Austral Ecology

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Attractiveness of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) to faeces from native mammals in different trophic guilds	67
Effects of topsoil transposition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macrofauna of highly degraded soil	41
Elucidating dietary secrets of the Blue‐headed Macaw, Primolius couloni (Sclater, 1876), through citizen‐sourced photographs	39
Tree hollow decline in new forest reserves with a long history of logging	32
Tracking ecosystem decline in an uncertain and changing alpine landscape	29
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Using bioindicators to inform effective predator management for threatened species protection	21
Effects of the Australian 2019–2020 megafires on a population of endangered broad‐headed snakes Hoplocephalus bungaroides	19
Urbanisation Does Not Affect Allometric Relationships in a Widespread Amazonian Dung Beetle Species	19
The influence of drought, precipitation and fossorial mammal reintroduction on the density of fossorial arthropods and their burrows in arid Australia	18
The Juan Fernández Wrasse Malapterus reticulatus in the Continental Shelf of Chile	18
Mound‐building behaviour of a keystone bioturbator alters rates of leaf litter decomposition and movement in urban reserves	17
Water conditions influence the detectability of Crossodactylus gaudichaudii (Anura, Hylodidae) in streams of the Atlantic Forest	17
High severity fire promotes a more flammable eucalypt forest structure	15
Understorey vegetation moderates climate in open forests: The role of the skirt‐forming grass tree Xanthorrhoea semiplana F.Muell	13
Specialized herbivores have differential distribution in veredas under different drying levels	12
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Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) diversity along a rainy season and edge effects in a riparian forest in Southeastern Brazil	10
Survival, seedlings growth and natural regeneration in areas under ecological restoration in a sandy coastal plain (restinga) of southeastern Brazil	10
Early vegetation recovery following a mid to high‐severity fire in the Andean‐Patagonian forests	10
Interspecific variation in fish spatial synchrony relates to reproductive traits in a highly fragmented river	10
The half century impact of fire on invertebrates in fire‐sensitive vegetation	10
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Modelling the distribution of a key habitat feature to guide future on‐ground habitat assessment for an endangered specialist songbird	9

Temporal resource partitioning and stochastic colonization explain the co‐occurrence of gall‐inducing insects in the super‐host plant Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Fabaceae)	9
Una revisión sistemática de las tendencias en ciencia ecológica en el Perú megabiodiverso: Vacíos en investigación y orientaciones futuras	9
Microclimate, soil nutrients and stable isotopes in relation to elevation in the Australian Wet Tropics	9
Flood resilience: Response of an Australian sub‐tropical riparian rainforest to catastrophic flooding	9
Environmental and biological correlates of migration phenology of tropical leaf‐litter anurans	9
Drones are an effective tool to assess the impact of feral horses in an alpine riparian environment	9
Evaluating higher taxa as surrogates of harvestmen biodiversity (Arachnida: Opiliones) along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Forest	9
Factors affecting microhabitat use in two agamid species from south‐eastern Australia	8
Urbanização e abundância de recursos florais afetam as comunidades de abelhas em cidades neotropicais de médio porte	8
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Mopane (Colophospermum mopane): A potential winner under climate change in southern Africa	8
Invasion strategies ofCynodon dactylon: Competitive ability under low‐nutrient conditions	8
A influência da proximidade com as matas ciliares e a distância das áreas urbanas nos atropelamentos de vertebrados em uma área fragmentada do Cerrado brasileiro	8
Flowering phenology and reproductive success of native shrub Berberis darwinii Hook. along different light environments	8
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Can switches in disturbance type improve habitat for grassland birds in semi‐arid grasslands of South‐Eastern Australia?	8
Ineficácia das formigas na proteção de duas plantas mirmecófilas simpátricas contra besouros endofíticos	8
Millipede consumption and interaction between food preferences and sex in dung beetle Chalconotus convexus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)	8
Influence of nest box design on internal microclimate: Comparisons of plastic prototypes	7
Patchiness of aquatic plant assemblages in seasonal wetlands: Local abiotic factors explain the spatial distribution of growth forms	7
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Competition and the life table of cladocerans from a tropical shallow lake	7
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The influence of pastoral and native forest land cover, flooding disturbance, and stream size on the trophic ecology of New Zealand streams	7
Upper thermal tolerances and vulnerability to global warming in a Brazilian Caatinga fishAstyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) population	7
