An inventory of the invertebrates of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Mallick ◽  
Michael M. Driessen
Keyword(s):  
Marine Invertebrate ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Limited Area ◽  
Estuarine System ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
Invertebrate Fauna ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

This paper summarizes the information contained in an inventory of invertebrates recorded from the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (WHA). The WHA covers an area of 1.38 million hectares in the western half of Tasmania. A total of 1397 terrestrial/freshwater species from 293 families in nine phyla are listed as occurring in the WHA. The most diverse phylum is the Uniramia (904 species, 172 families), followed by the Chelicerata (179 species, 56 families), Aschelminthes (Rotifera: 90 species, 22 families), Crustacea (88 species, 21 families), Mollusca (69 species, 14 families), Annelida (57 species, five families), Platyhelminthes (eight species, one family), and the Onychophora and Nemertea (one species each). Sixty-three marine and estuarine species from six phyla are listed for the limited area of marine/estuarine habitat within the WHA. The terrestrial/freshwater WHA invertebrate fauna is characterized by high Tasmanian endemism (46.7% of species are Tasmanian endemics), and a high proportion of species with a predominantly western-Tasmanian distribution and/or a restricted geographical range. The WHA includes the globally unique Bathurst Harbour estuarine system. The marine and estuarine invertebrate fauna of the estuary is largely undescribed, but is likely to show very high levels of Tasmanian and local endemicity. The characteristics of the WHA invertebrate fauna reflect the extant habitats of the area, as well as past geological and climatic processes that have led to their development. The WHA contains 16 threatened invertebrate species, while a total of 34 introduced terrestrial and seven introduced marine invertebrate species have been recorded from the WHA. The invertebrate fauna of the WHA contributes substantially to the World Heritage faunal values of the area. Formal description of currently undescribed material from Bathurst Harbour is likely to substantially add to the World significance of the WHA. The high level of protection afforded the WHA makes the area important for long-term invertebrate fauna conservation in Tasmania. A full inventory of species can be viewed on the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (DPIWE) website (www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au).

Invertebrate World of Australia's Subtropical Rainforests

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Williams
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Invertebrate Fauna ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Invertebrate Diversity ◽  
Strong Emphasis ◽  
Important Region ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

The Invertebrate World of Australia’s Subtropical Rainforests is a comprehensive review of Australia’s Gondwanan rainforest invertebrate fauna, covering its taxonomy, distribution, biogeography, fossil history, plant community and insect–plant relationships. This is the first work to document the invertebrate diversity of this biologically important region, as well as explain the uniqueness and importance of the organisms. This book examines invertebrates within the context of the plant world that they are dependent on and offers an understanding of Australia’s outstanding (but still largely unknown) subtropical rainforests. All major, and many minor, invertebrate taxa are described and the book includes a section of colour photos of distinctive species. There is also a strong emphasis on plant and habitat associations and fragmentation impacts, as well as a focus on the regionally inclusive Gondwana Rainforests (Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia) World Heritage Area. The Invertebrate World of Australia’s Subtropical Rainforests will be of value to professional biologists and ecologists, as well as amateur entomologists and naturalists in Australia and abroad.

scholarly journals The Development of The Unesco World Heritage Area in Pécs

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-182
Author(s):  
Renáta Németh-Szigeti ◽  
Balázs Kósa ◽  
Kinga Éva Paczolai
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Prime Task ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
The City ◽  
Heritage Area

Abstract The World Heritage of Pécs is the most valuable historical relic in the city. The conservation, presentation and continuous development is significant. The significant parts of the area are: the Cella Septichora, the Old Christian Mausoleum and the crypts in Apáca Street. Through the design process our prime task is the restoration and expansion of the former development in 2006. The study focuses on creating the Cella Septichora concept.

The influence of a season of extreme wet weather events on exposure of the World Heritage Area Great Barrier Reef to pesticides

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 1495-1507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Kennedy ◽  
Michelle Devlin ◽  
Christie Bentley ◽  
Kristie Lee-Chue ◽  
Chris Paxman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
The World ◽  
Wet Weather ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

scholarly journals TIPOLOGI PINTU RUMAH TRADISIONAL DUSUN PUCUNG, SITUS MANUSIA PURBA SANGIRAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gun Faisal ◽  
Muhammad Sani Roychansyah
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
The World ◽  
Residential House ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area ◽  
The Doors

