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The Resource Assessment Commission loses its nerve: the Forest and Timber Inquiry sidesteps an evaluation of the impact of forestry operations on forest fauna

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2014) 28 (1-4): 23–27.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1992.006

Published: 17 March 2014

... Wales: Mosman. Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna 25 34 RESOURCE ASSESSMENT COMMISSION, 1992. Forest and Timber Inquiry Final Report. Vols I and 2A. AGPS, March 1992. RECHER, H. F., 1992. Paradigm and paradox; sustainable forest management. In Forestry Forum on Sustainable forest...

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Sins of omission and sins of commission: St Thomas Aquinas and the devil

Hamish McCallum, Menna Jones

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 307–314.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2010.019

Published: 14 October 2011

... the range of management options and argue that conservation biologists sometimes prefer “sins of omission”, failing to take action, with attendant risks, over “sins of commission”, taking actions that might backfire. Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii facial tumour disease wildlife disease...

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Royal Commission of 1901 on the western lands of New South Wales — an ecologist’s summary

By Daniel Lunney

Book: Future of the Fauna of Western New South Wales

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1994

10.7882/RZSNSW.1994.022

EISBN: 0-9599951-9-6

... This chapter summarizes the Royal Commission of 1901 into the western lands of New South Wales. The procedure adopted was the use of quotations to preserve the emphasis and colour of those who bore witness to the rapid changes induced by overstocking with sheep, and from rabbits, drought...

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The National Estate, forests and fauna

By A. Delahunti, A. Mednis, R. W. Purdie

Book: Conservation of Australia’s Forest Fauna

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1991

10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.021

EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3

... This chapter outlines the Commission’s work on national estate forests and the impact of forestry operations on their significance. It addresses a number of related issues: the concept of national estate forests, including the fauna in those forests; the methodology used by the Australian...

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The harvest of wild birds for aviculture: an historical perspective on finch trapping in the Kimberley with special emphasis on the Gouldian Finch

Donald Franklin, Allan Burbidge, P. L. Dostine

Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 92–109.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1999.010

Published: 17 March 2014

.... 1981 154 55 Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. 1997. A Management Program for the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii in the Northern Territory of Australia. PWCNT. Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, undated. A Strategy...

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Observations on the display flights of male Brown Songlarks ( Cincloramphus cruralis Vigors and Horsfield 1827) before and after the application of fenitrothion, an organophosphorous pesticide for locust control, in a semi-arid grassland in south-western New South Wales and suggestions for further research

Paul Story, Kimberly Maute

Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (1): 47–51.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.005

Published: 07 February 2023

... and Horsfield 1827) before and after the application of fenitrothion, an organophosphorous pesticide for locust control, in a semi-arid grassland in southwestern New South Wales and suggestions for further research Paul Story1 and Kimberly Maute2 1Australian Plague Locust Commission Department of Agriculture...

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Journal Articles

Flying-foxes and tourists: a conservation dilemma in the Northern Territory

Michael Vardon, Boyd Simpson, David Sherwell, Christopher Tidemann

Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (3): 310–315.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1997.006

Published: 17 March 2014

... Australia, Determined by Using Radio-tracking Wildl. Res. 18 463 68 Thomson, B. G., 1991. A Field Guide to Bats of the Northern Territory. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Tidemann, C., 1993. The Contentious Flying-fox. Aust. Nat. Hist. 24: 36-45. The Contentious...

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A different fauna?: captures of vertebrates in a pipeline trench, compared with conventional survey techniques; and a consideration of mortality patterns in a pipeline trench

J.C.Z. Woinarski, M. Armstrong, K. Brennan, G. Connors, D. Milne ...

Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (3): 421–431.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2000.002

Published: 17 March 2014

....Conservation assessment of Mitchell grasslands in northern Australia. Final report to Environment Australia. Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory: Darwin. Friend, G.R., 1984. Relative efficiency of two pitfall-drift fence systems for sampling small vertebrates. Australian Zoologist 21...

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Short-term movements and habitat use by the threatened Green-thighed Frog Litoria brevipalmata (Anura: Hylidae) in mid-coastal New South Wales

Francis Lemckert, Cameron Slatyer

Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (1): 56–61.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2002.005

Published: 17 March 2014

... South Wales 2119. Australia. E-mail frankl@sf.nsw.gov.au 2Bulahdelah District, State Forests of New South Wales. 3Present Address.Australian Heritage Commission. GPO Box 787, Canberra. Australian Capital Territory. 2601. Australia. E-mail Cameron.Slatyer@ea.gov.au A B ST R A C T Miniature radio...

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Beetle Visitors to Flowers of Angophora hispida (Sm.) D. Blaxell (Myrtaceae) and some other Angophora in Sydney Region

G. A. Webb

Australian Zoologist (2014) 23 (4): 59–62.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1987.004

Published: 17 March 2014

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Aestivation in the Australian Freshwater Crocodile?

Bryan Walsh

Australian Zoologist (2014) 25 (3): 68–70.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1989.004

Published: 17 March 2014

... Aestivation in the Australian Freshwater Crocodile? Bryan Walshl 'Consewation Commission of the Northern Territoly, P.O. Box 496, Palmerston, N.T. 0831 INTRODUCTION Stranding of Australian freshwater crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni, in drying waterholes or river beds has been reported frequently to fauna...

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A survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Bondi State Forest and surrounding areas, near Bombala, New South Wales

G. A. Webb

Australian Zoologist (2014) 27 (1-2): 14–19.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1991.002

Published: 17 March 2014

... coupes are probably adequate to conserve viable populations of most species of reptiles and frogs in the area. A survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Bondi State Forest and surrounding areas, near Bombala, New South Wales G. A. Webb Forestry Commission of New South Wales, P.O. Box 100, Beecroft, New...

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Geographic variation in the echolocation calls of Gould's Wattled Bat Chalinolobus gouldii

Linda Reinhold, Alexander Herr, Lindy Lumsden, Terry Reardon, Chris Corben ...

Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (4): 618–624.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2001.008

Published: 17 March 2014

.... 93 Gezireh Street, Pascoe Vale South, Victoria 3044. 10Department of Zoology and Tropical Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811. 11Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, P.O. Box 496, Palmerston, Northern Territory 0831. 12Fly By Night Bat Surveys, P.O. Box 271...

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Book Chapter

The future of Australia’s forest fauna

By Daniel Lunney

Book: Conservation of Australia’s Forest Fauna

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1991

10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.001

EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3

... of resources, as well as applying findings from the fossil and historical records to identify species of concern. The lack of knowledge about the distribution of Australia’s forests has been partly filled by the Resource Assessment Commission’s Forest and Timber Inquiry, which this chapter reviews critically...