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Browning, Teena L.; Taggart, David A.; Rummery, Catherine; Close, Robert; Eldridge, Mark D. B.

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“…However, perceived habitat preferences vary in space (Murray et al, 2009(Murray et al, , 2011 and they can also be found in areas without rocky outcrops or use vegetation for shelter (DECC, 2008a;Eldridge, 2008 (Browning et al, 2001), and the current study area includes the northern portion of the central ESU and the southern portion of the northern ESU (DECC, 2008a).…”

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Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush‐tailed rock‐wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)

Ashcroft

Cavanagh²,

Eldridge

et al. 2014

Journal of Biogeography

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, J. R. (2014). Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata). Journal of Biogeography, 41 (7), 1402-1413. Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) AbstractAim Many species are susceptible to climatic extremes, yet few fine-scale studies consider the factors that determine the distribution of extreme temperatures at landscape and regional scales. These factors include cold air drainage, canopy cover and topographical exposure to winds and radiation. We used the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) to test whether innovative topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures are an important predictor of regional-scale species distributions. Location Hunter Valley region, New South Wales, Australia (31.2-33.4° S, 148.6-153.0° E). Methods We modelled the regional distributions of rockwallaby observations and colonies using topoclimatic, macroclimatic, topographical and habitat factors. We employed a randomization procedure to reduce spatial clustering of records and divide the data into 10 different training and testing datasets. Models were assessed using the Akaike information criterion (AIC) on the training datasets, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) on the test datasets, and the consistency of the response curves. We compared multiple univariate and multivariate models, rather than producing one 'true' model, to examine the evidence that different environmental factors consistently influenced the distribution of rock-wallabies. Results The environmental factors that were consistently strongest at explaining the distribution of rock-wallabies were the topoclimatic estimate of extreme cold, the macroclimatic estimate of annual precipitation, and the amount of cleared land within 1600 m. Rock-wallaby colonies were in areas where minimum temperatures were high, rainfall was low, and there was a low proportion of cleared land. Topographical surrogates performed well in univariate models but poorly in multivariate models. Main conclusions We have shown that topoclimatic maps of extreme conditions have the potential to model the regional distributions of at least some species better than indirect surrogates based on topography or macroclimate. Topoclimatic grids are an important tool for regional conservation planning, but practitioners need to place more emphasis on the derivation and accuracy of the climate grids, not just the spatial resolution. RRH Topoclimatic extremes and the distribution of rock-wallabies Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) ABSTRACTAim Many species are susceptible to climatic extremes, yet few fine-scale studies consider the factors that determine the distribution of extreme temperatures at landsc...

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Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush‐tailed rock‐wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)

Ashcroft

Cavanagh²,

Eldridge

et al. 2014

Journal of Biogeography

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“…Moritz et al (1996) highlight karyotypic characteristics as being among the most powerful genetic markers in the taxonomic identification of evolutionary significant units. A classic case occurred for rock kangaroos distributed in different regions of Australia, some of which are at risk of extinction, in which the set of karyotypic characteristics was determinant in the resolution of taxonomic uncertainties (Browning et al 2001). Among morphologically indistinguishable cryptic species, we may cite the example of the muntjak deer of India and China, with a strong cytotaxonomic argument.…”

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Karyotype diversity and fish conservation of southern field from South Brazil

Artoni

Vicari

Almeida

et al. 2009

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Six hundred and twenty-seven specimens of neotropical fishes belonging to thirteen species/ populations from southern field (Paraná, State, Brazil) were karyotypicaly analyzed between 2000 and 2006.The study biogeographic region is characterized as a divisor of waters presenting tributaries and headboards of the hydrographic basins of the rivers Tibagi, Iguaçu, Ivaí, and Paranapanema (Upper Paraná Basin) and Ribeira river (East Basin). Two patterns of karyotypic diversification were verified, being one more conserved in the karyotypic macrostructure and the other more diversified. The understanding at of this variability with views to the citotaxonomy and biological conservation was interpreted at the light of (1) the historical biogeography, (2) of the evolutionary time, and (3) of the biology of the species, indicating the study area as highly relevant for the selection of evolutionary potential.

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“…In Australia, the brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata is critically endangered in Victoria. Browning et al (2001) found that each of the State's populations had low genetic variability 2017 Australian Zoologist volume 38 3This paper is part of the theme edition of Australian Zoologist -"Dangerous Ideas in Zoology" within each of its isolated populations, and that each population carried alleles that were unique to that specific population. These findings are typical of random genetic drift that results from random loss of genetic diversity and associated fixation of a single genotype (or at least a reduced number of genotypes) within isolated populations.…”

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“…These phenomena have been demonstrated to be most marked in small populations (e.g. Újvári et al 2002;Reed and Frankham 2003), including endangered species (brushtailed rock-wallaby P. penicillata -Browning et al 2001; northern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus krefftii -Taylor et al 1994-Taylor et al , 1997 and/or in species that have otherwise been subjected to genetic bottleneck/s (Frankham 1986).…”

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A Dangerous Idea in Zoology: Ignoring the Role of Genetics in Biodiversity Restoration

Burgin

2017

Australian Zoologist

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This paper is part of the theme edition of Australian Zoologist-"Dangerous Ideas in Zoology" Introduction to 'biodiversity' 'Biodiversity' emerged as a term in the ecological literature in the mid-1980s and, within a decade, it had become so popular that it could have been viewed as a 'new field of science' (Ghilarov 1996). Subsequently, there has been a 'steady increase' in the use of the term, and particularly since the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit Conference in Rio de Janeiro (Loreau et al. 2006), evidenced, for example, in the title of scientific articles (Kaennel 1998; Loreau et al. 2006). However, despite the concept having become entrenched in both the academic and the general language of the broader community 1, the term 'biodiversity' continues to be identified and evaluated differently at all levels of society, internationally and nationally, and among organisations, local communities, and even among researchers from different disciplinesgenetics, botany, anthropology, economics (Kaennel 1998; Ewers and Rodrigues 2006; Caillon and Degeorges 2007). Norton (2006) suggested that defining biodiversity appropriately was important because of its role as a 'proxy' for species conservation, and because it is effectively the only approach being considered in the minimisation of continued loss of species. Further, he also suggested that it was by no means a trivial task to define 'biodiversity'. This 1 At the end of September, 2014, the key word 'biodiversity' on 'Google' elicited 52,000,000 hits, and 'Google Scholar' 1,300,000. is because, in addition to the incorporation of ecological attributes within the definition, it also has to be considered in terms of social goals and values. Using the United States of America's (USA) Endangered Species Act 1973 as an example, Norton (2006) pointed out that social values were central to biodiversity conservation in that Act. It actually identifies the 'social values' of aesthetics, education, historical, and recreation, together with ecological and scientific attributes. As a consequence, it was suggested that any definition of biodiversity needed to span both 'policy discourse' and 'biological respectability'. To achieve this outcome, it was suggested that a 'bridge term' was required that 'linked discourse about policy goals to scientific data and theory, all within a discourse associated with policy choices' (Norton 2006, p. 50). The Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 is the Federal Government's 'central piece of environmental legislation'. Its emphasis is different in some respects to that of the USA's Endangered Species Act in that the focus of the Federal legislation, and thus the states and territories, provides 'a legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage'. If it is assumed that this

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Cited by 49 publications

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Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush‐tailed rock‐wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)

Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush‐tailed rock‐wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)

Karyotype diversity and fish conservation of southern field from South Brazil

A Dangerous Idea in Zoology: Ignoring the Role of Genetics in Biodiversity Restoration

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