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On the intrinsic capacity for increase of Australian flying-foxes ( Pteropus spp., Megachiroptera )

A. P. McIlwee, L. Martin

Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (1): 76–100.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2002.008

Published: 17 March 2014

.... The reproductive biology and intrinsic capacity for increase of the Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus: megachiroptera), and the implications of culling. Australian Zoologist (in press) Martin, L., Towers, P.A., McGuckin, M.A., Little, L., Luckhoff, H. and Blackshaw, A., 1987. Reproductive biology...

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The reproductive biology and intrinsic capacity for increase of the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus (megachiroptera), and the implications of culling

By L. Martin, A. P. McIlwee

Book: Managing the Grey-headed Flying-fox: As a Threatened Species in NSW

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2002

10.7882/FS.2002.042

EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1

... that the major factor which determines the rate at which flying-fox populations increase or decline is mortality, and that an additional annual mortality of 10%, “imposed” (for example by “culling”) upon the animals' “natural” mortality, could lead the entire Grey-headed Flying-fox population into decline...

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Deaths and injuries to Grey-headed Flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus shot at an orchard near Sydney, New South Wales

Anja Divljan, Kerryn Parry-Jones, Peggy Eby

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 698–710.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.022

Published: 20 October 2011

.... Biological correlates of extinction risk in bats. The American Naturalist 161:601-614. Biological correlates of extinction risk in bats The American Naturalist 161 601 614 Martin, L. and McIlwee, A. P. 2002. The reproductive biology and intrinsic capacity for increase of the Grey-headed Flying...

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A trait-based analysis for predicting impact of wildfires on frogs

M. Mahony, J. Gould, C. T. Beranek, A. Callen, J. Clulow ...

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 326–351.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.021

Published: 20 May 2022

...M. Mahony; J. Gould; C. T. Beranek; A. Callen; J. Clulow; S. Clulow; K. Klop-Toker; S. Mahony; S. Wallace; R. Seeto; S. Stock; J. Garnham; F. Lemckert; K. Thumm; B. Moses; E. Pickett ABSTRACT An increase in the frequency and intensity of catastrophic wildfires is associated with anthropogenic...

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Protected areas, conservation and resource capacity: Historical lessons for conservation from Western Australia's South Dandalup Reserve

Michael Calver, Grant Wardell–Johnson

Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (2): 214–227.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2015.027

Published: 01 January 2018

.... This has been more substantially addressed through recent Forest Management Planning (Conservation Commission 2004, 2013). Nevertheless, the intrinsic productive capacity of landscapes, recognized from a deep time perspective, has bearing on long term sustainability and conservation, but is still not fully...

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Report of a workshop on population viability assessment as a tool for threatened species management and conservation

Tim Clark, Gary Backhouse, Robert Lacy

Australian Zoologist (2014) 27 (1-2): 28–35.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1991.004

Published: 17 March 2014

... management options, such as reducing mortality, supplementing the population, and increasing carrying capacity, can also be simulated. Thus, PVA provides managers with a powerful tool to aid in assessing the viability of small populations, and for setting target numbers for species recovery as a basis...

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“Normalising” flying-foxes: a bold vision for improving the public perceptions of our largest and most conspicuous bats

Matthew Mo, Libby A. Timmiss, Tim Pearson, Maree Treadwell Kerr, Sera Steves ...

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 545–573.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.001

Published: 24 January 2024

... in depicting flying-foxes as interesting and part of biodiversity will gain momentum. Ultimately, through normalising flying-foxes, public attitudes adopting their intrinsic value may eventually overshadow the perspectives of flying-foxes connected to contentious issues. * Corresponding author. Email...

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An investment toward non-lethal crop protection measures for a threatened species in New South Wales: the Flying-fox Netting Subsidy Program

Matthew Mo, Joshua Gregory, Vanessa Wilson, Katie Robinson, Kevin Dodds ...

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (4): 919–936.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.020

Published: 20 May 2022

.... Lunney and L. Lumsden. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW. httpsdoi.org/10.7882/FS.2011.039 Martin, L. and McIlwee, A.P. 2002. The reproductive biology and intrinsic capacity for increase of the Grey-headed Flyingfoxes Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera), and the implications...

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Quantifying aspects of the evolution of endothermy

Peter Brice

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 349–362.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2010.023

Published: 14 October 2011

... was by-passable and associated with a wide range of thermal conductance. Because aerobic scope was incorporated as a constraint to thermogenic capacity, increases in standard metabolic rate were relatively ineffective until they were substantial and, at one stage, plesiomorphic daily torpor emerged, at least...

