With ongoing environmental degradation at local, regional, and global scales, people's
accepted thresholds for environmental conditions are continually being lowered. In the …

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∼ …

Observed changes and impacts Ongoing climate trends have exacerbated many extreme
events (very high confidence). The Australian trends include further warming and sea level …

Through collation of global, national and state/territory threatened species lists, we conclude
that 100 Australian endemic species (one protist, 38 vascular plants, ten invertebrates, one …

Ecologists and conservationists increasingly acknowledge that traditional ecological
knowledge (TEK) is vital for a better understanding and conservation of biodiversity; for …

Intensification of fires and grazing by large herbivores has caused population declines in
small vertebrates in many ecosystems worldwide. Impacts are rarely direct, and usually …

Worldwide, environmental conservation directives are mandating greater inclusion of
Indigenous people and their knowledge in the management of global ecosystems …

Predation by cats (Felis catus) is implicated in the decline and extinction of many Australian
mammal species. We estimate the number of mammals killed by cats across Australia …

Monitoring the distribution and abundance of hunted wildlife is critical to achieving
sustainable resource use, yet adequate data are sparse for most tropical regions …

We created a database of lost and rediscovered tetrapod species, identified patterns in their
distribution and factors influencing rediscovery. Tetrapod species are being lost at a faster …