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Marsupials of Australia’s Temperate and Subtropical Forests, Woodlands and Heathlands

Diversity, Endemism and Conservation

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The temperate and subtropical forests, woodlands, and heathlands of Australia support diverse and endemic lineages of marsupials. The three main regions, the southwestern corner, the southeast of the Australian continent, and the island of Tasmania, have a long history of evolutionary isolation which is evident in patterns of speciation and endemism. The greatest radiations are in the Dasyuridae or carnivorous marsupial family and the Macropodidae or kangaroo family. While population declines and species extinctions are not as severe as in the arid zone, threats and declines have been ongoing since European contact and settlement, leading to extensive and severe marsupial biodiversity loss in most regions. There is a lack of information about what has been lost, and much of the marsupial fauna could be considered as relictual in its distribution. Conservation priorities are to develop eco-evolutionary approaches to facilitate wildlife living together with invasive predators at large landscape scale. Climate adaptation may require translocations. Over-archingly, a holistic approach to managing landscapes is needed across all land use types, to improve the functionality and biodiversity value of production landscapes and the imbedding of these in a network of intact areas.

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    Menna Jones

  2. Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of the Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia

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  3. School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

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Jones, M., Menkhorst, P., Wilson, B. (2023). Marsupials of Australia’s Temperate and Subtropical Forests, Woodlands and Heathlands. In: Cáceres, N.C., Dickman, C.R. (eds) American and Australasian Marsupials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5_54

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