Recent advances in the field of macroecology, including novel approaches, novel software
and novel metrics, enable us to have a better understanding of species distribution patterns …

Recent studies have suggested that contemporary losses of species are unevenly
distributed over phylogenies. Here, we show that species of Australian marsupials are at …

Recent attempts to explain the susceptibility of vertebrates to declines worldwide have
largely focused on intrinsic factors such as body size, reproductive potential, ecological …

The recent commentary by Woinarski (2014, Global Ecology and Biogeography, doi:
10.1111/geb. 12165) disagreed with our conclusions on the correlates of decline in the …

The topic of this thesis is the latitudinal diversity gradient: the general increase in numbers of
species from high latitudes towards the equator. Although it is a well-documented and very …

Australasia is home to many iconic species of marsupials, most found nowhere else. The
region also leads the world in marsupial declines and extinctions. There are many causes of …

Aim A third of all modern (after 1500) mammal extinctions (24/77) are Australian species.
These extinctions have been restricted to southern A ustralia, predominantly in species of …

Habitat loss and fragmentation are considered primary causes of biodiversity loss
worldwide, with predicted increasing impacts in terrestrial ecosystems. Species richness of …

Australian mammals have suffered an exceptionally high rate of decline and extinction over
the last two hundred years. Body mass is linked to extinction risk in Australian mammals, but …

Widespread declines of small-to medium-sized, semi-arboreal mammals in the drier regions
of Northern Australia are of global concern. These declines have been variously attributed to …