Provenance

Sources

Every factual claim in this app is cited. These resolve to the book's master bibliography — citations are followable, not decorative.

• Blue Heart Sunshine Coast — Maroochy River floodplain (>5,000 ha) flood-storage and tidal-wetland restoration. Partners: Sunshine Coast Council, the Queensland Government's Department of Environment, Unitywater, and the Kabi Kabi Peoples Aboriginal Corporation (KKPAC). DCCEEW Wetlands Australia 33 (2021); Qld Land Restoration Fund case study (blue-carbon potential). Council and Unitywater confirm KKPAC as an official partner (May 2025); program page https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/blueheart (web-verified July 2026: ">5,000 ha" and the four-partner list confirmed on the Council Blue Heart page.)
• Booth, D.J., Figueira, W.F., Gregson, M.A., Brown, L. & Beretta, G. (2007). Occurrence of tropical fishes in temperate southeastern Australia: role of the East Australian Current. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 72(1–2): 102–114. (Tropical fish larvae carried south by the EAC settle in temperate SE Australia — the EAC tropical–temperate FISH overlap behind two-oceans-overlap; Ch 14.)
• Bowman, D.M.J.S. (1998). The impact of Aboriginal landscape burning on the Australian biota. New Phytologist 140: 385–410.
• Bradley, J. (1988). Bringing Back the Bush: The Bradley Method. Lansdowne.
• Glossy black-cockatoo: south-eastern subspecies Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami listed Vulnerable under the EPBC Act, effective 10 August 2022; near-obligate Allocasuarina/Casuarina (she-oak) seed feeder and large-hollow nester (SPRAT taxon 67036).
• Weeds Australia — Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora) profile (accessed 2026). Centre for Invasive Species Solutions. https://weeds.org.au/profiles/camphor-laurel-tree/ (accessed July 2026: introduced to Australia as an ornamental around 1822 — state as "around 1822".)
• Chen, C.R. et al. (2015). Soil phosphorus fractionation and nutrient dynamics along the Cooloola coastal dune chronosequence, southern Queensland. Geoderma 257–258: 4–13. (The Cooloola P-decline study. Total P in the upper 30 cm falls from ~229–237 kg ha⁻¹ on the youngest dunes to ~24–28 kg ha⁻¹ on the oldest — a ~88–90% (roughly order-of-magnitude) decline. State the ~90% figure for total P, or qualitatively; the precise resin/available-P percentages are in the paywalled full text.)
• Cohen, B.E. et al. (2007). ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar constraints on the timing of Oligocene intraplate volcanism, SE Queensland (incl. the Glass House Mountains). Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 54(1): 105–125. (Glass House plugs ~26–27 Ma — verified; prefer 26–27 Ma over a loose "25–27 Ma".)
• Cooke, P. et al. (2024). Aboriginal cultural use & dispersal of bunya pine. Economic Botany.
• Davie, P. (1998). Wild Guide to Moreton Bay. Queensland Museum.
• Davies, D.R. et al. (2015). Lithospheric controls on magma composition along Earth's longest continental hotspot track. Nature 525: 511–514. (The Cosgrove track — source of the "longest track on Earth" superlative; the Glass House plugs sit on the separate easterly coastal lineament.)
• Dissanayake, R.B. et al. (2019). Citizen-science koala monitoring, SEQ. Scientific Reports. [PubMed]
• Dixon, K.M., Cary, G.J., Worboys, G.L., Seddon, J. & Gibbons, P. (2018). A comparison of fuel hazard in recently burned and long-unburned forests and woodlands. International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(9): 609–622 (article WF18037). (Fuel hazard is highest 0.5–12 yr post-fire and lowest where fire has been absent ≥96 yr — fuel accumulates then falls. This is the WF18037 paper; earlier Notes mis-cited it as "Watson et al. 2018" — no such paper exists.)
• Dooley, M., Lewis, T. & Schmidt, S. (2023). Fire frequency has a contrasting effect on vegetation and topsoil in subcoastal heathland, woodland and forest ecosystems, south-east Queensland. Austral Ecology 48(8). (Long-term Peachester burning experiment; regular fire maintains understorey diversity, with a topsoil-carbon cost. First author Madeline Dooley — initial confirmed "M." against the paper, July 2026.)
