... and native wildlife. The black rat ( Rattus rattus ) is a common commensal species abundant in urban areas and nearby bushland in Australia and globally. It can be a major reservoir of pathogens and vectors for diseases that affect humans, pets, and wildlife. We examined pathogen prevalence in black rats...

...Sebastien Comte ABSTRACT Considerable effort and money are spent to promulgate greener, more biodiverse cities with a fundamental push to increase the green connectivity between remnant urban bushlands and with their surrounding natural habitats (ecological reserves and National Parks). Yet, cities...

... Council bushland reserves as refuges: Angophora Reserve/Hudson Park, Stapleton Park, Careel Headland Reserve, Crown of Newport Reserve and, until 1988, Algona Reserve. The principal food tree on Barrenjoey Peninsula is Grey Gum, Eucalyptus punctata . Other important food trees are Scribbly Gum, E...

... suburbs. This paper reports on habitat selection derived from a population study carried out in a reserve of remnant bushland in the St George district. Open walls and the underside of overhangs were the most frequently exploited structures used by P. platurus. Geckos were found typically no higher than...

... , but these assumptions are rarely tested. In this study, we tested whether Black Rats in the inner western suburbs of Sydney were shelter limited by placing piles of disused railway sleepers within small (<1 ha) areas of regenerating bushland surrounded by houses and railway lines. The piles of railway sleepers were...

... 16.6 of Cogger et al. (1993). 2021 AuZstoraolilaongist volume 41 (4) 757 Scott & Biffin Figure 5. Female A. labialis of approximately 500 mm total length located on 27 October 2015. Photo: S. Scott. Lobethal Bushland Park is currently owned and managed by the Adelaide Hills Council and a large part...

...Peter Banks; Grainne Cleary; Chris Dickman The foreshore of Sydney Harbour includes extensive areas of protected native bushland that are an iconic and world-renowned feature of the Sydney landscape. Despite this vegetative cover, however,native small mammals are uncommon and the bushland...

..., the cumulative loss of reptiles due to vehicle collision in the region is an ecological disaster. reptiles frogs World Heritage Area urban - bushland interface animal mortality vertebrate road kill ABS. 2007. 2006 Census QuickStats: Blue Mountains (C) (Statistical Local Area. Australian...

...Robert Close; Steven Ward; David Phalen ABSTRACT The great public appeal of the Koala Phascolarctos cinereus gives it political power. Its appeal has been used successfully to publicise its vulnerability to the clearing of its habitat. The result is that the protected bushland also preserves...

... in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Cape York, Queensland were studied. Key findings included identification of a small but important group of domestic dogs which regularly roam in bushland areas; peri-urban wild dog activity, particularly in the dry season, likely driven by the availability of food sources...

... to identify those that should be targeted for management. Radio-tracking of M. macropus at one known roost was carried out to assess roost fidelity and identify key foraging areas within the estuary. Myotis macropus was widespread in Port Jackson, being present at 92.6 % of sites, but with high activity...

... effects of urbanization could be moderated or reversed by better management of remnant bushland, the creation of green corridors, and garden plantings of native vegetation in adjacent suburbs (Majer and Recher 1994; Stenhouse 2004; 2005; Davis et al. 2013; Davis and Wilcox 2013; Geschke et al. 2018...

... management options for Masked Owls in urban areas subject to expansion need to consider the availability of sufficient habitat and resources within the entire home range of established pairs and connectivity to additional bushland areas to provide opportunities for movements and dispersal. During the post...