Rewilding Macquarie Island

Posted onDecember 21, 2016March 26, 2018Leave a comment

There is a long list of extinct animals which were endemic to a particular island. Island endemics are particularly vulnerable to introduced predators which can rapidly eliminate a small island population. Such was the fate of Macquarie Island’s only native Read More …

The mysterious case of the Subantarctic Bedstraw

Posted onMay 28, 2015August 6, 2016Leave a comment

What is Macquarie Island’s rarest plant? One contender for the title is Subantarctic bedstraw or Antarctic bedstraw (Galium antarcticum), a small creeping herb with tiny delicate pinkish flowers. The species was first recorded in 1983, growing near Skua Lake around Read More …

Far South Ecology

Adventures of a plant nerd south of Australia

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Rewilding Macquarie Island

The mysterious case of the Subantarctic Bedstraw