Invasion of rocky shores by a mytilid mussel reveals an abundant‐centre distribution coupled with moderate increases in densities at its absolute range limits	7
Scaling up restoration efforts by simulating the effects of fire to circumvent prescribed burns when preparing restoration sites in South African fynbos ecosystems	7
Trap type affects dung beetle taxonomic and functional diversity in Bornean tropical forests	7
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Unexpected dispersal of Australian brush‐turkeys (Alectura lathami) in an urban landscape	7
Exotic and native species used by traditional populations of the Patagonian steppe: An approach based on redundancy and versatility	7
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Problem solving of wild animals in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia	7
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Habitat but not group size or recent predator activity affect corvid collective vigilance at carcasses	7
Dissipation of seabird‐derived nutrients in a terrestrial insular trophic web	7
Phenotypic plasticity of clonal populations of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) in Southern Hemisphere lakes (Chile) and the potential role of the zooplankton d	6
What did it used to look like? A case study from tall, wet mainland Mountain Ash forests prior to British invasion	6
Conserving diversity, distinctiveness and connectivity in the Sunshine Coast heathlands, Queensland, Australia	6
Does Restinga degradation impact the association between mites and dung beetles?	6
Speedy blooming in Cerrado after fire is not uncommon: New records of Cyperaceae species flowering 24 h after burning	6
Testing the effects of ecologically extinct mammals on vegetation in arid Australia: A long‐term experimental approach	6
Alpine shrub leaf litter decomposition across mountain summits in south‐eastern Australia	6
Don't take my trees: Re‐evaluating the importance of trees when it comes to managing green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea, habitat	6
Trophic ecology of two amphibian species in patches and core forest of Atlantic Forest: A dietary and isotopic approach	6
Detection and density estimation for a cryptic species	6
Collaborating with qualitative researchers to co‐design social‐ecological studies	6
Midnight siesta: Bimodal temporal activity observed in an endangered marsupial predator	6
Effect of an herbivorous subterranean rodent on vegetation in relation to primary productivity	6
An investigation into the utility of eastern barn owl pellet content as a tool to monitor small mammal diversity in an arid ecosystem	6

Modelling the sustainable harvest of wild populations for the conservation of a threatened amphibian	6
Spatiotemporal patterns of research on Southern Hemisphere amphidromous galaxiids: A semi–quantitative review	6
Can fieldwork driven by predictive species distribution models yield new rare or relevant geographic records? A case study with Neotropical snakes	5
Potential role of damselflies in the pollination of Callitriche rimosa Fasset	5
Hyperepilithics—An overlooked life form of vascular plants on tropical vertical rock walls	5
Climate influences productivity but not breeding density of wedge‐tailed eaglesAquila audaxin arid and mesic Western Australia	5
Phenological asynchrony between sexes of Restionaceae can explain culm δ13C differences	5
Abiotic correlates with diversity and distinctiveness in Sunshine Coast heathlands: Moisture, volcanic landscapes and patterned mounds	5
Too cold is better than too hot: Preferred temperatures and basking behaviour in a tropical freshwater turtle	5
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Optimising camera trap surveys for the Carpentarian Pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus) in northwest Queensland	5
Differences in phenology between non‐native C4 grasses and native C3 and C4 grasses in a seasonally dry ecosystem	5
Report of conspecific pup consumption by the crab‐eating foxCerdocyon thous(Carnivora, Canidae)	5
Effect of agricultural activity on diet in an assemblage of lizards from Monte, Argentina	5
Herbivores but not vegans: Deer as nest predators	5
Thousands of bats: A portrait of the chiropteran fauna of Palmas city, Central Brazil	5
Differences in mammal communities between forest fragments and restoration areas in the Atlantic Forest	5
Miniature GPS tags reveal extensive movements by a threatened narrow‐space bat and highlight sensitivity to forest clearing	5
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Revealing new insights into Red‐bellied Macaw foraging ecology through citizen photography	5
Invasion of an exotic annual forb affects grass‐feeding termites in a semi‐arid woodland	5
The Jewel Box: How moths illuminate nature's hidden rules By Blackburn, Tim, 1st edition, Washington: Island Press. 2023. 288 pages. Price AUD $45 (hardback, also available as e‐book). ISBN: −13: 9781	5
Mepimbat tedul proujek: Indigenous knowledge of culturally significant freshwater turtles addresses species knowledge gaps in Northern Australia	5
Evidence of facilitation between early‐successional tree species and the regenerating plant community in a tropical seasonally dry environment	5
