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... not streams. Because the causal agent responsible for declines has not been identified, an experimental approach is considered to be necessary to identify the causal agent, in addition to monitoring and field observations. Blaustein, A. R. and Wake, D. B., 1990. Declining amphibian populations...

...Tanja Strive; Tarnya E. Cox ABSTRACT The viral biocontrol agents Myxoma virus (MYXV) and Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV1), released in 1950 and 1996 respectively, are the only control tools to have resulted in significant and lasting landscape-scale suppression of rabbit populations...

...T. F. van de Mortel; W. A. Buttemer Global declines in amphibian populations in often pristine habitats have led to suggestions that a ubiquitous agent might be involved, such as increased Ultraviolet-B (280-320 nm) radiation due to ozone depletion. The Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea...

... in the Stewarts possession in 1978, and a copy with the couple s personal content redacted, which they supplied to the Tasmanian Film Corporation (TFC) via William Nielson [Fig. 2]14, Tasmania s Agent General in London, in July 1978. We shall subsequently refer to this latter copy as the Neilson footage...

... as humans and pets (Blasdell et al. 2022; Liu et al. 2016). Many people reside in peri-urban environments that consist of a matrix of urban infrastructure and patches of natural areas. These environments can support both native and introduced wildlife, and can facilitate the exchange of agents of disease...

.... 1985. Mycophagous marsupials as dispersal agents for ectomycorrhizal fungi on Eucalyptus calophylla and Gastrolobium bilobum. New Phytologist 101: 651-656. Mycophagous marsupials as dispersal agents for ectomycorrhizal fungi on Eucalyptus calophylla and Gastrolobium bilobum New Phytologist 101 651...

.... tadpole Limnodynastes peronii density effects rearing conditions Anstis, M. 2013. Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia. Reed New Holland, Frenchs Forest, NSW Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia Beebee, T.J.C. 1990. Purification of an agent causing growth-inhibition in anuran larvae and its...

...). These (Webb et al. 2016). However, a majority of mosquitoes are strategies can vary from adaptive vegetation and water typically specialised and use a narrow range of suitable level management, to the application of mosquito control habitats for immature development. Mosquitoes lay eggs agents...

... by the Queensland Agent General in London, and by skin dealers, both of whom encouraged the development of a permanent harvest and a continuing export industry. Other proponents of the development of a permanent harvest included senior officials of the Department of Agriculture and Stock, Thomas Foley, some...

... to have had mentors with lifetime s experience in this field. I m currently employed by the ACT government as the Director of Biosecurity and Rural Services, so some may consider me a double agent. Why has there been a shift away from this model? Why have successfully managed areas reverted to reactive...

...; Macgregor et al. 2017), and protozoa such as Toxoplasma gondii, Theileria ornithorhynchi and Trypanosoma binneyi (Munday et al. 1998; Paparini et al. 2014; Paparini et al. 2015; Macgregor et al. 2017). Of particular importance is the fungal disease mucormycosis the causal agent of which is Mucor...

.... 42: 135-47. Extinction and isolation gradients in metapopulations: the case of rhe pool frog (Rana lessonae) Biol. J. Linn Soc. 42 135 47 Speare, R. and Smith, J. R., 1992. An iridivirus-like agent isolated from the ornate burrowing frog Limnodynastes ornatus in northern Australia...

... where the damage to the brain is of sufficient severity to make the use of a secondary procedure unnecessary; and (4) during disease control operators, where infectious agents may be present in blood and/or central nervous system tissues (e.g. anthrax). In some situations, when performed correctly...

... exploiting cossid galleries in the NSW North Coast bioregion. Methods The observations reported here were made during fieldwork between July 2012 and October 2013 for a broader project, which focused on the impact of stem defect agents in Flooded Gum plantations in north- eastern NSW (Lawson et al., unpubl...

... dendrobatidis (e.g. Skerrat et al. 2007; Cheng et al. 2011). More recently, the formerly widespread European sunbleak Leucaspius delineatus has severely declined due to total spawning inhibition and increased mortality caused by an alien fungal pathogen (rosette agent Sphaerothecum destruens) vectored...

... to overseas countries where skin disease (camel pox) is a serious cause of camel morbidity and mortality if vaccine is unavailable or ineffective (Koenig 2007). Camel pox is actually one of the few causal agents of fatal camel disease that appears to be camel specific. Feed-related risks Compared to other...

... Australia (FRFA). 2 Elders is Australia s largest rural services provider. Its services include insurance, rural finance, real estate and merchandise, as well as being stock and station agents. 3 In October 1995, rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD) escaped from a field-testing site on Wardang Island, South...

... termite mudding in the internal hollow of a sawn log. of termites. Termites are generally the main agent responsible for the creation of hollows inside eucalypts but an unknown proportion of hollows may be the result of other causes not involving termites (Mackowski 1984, Wormington and Lamb 1999...