2008

This page lists the publications, reports and journals from the Flora and Fauna Division in 2008.

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

Publications and reports

Brennan, K., Crase, B., Woinarski, J., Westaway, J., and Calnan, T.  (2008).  Assessment of vegetation in rehabilitating and unmined woodland sites within the Alcan Gove mining lease, 2008.  Report to Matrix+  (Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Darwin.)

Chatto, R., Baker, B. (2008).The distribution and status of marine turtle nesting in the Northern Territory PDF (5.0 MB). Technical report 77-2008, Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin.

DeLaine, J. and Neave, H. (2008). Guidelines for Keeping Venomous Snakes in the NT.  PDF (228.4 KB) Northern Territory Government Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts.

DeLaine, J. and Neave, H. (2008). Guidelines for Keeping Crocodiles in the NT. Northern Territory Government Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts.

Dutra LXC, Penny S, Carvalho N, Silva CS, Amaral AL, de Jesus C, Nunes J, Fernandes L, da Cunha CB, Trindade B and KS Edyvane. 2008. Timor Leste.  In, ‘Status of the Coral Reefs of the World: 2008’, edited by Clive Wilkinson.  Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Edwards GP, Zeng B, Saalfeld K, Vaarzon-Morel P and McGregor M (2008). Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business. DKCRC Report 47, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.

Edwards GP (2008). Background to the project. In: ‘Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business’. pp. 1-8. (Eds G.P. Edwards et al.). DKCRC Report 47, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.

Edwards GP, Zeng B and Saalfeld WK (2008). Evaluation of the impacts of feral camels. In: ‘Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business’. pp. 133-182. (Eds G.P. Edwards et al.). DKCRC Report 47, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.

Edwards GP, McGregor M, Zeng B, Saalfeld K, Vaarzon-Morel P and Duffy M (2008). Synthesis and key recommendations. In: ‘Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business’. pp. 331-360. (Eds G.P. Edwards et al.). DKCRC Report 47, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.

Edwards GP, McGregor M, Zeng B, Saalfeld K, Vaarzon-Morel P and Duffy M (2008). Overview of the project ‘Cross-jurisdictional management of feral camels to protect NRM and cultural values’. DKCRC Report 54, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.

Edyvane KS.  (2008). Macroalgal biogeography and assemblages of Gulf St Vincent.  In’ Natural History of Gulf St Vincent, edited by Shepherd SA, Bryars S, Kirkegaard I, Harbison P and JT Jennings.  Royal Society of South Australia, Chapter 19, pp. 248-263.

Fisher, A., and Woinarski, J.C.Z.  (2008).  Fauna, with special reference to threatened species.  In Kakadu National Park Landscape Symposia Series 2007-2009.  Symposium 1: Landscape Change Overview. Supervising Scientist Internal report 532.  (eds D. Walden and S. Nou.).  pp. 103-120. (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.)

Garnett, S., Woinarski, J., Gerritsen, R., and Duff, G. (2008) Future options for north Australia. (CDU Press, Darwin.)

Hill, B.M., Woinarski, J.C.Z., Watt, F., and Hempel, C.  (2008).  Occurrence and persistence of logs in tropical eucalypt forests in Kakadu National Park after Cyclone Monica. PDF (546.6 KB) Final report to Land and Water Australia.  (Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Darwin.)

Liedloff, A., Milne, D., and Woinarski, J.  (2008).  A landscape-scale model of habitat suitability and decision-support system for the conservation management of the Gouldian finch. PDF (5.4 MB) Report to Natural Heritage Trust.  (Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Darwin.)

McDonald, P. and Fyfe, G. (2008). A Survey for the Bronzeback Snake-Lizard (Ophidiocephalus taeniatus). New Crown and Umbeara Pastoral Leases, Northern Territory PDF (2.0 MB). Department of Natural Resources, Environment the Arts and Sport, Alice Springs.

Neave, H.M. (2008) Assessment of the conservation and management of the Red Kangaroo Macropus rufus and Euro Macropus robustus in the Northern Territory.  PDF (2.1 MB)(Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts, Darwin.)

Nano, C. and Pavey, C. (2008). National Recovery Plan for Olearia macdonnellensis, Minuria tridens (Minnie Daisy) and Actinotus schwarzii (Desert Flannel Flower). Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Northern Territory.

Nano, C. 2008 National Recovery Plan for the Central Australian Cabbage Palm Livistona mariae subsp. mariae.Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Northern Territory.

