...Darren Shelly One hundred and thirty-three species of vertebrates were recorded from areas representing three different landsystems on a grazing property on the Paroo River, located 52 kilometres south of Wanaaring in the Western Division of New South Wales. Fauna diversity was highest along...

... by Richard Kingsford and his colleagues. But simply establishing parks and reserves is not enough and management is always going to be problematic when water is a critical component and the protected area is only a small fraction of the drainage catchment. Thankfully, Richard s work with the Paroo River...

... described below (as per Walker 1991). Property conditions at the time of survey were very dry with most of western NSW experiencing drought. The Paroo Land System is representative of the main and tributary channels of the Paroo River. The soils are typically cracking grey clays and support vegetation...

... with the Paroo River floodplain and the shrublands of the slightly higher surrounding country. During the first two nights a strange clapping sound was heard in association with the calls of this species. Spotlighting eventually showed, on three occasions, two bats flying directly towards each other...

... Maher, M. T. and Braithwaite, L. W., 1992. Patterns of waterbird use in wetlands of the Paroo, a river system of inland Australia. Rangel. J. 14: 128-42. Patterns of waterbird use in wetlands of the Paroo, a river system of inland Australia Rangel. J. 14 128 42 Maher, P., 1993. Breeding...

... west of the Darling River (Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004). Mutawintji was of interest to us because of the occurrence of several species whose closest populations are in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, and the fact that no intensive collecting had been carried out there. Accordingly, with the co...

..., and usually dominated by either Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens or River Red Gum E. camaldulensis . These woodlands, particularly the Black Box-dominated communities, were found to support relatively high numbers of terrestrial species because the Lower Darling River, its lakes and floodplains, provide...

... along the Paroo River, approximately 500 km west of the known range of Grey-headed Flying-foxes. The distribution o f flying-foxes based on sightings correlated closely to that predicted from information on nectar flow. Sightings in New South Wales were limited to the Sydney area and to restricted sites...

... and mammals Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences 25 29 37 Lavery, H.J. and Johnson, P.M. 1974. Mammals and birds of the lower Burdekin River district, north Queensland. I. Introduction and mammals. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences 31: 97-104. Mammals...