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A journal dedicated to conservation and wildlife management in the Pacific region.



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  Volume 1 Number 1

 
EDITORIAL  
  Why we need a new journal. Craig Moritz. 1
NEWS AND VIEWS  
  The South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme. G. Robin South. 2
  Research challenges and opportunities in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage area. W. F. Laurance. 3
FORUM ESSAYS  
  Ecocolonialism and indigenous knowledge systems: village controlled rainforest preserves in Samoa. P. A. Cox and T. Elmqvist. 6
  The conservation of Leadbeater's Possum in southeastern Australia and the Northern Spotted Owl in the Pacific north-west of the USA: Management issues, strategies and lessons. D. A. Lindenmayer and T. W. Norton. 13
ANNOUNCEMENTS 19
REVIEWS  
  Biological diversity of micro-organisrns: an Australian perspective. M. M. Roper. 21
  Can revegetation assist in the conservation of biodiversity in agricultural areas. R. J. Hobbs. 29
  A framework for the improved management of threatened species based on population viability analysis. H. P. Possingham, D. B. Lindenmayer and T. W. Norton. 39
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Genetic variation in the Greater Bilby Macrotis lagotis. R. Southgate and M. Adams. 46
  Biodiversity and systematics: the use and misuse of divergence information in assessing taxonomic diversity. D. P. Faith. 53
  Genetic variation in fragmented populations of an Australian rainforest rodent Melomys cervinipes. L. K. -R Leung, C. R. Dickman and L. A. Moore. 58
  Declines in populations of Australia's endemic tropical rainforest frogs. S. R. Richards, K. R. McDonald and R. A. AIford. 66
NOTE  
  Predictable effects of agricultural development on the long-term availability of hollows for animals: observations from the Western Australian wheatbelt. M. Abensperg-Traun and G. T. Smith. 78

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  Volume 1 Number 2

 
EDITORIAL  
  What is in this issue? Craig Moritz. 81
NEWS AND VIEWS  
  A vertebrate person in an invertebrate court. G. Ingram. 82
  Coastal marine resource management in the Pacific region. T. Adams. 83
  Management for the conservation of Leadbeater's Possum Glymnobelideus leadbeateri - A reply. M. A. Macfarlane and R. H. Loyn. 84
  Rebuttal - D. B. Lindenmayer. 86
  Ecocolonialism and indigenous knowledge systems - Comment. G. B. K. Baines. 87
  Rebuttal - P. Cox and T. Elmqvist. 88
ANNOUNCEMENTS 88
FORUM ESSAY  
  Modern conservation and indigenous peoples: in search of wisdom. P. D. Dwyer 91
REVIEWS  
  Biogeography of Australian monsoon rainforest mammals: implications for the conservation of rainforest mammals. - D. M. J. S. Bowman and J. C. Z. Woinarski. 98
  Quantifying the impact of disease on threatened species. H. McCallum. 107
  The application of fluctuating asymmetry in the monitoring of animal populations. S. Sarre, J. M. Dearn and A. Georges. 118
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Genetic studies of the Hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata: evidence for multiple stocks in Australian waters. D. Broderick, C. Moritz, J. D. Miller, M. Guinea, R. I. T. Prince and C. J. Limpus. 123
  The zoogeographic significance of urban bushland remnants to reptiles in the Perth region, Western Australia. R. A. How and J. Dell. 132
  Trends in the population of the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat Lasiorhinus krefftii in Epping Forest National Park, Central Queensland. D. G. Crossman, C. N. Johnson and A. B. Horsup. 141
NOTE  
  Further evidence for the precipitous decline of endemic rainforest frogs in tropical Australia. M. P. Trenerry, W. F. Laurance and K. R. McDonald. 150
BOOK REVIEW  
  Biodiversity of mediterrancan ecosystems in Australia ed R. J. Hobbs. J. Reid. 154

