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Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.025
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... their effects can be beneficial. The positive effects of pests arise when they become deeply embedded in ecological communities and are involved in webs of direct and indirect interactions with other species. In this paper, I first outline the concepts of direct and indirect interactions, and then describe two...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (4): 570–576.
Published: 20 October 2011
...Graham Pyke; Jodi Rowley : Experiments with tadpoles have been used to distinguish between intra- and inter-specific interactions and between interactions that arise through direct physical contact or indirectly through water-born movement of chemicals or micro-organisms. In the case of two...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.041
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-0-5
... and abundance have been linked to the direct and indirect impacts of pastoralism. Grazing by livestock is the main “direct” impact of pastoral activity and has resulted in widespread changes in habitat structure and a decrease in primary productivity. The loss in primary productivity may have reduced...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (1): 19–41.
Published: 01 October 2020
... including direct neighbours of the camp renounced their support for camp dispersal. Council proceeded with camp dispersal, which only achieved a temporary absence of flying-foxes from Kareela. During this time, a new flying-fox camp formed 3.5 km away. Flying-foxes subsequently returned to the Kareela camp...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.1055
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... and Reptile School providing detailed information on the biology, identification and survey methods. Ethics and licensing are components of both courses. The varied educational level of attendees provides a significant challenge to course teachers. Direct contact with live animals is very important...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/FS.2012.011
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-6-7
... in the composition of microbial communities on algal surfaces and can be induced via exposure to ambient seawater microbes and cultures of putative pathogens. Direct consequences of bleaching include reductions in algal growth and fecundity. Bleaching also has indirect ecological effects on the alga, with bleached...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.009
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... In 1996, Government directives began a transition to conform logging in Western Australia's State forests to principles of ecologically sustainable forest management (ESFM). To place this in a historical context, we reviewed the history of the logging of jarrah Eucalyptus marginata forests...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.044
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
... in the insect world, and this too adds a further facet to their conservation. Additionally, insect populations are often highly dynamic, with great vagility and population variability. Conservation of this complexity can only be done at the level of the landscape, so as to incorporate all the interactions...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.051
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1
... brought classrooms to within 10 m of roosting flying-foxes. This occurred despite NSW legislation and government policy that protected animals in the camp from direct harm. There was no mechanism to protect either the flying-foxes or the local community from the conflict that arose in the areas...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (2): 188–193.
Published: 01 January 2018
... move and mix through variable multi directional interactions of currents, tides, weather systems and inputs of terrestrial runoff to nearshore waters. Title and responsibility for marine protected areas may be assigned within boundaries defined by locations on the surface of land or sea, but many...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2023)
Published: 02 October 2023
... ) in suppressing Red Fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) populations in Australia has been investigated, with various data tending to show an inverse relationship between densities of the two species (e.g. Letnic et al . 2012; Johnson and VanDerWal 2009). There are very few examples in the literature where direct killing...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 521–533.
Published: 02 February 2021
...Linda Behrendorff Canids across the world are involved in negative interactions between humans and their interests, with numerous examples of conflict management. K’gari (Fraser Island) and its dingo population are well known for the human-dingo conflict in the tourism and residential scenes...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (3): 520–533.
Published: 01 September 2018
... in this species (Green-Barber and Old 2018). Due to physical barriers in the developed landscape multiple cameras were placed in separate but nearby locations facing various directions to ensure broad coverage of the site. Some cameras were adjusted due to plant growth and cattle at the developed site throughout...
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Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (1): 102–104.
Published: 02 June 2014
... Australia Corella 30 35 39 Fulton, G. R. 2006b. Direct observations of predation, nest-predation and other disturbance events, at Dryandra, in south-western Australia I: birds as predators. Australian Field Ornithology 23(3): 144-151. Direct observations of predation, nest-predation and other...
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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 631–642.
Published: 04 January 2022
... the fire such as the extent of herbivory in regenerating vegetation and whether the ecosystem is subject to post-fire (salvage) logging. (3) Fire history (e.g. the number of past fires and the time since the previous fire). And, (4) Interactions between fire and other ecosystem drivers such as logging. We...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 550–567.
Published: 27 October 2020
... sub-components of the SES, propose second-tier variables specific to the SES (referring to past history or experiences of relevant actors and government resource policies), and identify pathways or interactions for testing (e.g., the influence of scientific evidence on policy, development...
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Australian Zoologist (2021) 42 (3): 719–732.
Published: 06 December 2021
..., and the vocalisations specifically used when the female is approaching or leaving the nest, and when she is interacting with the egg, the chick and an intruder. 2022 egg parental care goanna lace monitor nest predation nest detection female vocalisation Sound and Camera Recordings of a female Superb...
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Australian Zoologist (2023)
Published: 17 November 2023
...). The health of animals and the environment strongly depend on human activities. Thus, the complex nature of the interactions between people, animals and the environment and their co-existence requires a one health approach: a collaborative, multi-sectoral and transdisciplinary framework critical in addressing...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2023) 42 (4): 1041–1049.
Published: 20 January 2023
... that they were amenable to using easier or more direct exit points if these were available. A decision was therefore made to investigate retro-fitting bat windows in the mesh barrier to improve access to the cave for bats whilst maintaining protection of the Aboriginal site. Review of design specifications...