The Australian Museum Lord Howe Island Expedition 2017—Introduction
Abstract
In early 2017, as part of the Australian Museum 190th anniversary celebration, the Australian Museum (AM) undertook an extensive expedition survey program on Lord Howe Island (LHI) that included marine and terrestrial sampling of vertebrates and invertebrates and an ambitious terrestrial invertebrate survey of Balls Pyramid, the last remaining wild refuge of the Lord Howe Island phasmid (or stick insect). The outcomes of this expedition are detailed in the papers compiled in this special edition.