Australian Biological Resources Study

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Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) is a project undertaken by Parks Australia Division of Australia's Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA).

Background[]

ABRS was founded in 1973 from the recommendations of a 1972 Senate Select Committee report on Wildlife Conservation.[1][2]

Its purpose is to collate from the many libraries, museums and other collections the taxonomy of Australia's estimated 2 million species of flora and fauna, including aquatic species.

These represent almost 20% of the earth's biodiversity, 80% of which are unique to Australia. ABRS has undertaken active funding for taxonomic research of Australia's biodiversity and is internationally recognised for its extensive data bases and publications.

Publications[]

The most important outputs of the ABRS has been the publication of the multi-volume Flora of Australia[3] and series.

Other output includes The Banksia Atlas and the "Platypus" database package for taxonomists.

Sponsored publications from grants, or publishing projects include:

Adams, Laurence G; Thiele, K. R; Australian Biological Resources Study (2001), Families of flowering plants of Australia : an interactive identification guide (Rev. ed.), CSIRO Publishing, ISBN 978-0-643-06721-9
Cribb, Thomas Herbert; Bray, R. A; Wright, T. (Trudy) (1996), Trematodes of Australian fishes : an analysis of the diversity of trematodes of Australian fishes prepared in conjunction with a final report for the ABRS grant of the same name, Dept. of Parasitology, The University of Queensland, retrieved 22 February 2020
Huisman, John Marinus; Australian Biological Resources Study (2000), Marine plants of Australia, University of Western Australia Press in association with Australian Biological Resources Study, ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6

References[]

  1. ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (1979), Australian biological resources study, 1973-78, Australian Government Publishing Service, ISBN 978-0-642-90765-3
  2. ^ Australian Biological Resources Study, Australia. Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment; Australian Biological Resources Study. Advisory Committee (1982), Annual report, Australian Government Publishing Service, ISSN 0816-2840CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. ^ CSIRO, Australia. Bureau of Flora and Fauna; Australian Biological Resources Study, Australia. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (1981), Flora of Australia, Canberra CSIRO Publishing Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, ISBN 978-0-643-06454-6CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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