Unexpected overlapping use of tree hollows by birds, reptiles and declining mammals in an Australian tropical savanna
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02231-6
Abstract: Tree hollows are a critical resource for many arboreal vertebrates, including many threatened species. In northern Australia’s vast tropical savannas, arboreal mammals are of particular conservation concern, as many have exhibited rapid population declines in… read more here.
Keywords: tree; tree hollows; vertebrate species; tropical savanna ... See more keywords
Tree hollows can affect epiphyte species composition
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DOI: 10.1007/s11284-017-1468-x
Abstract: Tree hollows often harbor animals and microorganisms, thereby storing nutritive resources derived from their biological activities. The outflows from tree hollows can create unique microenvironments, which may affect communities of epiphytic organisms on trunk surfaces… read more here.
Keywords: epiphyte species; species composition; tree hollows; hollows affect ... See more keywords
A Possible Link between the Environment and Cryptococcus gattii Nasal Colonisation in Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in the Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084603
Abstract: Cryptococcosis caused by yeasts of the Cryptococcus gattii species complex is an increasingly important mycological disease in humans and other mammals. In Australia, cases of C. gattii-related cryptococcosis are more prevalent in the koala (Phascolarctos… read more here.
Keywords: phascolarctos cinereus; tree hollows; cryptococcus gattii; gattii ... See more keywords