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  Volume 1 Number 3

 
EDITORIAL  
  A theme issue on landscape ecology. Craig Moritz. 157
NEWS AND VIEWS  
  Conservation through sustainable use of wildlife - conference report. P. Hale. 158
  The CRC for Biological Control of Vertebrate Pest Populations: fertility control of wildlife for conservation. H. Tyndale-Biscoe. 160
FORUM ESSAY  
  Conservation: a starfish without a central disc? J. L. Craig and A. M. Stewart. 163
ANNOUNCEMENTS 169
  Theme: Landscape ecology  
REVIEW  
  Landscape ecology and conservation: moving from description to application. R. J. Hobbs. 170
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Variation in mosaic diversity in the forests of coastal northern New South Wales. A. 0. Nicholls. 177
  Landscape heterogeneity indices: problems of scale and applicability, with particular reference to animal habitat description. P. G. Cale and R. J. Hobbs. 183
  Connectivity and complexity in landscapes and ecosystems. D. G. Green. 194
  Small-scale resource heterogeneity in semi-arid landscapes. D. J. Tongway and J. A. Ludwig. 201
  A flow-filter model for simulating the conservation of limited resources in spatially heterogeneous, semi-arid landscapes. J. A. Ludwig, D. J. Tongway and S. G. Marsden. 209
  Landscape-scale disturbances and regeneration in semi-arid woodlands of southwestern Australia. C. J. Yates, R. J. Hobbs and R. W. Bell. 214
  Tree hollows as a resource for wildlife in remnant woodlands: spatial and temporal patterns across the northern plains of Victoria, Australia. A. F. Bennett, L. F. Lumsden and A. 0. Nicholls. 222
  Integrating agricultural land-use and management for conservation of a native grassland flora in a variegated landscape. S. McIntyre. 236
  Conservation of woodland birds in a fragmented rural landscape. G. W. Barrett, H. A. Ford and H. F. Recher. 245
  Developing a strategy for rehabilitating riparian vegetation of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Sydney, Australia. J. Howell, D. Benson and L. McDougall. 257
BOOK REVIEW  
  Reintegrating fragmented landscapes, ed by D. Saunders and R, J. Hobbs. H. F. Recher. 272

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  Volume 1 Number 4

 
EDITORIAL  
  Management for Sustainability. Craig Moritz. 275
NEWS AND VIEWS  
  The Centre for Biodiversity Research. J. West. 276
  “Nature Conservation: the role of networks” - conference report. D. Saunders and J. L. Craig. 278
FORUM ESSAYS  
  Biodiversity - political responsibilities and agendas for research and conservation. R. L. Kitching. 279
  Towards an ecological framework for sustainability: considerations for ecosystem management. S. R. Dovers and T. W. Norton. 283
  Towards the sustainable management of southern temperate forest ecosystems: lessons from Australia and New Zealand. T. W. Norton and N. D. Mitchell. 293
REVIEWS  
  The need for a more sophisticated approach toward wildlife corridor design in the multiple-use forests of southeastern Australia: the case for mammals. A. W. Claridge and D. B. Lindenmayer. 301
  limate change and conservation policies in Australia: coping with change that is far away and not yet certain. L. Hughes and M. Westoby. 308
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Recent contraction of wet sclerophyll forest in the wet tropics of Queensland due to invasion by rainforest. G. N. Harrington and K. D. Sanderson. 319
  The utility to birds and mammals of remnant riparian vegetation and associated windbreaks in the tropical Queensland uplands. F. Crome, J. Isaacs and L. Moore. 328
  A model for the effects of fire and fragmentation on the population viability of the Splendid Fairy-wren. L. C. Brooker and M. G. Brooker.
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  Variation in flower production of nine grassland species with time since fire, and implications for grassland management and restoration. I. D. Lunt. 359
NOTE  
  A genetic study of the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Petrogale penicillata in East Gippsland and relevance for management of the species in Victoria. R. L. Close, M. D. B. Eldridge, J. N. Bell and J. Reside. 367
BOOK REVIEWS  
  Risk assessment in conservation biology. M. A. Burgman, S. Ferson and H. R. Akgakaya. H. McCallum. 372
  Biological conservation, monitoring and assessment. I. F. Spellerberg and S. R. Hardes. J. Kikkawa. 373
AUTHOR AND SUBJECT INDEXES TO VOLUME 1 375

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