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...Christopher I. MacGregor; Natasha M. Robinson; Wade Blanchard; David B. Lindenmayer ABSTRACT Dense ground cover and understory can be important as diurnal shelter for terrestrial mammals. Fire can lead to the short-term removal of much of this shelter. Here, we report on the shelter site selection...

... protection was not practised in New South Wales (NSW) forests. Forest regeneration was a dynamic process, especially in relation to changing vegetation density. Dense regrowth regenerating from harvesting rapidly dominated and persisted over a considerable period of time and provided unsuitable habitat...

...), but were structurally similar, with trees of similar size forming a dense canopy, and lacking a shrub layer. Yellow-plumed Honeyeaters rely on lerp and honeydew for energy and take arthropods within the colony by gleaning and probing from eucalypts, and opportunistic hawking. Foliage is the most common...

... of our findings in context of the dense industrial activity across the range of H. czeblukovi . We indicate the need for further research to inform conservation and management actions. Marine snake distribution stranding marine reptile meristics morphometrics biogeography North west shelf...

... Kangaroos Macropus giganteus to the acoustic signals produced by the fence. We found that the fencing activated consistently in response to headlights at dusk and dawn, and when traffic flows were dense, despite considerable variations in the range of installation parameters. However, we identified...

... forests and adjacent dense vegetation, occupying a total area of ~150 km 2 . Here, we document a newly discovered and seemingly isolated population at the north-eastern extent of its known mainland distribution. We visited Lobethal Bushland Park from 2013–2018 and observed snakes of varying age and size...

... of the DBF. We found that shrubs and trees were twice as dense where dingoes were rare, and 28 % of shrub and tree species, 78 % of mammal species, and 14 % of bird species recorded were significantly more likely to occur on one side of the DBF than the other. We provide the first comprehensive snapshot...

... with a dense shrublayer of heath, but was often ecotonal. Forty-six percent of the sites were within 100 m of cliff edges/waterfalls. The lithology of sites where the frog was found varied from Hawkesbury, Nowra and Snapper Point sandstones. The exception was a population south of Ulladulla that occurs...

... on the island was estimated at between 20 and 30 pairs, almost ten times the density that the species occurs at in its natural range. Roost sites were mainly in the dense crowns of canopy trees and in hollows and crevices of large trees. Analysis of regurgitated pellets and pellet remains showed that owl diets...

... Brigalow habitat. The vegetation at capture sites ranged from old growth to dense saplings, but with Brigalow always dominating the canopy. There were many sites with Brigalow vegetation similar to the capture sites, both within and outside the extent of occurrence, where the species was not found. Further...

... and diverse vertebrate fauna with only reptiles not well represented Vertebrate communities were characterized by species typical of low, dense vegetation formations The area's richness is partly the result of its position at the centre of the Macleay-McPherson overlap zone where the Torresian and Bassian...

... such as fairy-wrens, thornbills and warblers were only found where patches of dense shrub were found, usually where the canopy has been disturbed. Flowering ironbarks were found to attract a variety of bird species utilizing both the pollen and nectar as well as the insects that were attracted. Four threatened...

... for the species are from areas with dense and complex ground cover and a high diversity of food-plant availability. The species is also thought to be at risk from exotic mammalian predators (feral cats Felis catus and red foxes Vulpes vulpes ), and to be negatively associated with habitat edges, although...

... from sea level to over 1000 m, and annual rainfall from 600-1800 mm, but are unified by a dense ground cover and waterlogging red or white sandy clays. Some potential threats to these rodent's populations are postulated including loss of ground cover and clearing of habitat in coastal regions. Despite...

... of small birds, which may have been indicative of the presence of a dense understorey and shrub layer in conjunction with a distinct tree canopy. Overall waterbird abundance and diversity was low due to flood conditions and local rainfall providing ample feeding and nesting areas, thus spreading...

... of thick leaf litter or dense low vegetation, may be a critical requirement for the survival of the Greenthighed Frog. Barker, J., Grigg, G. C. and Tyler, M. J. 1995.A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty and Sons: Chipping Norton. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs Bosman, W., van...

..., presumably favoured the survival and spread of foxes. Foxes were also translocated by some crop growers in an effort to combat rabbits and hares, though this is poorly documented. The dense forests of Gippsland impeded colonisation, so that Victoria was probably not entirely colonised until about 1900. Foxes...

.... No native mammal species were captured, although 97 R. rattus were trapped over 353 trap nights and two were spotlighted on two survey nights. Twenty three baiting transects spaced 50 metres apart in dense vegetation were hand cut across the Island and bait stations (n=228) were placed every 50 metres along...