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Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.034
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... on the way that historians have looked at Sydney, and where native animals have fitted into the history of Australia, and Sydney in particular. In our view, that subject is only now taking hold, but it will be one that will yield many new insights, and in turn it will merge with ecological thinking...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.049
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-0-5
... makes ecology attentive to both spatial detail and history, while archaeology in the desert demands a spatial and environmental or ecological context. Both have moved towards not just a ‘sense of place’ but a ‘sense of place in time’. The place itself shapes scientific understandings by creating a need...
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (4): 518–536.
Published: 01 September 2017
...Faye Wedrowicz; Wendy Wright; Rolf Schlagloth; Flavia Santamaria; Fred Cahir ABSTRACT We present an ecological history of the koala ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) population and its environment in South Gippsland, Victoria, both pre- and post- European settlement. We consider the role that the region's...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.047
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
... invertebrates on existing major issues. 4. Get interested in what the plethora of government authorities in the field are achieving. 5. Become interested in threatening processes and ecological history. 6. Make up unique symbols to carry the conservation banner. 7. Use existing symbols and icons...
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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (2): 371–396.
Published: 01 January 2018
... is ever stronger on the need for protected areas for conserving fauna. African national parks biodiversity conservation ecological history game management IUCN nature reserves Promise of Sydney Nature Reserves in Britain protected areas recreation research reserve selection Royal National...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.027
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
... A bright green, socially just, high economic growth scenario is one of a number that are being developed to illustrate how forestry might be pursued within the context of ecologically sustainable development. The directions described in this scenario are hypothetical and are intended to provoke...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 446–461.
Published: 17 March 2014
...L.M. Seabrook; C. A. McAlpine; S. R. Phinn; J. Callaghan; D. Mitchell Present day Australian landscapes are legacies of our colonial history, while future landscapes will be legacies of ecological processes and human impacts occurring today. This paper investigates the legacies of European...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.007
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
... The conservation of biological diversity is a foundation of ecologically sustainable management. To assess sustainability with regard to biodiversity conservation, forest managers are using forest type as a surrogate for ecosystem and species diversity. This paper investigates the applicability...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.069
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
... for insect specimens for use in research, education, natural history documentaries, personal interests and various other applications. The farm operates under recognized and approved ecologically sustainable principles and practices. The Australian Insect Farm is essentially a conservation-based approach...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 0001
10.7882/RZSNSW.1989a.003
EISBN: 978-0-9599951-1-4
... Birds are useful for testing ecological theory, monitoring environmental change, and establishing the basis of a national conservation programme. However, there are difficulties in estimating the numbers of terrestrial birds. Observer error and differences in spatial and temporal detectability...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 129–139.
Published: 01 January 2019
... of 200 years of agrochemical farming systems needs to be acknowledged when assessing the drivers of Australia s current biodiversity crisis. A brief history in poison 1788 represents one of the most momentous dates in the worlds ecological history (Tom Griffith 1986). Pierre-Joseph Pelletier was born...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 652–662.
Published: 17 June 2024
...Louise Tosetto; Laura A. Ryan; Nathan S. Hart ABSTRACT Animals possess a range of sensory systems that are shaped by phylogeny and adapted to their unique life history. The field of sensory ecology studies how animals use these sensory capabilities to acquire and process salient information...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.073
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
... of evolutionary history and locally pressing ecologically-based management issues surfaced frequently. There are several case studies of using invertebrates in biodiversity assessment, and for those keen on elucidating ecological processes and offering management advice, there are papers on the need...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.012
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... of natural history and nature conservation. Newspapers, and published indexes thereof, are examined to create an historical overview of the major themes, issues and trends, and to consider the potential for using these documentary sources for reconstructing past environments and the human impact on nature...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (2): 321–322.
Published: 17 March 2014
... for zoological informa- tion. This is a growing discipline which some call ecological history because it applies historical research tools to answering ecological questions. Historical research has been used in pursuit of modern zoological inquiry hy examining whatever data sets exist, such as those to be found...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.007
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... A ‘political ecology’ perspective was used to examine the implications of the export woodchip scheme located near Eden in south east New South Wales (NSW) for the region's public forests and their fauna. The modern paper industry's political economy emphasises the importance of a large supply...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (4): 576–580.
Published: 01 December 2018
... of New South Wales 2018 time series data values of long-term data science culture loss of natural history skills 576 2018 Australian Zoologist volume 39 (4) Theme Edition: The critical value of long-term field studies and datasets Introduction Long-term ecological research and monitoring...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (4): 581–590.
Published: 01 December 2018
... scale that is unrelated to dingo home range size, space use and life history. In turn, the certainty of ecological conclusions is constrained. Here we discuss the difficulties and limitations of much of the dingo research previously undertaken, including our own, and discuss the benefits of long-term...
Journal Articles
Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (4): 663–688.
Published: 09 August 2021
...Michael C. Calver; Heather M. Crawford; Douglas Fletcher ABSTRACT The peer-reviewed Australian Zoologist , first published in 1914, is Australia’s longest-lived zoological journal. Its publication history shows changes in the zoological topics covered over the last 100 years, including the animals...