• Dyring, M. et al. (2025). A hydrogeochemical approach to coastal groundwater-dependent ecosystem conservation: the Cooloola Sand Mass. Science of the Total Environment 958: 177892. [PubMed 39647209] (The GDE dependence-mapping paper — e-pub 7 Dec 2024, vol 958 carries a 2025 date; cite as 2025. A separate Dyring et al. 2024, Groundwater 62(2), doi:10.1111/gwat.13352 covers GDE policy gaps — do not conflate.)
• Ellerton, D., Rittenour, T., Shulmeister, J. et al. (2020). An 800-kyr record of dune emplacement in relationship to high sea-level forcing, Cooloola Sand Mass. Geomorphology 354: 106999. (Oldest dunes ~700–800 ka, single-grain OSL.)
• Fahey, P. et al. (2024). Bunya pine genomics. People and Nature.
• Filer, A. et al. (2021). Acoustic competition, wallum sedgefrog. Ecology and Evolution. [PubMed]
• Furlaud, J.M., Prior, L.D., Williamson, G.J. & Bowman, D.M.J.S. (2021). Fire risk and severity decline with stand development in Tasmanian giant Eucalyptus forest. Forest Ecology and Management 502: 119724. (Older stands grow moister with fewer ladder fuels; frequent/severe fire keeps forest flammable — supports "both fire suppression and too-frequent severe fire are degradation pathways," Ch 11. NB: concerns flammability/severity, not hollow-tree mortality.)
• Gammage, B. (2011). The Biggest Estate on Earth. Allen & Unwin.
• Gibbons, P. & Lindenmayer, D. (2002). Tree Hollows and Wildlife Conservation in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. (First comprehensive account of Australia's hollow-dependent fauna; hollows suitable for vertebrates may take up to ~250 yr to form — the long-timescale framing behind hollow-dependence; Ch 12.)
• Gillies et al. (2018). Scale of loss of shellfish (oyster/mussel) reefs in eastern Australian estuaries (>90% lost, mid-1800s–early 1900s). PLOS ONE. (Cited in Ch 8, 14 and 17; complete title/volume before publication.)
• Gonzalez-Astudillo, V. et al. (2017). 17-year koala mortality, SEQ. Scientific Reports. [PubMed]
• Goosem, S. & Tucker, N.I.J. (1995/2013). Repairing the Rainforest. Wet Tropics Management Authority.
• Griffith, S.J. & Rutherford, S. (2020). Flowering of Blandfordia grandiflora (Christmas bells) in response to fire frequency and temperature. Australian Journal of Botany 68(6): 449–457. (Post-fire flowering peaks in the second post-fire season — the species-matched source for the Ch 9 "flowering lags a year or two after fire" claim. NB the Notes' "Johnson et al. 1994" is B. nobilis, a genus-level precedent only.)
• Hofmann et al. (2020). Groundwater residence times in coastal sand masses (Minjerribah / North Stradbroke Island) — tritium mean residence times 37 to >150 yr, ¹⁴C up to ~5,000 yr. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 24: 1293. (Cited in Ch 5; complete authors/title before publication.)
• Hrdina & Gordon (2004). The Queensland koala and possum fur trade, including the 1927 "Black August" open season (~600,000 skins sold, ~800,000 animals killed; possum trade in the millions). Australian Zoologist. (Cited in Ch 16; complete authors' initials/volume/pages before publication.)
• Junk, W.J., Bayley, P.B. & Sparks, R.E. (1989). The flood-pulse concept in river–floodplain systems. In: Dodge, D.P. (ed.), Proceedings of the International Large River Symposium (LARS). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 106: 110–127. (The flood pulse as the principal driver of productivity and biota — backs the paperbark-swamp "the pulse is the engine" framing; Ch 5 & Ch 10 Notes.)
• Kabi Kabi People v State of Queensland — Federal Court native title determination, 17 June 2024 (Collier J).
