This paper reviews the reasons why so many species of birds have declined in the eucalypt
woodlands and associated habitats across the agricultural zone of southern Australia. The …

Temperate eucalypt woodlands were once widespread throughout southern Australia and
Tasmania. Following European settlement, woodlands were cleared for agriculture, or …

Bats occupy a wide variety of roosts in both natural and manmade structures. More than half
of the approximately 1,100 species of living bats use plants exclusively or opportunistically …

Sample Species Action Plans are given for 20 species that have been selected to provide a
representative range of distributions, habitats and foraging types, conservation problems …

Summary 1 Cavity quality is important for the productivity and survival of many species of
tree‐dwelling wildlife. Intensive land management practices, such as logging and …

Broadscale land use changes are occurring rapidly in rural landscapes worldwide, within
which revegetation with native plant species to increase the area of suitable habitat is a key …

Scattered trees and small patches of vegetation among farmland are typical of rural
landscapes throughout the world, often comprising a significant proportion of remaining …

Aim To enhance current attempts to understand biodiversity patterns by using an historical
ecology approach to highlight the over‐riding influence of land‐use history in creating past …

Isolated trees and small patches of trees–paddock trees–are a prominent feature of
agricultural landscapes in Australia, but are declining in many areas due to natural …

Nesting habits of highly social stingless bees (Meliponini) were studied in lowland
dipterocarp forests in Sabah, Borneo. A total of 275 nests of 12 species of bees were …