Multi‐scale habitat selection by a cryptic, critically endangered grassland bird—The Plains‐wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus): Implications for habitat management and conservation	5
Urbanization and abundance of floral resources affect bee communities in medium‐sized neotropical cities	4
Soil type, vegetation cover and temperature determinants of the diversity and structure of dung beetle assemblages in a South African open woodland and closed canopy mosaic	4
Influence of altitude and climate on species richness and endemism: A study case with non‐volant small mammals in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil	4
What type of rainforest burnt in the South East Queensland's 2019/20 bushfires and how might this impact biodiversity	4
Host plant choice and effect of temperature on feeding behaviour ofPerzelia arda(Lepidoptera: Depressariidae), a leaf‐tying larva, on Nothofagaceae from the Andean Patagonian forest	4
Are corals coming to a reef near you? Projected extension of suitable thermal conditions for hard coral communities along the east Australian coast	4
Prioritizing road mitigation using ecologically based land‐use planning	4
Delayed greening during leaf expansion under ambient and elevated CO2 in tropical tree seedlings	4
Assessing the adequacy of an aggregated vegetation classification: A test in semi‐arid Australia	4
The initial impact of a predator exclosure sanctuary on small vertebrates in semi‐arid Western Australia	4
Soil fertility and anthropogenic disturbances drive mammal species richness and assemblage composition on tropical fluvial islands	4
Knowledge shortfalls on amphibian diets in Colombia: Future trends and challenges	4
The largest trees in Australia	4
Bud structure and development in trees of a neotropical savanna differing by leaf persistence	4
Preliminary patterns of seasonal changes in species composition of surface‐active arthropods in a South African savannah	4
First record of Aphis lugentis in Australia, tended by native ants on Senecio odoratus	4
Termites are key drivers of short‐term deadwood decay in Neotropical Cerrado across vegetation types	4
Decision analysis for the planning and assessment of ex situ management: An application to the endangered mahogany glider	4
Bird and insect pollinators differ in specialization and potential pollination services along disturbance and resource gradients	4
Freshwater input drives invasion success of exotic plants in saltmarsh communities	4
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Seasonal and spatial patterns of infestation with ectoparasitic mites on New Zealand geckos revealed using a crowd‐sourced citizen science database	4
How large felids of South America are influenced by environmental and anthropogenic variables in the most degraded portion of the Amazon	4
Assessing Brazilian reptiles' road‐kill risks using trait‐based models	4
Variations in chemical defences and patterns of natural enemy attack between native and introduced populations of fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis): Implications for biological control	4
An overview of the impacts of feral cattle, water buffalo and pigs on the savannas, wetlands and biota of northern Australia	4
Seasonal biology of the wheat sheath miner Cerodontha australis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in perennial ryegrass in Waikato, New Zealand	4
Rapid gain and loss of predator recognition by an evolutionarily naïve lizard	4
Bromeliad habitat regulates the richness of associated terrestrial and aquatic fauna	4
Cerrado native vegetation is a refuge for birds under the current climate change trajectory	4
Bark functional ecology and its influence on the distribution of Australian half‐butt eucalypts	4
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New approaches to predict leaf area in woody tree species from the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil	4
A confirmed range extension for the south‐eastern long‐eared bat (Nyctophilus corbeni) into the central Victorian Murray corridor	4
Breeding phenology of a terrestrial‐breeding frog is associated with soil water potential: Implications for conservation in a changing climate	4
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Relationship between the richness of tree species and edaphoclimatic characteristics of the south region of Bahia, Brazil	4
To be or not to be maculate? – Colour/pattern change in the neotropical frog genus Phyllodytes	3
Bee diversity and pollination services improve with revegetation effort	3
Activity patterns and temporal niche partitioning in sympatric red‐legged and red‐necked pademelons	3
Influence of vegetation regeneration and agricultural land use on lizard composition, taxonomic and functional diversity between different vegetation types in Caatinga domain, Brazil	3
Courtship and homosexual behaviour in saw‐shelled turtles (Myuchelys latisternum)	3
From leaves to the whole tree: Mistletoe effects on the productivity, water relations, and demography of a Neotropical savanna tree	3
Responses of Gross's stinkfish, Callionymus grossi (Ogilby 1910) to perceived threats	3
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Researchers in Argentina: Scientific vocation, publication strategies and time‐management tactics	3
Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South Africa	3
