Distribution and Status of the Northern nailtail wallaby, Onychogalea unguifera (Gould, 1841)

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 655 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Ingleby
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
The West ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Using Data

Past and present distributions of 0. unguifera were compared using data from museums, explorers' records and field surveys conducted during 1986-88. There is little evidence of a decline in geographical distribution or abundance of this species during the last century, although numbers may have declined locally in parts of the West Kimberley in Western Australia. At present 0. unguifera is moderately common between latitudes 16� and 19�S. in the Northern Territory and western Queensland and in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is uncommon towards the northern and southern limits of its range in each State. These limits correspond to latitudes 12�-14�S. and 20�-22�S. respectively. 0. unguifera appears to be under no immediate threat. However, its preferred habitats are poorly represented in National Parks and other conservation reserves throughout northern Australia, and this situation should be remedied.

Distribution and status of the spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 501 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Ingleby
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Introduced Herbivores ◽  
The Status ◽  
Pastoral Lease ◽  
Feral Animals ◽  
Using Data

Past and present distributions of Lagorchestes conspicillatus were compared using data from museums, explorers' records and from recent field surveys. These data indicated that L. conspicillatus has declined in distribution and abundance during the last century. This species is now rare in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia. It is moderately common between latitudes 16� and 18�S in central and eastern Northern Territory, and its range extends north to around 12�S in Arnhem Land. However, the southern limits of its range in the Northern Territory have contracted northward by over 200 km and it is rarely recorded below 21�S. L. conspicillatus remains widespread in Queensland although its numbers in several areas appear to have declined in the last 10-15 years. The status of L. conspicillatus should be regarded as vulnerable. Most of its preferred habitats are currently under pastoral lease and at risk of alteration by introduced herbivores or clearing. Unfavourable fire regimes and feral animals may also pose a threat to its survival in some areas. Habitats suitable for L. conspicillatus are very poorly represented in National Parks throughout northern Australia and this situation should be rectified.

National Parks and Native Peoples in Northern Canada, Alaska, and Northern Australia

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Gardner ◽  
J. G. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Native People ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Native Peoples ◽  
Northern Canada

At the very general level, the aim of this paper is to compare the interaction of national parks and native peoples in Northern Canada (Yukon Territory), Alaska, and the Northern Territory of Australia. Currently these areas are subject to increasing land-use pressures from mining, industrial development, the creation of national parks and related reserves, and native attempts to maintain traditional wildlife and renewable resource use. The study focuses on the interactions between national parks and native peoples on the premise that experiences can be compared and problems encountered in one area but possibly avoided in another.The study begins by briefly describing native land-use issues, land-rights arrangements, and organizations, in the Yukon Territory, central Alaska, and Northern Australia. The national park agencies are described, compared, and shown to differ considerably in institutional character, field of management, control of land, and external links with interest groups such as native peoples. Case-studies of the national parks etc. named Kluane (Yukon), Gates of the Arctic (Alaska), and Kakadu (Northern Territory of Australia), are presented to provide more details on similarities and differences in planning, types of tenure, native subsistence activities, and other factors.In the Yukon Territory, neither the national parks agency nor the native people are highly motivated to interact. In contrast, the park agencies and native people in Alaska and the Northern Territory of Australia recognize mutual benefits from interaction—largely as a result of legislation and policies which encourage cooperation. Native involvement officers now facilitate coordination in the Yukon and Alaska. Park agency native employment programmes are proceeding in all three ‘hinterlands’, while native people can own land on which national parks are established in Alaska and the Australian Northern Territory. Only in Australia are native people known to be directly involved in upperlevel national park management. Potential limitations on native subsistence and associated use of national parks range from moderate to severe, and are only defined clearly in Alaska. Lack of definition leads to confusion in deciding upon native use, while exceedingly precise definition precludes flexibility at the park level.A number of aids to a more mutually satisfactory interaction can be identified. One is motivation, or recognition by both parties that there are advantages to consultation and cooperation. Another, not yet achieved in the Yukon, is a land-claims settlement, stating the legislated rights of native peoples in the ‘hinterlands’ and giving them a land-holding and bargaining status which is comparable with that of government agencies. A third aid is comprehensive systematic and regional planning efforts involving opportunities for informed input from all affected parties. Such planning would provide a forum for consideration of a variety of interests, including national parks and native peoples. Finally, satisfactory interaction on the park site could be assisted by clear yet flexible means of deciding upon acceptable native use of parkland, the conservation of wildlife, and associated economic and cultural factors.