Nano, C. and Pavey, C. R. (2008) National Recovery Plan for the McDonnell Ranges cycad, Macrozamia macdonnellii. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Northern Territory.

Nano, C., Nano, T., Gibson, J. and Pavey, C. (2008). Recovery action implementation for threatened arid acacias: distribution, monitoring and Indigenous ecological knowledge of A. peuce, A. undoolyana, A. pickardii and A. latzii.

Nano, T., Nano, C., and Pavey, C. R. (2008) Identification of Priority Threatened Species in the Northern Territory. Report to Natural Resource Management Board (Northern Territory). Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Neave, H. Macropods. In: Cattle and Land Management Best Practices in the Katherine Region. Northern Territory Government Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, pp. 212–214.

Price, O., Drucker, A., Edwards. G., Woinarski, J., Saalfeld, K., Fisher, A., and Russell-Smith, J.  (2008).  Review of threats to biodiversity in the Northern Territory.  PDF (1.9 MB) Report to the Natural Resource Management Board (NT).  (Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Darwin.)

Rankmore, R.P., Griffiths, A.D., Woinarski, J.C.Z., Ganambarr, B.L., Taylor, R., Brennan, K., Firestone, K., and Cardoso, M. (2008). Island translocation of the northern quoll Dasyurus hallucatus as a conservation response to the spread of the cane toad Chaunus (Bufo) marinus in the Northern Territory, Australia. Report to the Natural Heritage Trust. PDF (1.1 MB) (Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts, Darwin.)

Saalfeld WK and Edwards GP (2008). Ecology of feral camels in Australia. In: ‘Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business’. pp. 9-33. (Eds G.P. Edwards et al.). DKCRC Report 47, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.

Saalfeld WK, Edwards GP, Zeng B and Lamb D (2008). A Multiple Criteria Decision Support Tool for feral camel management. In: ‘Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business’. pp. 287-329. (Eds G.P. Edwards et al.). DKCRC Report 47, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.

Wightman G.M. et al., (in press). Jawoyn plants and animals; Aboriginal flora and fauna knowledge from Nitmiluk National Park and the Katherine area, northern Australia. Aboriginal knowledge: plants and animals.

Williams, R.J., Barrett, D., Cook, G., Gill, M., Hutley, L., Liedloff, A., Myers, B., and Woinarski, J.C.Z.  (2009).  Landscape-scale fire research in northern Australia.  In: Culture, ecology and economy of fire management in northern Australia: rekindling the wurrk tradition.  (eds J. Russell-Smith, P.J. Whitehead, P. Cooke) pp. 181-200. CSIRO Publications: Melbourne.

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Oakwood, M., Winter, J., Burnett, S., Milne, D., Foster, P., Myles, H., and Holmes, B. (2008).Surviving the toads: patterns of persistence of the northern quoll Dasyurus hallucatus in Queensland. Report to the Natural Heritage Trust. PDF (1.9 MB) Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts, Darwin.

Woinarski, J.  (2008).  Landscape change overview.  In Kakadu National Park Landscape Symposia Series 2007-2009.  Symposium 1: Landscape Change Overview. Supervising Scientist Internal report 532.  (eds D. Walden and S. Nou.).  pp. 3-8. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.

Woinarski, J.  (2008).  Tropical savannas.  In Ten commitments: reshaping the Lucky Country’s environment.  (eds D. Lindenmayer, S. Dovers, M.H. Olson and S. Morton).  pp. 27-35.  CSIRO, Melbourne.

Woinarski, J.  (2008).  Pardalotes, family Pardalotidae.  In Handbook of the Birds of the World.  Volume 13.  Penduline-tits to Shrikes.  (eds del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., and Christie, D.A.) pp. 390-401).  Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Rankmore, B., Hill, B., Griffiths, A.D., Stewart, A., and Grace, B.  (2008).  Fauna assemblages in regrowth vegetation in tropical open forests of the Northern Territory, Australia.  Final report to Land and Water Australia.  Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Darwin.

Woinarski, J.C.Z. and Westaway, J.  (2008).  Hollow formation in the Eucalyptus miniata – E. tetrodonta open forests and savanna woodlands of tropical northern Australia. PDF (1.2 MB) Final report to Land and Water Australia.  Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Darwin.

Woinarski, J., and Hill, B.  (2008).  Dynamics in tropical eucalypt forests.  Fact sheet.  Land and Water Australia.