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Designing marine infrastructure to restore native shellfish

D A Damodaran

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 663–675.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.012

Published: 02 April 2024

... catchments resulting in reduced capacity for shell biomineralisation, and thus reduced juvenile survival (Fitzer et al. 2018; Malone and Newton 2020). Direct effects from coastal development can include increased fishing pressure reducing local population sizes and, habitat destruction through coastal...

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Book Reviews

Australian Zoologist (2004) 32 (4): 640–646.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2004.010

Published: 01 December 2004

... of the growing population are compounded by increasing resource use per person and increasing waste production per person (SoEAC 1996). Current global consumption already exceeds the sustainable bio, capacity by about 20 per cent (WWF 2004), but the gap between the materially wealthy and the materially poor...

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Killing for Conservation - Plenary 4

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 218–229.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2019.014

Published: 01 January 2019

... is a biocentrist, so that means all living organisms. It s a basis for intrinsic value beyond sentience. So, yes, it makes a case for the value of individual living plants as well. If we want to say that, why shouldn t we pull out this 100- year old Huon pine - if we want to make a case for the Huon pine itself...

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Native to Nemesis: a cultural and environmental history of the Noisy Miner 1788 - 2019

Richard Beggs

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (3): 770–810.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.009

Published: 16 March 2022

... Miners. This has led to an increase in scale of the effects of Noisy Miner aggression on small woodland birds. The historical record contains many references to Noisy Miner aggression against other species, the first appearing within four years of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. Evidence...

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A history of the debate (1948-2009) on the commercial harvesting of kangaroos, with particular reference to New South Wales and the role of Gordon Grigg 1

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 383–430.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2010.027

Published: 14 October 2011

... through sustainable use of wildlife, edited by G. Grigg, P. Hale and D. Lunney. Centre for Conservation Biology, University of Queensland, Australia. Conservation through sustainable use of wildlife 186 188 Fisher, D. O., Blomberg, S. P., and Owens, I. P. F. 2003. Extrinsic versus intrinsic...

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Co-existing with dingoes: Challenges and solutions to implementing non-lethal management

Bradley P. Smith, Robert G. Appleby, Neil R. Jordan

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 491–510.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.024

Published: 25 August 2020

... recently increased. This is evidenced by several reviews of non-lethal methods that can be said to be working toward improved coexistence. Nevertheless, and despite centuries of conflict, our non-lethal human-wildlife coexistence toolkit remains remarkably deficient. Innovation and evaluation of non-lethal...

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Managing the Grey-headed Flying-fox as a threatened species in New South Wales two decades on: threats and conservation issues

Matthew Mo, Kylie Coutts-McClelland, Vanessa Wilson, Ron Haering, Lorraine Oliver ...

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (4): 897–918.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.024

Published: 24 May 2022

.... 2002. The reproductive biology and intrinsic capacity for increase of the Grey-headed Flying-foxes Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera), and the implications of culling. Pp. 91-108 in Managing the Grey-headed Flying-fox as a Threatened Species in New South Wales, edited by P. Eby and D. Lunney...

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Full Issue

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 1–675.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.038

Published: 04 October 2024

... threats (Luedtke et al. 2023). These threats to amphibians often a result in a decrease in genetic diversity as populations decline and geographical isolation increases. As genetic diversity decreases, the number of alleles of adaptive significance is reduced, limiting a population s capacity to adapt...

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Applying a social-ecological system framework to diagnose drivers of dingo management practices

Helen P. Waudby, Bradley P. Smith, Guy M. Robinson, Sophie Petit, Gill Earl

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 550–567.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.036

Published: 27 October 2020

... et al. 2004; Ekernas et al. 2017). In examining these conflicts, it is important to understand social and ecological factors important to carnivore management (Lischka et al. 2018), especially as calls for increased tolerance of carnivores are rising (e.g., Reiter et al. 1999; Manfredo et al. 2009...

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Australia's coastal fisheries and farmed seafood: an ecological basis for determining sustainability

Trevor J. Ward, David J. Booth, Peter G. Fairweather, John R. Ford, Gregory I. Jenkins ...

Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 3–16.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.016

Published: 01 December 2017

...). The production from Australia s fisheries is in persistent decline, and may be related to decline in environment quality and increased fishing pressures in some places (Ward 2014). In wild-catch fisheries, the decline in production is a trend that has persisted across many of the fished species in recent decades...

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Editorial: A way forward , yes; a Blueprint for a living continent , no: a critical look at the Wentworth group's report of November 2002

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 345–350.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2002.013

Published: 17 March 2014

... a new direction that will involve a change in land use towards practices that are in harmony with the highly variable climate that is intrinsic to Australia. Such a direction could see the farming community walking in partnership with science. If we get it right, Australia will continue to produce food...

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