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...Murray Ellis; Jennifer Taylor Loss and fragmentation of the native vegetation of the Central Western Plains of New South Wales was followed by declines of woodland-dependent species. Drought is likely to have further suppressed many animal populations. Here we report on changes in woodland bird...

...Helen C Stevens; David M Watson ABSTRACT The interacting effects of drought and fire on ecological communities are poorly understood. Long-term studies in the Warrumbungle Mountains, central-west New South Wales, subject to drought and fire during the past 21 years, enabled their separate...

...Peter Smith; Judy Smith ABSTRACT We have investigated the impact of the unprecedented drought, heatwaves and fires of 2019–20 on a threatened arboreal marsupial, the Greater Glider ( Petauroides volans ), in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, an area of over one million hectares...

...Murray Ellis; Jennifer Taylor agricultural landscape avifauna box woodland drought recovery fragmentation temperate eucalypt woodland Bedward, M., Simpson, C. C., Ellis, M.V. and Metcalfe, L.M.2007. Patterns and determinants of historical woodland clearing in central-western...

... in the central wheatbelt of New South Wales during the drought declared years 2005 to 2009 Murray V. Ellis1 and Jennifer E. Taylor2 1 Biodiversity Conservation Science Section, Office of Environment and Heritage, PO Box 1967, Hurstville BC NSW 1481, 2 School of Arts and Sciences, Australian Catholic University...

... Wales. Thirteen sites were surveyed in spring from 2001-2023. Breeding activity, including the occurrence of calling males, tadpoles, spawn and amplecting pairs was detected at 12 of the 13 surveyed sites. Within the duration of the surveys the south coast region experienced two major droughts, two...

... in 1975. The periods of decline correspond with periods of drought, with the Millennium drought showing a considerable dip to a low point in kangaroo numbers in 2005. Initial assessments from data dominated by drought found recent rainfall was the best predictor of rate of increase in kangaroo numbers...

... native species and 9 exotic species. The survey was conducted using a wide variety of detection methods in logged and unlogged, burnt and unburnt forest and through drought years. Observations were made about the impact of logging, fire and drought on native mammals and proposals made...

..., and emphasise the vulnerability of breeding sites to various threats such as drought and habitat degradation. Corresponding author: [email protected] Amphibian Conservation Wildlife Behaviour Threatened Species Amplexus Microhabitat Breeding observations of the Southern Giant Burrowing...

... in abundance and distribution during the monitoring period. Except for Seven Mile Beach, there has been a sharp decline in the abundance of Southern Greater Gliders in the coastal reserves surveyed. There was limited recovery of Southern Greater Glider in Meroo NP and Murramarang NP after the 2018-20 drought...

.... Although recruitment occurred in most years the population did not recover to that previously found in 2010-2012. The lack of recovery was influenced by drought, wildfire and a continual loss of habitat from urban developments. Large adult females were seen each survey beside Rotten Creek or nearby ponds...

... of migration or regional scale movements. The proportion of nectar and non-nectar foraging did not differ between years or localities, with half of foraging observations being of nectar-feeding. Yellow-plumed Honeyeaters are sensitive to the effects of drought, with less nesting during dry seasons...

... the impacts of fire in future. Such monitoring will need to incorporate the effects of other disturbance factors, such as habitat fragmentation, drought, salvage logging and longwall mining, that interact with fire, and also trial new methods to track and assist fauna to cope with the changing fire regimes...

... for this loss are unclear but may be due to a combination of factors including isolation of the reserve by urban development and highway upgrades, a lack of fire for 40 years, competition for food with the local population of the Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami , prolonged drought and possibly...

...-winged bats may require more energy to fly and forage than eastern bent-winged bats. Consequently, southern bent-winged bats may need to consume more food on a daily basis, potentially increasing their susceptibility to adverse conditions such as drought. body weight eastern bent-winged bat forearm...

... events resulted in large numbers of Grey-headed Flying-foxes Pteropus poliocephalus requiring rescue and rehabilitation. Prolonged drought and intense bushfires reduced available foraging resources for the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata and Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus...

...George R Wilson; Melanie Edwards ABSTRACT Millions of kangaroos are dying in 2018 but without good conservation outcomes. Populations are crashing in drought and contributing to land degradation. Non-commercial culling is increasing because landholders seek to stop kangaroos from competing...

... kangaroos by clearing a senescent orchard for further development, was resolved by using a community group to relocate at least 300 kangaroos to a location some 100 km to the east. At the time of the relocation this location was in drought and disoriented kangaroos were killed on the road. No information...