Woinarski, J., Hill, B., Brennan, K., Proos, M., and Milne, D.  (2008).  Pre-clearing vertebrate fauna survey report for Rio Tinto Alcan Gove.  Report to Matrix+. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport, Darwin.

Woinarski, J., Hokkanen, R., Milne, D., and Armstrong, M.  (2008).  Long-term vertebrate fauna monitoring Rio Tinto Alcan Gove rehabilitation monitoring.  Report to Matrix+. Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts, Darwin.

Zeng, B. and Edwards G.P. (2008). Key stakeholder perceptions of feral camels: pastoralist survey. In: ‘Managing the impacts of feral camels in Australia: a new way of doing business’. pp. 35-61. (Eds G.P. Edwards et al.). DKCRC Report 47, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Alice Springs.

The Mammals of Australia (2008). Van Dyck, S. and Strahan, R. (Eds). Reed New Holland, Sydney.

Brandle, R. and Pavey, C. R. Plains Mouse. (Pp. 616-618)

Birt, P., McCoy, M. and Palmer, C. Little Red Flying-fox (Pp. 446-447)

Churchill, S.K., Jolly, S., Hand, S. and Milne, D.J. Orange Leaf-nosed Bat (Pp. 468-469)

Churchill, S.K., Milne, D.J. and Kitchener, D.J. Pygmy Long-eared Bat. (Pp. 529-530)

Fisher, A. Long-tailed Planigale. (Pp. 110-111)

Fleming, M. and Woinarski, J.C.Z. Arnhem Rock-rat. (Pp. 654-656)

Hall L.S., Thompson B. and Milne, D.J. Bare-Rumped Sheath-tailed Bat. (Pp. 475-476)

Hoye, G.A. and Milne, D.J. Forest Pipistrelle. (Pp. 546-547)

Johnson, K.A. Bilby. (Pp. 191-193)

Johnson, K.A. and Burbidge, A.A. Roufous Hare-wallaby. (Pp. 317-319)

Johnson, K.A, and Woinarski, J.C.Z. and Langford, D.G. Carpentarian Pseudantechinus. (Pp. 71-72)

Kutt, A.S., Milne, D.J. and Richards, G.C. Northern Free-tailed Bat. (Pp. 485-486)

Kutt, A.S., Milne, D.J., and Allison F.R. Hoary Wattled Bat. (Pp. 537-538)

Markus, N., Palmer, C. and Hall, L.S. Black Flying-fox. (Pp. 435-436)

McKenzie, N.L. and Milne, D.J. Northern Pipistrelle. (Pp. 549-550)

Milne, D.J. and Hall L.S. Northern Leaf-nosed Bat. (Pp. 467-468)

Milne, D.J. and Richards G.C. Arnhem Leaf-nosed Bat. (Pp. 461-462)

Milne, D.J., Armstrong, K.N. and McKenzie, N.L. Western Little Free-tailed Bat. (Pp. 488-489)

Milne, D.J. and McKean, J. Arnhem Sheath-tailed Bat. (Pp. 481-482)

Milne, D.J.,Thompson B. and Burwell, C.J. Northern Cave Bat. (Pp. 561-562)

McKenzie N.L. and Cole, J.R. Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart. (Pp. 160-161)

Nano, T. Central Rock Rat. (Pp. 658-660)

Pavey, C. R. and Burwell C. J. Fawn Leaf-nosed Bat .(Pp. 459-461)

Pavey, C. R. and Kutt, A. S. Large-eared Horseshoe Bat. (Pp. 454-456)

Pavey, C. R. and Young, R. A. Eastern Horseshoe Bat. (Pp. 451-453)

Pavey, C. R., Burwell, C. J., and McKenzie, N. L. Dusky Leafnosed Bat. (Pp. 457-459)

Pavey, C. R., Hall, L. S., and Richards, G. C. Diadem Leafnosed Bat. (Pp. 463-465)

Puckey, H., Palmer, C., Woinarski, J.C.Z., and Churchill, S. Carpentarian Rock-rat. (Pp. 656-658)

Rankmore, B.R. and Friend, G.R. Black-footed Tree-rat. (Pp. 591-593)

Reardon, T.B., Milne, D.J., Kutt, A.S., and Armstrong, K.N. Finlayson's Cave Bat. (Pp. 565-566)

Rhind, S., Aplin, K., and Woinarski, J.C.Z. Northern Brush-tailed Phascogale. (Pp. 105-107)

Richards, G.C. Hoye, G.A., Lumsden, L.F., Law, B.S. and Milne, D.J. Large-footed Myotis. (Pp. 544-545)

Woinarski, J.C.Z. Kakadu Dunnart. (Pp. 129-130)

Woinarski, J.C.Z. and Ford, F. Kakadu Pebble-mouse. (Pp. 620-621)

Woinarski, J.C.Z., and Flannery, T. Northern Hopping-mouse. (Pp. 599-600)

Journals

Albrecht, D.E. and Chinnock, R.J. (2008) A new species of Marsilea (Marsileaceae) from arid Australia. Journal Adelaide Botanic Garden 22:1-4.

