Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

JCZ Woinarski, AA Burbidge, PL Harrison - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - pnas.org
The highly distinctive and mostly endemic Australian land mammal fauna has suffered an
extraordinary rate of extinction (> 10% of the 273 endemic terrestrial species) over the last∼ …

Future effects of climate and land-use change on terrestrial vertebrate community diversity under different scenarios

T Newbold - Proceedings of the Royal Society b, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Land-use and climate change are among the greatest threats facing biodiversity, but
understanding their combined effects has been hampered by modelling and data limitations …

An overview of the impacts of feral cattle, water buffalo and pigs on the savannas, wetlands and biota of northern Australia

H Mihailou, M Massaro - Austral Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since the extinction of the megafauna some 45 000 to 50 000 years ago, grazing pressure
on Australian savannas has been relatively low compared to that on savannas in other …

Assessing the impacts of livestock production on biodiversity in rangeland ecosystems

R Alkemade, RS Reid, M Van Den Berg… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - pnas.org
Biodiversity in rangelands is decreasing, due to intense utilization for livestock production
and conversion of rangeland into cropland; yet the outlook of rangeland biodiversity has not …

Motivations and attitudes influence farmers' willingness to participate in biodiversity conservation contracts

R Greiner - Agricultural Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasingly, voluntary conservation programs are targeted at farmers to contribute to
biodiversity conservation through tailored on-farm conservation activities. Such programs …

The disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia: context, cause, and response

JCZ Woinarski, S Legge, JA Fitzsimons… - Conservation …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a context to, attempts an explanation for, and proposes a response to
the recent demonstration of rapid and severe decline of the native mammal fauna of Kakadu …

The database of the PREDICTS (projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems) project

LN Hudson, T Newbold, S Contu, SLL Hill… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …

Increasing world consumption of beef as a driver of regional and global change: A call for policy action based on evidence from Queensland (Australia), Colombia and …

CA McAlpine, A Etter, PM Fearnside, L Seabrook… - Global Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
While the global community is seeking to reduce fossil fuel consumption, a parallel but
equally important issue is the environmental impacts of increased world consumption of …

Warfare ecology

GE Machlis, T Hanson - BioScience, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Among human activities causing ecological change, war is both intensive and far-reaching.
Yet environmental research related to warfare is limited in depth and fragmented by …

[Књига][B] The nature of northern Australia: its natural values, ecological processes and future prospects

J Woinarski, B Mackey, H Nix, B Traill - 2007 - library.oapen.org
Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth-
alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of …