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... reported for other small passerines. However, little is known about how birds choose and use the silk that they collect during nest building. We presented breeding pairs with cribellate silk from the Black House Spider Badumna sp. and ecribellate silk from the Golden Orb-weaver Nephila plumipes or ‘clean...

... within the catchment. Agricultural clearing and urban development have also affected aquatic ecosystems. The pre-European environment was apparently characterized by creek and river systems subjected to periodic floods, but with clear water, low nutrient levels, and clean sandly or rocky substrates...

... in unskilled positions to earn their unemployment benefits by cleaning the grounds and cages, and feeding the less dangerous animals (Paddle, 2000). Alison Reid and her mother were given permission to continue living in the zoo cottage, rent free, provided Alison continued to provide her unpaid services...

... mitigation, such as cleaning off flying-fox faeces and procuring mitigation equipment and property modifications like double-glazing for windows (Mo et al. 2020a), also fall within this intervention category. Level 2 camp management actions involve the creation of buffer areas between flying-fox camps...

... distinct smell. Day 2 At 7 a.m., after eating, mother groomed and cleaned the young's fur and membranes by licking and wrapped him in her wings. Young sometimes looked out from within the wings. Droppings dark a n d soft. At 7 p.m., after feeding, mother again groomed and wrapped the young. Day 3 Mother...

... the immediate response of small mammals to dog odour (see also Banks 1998) and to avoid problems of habituation masking avoidance. Clean (no dog faeces) and scented (with dog faeces) traps were always handled and set by different people to prevent contamination of clean traps. For each captured animals, sex...

... the opportunity to communicate concerns in a public forum. Residents raised specific issues including concern that media attention to the issue would impact property prices and that imminent water restrictions would affect residents ability to clean flying-fox faeces off outside surfaces. Disputes between...

... with equivalent biodiversity values and where they are better able to maintain viable representation of biodiversity (DECC 2007). The concept of mitigation banking, albeit for wetlands, was first formalised in legislation in the United States of America (US) under the Clean Waters Act 1972. Subsequently there has...

... t end with sample collection. Dietary studies using metabarcoding should follow previously established protocols in the laboratory as with other low-quality and low-quantity DNA samples such as ancient DNA and non-invasive host genetic sampling (Goldberg et al. 2016). A dedicated clean laboratory...

... for data exchange with database systems that have this capacity, requiring resourcing for end users to manage this process. (ii) Low data readiness If data are not sufficiently clean that an analysis can be performed directly, then significant preparation is required prior to analysis, a process that can...

... to understand national and global environmental problems. These are the people committed to sustained, if unsustainable, growth and who insist on measuring progress in monetary terms rather than in terms of the important quality of life criteria of clean air, clean water, clean food, clean land and the freedom...

... regardless of age, gender, race, or religion. His dream was for the future and of the future. I Also Have a Dream I dream of a world where the air is clean. I dream of an Australia where the rivers are pure and the oceans free of pollution. Of an Australia where the mass extinction of our native wildlife...

... indicating a high degree of specificity while foraging for pollen. No Grevillea pollen grains were recorded in any corbicula samples, all being from species of other genera in the study area (Fig. 2). Over two hours of observations on 15 test inflorescences with flowers cleaned of pollen, 396 bee visits were...

... businesses and through the island residents gardens. Peafowl were reportedly fouling common areas that created health concerns and necessitating in a costly clean up (Rottnest Island Authority 1994, 2008). Birds were also seen at the airport runway causing concern for pilots, and visitors complained about...

... outdated. Biology is messy and doesn t bend to our desire for clean classifications. 2023 AuZstoraolilaongist volume 43 (2) 197 Saunders & Pickup ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful to Dr Leo Joseph (Australian National Wildlife Collection) who provided critical comment on our previous paper and, at the time...

... for the establish- ment and continuing accural of the "captial base" of these Trusts. The Greiner Government believes that, as a classically appropriate example of "polluter pays", industry should provide a basis for cleaning-up the problems of the past as well as for education and research to guarantee a better...

... a quo11 require for you to attend lo its daily maintenance (feeding, wafering, enclosure cleaning etc.) requirements? Do you consider quolls to be demanding on your time? The mean of responses was 19 minutes (range 5 to 75) required to attend to the daily S'mple S~mple Spec,allsed Highly maintenance...