Baker J.L., S.A. Shepherd, D. Turner and K. Edyvane (2008).  Investigator Group Expedition 2006: Benthic macroalgal studies at islands in the eastern Great Australian Bight over three decades. Trans.R.Soc.S.Aust.(Special Issue), 132(2): 251–267.

Bean, A.R. and Albrecht, D.E. (2008) Solanum succosum A.R.Bean and Albr. (Solanaceae), a new species allied to S. chippendalei Symon. Austrobaileya 7(4):669-675.

Braby, M.F. (2008). Biogeography of butterflies in the Australian monsoon tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 41-56.

Braby, M.F. (2008a) Taxonomic review of Candalides absimilis (C. Felder, 1862) and C. margarita (Semper, 1879) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with descriptions of two new subspecies. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 24: 33-54.

Braby, M.F. and Douglas, F. (2008) The nomenclature, taxonomy and conservation status of Ogyris waterhouseri(Bethune-Baker, 1905) stat. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a threatened butterfly from southern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 47: 315-329.

Burbidge, A.A., McKenzie, N.L., Brennan, K.E.C., Woinarski, J.C.Z., Dickman, C.R., Baynes, A., Gordon, G., Menkhorst, P.W., and Robinson, A.C.  (2008).  Conservation status and biogeography of Australia’s terrestrial mammals.  Australian Journal of Zoology 56, 411-422.

Eastwood, R.G., Braby, M.F., Schmidt, D. and Hughes, J.M. (2008) Taxonomy, ecology, genetics and conservation status of the pale imperial hairstreak (Jalmenus eubulus) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a threatened butterfly from the Brigalow Belt, Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 22: 407-423.

Eastwood, R.G., Braby, M.F., Lohman, D.J. and King, A. (2008) New ant-lycaenid associations and biological data for some Australian butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist 35: 47-56.

Edwards, G.P., Allan, G.E., Brock C., Duguid, A., Gabrys, K. and Vaarzon-Morel, P. (2008). Fire and its management in central Australia. Rangeland Journal 30: 109-21.

Gomelyuk V.E.  (2008). Fish assemblages composition and structure in three shallow habitats in north Australian tropical bay, Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 89(3), 449–460.

Gorman J.T., Whitehead P.J., Griffiths A.D., and Petheram, L. (2008) Production from marginal lands: indigenous commercial use of wildlife in northern Australia. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 15: 1-11.

Lindenmayer, D., Hobbs, R.J., Montague-Drake, R., Alexandra, J., Bennett, A., Burgman, M., Cale, P., Calhoun, A., Cramer, V., Cullen, P., Driscoll, D., Fahrig, L., Fischer, J., Franklin, J., Haila, Y., Hunter, M., Gibbons, P., Lake, S., Luck, G., MacGregor, C., McINtyre, S., Mac Nally, R., Manning, A., Miller, J., Mooney, H., Noss, R., Possingham, H., Saunders, D., Schmiegelow, F., Scott, M., Simberloff, D., Sisk, T., Tabor, G., Walker, B., Wiens, J., Woinarski, J., and Zavaleta, E. (2008). A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation.Ecology Letters 11: 78-91.

Nano, C. E. M., and Clarke, P. J. (2008). Variegated desert vegetation: Covariation of edaphic and fire variables provides a framework for understanding mulga-spinifex coexistence. Austral Ecology 33, 848-862.

Plowright, R.K., Field, H.E., Smith, C., Divljan, A., Palmer, C., Tabor, G., Daszak, P. and Foley, J.E. (2008) Reproduction and nutritional stress are risk factors for Hendra virus infection in little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus). Proc.R.Soc.B. 275:861-869.

Telfer, W.R., Griffiths, A.D. and Bowman, D.M.J.S. (2008) The habitat requirements of four sympatric rock-dwelling macropods of the Australian monsoon tropics. Austral Ecology 33, 1033-1044.