Pintu merupakan elemen penting dalam suatu bangunan, terutama rumah tinggal. Pintu adalah jalur sirkulasi antara ruang dalam dan luar bangunan. Rumah di Dusun Pucung memiliki pintu yang terbilang unik, baik dari segi jumlah, bentuk dan ornamennya, yang mana penggunaannya memiliki maksud dan tujuan tersendiri bagi setiap pemiliknya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengklasifikasikan pintu rumah tradisional yang berada di Dusun Pucung. Pendekatan penelitian dilakukan secara kuantititatif dan kualitatif, pengambilan data melalui survey lapangan, diiringi dengan studi literatur, studi kawasan, teoritikal, studi empiris terhadapt laporan penelitian terdahulu. Analisa data diawali dengan perumusan karakter umum pintu bangunan kawasan, penentuan pintu bangunan yang sesuai kriteria penelitian, penggambaran ulang (redrawing), pengelompokan dan kategorisasi tipikal elemen pintu bangunan. Penelitian ini pada akhirnya dapat mentipekan desain elemen pintu rumah tradisional yang berada di kawasan konservasi Situs Manusia Purba Sangiran, yang termasuk kedalam kawasan  World Heritage. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, didapatkan 6 (enam) tipe pintu rumah tradisional Dusun Pucung. Tipe pintu tersebut berdasarkan 2 kategori, yaitu berdasarkan jumlah; pintu satu, tiga, serta lima, dan berdasarkan materialnya, ada pintu yang terbuat dari bambu (gedhek), kayu, dan kayu-kaca. Door is an important element in a building, especially a residential house. It is a circulation path between the interior and exterior of building. In Pucung Village, it has relatively unique function and meaning with a variety of ornaments, shapes, and amounts. The purpose of this study is to classify the types of doors and their elements, in this case the doors of traditional house in Pucung Village. Data were collected through field surveys, which were supported by the literature, theoretical studies and the results of empirical study. Analysis and formulation of the general characters of doors were done, and the doors were determined in accordance with appropriate criteria of study and re-drawn, so the grouping and categorization of typical elements of the doors could be done. As a result, the design of traditional doors in the conservation area of Sangiran Early Man site, which is included in the World Heritage area, can eventually be typified. Based on the results of the study, six types of traditional doors in Pucung Village were obtained. The types of doors were based on two categories. Based on number, there were doors with one, three, and five in number, while based on material, there were doors made from bamboo (gedhek), wood, and wood and glass

scholarly journals A new family of bizarre durophagous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Archer ◽  
S. J. Hand ◽  
K. H. Black ◽  
R. M. D. Beck ◽  
D. A. Arena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Weak Support ◽  
New Family ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Original Interpretation ◽  
Heritage Area ◽  
Prey Items

Abstract A new specimen of the bizarrely specialised Malleodectes mirabilis from middle Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area provides the first and only information about the molar dentition of this strange group of extinct marsupials. Apart from striking autapomorphies such as the enormous P3, other dental features such as stylar cusp D being larger than B suggest it belongs in the Order Dasyuromorphia. Phylogenetic analysis of 62 craniodental characters places Malleodectes within Dasyuromorphia albeit with weak support and without indication of specific relationships to any of the three established families (Dasyuridae, Myrmecobiidae and Thylacinidae). Accordingly we have allocated Malleodectes to the new family, Malleodectidae. Some features suggest potential links to previously named dasyuromorphians from Riversleigh (e.g., Ganbulanyi) but these are too poorly known to test this possibility. Although the original interpretation of a steeply declining molar row in Malleodectes can be rejected, it continues to seem likely that malleodectids specialised on snails but probably also consumed a wider range of prey items including small vertebrates. Whatever their actual diet, malleodectids appear to have filled a niche in Australia’s rainforests that has not been occupied by any other mammal group anywhere in the world from the Miocene onwards.

The vertebrate fauna of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. Driessen ◽  
Stephen A. Mallick
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Tree Frog ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Vertebrate Fauna ◽  
Island State ◽  
Feral Populations ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area encompasses an area of 1.38 million hectares, or approximately 20% of the island state of Tasmania. The World Heritage Area plays a significant role in the conservation of Tasmania's fauna and natural biological processes. The area supports 30 species of terrestrial mammal including three endemic species (91% of total Tasmanian species), 120 species of terrestrial bird including 10 endemic species (76% of state total), 14 species of terrestrial reptile including seven endemic species (67% of state total), seven species of frog including three endemic species (64% of state total), 16 species of freshwater fish including four endemic species (64% of state total), and 68 species of marine fish including one endemic species (14% of state total). A number of vertebrate species are entirely restricted to the World Heritage Area (Moss Froglet, Pedra Branca Skink, Mountain Skink, Pedder Galaxias, Swamp Galaxias and Western Paragalaxias, while the migratory Orange-bellied Parrot breeds only within the World Heritage Area. A number of other species have the majority of their Tasmanian range within the World Heritage Area (Broad-toothed Rat, Ground Parrot, Southern Emu-wren, Tasmanian Tree Frog, Northern Snow Skink, Southern Snow Skink, Bathurst Harbour Skate and the Clarence Galaxias). The World Heritage Area also supports a range of threatened mammal, bird, reptile and fish species. Of the 44 species of introduced vertebrates which have established feral populations in Tasmania, only seven species (16% of state total) have a significant presence within the World Heritage Area and pose a potential threat to the area's integrity. The diversity and endemism of the vertebrate fauna of the World Heritage Area reflects the Gondwanan origins of much of the fauna of western Tasmania, the repeated glaciation of the area during the Pleistocene, and subsequent pulses of speciation among certain taxa.

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