only represent an important southward shift in range, but are also the most southerly global observations for this tropical taxon. Observations from the Mediterranean and those...

...Nathan J. Waltham Few freshwater aquatic species have ecological traits that deal with the vagaries of flow in ephemeral tropical rivers. In northern Australia, the tropical freshwater crab, Austrothelphusa transversa (von Martens, 1868) is a conspicuous species that occupies seasonal rivers, where...

... toad, by scavenging raptors in tropical Australia. Biological Invasions 13: 1447-1455. Toad's tongue for breakfast: exploitation of a novel prey type, the invasive cane toad, by scavenging raptors in tropical Australia Biological Invasions 13 1447 1455 Beckmann, C. and Shine, R. 2011...

.... Townsville: Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University. Cumberlidge, N., Ng, P.K.L., Yeo, C.J., Magalhaes, C., Campos, M.R., Alvarez, F., Naruse, T., Daniels, S.R., Esser, L.J., Attipoe, F.Y.K. 2009. Freshwater crabs and the biodiversity crisis: Importance, threats, status...

... the Wet Tropics bioregion. The broad habitat characteristics of all known localities for the species are reviewed and the paper presents the first account of this bat occurring in non-rainforest habitat Occurrence of M. florium in this habitat is discussed using current knowledge of roosting...

...J. E. Kemp; A. S. Kutt ABSTRACT A survey of vertebrate fauna was conducted in the lowlands of Clemant State Forest, a 5430 ha area of land that lies at the southern extremity of the Wet Tropics Bioregion, north of Townsville. The fauna of the area was previously poorly known and few surveys had...

... 1School of Tropical Biology and Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811. Current address: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (Environmental Protection Agency), PO Box 5391, Townsville MC, QLD 4810. Email: Alex.Kutt@epa.qld.gov.au 2Queensland Parks...

... Uplands Draft Bioregional Conservation Strategy. Environment Protection Agency, Townsville. The Desert Uplands Draft Bioregional Conservation Strategy Moritz, C., Joseph, L., Cunningham, M. and Schneider, C. 1997. Molecular perspectives on historical fragmentation of Australian tropical...

... in vertebrate species abundance and distribution across a range of regional ecosystem types (sensu Sattler and Williams 1999). The Desert Uplands is situated within Australia s northern tropical savannas and straddles the Great Dividing Range between Charters Towers, Hughenden and Blackall, sharing a boundary...

... Northern Brigalow Belt (ASK unpubl. data). This region has a typical dry tropical savanna climate, with rainfall between 500-750 mm. The Desert Uplands and Northern Brigalow Belt study areas, and the quadrat and feral cat gut sampling techniques are described in further detail in Kutt et al. (2002...

... Wet Tropics. Conservation Genetics 3: 61-69. Genetic effects of habitat contraction on Lumholtz's treekangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) in the Australian Wet Tropics Conservation Genetics 3 61 69 Brown, W.M., George, M., and Wilson, A.C. 1979. Rapid evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA...