Perspectives in Biodiversity | 2024 | Volume 2

Research Papers

Monitoring of North Island fantail / pīwakawaka fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa placabilis Bangs, 1921, Rhipiduridae) distribution on Tiritiri Matangi Island: using several spatial methods for processing volunteer data
Glenn Aguilar, Mel Galbraith, Hester Cooper

Taraxacum pseudohamatum Dahlst. (Asteraceae, Cichorioideae) – a new naturalisation from the Chatham Islands, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Karst Meijer, André Aptroot, Tianyi Tang, Peter J. de Lange

Lomandra macfarlanei (Asparagaceae: Lomandroideae), a new species from the Northern Territory, Australia
Jian Wang

A new species of Dictyomeridium (Trypetheliaceae) from Aotearoa / New Zealand and an updated key to species of the genus
Andrew J. Marshall, André Aptroot, Dan J. Blanchon, Peter J. de Lange

Short Communications

Siderophore production in fungi from asbestos biofilms: the first step towards bioremediation of a carcinogenic mineral
Dan Blanchon, Peter de Lange, Erin Doyle, Tianyi Tang, Nick Waipara, Terri-Ann Berry

Arboreal behaviour and habitat use in the Nationally Critical Kapitia skink (Oligosoma salmo)
Marcel Kerrigan, Sarah Brill, Marleen Baling

Sirenophila macquariensis (Teloschistaceae) – a new name for the lichen Caloplaca maculata
Ulrik Søchting, Peter de Lange