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Monitoring vital signs: Wetland vegetation responses to hydrological resources in the Macquarie Marshes NSW, Australia	3
Plant functional traits explain species abundance patterns and strategies shifts among saplings and adult trees in Araucaria forests	3
Distributional modelling, megafires and data gaps highlight probable underestimation of climate change risk for two lizards from Australia’s montane rainforests	3
Rare but not lost: Endemic mountain lizard occupancy following megafire and grazing disturbances	3
Recuperación temprana de la vegetación tras un incendio de mediana a alta severidad en los bosques andino‐patagónicos	3
Quantifying the distribution and morphological variation of the beetles Homocopris achamas and Uroxys coarctatus in Andean ecosystems of Colombia	3
Multiple analyses redirect management and restoration priorities for a critically endangered ecological community	3

First description of a tent used by Platyrrhinus recifinus	3
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Janusia anisandra (A. Juss.) Griseb (Malpighiaceae): The first case of enantiostyly in oil‐flower species	3
Dead in the water By RichardBeasley, Sydney: Published by Allen and Unwin. 2021	3
Inferences with spatial autocorrelation	3
Double mutualism involving Melocactus (Cactaceae) and lizards in the Brazilian Caatinga: Another isolated case or is it an established interaction?	3
Wood trait trade‐offs in desert plants: A triangular model to understand intra‐ and interspecific variations along an aridity gradient	3
Fish thieves: An alternative tactic of food capture in a Neotropical frugivorous species (Brycon falcatus)	3
Dung beetle β‐diversity across Brazilian tropical dry forests does not support the Pleistocene Arc hypothesis	3
Trends and gaps in the study of fire effects on plant–animal interactions in Brazilian ecosystems	3
Pre‐loved home: Egg clutches of the striped marsh frog, Limnodynastes peronii, detected in water‐filled burrows created by the hunter hairy crayfish, Cherax setosus	3
Utilising power analyses and occupancy modelling to inform population monitoring of the regionally endangered black‐striped wallaby (Macropus dorsalis) in New South Wales	3
Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) a new established species in the Southwestern Atlantic	3
Activity, movement and habitat‐use patterns of a critically endangered endemic Australian freshwater crayfish	3
Introduction to the Insect Ecology Special Issue	3
Using baited remote underwater videos to survey freshwater turtles	3
What an owl knows. The new science of the world's most enigmatic birds By JenniferAckerman, Melbourne: Scribe. 2023	3
An endemic dung beetle species feeding on kauri snail carrion in Northland, New Zealand	3
Predation of the critically endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) by the swamp harrier (Circus approximans)	3
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Spatial variability in the contribution of termites to the decay of plant detritus	3
The stability of bird assemblages across time and the reliability of snapshot surveys	3
Structure and function of soil microbial communities in fertile islands in austral drylands	3
Changes in the bird communities of Nothofagus forests in a long‐term plot in Tierra del Fuego	3
Using drone imagery to upscale estimates of water capacity in tank bromeliads on steep neotropical inselbergs	3
Is climate change causing the range contraction of Cape Rock‐jumpers (Chaetops frenatus)?	3
Using citizen science to measure recolonisation of birds after the Australian 2019–2020 mega‐fires	3
Population decline and demography of the world’s largest breeding population of huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, Chile	3
Mortality rates of desert vegetation during high‐intensity drought at Uluru‐Kata Tjuta National Park, Central Australia	3
Chilean blind spots in soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research	3
Plant–animal interactions of understory species in an area of tropical rainforest, north‐eastern Brazil	3
Variation in fouling assemblages associated with prop roots of Rhizophora mangle L. in the Caribbean: The role of neutral and niche processes	3
The role of the peat seed bank in plant community dynamics of a fire‐prone New Zealand restiad bog	3
Checking bioclimatic variables that combine temperature and precipitation data before their use in species distribution models	3
A most unusual tail: Scoliosis in a wild Australian skink, and reported incidences and suggested causes of similar malformations amongst squamates	3
Aridity mediates the effect of wood extraction on the reproductive output of an endemic disturbance‐adapted woody species (Cenostigma microphyllum, Leguminosae) in the Caatinga dry forest	2
Quantifying the direct fire threat to a critically endangered arboreal marsupial using biophysical, mechanistic modelling	2
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Unveiling the hidden impact: Wildlife roadkill assessment in the Paraguayan Chaco	2
Amazonian vegetation types and indigenous lands threatened by upcoming climate change: Forecast impact for Brazilian biomes	2
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Prescribed burning beneficial or neutral for native herbaceous vegetation in an invader dominated commercially grazed savanna	2
