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The impact on native herpetofauna due to traffic collision at the interface between a suburban area and the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area: an ecological disaster?

Danny Wotherspoon, Shelley Burgin
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 1040–1046.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.059
Published: 29 January 2012
...Danny Wotherspoon; Shelley Burgin Vehicle collision resulting in animal mortality is a common daily occurrence, although few studies have considered the impact on herpetofauna in urban areas. Over a 7 year period (2003 - 2010), 1.4 km of suburban streets of Falconbridge that interface...
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Long-term monitoring of Watson's Tree Frog Litoria watsoni and other lotic species of amphibian in the Shoalhaven Local Government Area, New South Wales

Garry Daly, Philip Craven, Jeff Bryant, Michael Smith, Rachel Melrose ...
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2024) 44 (1): 77–102.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.026
Published: 02 August 2024
... of amphibian in the Shoalhaven Local Government Area, New South Wales Garry Daly1, Philip Craven2, Jeff Bryant3, Michael Smith4, Rachel Melrose5 and Michael Mahony6 1PO Box 3109, North Nowra 2541 Corresponding author: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 4msmith...
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Beyond bushfire severity: mapping the ecological impact of bushfires on the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area

Melinda J. Laidlaw, Harry B. Hines, Rhonda I. Melzer, Tracey B. Churchill
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 502–513.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.027
Published: 13 July 2022
...Melinda J. Laidlaw; Harry B. Hines; Rhonda I. Melzer; Tracey B. Churchill ABSTRACT Bushfire severity mapping and analysis for Queensland’s Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area properties following wildfires in 2019/20 was found to under-predict the ecological impact within closed-canopy...
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Impact of the 2019–20 drought, heatwaves and mega-fires on Greater Gliders ( Petauroides volans ) in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, New South Wales

Peter Smith, Judy Smith
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 164–181.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.017
Published: 09 May 2022
...Peter Smith; Judy Smith ABSTRACT We have investigated the impact of the unprecedented drought, heatwaves and fires of 2019–20 on a threatened arboreal marsupial, the Greater Glider ( Petauroides volans ), in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, an area of over one million hectares...
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Constraints of terrestrial protected area solutions in protecting marine biodiversity

Pat Hutchings, Richard Kenchington
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (2): 188–193.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2015.020
Published: 01 January 2018
...Pat Hutchings; Richard Kenchington ABSTRACT Traditionally the concepts of terrestrial protected areas have been used in designating marine protected areas. We discuss the differences between marine and terrestrial protected areas and highlight the need to consider the movement of species through...
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Habitat use of the threatened Booroolong Frog ( Litoria booroolongensis ) in the Central West Catchment Management Area

Nicole Hansen, Kirsten Crosby
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (2): 161–170.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.029
Published: 01 January 2016
.... This paper presents a small-scale assessment of the distribution and habitat associations of the Booroolong Frog, using data collected during surveys for environmental impact assessments, in areas of likely preferred habitat identified along the Campbells and Macquarie Rivers south of Bathurst and the Turon...
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Survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Merriwindi State Conservation Area in the Pilliga forest of northern inland New South Wales

Michael J. Murphy, Jessica K. Murphy
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2015) 37 (4): 517–528.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2015.021
Published: 01 September 2015
...Michael J. Murphy; Jessica K. Murphy A survey of the herpetofauna of Merriwindi State Conservation Area, a small conservation reserve in the western Pilliga forest in northern inland New South Wales, was done over the period 2009 to 2011. In total, 14 frog species (three families) and 25 reptile...
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The reptile fauna of Nombinnie Nature Reserve and State Conservation Area, western New South Wales

Steven Sass
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (4): 511–518.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2006.022
Published: 17 March 2014
...Steven Sass Nombinnie Nature Reserve and State Conservation Area form a large reserve system of 116,000 hectares in central western New South Wales. Systematic surveys for reptile fauna in 2003 revealed 204 individuals from 33 species from within five different vegetation communities. A review...
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Notes on status, distribution and diet of Northern Quoll Dasyurus hallucatus in the Mackay-Bowen area, mideastern Queensland

A. B. Pollock
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (2): 388–395.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1999.040
Published: 17 March 2014
...A. B. Pollock A survey of the declining Northern Quoll Dasyurus hallucatus was conducted in coastal and near-coastal areas between Mackay and Bowen, mideastern Queensland. The survey used incidental records from the public and trapping and sightings from resource management agencies. The species...
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The Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea in the Station Creek area of Yuraygir National Park

