Department of Biological Sciences

Revisiting Alpinia cumingii (Zingiberaceae): phylogenetic placement, recircumscription and a description of a new morphologically similar species

Alpinia cumingii was described by Karl Moritz Schumann from the Philippines in 1904. Two remarkably similar species, also from the Philippines, Alpinia penduliflora and Alpinia pendula, were described respectively in 1909 by Henry Nicholas Ridley and 1928 by Eduardo Quisumbing an...

Foreword to the collection ‘Marsupials in Victoria: survival in the face of current and future threats’

Victoria’s diverse and iconic marsupials face an uncertain future due to a number of factors, including climate change, feral predation and habitat loss. In this important collection of papers, leading scientists discuss some of these impacts and how to manage and mitigate them t...

Non-functional capillary modulates the honeymoon period in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) results in lung hypoplasia and vascular remodeling with persistent pulmonary hypertension with significant mortality and morbidity. While only the analysis of the ‘’functional’’ gas-exchange capillary with diverging findings has been publishe...

Mark–recapture modelling can index population trajectory in the platypus

Semi-aquatic freshwater mammals are a heterogeneous global group that are subject to a range of anthropogenic disturbances, with many species now being recognised as threatened and some viewed as indicators of freshwater ecosystem health. The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) i...