Ranking spring wetlands in the Great Artesian Basin of Australia using endemicity and isolation of plant species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-50

  Fensham, R J ^a   Price, R J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation priority; Great Artesian Basin; Plant conservation; Spring wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RANKING; SPRING (SEASON); WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 2642515708     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.019     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Bell C.J.E., Finlayson B.L., Kershaw A.P. Pollen analysis and dynamics of a peat deposit in Carnarvon National Park central Queensland. Australian Journal of Ecology. 14:1989;449-456
2. Fensham R.J., Fairfax R.J. Spring wetlands of the Great Artesian Basin, Queensland, Australia. Wetland Ecology and Management. 11:2003;343-362
3. Habermehl, M.A., Lau, J.E., 1997. Hydrogeology of the Great Artesian Basin (Map at scale 1: 2, 500, 000). Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra
4. Habermehl, M.A., Prescott, J.R., 2002. Artesian springs of the Great Artesian Basin and their ages. In: Preiss, V.P. (Ed.), Geoscience 2002 - Expanding horizons. Abstracts of the 16th Australian Geological Convention, Adelaide, Australia, 1-5 July 2002, Abstracts no. 67. Geological Society of Australia Inc., p. 18
5. Harris C.R. Mound springs: South Australian conservation initiatives. Rangeland Journal. 14:1992;157-173
6. Henderson R.J.F. Names and Distribution of Queensland plants, Algae and Lichens. 2002;State of Queensland, Environment Protection Agency, Brisbane
7. Humphries S.E., Groves R.H., Mitchell D.S. Plant invasions: the incidence of environmental weeds in Australia. Kowari. 2:1991;1-134
8. Kirkpatrick J.B. An iterative method for establishing priorities for the selection of nature reserves: an example from Tasmania. Biological Conservation. 25:1983;127-134
9. Kirkpatrick J.B., Harwood C.E. Conservation of Tasmanian macrophytic wetland vegetation. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 117:1983;5-20
10. Kodric-Brown A., Brown J. Highly structured fish communities in Australian desert springs. Ecology. 74:1993;1847-1855
11. Langdon, R.F.N., 1954. The origin and distribution of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. The University of Queensland Papers, Department of Botany, vol. 4, pp. 41-44
12. Margules C.R., Nicholls A.O., Pressey R.L. Selecting networks of reserves to maximise biological diversity. Biological Conservation. 43:1988;63-76
13. Minchin, P.R., 1991. DECODA user's manual. Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra
14. Ponder, W.F., 2003. Endemic aquatic macro-invertebrates of artesian springs of the Great Artesian Basin - progress and future directions. Records of the South Australian Museum, Monograph Series No. 7, pp. 101-110
15. Ponder W.F. Mound springs of the Great Artesian Basin. De Dekker P., Williams W.D. Limnology in Australia. 1986;403-420 CSIRO, Melbourne
16. Pressey R.L., Taff R.L. Scheduling conservation action in production landscapes: priority areas in western New South Wales defined by irreplaceability and vulnerability to vegetation loss. Biological Conservation. 100:2001;355-376
17. Pressey R.L., Humphries C.J., Margules C.R., Vane-Wright R.I., Williams P.H. Beyond opportunism: key principles for systematic reserve selection. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 8:1993;124-128
18. Pressey R.L., Whish G.L., Barrett T.W., Watts M.E. Effectiveness of protected areas in north-eastern New South Wales: recent trends in six measures. Biological Conservation. 106:2002;57-69
19. Wheeler B.D. Species richness, species rarity and conservation evaluations of rich-fen vegetation in lowland England and Wales. Journal of Applied Ecology. 25:1988;331-353