Greg Clancy
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (2): 214–217.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1996.014
Published: 17 March 2014
...Greg Clancy Casual observations of the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea were made in the Station Creek area of Yuraygir National Park between 1980 and 1995. A description of the habitat, including details of water bodies and vegetation communities is presented. Calling males were located...
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The effects of non-sex-biased shooting on some population characteristics of the Eastern Grey Kangaroo in the Murrurundi area, New South Wales

D.J. Shelly
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (3): 330–339.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1997.010
Published: 17 March 2014
...D.J. Shelly Data obtained from two surveys conducted in the winters of 1966 and 1987 show that, for the study area, centred on the town of Murrundi in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, non-sex.based commercial shooting of the Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus did not greatly alter...
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The family Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Sydney metropolitan area and adjacent coast

Patty Jansen
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (1-2): 49–61.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1993.004
Published: 17 March 2014
...Patty Jansen Twenty-five species of Trochidae from the Sydney metropolitan area are discussed here: Herpetopoma aspersa (Philippi, 1846), Vaceuchelus ampullus (Tale, 1893), Granata imbricata (Lamarck, 1822), Clanculus (Euriclanculus) brunneus A. Adams, 1853. Clanculus (Euriclanculus) floridus...
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Range extension of the Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) into a semi-arid area of central Queensland, Australia

R. A. Young, G. I. Ford
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (4): 392–397.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1998.004
Published: 17 March 2014
... Thomson, B. G., 1982. Records of Eptesicus vulturnus (Thomas) (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera) from the Alice Springs area, Northern Territory. Aust. Mammal. 5: 69-70. Records of Eptesicus vulturnus (Thomas) (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera) from the Alice Springs area, Northern Territory Aust. Mammal. 5...
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A nine year survey of the vertebrate fauna of the Bruxner-Ulidarra conservation area in the New South Wales north coast bioregion

Michael Murphy, Sam Murphy
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 655–678.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.018
Published: 20 October 2011
...Michael Murphy; Sam Murphy Bruxner Park Flora Reserve and the adjoining Ulidarra National Park, on the NSW north coast, comprise a dual-tenure conservation area of 1090 ha dominated by rainforest and old-growth moist eucalypt forest. A field survey of the area's vertebrate fauna over the period...
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Aboriginal rock art depictions of fauna: What can they tell us about the natural history of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area?

By Paul S.C. Taçon, Rosalie S. Chapple, John Merson, Daniel Ramp, Wayne Brennan ...
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.008
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA) is biologically diverse, including many unique and rare plants and animals as well as varied ecosystems. It also contains a large body of rock art - drawings, paintings, stencils, prints and engravings - in rock shelters and on rock...
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A hotbed of biodiversity? A natural history of the Ku-ring-gai council area

By David Wilks
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.024
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... The Ku-ring-gai local government area is a veritable hot bed of biological diversity as the area is peppered with numerous habitat types that support over 800 plant, at least 170 fungi and over 690 fauna species. The area plays and important part in Australia's cultural and natural history...
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Rapid fauna habitat assessment of the Sydney metropolitan catchment area

By M. Schulz, L. Ransom
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.030
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... represents a subset of overall biological diversity which includes invertebrates, plants, bacteria and fungi. This study investigated vertebrate fauna present in larger natural habitat remnants within the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Authority area. Habitats investigated included bushland, wetlands...
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The epigaeic arthropod fauna of Buttongrass moorland in Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

By Penelope Greenslade, Derek Smith
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.016
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
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Management of threatened invertebrates of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

By Michael M. Driessen
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.053
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
... The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area is one of largest and least inhabited of the world heritage areas where natural processes and ecological systems can continue to occur in a relatively undisturbed state. It provides important habitat for 13 invertebrate species listed under...
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The status of frogs in the Watagan Mountains area the Central Coast of New South Wales

By M. J. Mahony
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1993
10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.039
EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8
... ponds, three streams, one site with both ponds and a stream, and several ephemeral situations. Fifteen myobatrachid and 15 hylid species occur in the area. During the period of the study five species have disappeared — three myobatrachids and two hylids. These are two species of Great Barred River frog...
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