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)
4.14. Mallee
Area
79,874 km².
Primary land-use
Agriculture.
National Parks and Nature Reserves
Frank Hann National Park and Peak Charles National Park.
Management problems
Loss of habitat through habitat fragmentation (Noble et al. 1990).
ANZECC-listed species
Leigh et al. (1984) listed the plants Boronia revoluta (V) (p. 314), Eremophila inflata (V) (pp. 256-7), E. racemosa (V) (p. 257), and Eucalyptus steedmanii (V) (pp. 275-6).
Species that are regionally endemic
Reptiles: The skink Ctenotus xenopleura is endemic (Dell et al. 1985; Cogger 1992). The elapid snake Echiopsis atriceps is known only from Lake Cronin (How et al. 1988; Cogger 1992).
Plants: How et al. (1988) recorded 20 undescribed plant species and 79 rarely-collected species.
Relict populations
No information.
Other significant populations
The Region represents an important interzone between arid and mesic components of the south-western Australian biota. Leigh et al. (1984) recorded the rare plant Eremophila serpens (pp. 257-8).
Wetland sites
No information.
Refugia
None identified.
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