2026

This page lists the books, reports and publications from the Flora and Fauna Division in 2026.

For enquiries about any of the publications listed below send an email to biodiversity.dlpe@nt.gov.au.

Journals

Ruykys, L., Hanrahan, N., Leiper, I., Gonsalves, L. (2026) Home range and movement of the ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) in the Katherine region, Northern Territory. Austral Ecology 51:e70193

Milne Damian J., Hoye Glenn., Parnaby Harry E. (2026) Records of the Coastal Wattled Bat Chalinolobus orarius from northern Australia: an addition to the Australian bat fauna. Australian Mammalogy 48(1):AM26002. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM26002

Albrecht, D.E. & Rye, B.L(2026) A new desert mountain endemic from central Australia: Hysterobaeckea oreophila (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 37: 45-50. https://doi.org/10.58828/nuy01110

Keith, D. A., Hoban, G., Simpson, C. C., & Tozer, M. G. (2026). The Viability of Small or Isolated Habitat Patches in Fragmented Landscapes: Busting Mythology in Ecology. Austral Ecology, 51(7), e70264. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70264

de Almeida, R. F., Burton, G. P., Antonio-Domingues, H., Hoban, G., MacKinnon, L., Sosef, M. S. & Vorontsova, M. S. (2026). Two new species and a new record of Digitaria (Poaceae: Panicoideae) from western Tanzania and the Uzondo Plateau. Kew Bulletin,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-025-10331-7

Fernandes, M., White, J. D., Lulekal, E., Demissew, S., Plummer, J., Barker, A., Hoban, G. & Tovar, C. (2026). A National Application of the Species Habitat Index for Ethiopia Reveals Uneven Habitat Change Across Plant Groups and Ecosystems, Preprint. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2K667

Box, P., Leiper, I., Nano, C., Young, L., Caron, V., Gibson, S., Guest, T., Cobban, D., Treilibs, C. and Brim Box, J.  2026.  High-resolution mapping of introduced buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in central Australia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment  198: 404. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-026-15183-7

Chapple, D.G., Hoskin, C.J., Mitchell, N.J., Melville, J., Sumner, J., Nimmo, D.G., Michael, D.R., Greenlees, M.J., Costello, O., Lockwood, M., Woinarski, J.C., Oliver, P.M., Torkkola, J.J., Gardner, M.G., Amey, A.P., Webb, J.K., Jolly, C.J., Heard, G.W., McDonald, P.J., Emery, J., Peck, S., Haines, M.L., and Farquhar, J.E. (2026). Conserving Australian lizards and snakes: an update on progress since 2017. Pacific Conservation Biology 32, p.PC25096. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC25096

McDonald, P.J. and Köhler, F. (2026). Targeted surveys for two threatened, short-range endemic land snails in the southern MacDonnell Ranges. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online 43, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.1835-4211.43.2026.3011

Books

Massally, F., Cheek, M., Couch, C., van der Burgt, X., Hoban, G., Williams, J., Okoni-Williams, A., Fayiah, M. & Lebbie, A. (2026) The Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) of Sierra Leone, Kew Publishing