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
Contents
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- Introduction
- 1. Terms of Reference
- 2. Executive summary
- 3. Methods
- 4. Foci of biological diversity in Western Australia
- 5. Foci of biological diversity in South Australia
- 6. Foci of biological diversity in the Northern Territory
- 7. Foci of biological diversity in Queensland
- 8. Foci of biological diversity in New South Wales
- 9. The Use of Information on Foci of Biological Diversity to identify Refugia
- 10. Refugia in Western Australia
- 10.1. Dampier Archipelago
- 10.2. Monte Bello Islands
- 10.3. North-west islands
- 10.4. Barrow Island group
- 10.5. Islands of Exmouth Gulf
- 10.6. Islands of Shark Bay
- 10.7. Dirk Hartog Island
- 10.8. Bernier and Dorre Islands
- 10.9. Cape Range caves and gorges
- 10.10. Nullarbor caves
- 10.11. Caves of the Oscar and Napier Ranges
- 10.12. Lake Gregory
- 10.13. Lake Argyle
- 10.14. Dragon Tree Soak
- 10.15. Rudall River
- 10.16. Lake McLeod
- 10.17. Lower Murchison River
- 10.18. Camballin Floodplain
- 10.19. Roebuck Plains
- 10.20. Aneen Lake
- 10.21. De Grey River
- 10.22. Wooleen Lake
- 10.23. Mandora salt marsh
- 10.24. Lake Barlee
- 10.25. Windjana Gorge
- 10.26. Geikie Gorge
- 10.27. Tunnel Creek
- 10.28. Bungle Bungles
- 10.29. Hamersley and Chichester Gorges and Ranges
- 10.30. Edgar Ranges
- 10.31. Edel Land, Heirisson Prong and Peron Peninsula
- 10.32. Zuytdorp
- 10.1. Dampier Archipelago
- 11. Refugia in South Australia
- 11.1. Dalhousie Springs
- 11.2. Lake Eyre mound springs
- 11.3. Serpentine Lakes
- 11.4. Lake Phillipson
- 11.5. Lake Frome
- 11.6. Lake Gairdner
- 11.7. Lake Torrens
- 11.8. Lake Eyre
- 11.9. Strzelecki Creek floodplain and Lake Blanche
- 11.10. Coongie Lakes
- 11.11. Goyder's Lagoon
- 11.12. Northern Flinders Ranges
- 11.13. Gawler Ranges
- 11.1. Dalhousie Springs
- 12. Refugia in the Northern Territory
- 12.1. Pellew Island
- 12.2. Lake Woods
- 12.3. Lake Sylvester
- 12.4. Lake Surprise
- 12.5. Lake Amadeus and the Karinga Creek system
- 12.6. Carpentarian sandstone
- 12.7. Davenport and Murchison Ranges
- 12.8. Dulcie Ranges
- 12.9. Western MacDonnell Ranges
- 12.10. George Gill Ranges
- 12.11. Eastern MacDonnell Ranges
- 12.12. Uluru and Kata Tjuta
- 12.13. Tanami drainage system
- 12.14. Hay River
- 12.1. Pellew Island
- 13. Refugia in Queensland
- 14. Refugia in New South Wales
- 15. Summary of Refugia in arid and semi-arid Australia
- 16 Management issues
- 17. Acknowledgements
- 18. Appendix: Identifying zones of sustained herbage greenness as refugia in arid and semi-arid areas
- 19. Literature cited
- 20. Taxonomic index
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