The highly distinctive and mostly endemic Australian land mammal fauna has suffered an
extraordinary rate of extinction (> 10% of the 273 endemic terrestrial species) over the last∼ …

There is growing recognition of the important roles played by predators in regulating
ecosystems and sustaining biodiversity. Much attention has focused on the consequences of …

Since the late Pleistocene, large-bodied mammals have been extirpated from much of Earth.
Although all habitable continents once harbored giant mammals, the few remaining species …

This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of
life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently …

Through collation of global, national and state/territory threatened species lists, we conclude
that 100 Australian endemic species (one protist, 38 vascular plants, ten invertebrates, one …

We are living in the midst of the Earth's sixth great extinction event, the first one caused by a
single species: our own. In Wild Dog Dreaming, Deborah Bird Rose explores what …

If habitat destruction or overexploitation of populations is severe, species loss can occur
directly and abruptly. Yet the final descent to extinction is often driven by synergistic …

Recent advances highlight the potential for predators to restore ecosystems and confer
resilience against globally threatening processes, including climate change and biological …

One of the key gaps in understanding the impacts of predation by small mammalian
predators on prey is how habitat structure affects the hunting success of small predators …