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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (3): 733–737.
Published: 24 January 2022
...William Terry passive acoustics rainfall Kaleidoscope frogs A note on the calling behaviour of Brown Toadlet, Pseudophryne bibronii, at a site in central Victoria William Terry Southern Cross University, Military Road, Lismore [email protected] Key words: passive acoustics, rainfall...
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Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (2): 251–255.
Published: 01 December 2019
... and/or Myrtaceae dominated open woodlands and heathlands (Tulloch 2004; Tulloch and Dickman 2006; Harris et al. 2007a). Despite being widespread, details of C. nanus ecology are limited, particularly regarding its diet and feeding behaviour (Tulloch 2004; Harris 2008). This is concerning given the species...
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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (3): 449–463.
Published: 01 September 2018
...Michael K. Todd; Rodney P. Kavanagh; Phil Bell; Sarah A. Munks ABSTRACT An understanding of the calling behaviour of nocturnal birds is critically important for their detection. The Australian Masked Owl ( Tyto novaehollandiae ) is most commonly located by call playback surveys that prompt calling...
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Australian Zoologist (2015) 37 (4): 508–509.
Published: 01 September 2015
...Leigh J. Martin Selective foraging behaviour in the Scincid lizard Lampropholis guichenoti Leigh J. Martin School of the Environment, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia Email: [email protected] Key words: alates, foraging, Lampropholis guichenoti, prey...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (2): 263–266.
Published: 27 August 2014
... revealed that the core period for calling for L. jervisiensis was April to July. Opportunistic observations of territorial behaviour and dynamic sexual dichromatism were also recorded. Litoria jervisiensis breeding call agonistic behaviour sexually dynamic dichromatism Anstis, M...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (1): 102–104.
Published: 02 June 2014
... relying on a combination of scent-tracking and speed to attack the scrubfowl. Both attacks were unsuccessful, although human intervention in the latter may have affected the outcome. The widely differing methods show that dogs are capable of adapting their hunting behaviour to suit particular situations...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 175–180.
Published: 17 March 2014
... with the mother as it grew more independent. Similarities were found between the development of P. scapulatus and that of the Grey-headed Flying-fox P. poliocephalus . Maternal behaviour was similar to that described for Pteropus in the wild. The maternal behaviour and development of a Little Red Flying-fox...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (1-2): 103–104.
Published: 17 March 2014
.... Fenton, P. Racey and J. M. Rayner. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Recent Advances in the Study of Bats ROBERTSON, J., 1990. The complete bat. Chatto and Windus: London. The complete bat Unexplained behaviour in the White-striped Mastiff-bat Tadarida australis Murray Ellis RZS...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 183–188.
Published: 14 October 2011
... of questions. Why do these termites construct such remarkably shaped mounds? What s more, why do these tiny, eyeless insects align such massive constructions to the Investigations into the building behaviour of a minor celebrity insect. Peter M. Jacklyn1 1School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 291–306.
Published: 14 October 2011
...Jannie Sperling; Gordon Grigg; Colin Limpus This paper presents the first data on the diving behaviour of Flatback turtles, Natator depressus , between nesting events. Dive profiles were recorded in turtles from breeding populations at Curtis Island in Queensland and at Bare Sand Island...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.010
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... of microchiropterans exhibit adaptations for specialist trawling foraging behaviours. Approximately half of these species are relatively well represented in the literature. Amongst these, the Large-footed Myotis, Myotis macropus , exhibits typical trawling bat behaviour; spending the majority (~88%) of foraging time...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.029
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... roosting behaviour. The types of resources available to bats may influence their roosting behaviour and have consequences for social interactions, predation risk and parasite loads. At Gresswell Nature Conservation Reserve, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, there are both natural hollows and bat boxes...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2008
10.7882/FS.2008.028
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-2-9
... or tidal effects on haul-out behaviour were observed, though more A. pusillus doriferus hauled-out in strong winds and warm air temperatures. At the site, which is sheltered, shaded, steep and has a southerly aspect, environmental effects have different influences on the fur seals' haul-out behaviour...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 810–821.
Published: 20 October 2011
...Megan Price; Alan Lill Ground-nesting seabirds are vulnerable to human intrusion which can potentially impair their breeding success. We examined whether tourist traffic on a boardwalk through a Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae breeding colony affected the birds' behaviour sufficiently...