Bush Heritage Australia

Hybridisation dynamics of Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and trout cod (M. macquariensis) in Cataract Reservoir

Context The successful mating of individuals from two genetically differentiated lineages, hybridisation, becomes a concern for conservation when it leads to the loss of distinctive gene pools. Aims Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and trout cod (M. macquariensis), two species...

Mammal declines in the Mitchell Subregion of the North Kimberley Bioregion, Western Australia as demonstrated by the history of disappearances at Kalumburu

The establishment of the Drysdale River Mission, near Kalumburu, Western Australia, in 1908 facilitated the early collection and documentation of the local mammal fauna and the Indigenous Knowledge associated with it. This review examines evidence of chronological changes in the...

A method for characterising fire events in high fire frequency landscapes: case study application to North Kimberley fire regimes, Western Australia

Background Identifying fire events provides insights into fire size distribution, the timing of significant fire events, their behaviour and ignition causes. However, this can be challenging when using temporally coarse datasets across high-fire-frequency savanna landscapes. Aims...

Pervasive sublethal impacts of heat exposure revealed by telomere dynamics

Predicting species responses to anthropogenic environmental change remains one of the most pressing and complex challenges in contemporary biology. While mass mortality events and localized extinctions have been linked to global warming, the more elusive and probably common, effe...