Tag Archives: Austral Ecology

New paper: Taxonomic status of the Australian dingo: the case for Canis dingo Meyer, 1793

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Aaron Greenville

Published in: Zootaxa Abstract: The taxonomic status and systematic nomenclature of the Australian dingo remain contentious, resulting in decades of inconsistent applications in the scientific literature and in policy. Prompted by a recent publication calling for dingoes to be considered … Continue reading →

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Book review: The Biology of Deserts

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Aaron Greenville

David Ward, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016. xv + 370 pp. First published in Austral Ecology. Contrary to the popular perception that deserts are wastelands, they house some of the most diverse communities of flora and fauna of … Continue reading →

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New paper: Long-term patterns of invertebrate abundance and relationships to environmental predictors factors in arid Australia

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Alan B.C. Kwok, Glenda M. Wardle, Aaron C. Greenville, Chris R. Dickman. Published in: Austral Ecology This paper represents the first published study from the Desert Ecology Research Group on the invertebrates that occur in our study region in … Continue reading →

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New paper: Ecosystem risk assessment of Georgina gidgee woodlands

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Aaron Greenville

Authors: Glenda Wardle, Aaron Greenville, Anke Frank, Max Tischler, Nathan Emery and Christopher R Dickman. Published in: Austral Ecology Special Issue: Ecosystem Risk Assessment Abstract: Ecosystems across the world, and the biodiversity they support, are experiencing increasing anthropogenic pressure, and … Continue reading →

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Predicting rat plagues in the heart of the continent

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Aaron Greenville

They ate the supplies belonging to Burke and Wills, and more recently chewed on the electrical wiring through-out homesteads, and have even disrupted communication networks. An invasion that presumably leaves the Channel Country in western Queensland and spreads out across … Continue reading →

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