A research process for integrating Indigenous and scientific knowledge in cultural landscapes: principles and determinants of success in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Australia

2011 ◽  
Vol 178 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leanne Claire Cullen-Unsworth ◽  
Rosemary Hill ◽  
James R A Butler ◽  
Marilyn Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

Caridina malanda, a new species of freshwater shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the Wet Tropics World Heritage area, north–eastern Queensland, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4652 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125
Author(s):  
SATISH CHOY ◽  
TIMOTHY J. PAGE ◽  
VALENTIN DE MAZANCOURT ◽  
BENJAMIN MOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area ◽  
A New Species

Integrated molecular and morphological studies of newly collected and curated specimens of the genus Caridina from the Atherton Tablelands, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in north–eastern Queensland, Australia indicated the presence of an undescribed species belonging to the Caridina zebra Short 1993 complex. This species is somewhat intermediate, although distinct on the basis of molecular data and morphology, from two known sympatric species, Caridina zebra and C. confusa Choy & Marshall 1997, and an allopatric species, C. spinula Choy & Marshall 1997, from the Cape York Peninsula, about 500 km north. It is described here as a new species, C. malanda sp. nov., and compared with similar congeners. A key for the identification of the species, as well as notes on its distribution, ecology, and conservation, are provided. 

scholarly journals Long-term changes in populations of rainforest birds in the Australia Wet Tropics bioregion: a climate-driven biodiversity emergency

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Edward Williams ◽  
Alejandro de la Fuente
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Population Declines ◽  
Local Abundance ◽  
Outstanding Universal Value ◽  
Bird Monitoring ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

Many authors have suggested that the vulnerability of montane biodiversity to climate change worldwide is significantly higher than in most other ecosystems. Despite the extensive variety of studies predicting severe impacts of climate change globally, few studies have empirically validated the predicted changes in distribution and population density . Here, we used 17 years of bird monitoring across latitudinal/elevational gradients in the rainforest of the Australian Wet Tropics World Heritage Area to assess changes in local abundance and distribution. We used relative abundance in 1977 surveys across 114 sites ranging from 0-1500m above sea level and utilised a trend analysis approach (TRIM) to investigate elevational shifts in abundance of 42 species between 2000 – 2016. The local abundance of most mid and high elevation species has declined at the lower edges of their distribution by >40% while lowland species increased by up to 190% into higher elevation areas. Upland-specialised species and regional endemics have undergone dramatic population declines of almost 50%. The “Outstanding Universal Value” of the Australian Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, one of the most irreplaceable biodiversity hotspots on Earth, is rapidly degrading. These observed impacts are likely to be similar in many tropical montane ecosystems globally.

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