• Koala (combined QLD/NSW/ACT population) listed Endangered under the EPBC Act, 12 February 2022 (uplisted from Vulnerable).
• Weeds Australia (accessed 2026). Lantana (Lantana camara) profile. Centre for Invasive Species Solutions. https://weeds.org.au/profiles/lantana-common-kamara/ (accessed July 2026: earliest Australian record 1841, introduced as an ornamental — state the date as "around 1841".)
• Dugong: Moreton Bay supports a nationally significant, strongly seasonal population — Lanyon's 1995 bi-monthly aerial surveys ranged from ~503 (July) to ~1,019 (January) (Wildlife Research). Correction: earlier drafts attributed this to "Lawler/Marsh ~600–800"; the Moreton Bay survey authority is Janet Lanyon (Lawler/Marsh lead northern/GBR dugong work). Cite the seasonal range or "several hundred to ~1,000," not a fixed 600–800.
• Leiper, G. et al. (2022). Mangroves to Mountains (3rd ed.). Native Plants Queensland.
• Sunshine Coast Council (2023). Environment Levy land acquisition program (and Environment Levy Annual Report 2022–23). Sunshine Coast Council. https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/environment/environment-levy/land-acquisition-program (web-verified July 2026: the levy has secured 4,235 ha for conservation "since the program began"; NO start year is stated in the source, so do not assert a duration — "three decades" is unverified and has been softened in the app text.)
• Male, T.D. & Roberts, G.E. (2005). Host associations of the strangler fig Ficus watkinsiana in a subtropical Queensland rain forest. Austral Ecology 30(2): 229–236. (Study site = Cooloola NP; F. watkinsiana favours large, rough-barked hosts — the strangler-fig host biology, Ch 13.)
• May, D. (2023). Rethinking The Biggest Estate on Earth: a critique of grand unified theories. History Australia 20(1): 154–172. (Measured critique of the Gammage thesis; cited in Ch 6 and Ch 17.)
• McPhee, D. (2017). Environmental History and Ecology of Moreton Bay. CSIRO Publishing.
• Meyer, E.A., Franklin, C.E. & Cramp, R.L. (2020). Acid tolerance in Litoria cooloolensis larvae. J. Comp. Physiol. B 190: 691–706. [PubMed] (Larvae hold salt balance to ~pH 3.5.)
• National Museum of Australia (accessed 2026). Introduction of cane toads (Defining Moments in Australian History). https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/introduction-of-cane-toads (undated page, accessed July 2026: cane toad released in Qld 1935 to control cane beetles; ineffective, became a major pest. Corroborated by DCCEEW invasive-species pages.)
• Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld). Queensland Government. https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1992-020 (web-verified July 2026: nature refuges are a class of protected area; agreements are perpetual, run with the land and are registered on title — see the Qld Private Protected Area Program.)
• Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration — The Nature Conservancy with Noosa Shire Council, the Thomas Foundation and the Australian Government (foundation reefs laid from 2022).
• Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (accessed 2026). Cooloola (Great Sandy) and Glass House Mountains national parks. parks.qld.gov.au. https://parks.qld.gov.au/parks/glass-house-mountains (accessed July 2026: Cooloola protected from 1975, now the Cooloola section of Great Sandy NP; Glass House Mountains NP protects 12 of the 13 peaks — Wild Horse Mountain is in Beerburrum East State Forest, outside the park.)
• Phillips, S., Hanger, J., Timms, P. et al. (2024). Immunisation of koalas against Chlamydia pecorum (UniSC koala Chlamydia vaccine). npj Vaccines. [PubMed 39107329] (Reports a 64% reduction in chlamydial mortality in vaccinated wild koalas — use 64% if citing the trial precisely; "~65%" appears in UniSC press. NB a 2026 Author Correction exists — check it does not alter the headline figure.) APVMA minor-use permit PER94984 granted June 2025 (valid to June 2027) — a permit, not full registration. Led by Prof. Peter Timms, UniSC.
• Rhodes (2011). Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of sediments (review). Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. (Cited in the Ch 4 "clock made of sand" OSL sidebar; complete author initials/volume/pages before publication.)
