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1. Aboriginal-constructed lizard traps on Western Australia’s south coast create reptile habitat and teach principles of granite outcrop conservation

   Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (2)

   Susie Cramp , Lynette Knapp, Harriet Paterson, Peter Speldewinde, Alison Lullfitz, Stephen D. Hopper

2. Can citizen science fill knowledge gaps for the world’s most speciose and poorly-known insular amphibian fauna?

   Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (1)

   Paul M. Oliver , Anthony Davie-Rieck, Muhammad Imam Ramdani, Jono Dashper, Kukuh Indra Kusuma, Chien C. Lee, Eric Rittmeyer, Matthew J. Clancy, Amir Hamidy, Joseph C. Thompson, Antoine Fouquet, Flavien Ferreira, Stephen J. Richards

3. From rediscovery towards recovery: a recent history of Australia’s most critically endangered marsupial, Gilbert’s potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)

   Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (2)

   J. Anthony Friend, Elizabeth A. Sinclair , Jacqueline M. Courtenay

4. Drought in south-west Australia links to urban immigration across multiple avian taxa

   Pacific Conservation Biology 30 (6)

   Harry A. Moore , Anna K. Cresswell

5. Traditional Ecological Knowledge and practices associated with the Vanate (Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea raggiana) along the Kokoda Track in Central Province, Papua New Guinea

   Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (1)

   Challis Pulotu , Eric Katovai , Patrick Pikacha

6. Barriers to volunteering and other challenges facing community-based conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand

   Pacific Conservation Biology 30 (6)

   Charlotte P. Sextus , Karen F. Hytten, Paul Perry

7. The aquatic plant communities of the Pilbara region of Western Australia: a region of arid zone wetland diversity

   Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (1)

   Michael N. Lyons , David A. Mickle, Michelle T. Casanova

8. Evaluating the utility of environmental DNA for detecting a large Critically Endangered lizard in tropical northern Australia

   Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (1)

   Emily P. Hoffmann , Chris J. Jolly, Kathryn L. Dawkins, Kelly M. Dixon, Luke D. Einoder, Graeme R. Gillespie, Brett P. Murphy, Brenton von Takach

9. A Merningar Bardok family’s Noongar oral history of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve and surrounds

   Pacific Conservation Biology 30 (3)

   Lynette Knapp, Dion Cummings, Shandell Cummings, Peggy L. Fiedler, Stephen D. Hopper

10. A challenging future for Carnaby’s Cockatoo (Zanda latirostris) under a changing climate

    Pacific Conservation Biology 30 (6)

    Denis A. Saunders , Peter R. Mawson , Rick Dawson, Geoffrey Pickup

11. Sharks and rays of the Samoan archipelago: a review of their biological diversity, social and cultural values, and conservation status

    Pacific Conservation Biology 30 (4)

    Tori Nunis , Michael I. Grant , Andrew Chin

12. Reintroduction to the edge of its range: quenda (Isoodon fusciventer) to Wadderin Sanctuary in the eastern wheatbelt of Western Australia

    Pacific Conservation Biology 30 (4)

    Jeff Short

13. Decision-science navigates trade-offs between environmental and socio-economic objectives for marine debris mitigation

    Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (1)

    Jutta Beher , Brendan Wintle, Eric Treml

14. The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) as a potential invasive predator in a Critically Endangered sawfish nursery

    Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (1)

    David L. Morgan , Karissa O. Lear, Jack Ingelbrecht, Travis Fazeldean, Patricia A. Fleming

15. Hostile environments, terminal habitat, and tomb trees: the impact of systemic failures to survey for mature-forest dependent species in the State forests of New South Wales

    Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (1)

    Grant W. Wardell-Johnson , Todd P. Robinson

16. ‘It’s dangerous to put a number on them’. Media coverage of koalas during the 2019–2020 ‘Black Summer’ bushfires in Australia

    Pacific Conservation Biology 30 (6)

    Eleanor Stalenberg, Daniel Lunney , Chris Moon

17. Fungal consumption by marsupials in southern Tasmania

    Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (2)

    Kelsey Elliott, Michael M. Driessen, Karl Vernes, Todd F. Elliott

18. Movements of adult and fledgling Carnaby’s Cockatoos (Zanda latirostris Carnaby, 1948) from eleven breeding areas throughout their range

    Pacific Conservation Biology 30 (6)

    Denis A. Saunders , Peter R. Mawson , Rick Dawson, Heather Beswick, Geoffrey Pickup, Kayley Usher

19. Can epigeic invertebrates escape fire?

    Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (2)

    Christopher Swinstead, Paul Nevill, Philip W. Bateman

20. Using the prey captured by breeding Crested Terns to assess the availability of forage fish for other coastal meso-predators

    Pacific Conservation Biology 31 (2)

    J. Nic Dunlop, Erin Clitheroe , Donna Chapman

Collections

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The Natural History of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, Western Australia

Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve is one of the most important nature conservation areas along the south coast of Western Australia. This Collection of Pacific Conservation Biology papers about the natural history of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, provides past and current knowledge of this significant nature reserve.

Collection Editors
A. J. M. Hopkins, G. T. Smith and D. A. Saunders

Last Updated: 24 Feb 2025

Publishing Science 101: advice on submitting and promoting your research paper

This Collection offers an overview of the publishing process from start to finish, and is designed to provide information and support to researchers looking to publish academic articles. Topics include common mistakes authors make in presentation or in misunderstanding what happens in production, the importance of accurate referencing and proofing, navigating problems with authorship, making decisions about Open Access, and promoting work once it is accepted.

Collection Editor
Mike Calver (Editor-in-Chief, Pacific Conservation Biology)

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024

Marine Mammals in the Pacific

This collection of Pacific Conservation Biology papers will enable a synthesis of the challenges which face marine mammal populations and research in the Pacific and the actions and agreements to address some of the challenges, facilitate the publication of important knowledge from research poor areas, and highlight the importance of crowd-sourced data across geographically complex regions.

Collection Editors
Rochelle Constantine (University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau)
Claire Garrigue (Institute for Research and Development)

Last Updated: 07 Oct 2024

Conservation Highlights in the Americas

This Collection focuses on contributions from researchers studying conservation problems and solutions along the eastern Pacific coast and Hawaii. The papers from the eastern Pacific coast include island and mainland examples, confirming that both are considered within the journal’s scope. They illustrate the range and quality of the work published by Pacific Conservation Biology, as well as the journal’s service to the scientific communities of the eastern Pacific coast.

Last Updated: 22 Mar 2024

Coral Reefs in the Pacific: Values, Threats and Solutions

The challenges for conservation in the Pacific are sharpest in managing coral reefs. The effects of anthropogenic climate change are already evident, as well as unregulated exploitation, land clearing or agricultural production on adjoining lands. In 2018, Pacific Conservation Biology celebrated 25 years of publication. It was also International Year of the Reef. In this Collection, we have collated key papers to aid the understanding of the value of, and threats to, coral reefs and their ecosystems, with hope that this research will contribute to a brighter future for our reefs.

Collection Editors
Mike Van Keulen and Mike Calver

Last Updated: 18 May 2018

Pacific Biodiversity: Values, Threats and Solutions

Pacific Conservation Biology is dedicated to conservation in the Pacific region, which is defined broadly as the western Pacific (East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania), the north Pacific (including Russia), and the islands of the central Pacific across to countries on the North American and South American continents bordering on the eastern Pacific. In this Collection, Pacific Conservation Biology addresses the ‘big questions’ in conservation, providing a forum for conservation scientists, natural resource managers and science communicators to explore the answers in a Pacific context.

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2017