A review of the Glossogobius giuris complex in Australia, with wider discussion on nomenclature and possible synonymies

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4974 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-115
Author(s):  
DOUGLASS F. HOESE ◽  
MICHAEL P. HAMMER
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
The West ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
The Status ◽  
Colour Patterns ◽  
Glossogobius Giuris

Two species that had previously been referred to as Glossogobius giuris from Australia are redescribed and tentatively treated as Glossogobius giuris and Glossogobius laticeps. The two species are largely allopatric in Australia with G. laticeps found on the east coast of Queensland and some rivers of the Northern Territory, while G. giuris is distributed from the Northern Territory to rivers of the west coast of Western Australia. The two species are known to be genetically distinct and with some differences in colour patterns. Morphological features separating the species are minor and there is considerable overlap in many of the characters separating them. High variation in the Hammersley Ranges and Kimberley region of Western Australia further complicates separation of the species. The status of the Glossogobius giuris group from India is discussed as a key area to resolving an overall “giuris” species complex. Information is provided on the current identity of a number of species that had previously been considered synonyms of Glossogobius giuris. Extant types and difficulties assigning the types of known species are also discussed. A key is provided to aid identification of Australian species of Glossogobius. 

Contemporary fire regimes of northern Australia, 1997 - 2001: change since Aboriginal occupancy, challenges for sustainable management

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Russell-Smith ◽  
Cameron Yates ◽  
Andrew Edwards ◽  
Grant E. Allan ◽  
Garry D. Cook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Landsat Imagery ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Frequency Interval ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Noaa Avhrr ◽  
Fine Resolution

Considerable research has been undertaken over the past two decades to apply remote sensing to the study of fire regimes across the savannas of northern Australia. This work has focused on two spatial scales of imagery resolution: coarse-resolution NOAA-AVHRR imagery for savanna-wide assessments both of the daily distribution of fires ('hot spots'), and cumulative mapping of burnt areas ('fire-scars') over the annual cycle; and fine-resolution Landsat imagery for undertaking detailed assessments of regional fire regimes. Importantly, substantial effort has been given to the validation of fire mapping products at both scales of resolution. At the savanna-wide scale, fire mapping activities have established that: (1) contrary to recent perception, from a national perspective the great majority of burning in any one year typically occurs in the tropical savannas; (2) the distribution of burning across the savannas is very uneven, occurring mostly in sparsely settled, higher rainfall, northern coastal and subcoastal regions (north-west Kimberley, Top End of the Northern Territory, around the Gulf of Carpentaria) across a variety of major land uses (pastoral, conservation, indigenous); whereas (3) limited burning is undertaken in regions with productive soils supporting more intensive pastoral management, particularly in Queensland; and (4) on a seasonal basis, most burning occurs in the latter half of the dry season, typically as uncontrolled wildfire. Decadal fine-resolution fire histories have also been assembled from multi-scene Landsat imagery for a number of fire-prone large properties (e.g. Kakadu and Nitmiluk National Parks) and local regions (e.g. Sturt Plateau and Victoria River District, Northern Territory). These studies have facilitated more refined description of various fire regime parameters (fire extent, seasonality, frequency, interval, patchiness) and, as dealt with elsewhere in this special issue, associated ecological assessments. This paper focuses firstly on the patterning of contemporary fire regimes across the savanna landscapes of northern Australia, and then addresses the implications of these data for our understanding of changes in fire regime since Aboriginal occupancy, and implications of contemporary patterns on biodiversity and emerging greenhouse issues.

Distribution of the native earthworm fauna of Australia - a continent-wide perspective

Soil Research ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Large Rivers ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
South West ◽  
Wide Perspective ◽  
Central Australia

Based on nearly 2000 available records, the broadscale geographical distribution of the native earthworm fauna of Australia was mapped. Native earthworms were recorded from south-eastern, eastern and northern Australia within 400 km of the coast. Isolated faunas were present in Tasmania and south-west Western Australia, and apparently isolated faunas occurred in the Adelaide area/Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia and the ranges of central Australia. All but 30 locality records occurred where annual rainfall averaged or exceeded 400 mm; 16 of these records were instances of moisture-gaining sites (moist caves, waterholes, banks of large rivers, edge of granite domes). A collecting strategy to both fill in gaps in the distribution map and discover additional anomalous occurrences (with respect to the 400 mm isohyet) is outlined.

Morphological and genetic relationships among populations of Scotorepens sanbomi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Papua, New Guinea, Australia and Indonesia.

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
D.J. Kitchener ◽  
M. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Wing Loading ◽  
The West ◽  
West Timor ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Discriminant Function Analyses

Skull and external morphology and the genetic relationships of Scotorepens sanbomi individuals were studied for populations in Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia and West Timor (a recently discovered population). Discriminant function analyses showed that animals from West Timor were large and similar in size and shape to those from Papua New Guinea and Queensland; their skull dimensions were closer to Queensland animals whereas their external dimensions were closer to Papua New Guinea animals. The West Timor, Papua New Guinea and Queensland animals were considerably larger in skull', external and baculum measurements than the Western Australian animals. The Northern Territory animals were intermediate, but closer to the Western Australian animals. The latter also showed some proportional (shape) differences from animals in these other populations. The largest animals (West Timor) had a relatively high wing loading and higher aspect ratio than the smallest (Western Australia) animals. This suggests that on West Timor the species forage in less cluttered airspace, probably higher above the vegetation, than their counterparts from Western Australia. Allozyme electrophoresis of 3lloci revealed considerable genetic heterogeneity between the populations (Nei Ds range 0.023- 0.158). The West Timor population was genetically most similar to the Western Australia and Northern Territory populations and most divergent from both the Queensland and New Guinea populations.

