Sleeper populations of non-native species can remain at low abundance for decades
before irrupting. For over a century, fallow deer (Dama dama) in the island state of Tasmania, …

The typical buttongrass moorland communities of the Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus
wallicus in Tasrnania are graminoid heathland, particularly Standard and Layered Blanket Moor…

Taylor, RJ and Bryant, SL, 1997. Compilation of a list of threatenedinvertebrates: the Tasmanian
experience. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 56: 605-609. The Invertebrate Advisory …

Tasmania’s offshore islands contain nationally and globally significant natural values, and
some are recognised by World Heritage Area status. Many hold a range of highly restricted …

Since the 1970s, knowledge of Tasmania's offshore islands has expanded greatly due to an
increase in systematic and regional surveys, the continuation of several long-term …

Australia’s islands are an important component of the nation’s conservation estate and
support significant conservation assets. All states, the Northern Territory and the Australian …

Australia’s approach to managing and conserving its offshore islands as important national
assets warrants urgent review. There is a growing realisation that the current trajectory of …

If conservation depends on people, then community partnerships are the lynchpin to conservation
success. The contribution of local knowledge, intellectual capital and volunteer labour …

Australia needs a new shared vision that the current trajectory of loss of natural heritage on
its offshore islands is not acceptable and needs to change. This Special Issue brings …

Australia’s islands are incredibly rich natural repositories yet many face ongoing exploitation
or degradation, or suffer from benign neglect. With tenacity and commitment, community-…