Refugia for biological diversity in arid and semi-arid Australia
Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 4
S.R. Morton, J. Short and R.D. Barker, with an Appendix by G.F. Griffin and G. Pearce
Biodiversity Unit
Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, 1995
4. Foci of biological diversity in Western Australia (continued)
4.9. Gascoyne
Area
181,273 km².
Primary land-use
Extensive sheep grazing.
National Parks and Nature Reserves
Collier Range National Park, Mt Augustus National Park.
Management problems
Land degradation due to over-grazing (Williams 1978; Wilcox and Cunningham 1994).
ANZECC-listed species
The agamid lizard Ctenophorus yinnietharra (V) (Cogger et al. 1993, pp. 69-71).
Species that are regionally endemic
The gecko Diplodactylus wilsoni and the skink Lerista stictopleura (Cogger 1992).
Relict populations
No information.
Other significant populations
Reid and Fleming (1992) considered the bush thick-knee Burhinus grallarius to be declining in this Region.
Wetland sites
No information.
Refugia
None identified.
Before you download
Most publications are available as PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files.
If you are unable to access a publication, please contact us to organise a suitable alternative format.
Key
Links to another web site
Opens a pop-up window