The efficacy of performing field surveys during the dry and rainy seasons to estimate species richness and composition of local bat assemblages	2
Sexual and reproductive systems of woody species in vereda are distributed according to the life form and habitat occurrence	2
From unwanted squatters to good tenants: Ectosymbionts and their relationships with body condition of Atlantic Forest Passeriformes	2
The extent and impact of exotic vine invasions in fragmented mesic forests in Eastern Australia	2
Koalas in space and time: Lessons from 20 years of vehicle‐strike trends and hot spots in South East Queensland	2
Alternance of alternative stable states influence the functional diversity of microcrustaceans in a shallow subtropical lake	2
The vulnerability of native and invasive conifer seedlings to simulated warming in north‐western Patagonia	2
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Multi‐year responses of reptiles to prescribed burning in a eucalypt forest ecosystem	2
Habitats determining local frog assemblages within aquatic macrophyte meadows in Amazonia, through species traits filtering	2
Phenology of the semiaquatic caterpillar Paracles klagesi and its response to environmental changes	2
Landscape‐scale distribution of nest predators and its relationship with regent honeyeater nest success	2
Woody plant encroachment constrains regeneration of ground‐layer species in a neotropical savanna from seeds	2
Can demographic rates of early development stages justify invasion success among three pine species in the Cerrado biodiversity hotspot?	2
Quantity versus quality: A balance between egg and clutch size among Australian amphibians in relation to other life‐history variables	2
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The importance of competition theme in reducing taxonomic bias in the Threatened Species Bake Off	2
The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) remains an important disperser of native plants in fragmented rainforest landscapes	2
Açaí palm management disturbs seed rain and soil seed bank of an Amazonian estuarine forest	2
Ecological constraints and trait conservatism drive functional and phylogenetic structure of amphibian larvae communities in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	2
An ecological risk assessment for the impacts of offshore wind farms on birds in Australia	2
Metabolic response to increasing environmental temperature in the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei	2
Interannual patterns of avian diseases in wild New Zealand avifauna near conservation areas	2
Avian prey intake and breeding success parity of the powerful owl in dry, inland Victoria	2
The Grove of Giants: Tasmania's most carbon‐dense forest	2
Local and non‐local soil microbiota impede germination of the endangered Acacia whibleyana	2
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Acoustic communities in an environmental gradient from native to urban areas in Central Brazil	2
Observations of oviposition behaviour in the long‐tailed waspMegalyra fasciipennisWestwood, 1832 (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae)	2
Functional beta diversity of New Zealand fishes: Characterising morphological turnover along depth and latitude gradients, with derivation of functional bioregions	2
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Strategic population responses of Daphnia spinulata Birabén, 1917 to salinity changes through laboratory bioassays	2
A seven‐year study of the response of woodland birds to a large‐scale wildfire and the role of proximity to unburnt habitat	2
Use of eDNA and conventional sampling methods to survey rock pool (gnamma) biodiversity on granite inselbergs	2
Where should I perch? The effects of body size, height, and leaf surface on the vertical perching position of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in an Amazonian area	2
Road mortality in the blue‐black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is seasonally driven and sex‐biased	2
Environmental factors associated to breeding areas of the South American locust Schistocerca cancellata on a regional scale	2
Niche modelling identifies low rainfall, but not soil type, as an important habitat requirement of the fossorial Australasian trapdoor spider genus Cantuaria (Hogg, 1902)	2
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Effect of forestry (Pinus sp.) on the bat community (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Neotropical region	2
Competitive exclusion and herbivore management in a context of livestock‐wildlife conflict	2
Climate as a determinant of dung beetle response to native forest replacement by cattle pastures in South America	2
Farm dams: A valuable interim step in small‐bodied threatened fish conservation	2
A shocking result—Electric fences protect western saw‐shelled turtle (Myuchelys bellii) nests from depredation by foxes	2
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Diet and isotopic niche variation of mammals associated with road zones in Uruguay	2
When food fights back: Cebid primate strategies of larval paper wasp predation and the high‐energy yield of high‐risk foraging	2
Deep water By JamesBradley, Melbourne, Vic.: Penguin Random House Hamish Hamilton. 2024	2
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Using qualitative data to classify reef fishes into dietary guilds	2