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Seed dispersal distance is more strongly correlated with plant height than with seed mass
- F. J. Thomson, Angela T. Moles, T. Auld, R. Kingsford
- Biology
- 1 November 2011
Summary
1. It is often assumed that there is a trade-off between maternal provisioning and dispersal capacity, leading small-seeded species to disperse further than large-seeded species. However,… Expand
Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems
- D. Keith, J. Rodríguez, +31 authors S. Zambrano-Martínez
- Geography, Biology
- PloS one
- 8 May 2013
An understanding of risks to biodiversity is needed for planning action to slow current rates of decline and secure ecosystem services for future human use. Although the IUCN Red List criteria… Expand
Water flows on Cooper Creek in arid Australia determine 'boom' and 'bust' periods for waterbirds
- R. Kingsford, A. Curtin, J. Porter
- Geography
- 1 May 1999
Abstract Cooper Creek is probably the longest and most important dryland river in Australia and one of the largest endorheic catchments in the world. Long dry periods (‘busts’) are punctuated by… Expand
The Macquarie Marshes in Arid Australia and their waterbirds: A 50-year history of decline
- R. Kingsford, R. F. Thomas
- Geography
- 1 November 1995
We investigated the relationship between total annual flow of water in the Macquarie River and the extent of flooding in the northern part of the Macquarie Marshes and trends in waterbird populations… Expand
Classifying landform at broad spatial scales: the distribution and conservation of wetlands in New South Wales, Australia
- R. Kingsford, K. Brandis, R. F. Thomas, P. Crighton, E. Knowles, E. Gale
- Biology
- 11 March 2004
Relatively few large-scale inventories of the world's wetlands exist because of the difficulties of spatial scale, associated cost and multiple objectives, often temporally confounded, that drive… Expand
Australian waterbirds—products of the continent's ecology
- R. Kingsford, F. Norman
- Biology
- 1 March 2002
Abstract Some aspects of the ecology of 93 waterbird species, found predominantly on freshwater ecosystems, are reviewed. These species, belonging to six major orders—Anseriformes (ducks, geese and… Expand
Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in Oceania.
- R. Kingsford, J. Watson, +12 authors K. Wilson
- Biology, Medicine
- Conservation biology : the journal of the Society…
- 1 August 2009
Oceania is a diverse region encompassing Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, and Polynesia, and it contains six of the world's 39 hotspots of diversity. It has a poor record for… Expand
Destruction of Wetlands and Waterbird Populations by Dams and Irrigation on the Murrumbidgee River in Arid Australia
- R. Kingsford, R. Thomas
- Economics, Medicine
- Environmental management
- 24 August 2004
The Lowbidgee floodplain is the Murrumbidgee River’s major wetland in southeastern Australia. From more than 300,000 ha in the early 1900s, at least 76.5% was destroyed (58%) or degraded (18%) by… Expand
Waterbird breeding and environmental flow management in the macquarie marshes, arid Australia
- R. Kingsford, Kristin M. Auld
- Geology
- 1 February 2005
Colonial waterbirds breed in relatively few parts of Australia and the Macquarie Marshes are one of the more important wetlands for these species on the continent in terms of size of breeding… Expand
Strategic Adaptive Management in freshwater protected areas and their rivers
- R. Kingsford, H. Biggs, S. Pollard
- Business
- 1 April 2011
Abstract Aquatic ecosystems are connected over large spatial scales, have varied drivers, strong and often conflicting societal interests and interacting management processes. Many of the world’s… Expand