• Robbins, A. et al. (2018). Koala chlamydial treatment outcomes. PLoS One. [PubMed]
• Sands, D. (2008). Conserving the Richmond birdwing butterfly over two decades: where to next? Ecological Management & Restoration 9(1): 4–16. (Larval vine Pararistolochia praevenosa; exotic Dutchman's pipe Aristolochia littoralis (syn. A. elegans) is a lethal oviposition trap.)
• Schmidt, S., Handley, L.L. & Sangtiean, T. (2006). Ectomycorrhizal N use, E. racemosa vs E. grandis. Functional Plant Biology. [PubMed]
• Shuker, J. & Hines, H. (2016). Wallum frog pH envelopes / breeding-habitat acidity. Ecosphere.
• Steffensen, V. (2020). Fire Country. Hardie Grant Explore.
• Tangalooma whaling station, Moreton Island, 1952–1962 (6,277 humpbacks taken — verified); east-Australian humpback population driven to a few hundred, protected from 1963, since recovered to ~40,000 and now at/above pre-whaling levels (DCCEEW eastern-Australia humpback assessment).
• Taylor-Brown, A. et al. (2019). The impact of human activities on Australian wildlife. PLOS ONE 14(1): e0206958. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0206958 (web-verified July 2026: analysis of Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital admissions — koalas 11.4% of admissions, the largest single-species share but NOT a majority; possums as a group 17.8%. Corrects the app's earlier "~9%".)
• Thompson, C.H. (1981). Podzol chronosequences on coastal dunes of eastern Australia. Nature 291: 59–61.
• Walker, T.W. & Syers, J.K. (1976). The fate of phosphorus during pedogenesis. Geoderma 15: 1–19.
• Wallace, C.C., Fellegara, I., Muir, P.R. & Harrison, P.L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high-latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum — Nature 54(2): 1–118. (High-latitude marginal coral assemblages incl. Flinders Reef — the coral-specific source for the Flinders Reef southern coral-limit claim, Ch 14; Booth 2007 covers fish only.)
• Wildlife Warriors (accessed 2026). Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. Wildlife Warriors Worldwide. https://wildlifewarriors.org.au/conservation-projects/australia-zoo-wildlife-hospital/ (undated page, accessed July 2026: states 9,000–10,000 animals treated over a twelve-month period.)
• Sunshine Coast Council (accessed 2026). Land for Wildlife. Sunshine Coast Council. https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/environment/get-involved-in-conservation/land-for-wildlife (web-verified July 2026: a free, voluntary scheme; the Sunshine Coast has "the largest membership of any … local government area participating in the national program" — 1,000+ landholders. Program nature also at lfwseq.org.au.)
• Willmott, W. (2007). Rocks and Landscapes of the Sunshine Coast (2nd ed.). Geological Society of Australia. (Local basement = Amamoor & Booloumba Beds; North Arm Volcanics; Landsborough Sandstone. NB: Neranleigh–Fernvale Beds are the Gold Coast/Brisbane equivalent, not the Sunshine Coast basement.)
• Wormington, K. & Lamb, D. (1999). Tree hollow development in wet and dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest in south-east Queensland, Australia. Australian Forestry 62(4): 336–345. (SEQ species-specific: hollow formation begins ~100 yr; blackbutt E. pilularis lacks fauna-usable hollows until >165 yr; large hollows only at ~250+ yr; initiated by fungal decay, not fire scars — the primary behind the species-specific hollow ages, Ch 12.)
• WWF-Australia (accessed 2026). Introduced predators. https://wwf.org.au/what-we-do/species/introduced-predators/ (accessed July 2026: European red fox and feral cat as major drivers of decline in small-to-medium native mammals; consistent with Woinarski et al.'s predator-impact work.)
• Zemunik, G., Turner, B.L., Lambers, H. & Laliberté, E. (2015). Diversity of plant nutrient-acquisition strategies increases during long-term ecosystem development. Nature Plants 1: 15050. (Jurien Bay chronosequence, WA — the principle of rising strategy diversity; NOT a Cooloola study. Earlier draft mis-cited as "Laliberté et al., Cooloola".)