Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

Recent papers from Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

1. State of Wildfires 2025–2026Earth System Science Data Discussions · 2026
2. Bridging the hearing data gap in the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) through biomechanical modellingFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution · 2026
3. Navigating through complexity: a roadmap to disentangle multi‐level drivers of intraspecific seed‐trait variability and prioritise research effortsNew Phytologist · 2026
4. Localised abundance and semi-continuous distribution maintain connectivity and genetic diversity in Synostemon hamersleyensis, a rare ironstone-endemic in north-western AustraliaPacific Conservation Biology · 2026
5. Cataxia on the edge: range contraction of endemic montane mygalomorph spiders in a biodiversity hotspotPacific Conservation Biology · 2026
6. Amphipogon indutus (Poaceae), a new conservation-listed species from south-west Western AustraliaNuytsia—The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium · 2026
7. Post‐release tracking to monitor success of black cockatoo rehabilitation in Western AustraliaJournal of Wildlife Management · 2026
8. Engytatus passionarius (Hemiptera: Miridae), a Potential Biological Control Agent of the Invasive Vine Passiflora foetida (Passifloraceae) in AustraliaAustral Entomology · 2026
9. Conservation management of Australian sandalwood ( Santalum spicatum ): using experts and a review of knowledge to develop future research prioritiesAustralian Forestry · 2026
10. First records of Amphioctopus mototi (Mollusca: Octopodidae) in Western AustraliaMolluscan Research · 2026
11. Phylogeographic analyses for Kalloora ( Podocarpus drouynianus ) conservation management in the Southwest Australian Floristic RegionAnnals of Botany · 2026
12. Designing a robust survey and monitoring program: A simulation approach to evaluate the power of various sampling designs to detect changes in possum population trendsConservation Science and Practice · 2026
13. On the edge: habitat patchiness and island isolation fracture the distribution of the endemic Kimberley rock-ratAustralian Mammalogy · 2026
14. Genomic Vulnerability of a Threatened Possum in a Biodiversity and Climate Change HotspotMolecular Ecology · 2026
15. Influence of stocking density and feed type during short-term rearing on the growth, behaviour and post-release survival of a coral reef fishAquaculture · 2026
16. Giving a Rat’s: Acquisition of Baseline Health Data on Native Australian Rodents During a Conservation TranslocationAnimals · 2026
17. Structural attributes of dominant seagrass species modulate invertebrate assemblages within the Shark Bay world Heritage AreaBiodiversity and Conservation · 2026
18. From order to species: Modelling Amphipoda distributions in the Hamersley RangeZooKeys · 2026
19. Environmental DNA Reveals Distinct Regions of Extraordinary Marine Biodiversity to Inform a Newly Established Marine Park—Exmouth Gulf, Western AustraliaDiversity and Distributions · 2026
20. Temporal Persistence of Vertebrate Airborne Environmental DNA in a Natural Open‐Air SettingEnvironmental DNA · 2026