Under the karst: detecting hidden subterranean assemblages using eDNA metabarcoding in the caves of Christmas Island, Australia by Katrina M. West, Zoe T. Richards, Euan S. Harvey, Robert Susac, Alicia Grealy, Michael Bunce

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Low detectability of alien reptiles can lead to biosecurity management failure: a case study from Christmas Island (Australia) by Pablo García-Díaz, Joshua V. Ross, Miquel Vall-llosera, Phillip Cassey

“…We use a Rapid Biological Assessment method (time-limited transects) to estimate the probability of detection for alien reptiles present on Christmas Island (Australia). Across the five species studied, we found low probabilities of detection and poor explanatory capacity of the individual covariates included in our models. …”
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Urgensi penerapan prinsi-prinsip hukum internasional dalam rangka melindungi kepentingan nasional Indonesia sehubungan dengan pembangunan Bandar Antariksa (Spaceport) di Christmas Island Australia by , SUSANTI, Christine, , Dr. Marsudi Triatmodjo, SH.,LL.M

The lost lizards of Christmas Island: A retrospective assessment of factors driving the collapse of a native reptile community by Jon‐Paul Emery, Nicola J. Mitchell, Harold Cogger, Jessica Agius, Paul Andrew, Sophie Arnall, Tanya Detto, Don A. Driscoll, Samantha Flakus, Peter Green, Peter Harlow, Michael McFadden, Caitlyn Pink, Kent Retallick, Karrie Rose, Matthew Sleeth, Brendan Tiernan, Leonie E. Valentine, John Z. Woinarski

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The ecological connectivity of whale shark aggregations in the Indian Ocean: a photo-identification approach by Samantha Andrzejaczek, Jessica Meeuwig, David Rowat, Simon Pierce, Tim Davies, Rebecca Fisher, Mark Meekan

“…We used the semi-automated program I3S (Individual Interactive Identification System) to compare photographs of the unique natural marking patterns of individual whale sharks collected from aggregations at Mozambique, the Seychelles, the Maldives, Christmas Island (Australia) and Ningaloo Reef (Australia). …”
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Factors influencing growth of giant terrestrial robber crab Birgus latro (Anomura: Coenobitidae) on Christmas Island by MM Drew, MJ Smith, BS Hansson

“…An extensive mark-recapture program was undertaken on Christmas Island, Australia, in which over 1440 individual crabs were uniquely identified using passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags. …”
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Labahitha spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Filistatidae) from islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans by Ivan L.F. Magalhaes, James W. Berry, Joseph K.H. Koh, Michael R. Gray

“… The genus Labahitha has hitherto comprised two species from peninsular Malaysia and Christmas Island (Australia). We here demonstrate that the genus is widespread in islands and territories across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including the following species that have been previously assigned to other filistatid genera: Labahitha marginata (Kishida, 1936) comb. nov. (= Filistata bakeri Berland, 1938 syn. nov.), Labahitha garciai (Simon, 1892) comb. nov. (= Pritha heikkii Saaristo, 1978 syn. nov., = Pritha sechellana Benoit, 1978 syn. nov.), Labahitha nicobarensis (Tikader, 1977) comb. nov., Labahitha littoralis (Roewer, 1938) comb. nov., Labahitha insularis (Thorell, 1891) comb. nov., Labahitha sundaica (Kulczyński, 1908) comb. nov. …”
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Using power analysis and spatial prioritization to evaluate the design of a forest bird monitoring programme by Darren M. Southwell, Adam Smart, Samuel D. Merson, Katherine E. Selwood, Nicholas A. Macgregor

“…Here we evaluated the statistical power of monitoring to detect declines in the occupancy of forest birds on Christmas Island, Australia. We fitted zero-inflated binomial models to 3 years of repeat detection data (2011, 2013 and 2015) to estimate single-visit detection probabilities for four species of concern: the Christmas Island imperial pigeon Ducula whartoni, Christmas Island white-eye Zosterops natalis, Christmas Island thrush Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus and Christmas Island emerald dove Chalcophaps indica natalis. …”
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Deformation monitoring procedure and software system using robust method and similarity transformation for Iskandarnet by Lim, Meng Chan

“….: NTUS (Singapore), XMIS (Christmas Island, Australia), COCO (Keeling Island, Australia) and PIMO (Quezon City, Philippines)) as the reference monitoring stations. …”
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