Search Results for Western Sydney

... as a result of endocrine disruption compounds (EDCs) have been reported. In response to the observation that the population of the bearded dragon Pogona barbata had crashed in peri-urban Western Sydney, we investigated the nature and extent of testis deformity. It was observed that individuals collected...

... Following the fourth session of the forum, we held a question and answer session facilitated by Paul Willis. The presentations covered by this plenary session were: John Hadley (Western Sydney University) - Does a painless death harm an invertebrate? Trudy Sharp (Department of Primary Industries...

... this, a total of 164 dead or injured flying-foxes were collected ( n = 146) or observed ( n = 18) from an orchard in western Sydney over two weeks in spring 2007, after shooting had occurred at the orchard to protect fruit crops. Detailed information, including sex, reproductive state, age and description...

... native species? Ricky Spencer (Western Sydney University) - What ‘impact’ will the killing of two million cats by 2020 have on feral cat populations? Rod Kavanagh (Australian Wildlife Conservancy) - Conservation fencing: little cost but significant benefits for threatened native species. Libby Robin...

...C. B. Schell; Shelley Burgin Seven potential anuran breeding sites within Western Sydney were sampled between March and August 1997 to assess the effect of habitat disturbance upon species assemblages. The greatest species diversity and abundance was recorded in relatively less human impacted areas...

... can function at very low densities. A dangerous idea: that Koala densities can be low without the populations being in danger Robert Close1, Steven Ward1,2 and David Phalen3 1 School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751 Australia, NSW. 2...

... of frogs (Amphibia: Anura) in Western Sydney. B.Ap.Sc.(Hons), University of Western Sydney - Hawkesbury, Richmond. Ferraro, T.J. and Burgin, S. 1993. Amphibian decline: a case study in Western Sydney. Pp 197-204 in Herpetology in Australia: A Diverse Discipline, edited by D. Lunney and D. Ayers...

... of Statistics, Canberra. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC18644&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401 Anderson, L. 2009. UWS dam storage capacities. University of Western Sydney, Penrith. UWS dam...

... freshwater species Chelodina longicollis Shaw, the Eastern Long-necked Turtle, sampled from farm dams in North Western peri-urban Sydney. Twelve epibiont taxa were collected, with the most commonly encountered species being the leech Placobdelloides bancrofti McKenna and a chironomid. Encounter rates varied...

..., University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751, Australia 2 Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4229, Australia * Corresponding address: Professor Shelley Burgin, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Queensland, 4229, Australia...

... 706 Hardiman N. J. 2003. Visitor Impact Management in Canyons of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. PhD Thesis, University of Western Sydney: South Penirth. Visitor Impact Management in Canyons of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S. 2011. Effects...