… Lake on the Darling River mark remains of aquatic vegetation that covered the lake,
probably changing a diverse water-bird community to one dominated by piscivores ( Kingsford …

… upstream water resource development affecting flooding regimes (photo, RT Kingsford). …
in freshwater flows as a result of water resource developments upstream (photo, RT Kingsford). …

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 …

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 …

… further than did large-seeded species (R 2 = 0.54; n = 181 species; slope = −0.130; P <
0.001); however, seed mass only added 2% to the R 2 of the model. Within dispersal syndromes, …

As the United Nations develops a post-2020 global biodiversity framework for the Convention
on Biological Diversity, attention is focusing on how new goals and targets for ecosystem …

The demand for water to support irrigated agriculture has led to the demise of wetlands and
their associated wildlife for decades. This thirst for water is so pervasive that many wetlands …

… , particularly in arid regions of the world (Kingsford 2000a, Arthington and Pusey 2003) where
… of the ecological impacts of water resource development are essential (Kingsford 2000a). …

Research on the barriers and limits to climate change adaptation identifies many factors, but
describes few processes whereby adaptation is constrained or may indeed fail to avoid …

Effective biodiversity monitoring is critical to evaluate, learn from, and ultimately improve
conservation practice. Well conceived, designed and implemented monitoring of biodiversity …