Pennisetum polystachion (mission grass).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Parker
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Perennial Grass ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Fallow Land ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Class B ◽  
Noxious Weed

Abstract P. polystachion is a vigorous annual or perennial grass growing to over 1 m height, producing large numbers of seeds with limited dormancy. It is a natural invader of disturbed ground, typically occurring in fallow land in its native region in Africa. It has been widely introduced to Asia, Australia and Central and South America, both deliberately, as a potential forage plant, and accidentally. In some of these areas, especially Thailand and northern Australia, it has flourished, spreading along roadsides into both agricultural and natural habitats, sometimes in national parks and nature reserves, reducing species diversity and greatly increasing the risk of damaging fires. It is listed as a Federal Noxious Weed in USA and as a Class B and C Noxious Weed in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Small terrestrial mammals on Doongan Station, in the Northern Kimberley bioregion, Western Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liberty G. M. Olds ◽  
Cecilia Myers ◽  
Jim Reside ◽  
George Madani ◽  
Alexander Dudley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Terrestrial Mammals ◽  
Hydromys Chrysogaster ◽  
Petaurus Breviceps ◽  
Survey Effort ◽  
Broad Scale

There are significant gaps in knowledge of the small terrestrial mammals (<2 kg) in the Northern Kimberley bioregion (NOK). There have been no known extinctions of small mammals in the NOK, despite broad-scale declines being observed across much of northern Australia. The few studies in the NOK have focussed largely on three major national parks and NOK islands and thus may not be fully representative of the region. Mammal surveys were undertaken on Doongan Station, a pastoral property adjacent to these national parks to determine the presence/absence of small mammals. Five species were found to be common (Pseudomys nanus, P. delicatulus, Rattus tunneyi, Zyzomys argurus and Sminthopsis virginiae), two species were detected less frequently (Leggadina lakedownensis and Isoodon macrourus), and four species were scarcely detected (Melomys burtoni, Hydromys chrysogaster, Planigale maculata and Dasyurus hallucatus). Two species were detected only opportunistically outside of the survey effort (Petropseudes dahli and Petaurus breviceps). The trap success was consistently low, with levels in most years being below those regarded as critically low elsewhere in northern Australia.

The Gerrine Water Striders of Australia (Hemiptera: Gerridae): Taxonomy, Distribution and Ecology

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Møller Andersen ◽  
Tom A. Weir
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Present Knowledge ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Wing Polymorphism ◽  
Australian Water ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Water Striders ◽  
Distribution And Ecology

Water striders or pond skaters belonging to the subfamily Gerrinae are common inhabitants of various types of fresh water throughout eastern and northern Australia. The present paper deals with the 13 species (in 5 genera) known from Australia. Redescriptions or descriptive notes, illustrations, and keys to adults and nymphs of all species are provided and their distributions recorded and mapped.Tenagogerris pallidusand T. femoratus (both from Northern Territory and Western Australia), Tenagogonus australiensis (Queensland), Limnometra ciliodes (Queensland, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya), and Limnogonus fossarum gilguy (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Indo-Malayan Archipelago, and West Pacific to Samoa and Tonga) are described as new. Limnometra poliakanthinaNieser & Chen is synonymised with L. cursitans (Fabricius) and Hydrometra australis Skuse (= Limnometra skusei Torre-Bueno) with Limnogonus luctuosus (Montrouzier). The evolution and zoogeography of Australian water striders are discussed. Finally, we discuss the ecology of the gerrine water striders of Australia in relation to our present knowledge about habitats, phenology, wing polymorphism, and association between species.

Some Wood and Stone Implements of the Bindibu Tribe of Central Western Australia

1964 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 400-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald F. Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Sandy Desert ◽  
The West ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
Nomadic People ◽  
Ceremonial Life

In 1956–57 the remote and almost unexplored desert terrain that stretches for hundreds of miles north and west of Lake Mackay—a great salt morass that lies across the border between Northern Territory and Western Australia—was in the grip of a severe drought which had lasted for more than a year. This great tract of spinifex desert and red sand hills that extends westward to the Canning Desert was named the Great Sandy Desert by Colonel Warburton in 1873.During 1956 and again in the following year, reports had been coming in sporadically through Alice Springs of the existence of primitive nomadic aborigines far out in the sands beyond Lake Mackay. Some of these nomads were said to have come in to Mt. Doreen Station, which lies 225 miles to the west of Alice Springs on the fringe of the desert, but no accurate information was available.Having experienced tropical areas of high rainfall with their regular hunting and food-gathering cycle, I had always wanted to work in the arid interior of Australia, where the rainfall is not only extremely low but unpredictable. I had hoped to live and to hunt with a nomadic people of the desert and semi-desert, and to study the background ecology, the adaptation of these people to this arid terrain, and especially their hunting and food gathering, and so to understand the effect of these factors on the territorial grouping and on the social and ceremonial life of the aborigines as I had come to know it.

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