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Australian sandy-beach ecosystems and climate change: ecology and management

A. Jones, W. Gladstone, N. Hacking

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (2): 190–202.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2007.018

Published: 10 October 2011

... protection as part of ecologically sustainable development (ESD). Moreover, the management of beaches and linked adjacent ecosystems is becoming increasingly important because of their vulnerability to burgeoning human pressures including climate change. Although there are large uncertainties involved, some...

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Does management of a top carnivore influence the response of mesopredators and prey to rainfall in arid ecosystems? Evidence for a Baseline Density theory

Renee L. Brawata

Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 417–432.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.007

Published: 13 April 2021

...” effects is still much debated. This study explored the potential role of an apex predator, the dingo, as a “top down” trophic regulator in Australian arid ecosystems under different levels of primary productivity and dingo management regimes. Consistent with the theory of top down regulation, strong...

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Wildlife conservation in Australia: State of the Nation

Harry Recher

Australian Zoologist (2015) 26 (1): 5–11.

https://doi.org/10.7882/azoo.26.1.a0775p2x5628154v

Published: 25 January 2015

.... if Australians fully appreciated the seriousness of the planet's environmental problems and could understand that Australia was part of a global ecosystem, we would hear less about saving individual species or reserving small parcels of land as national parks and more about habitat conservation and ecosystem...

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The missing voice: a zoologist on the consequences of feeding the world

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 57–67.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.044

Published: 01 December 2017

... to sustain. We need to face the converse of the food shortage more squarely, and that is the issue of the overabundance of people. An underlying concern for zoologists is that the subject areas of zoology, such as species survival, ecosystem management and conserving biodiversity, are poorly covered...

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Letters to the Editor

Harry Recher

Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (3-4): 238.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1994.011

Published: 17 March 2014

... good artistically. It was also the kind of open woodland that Europeans viewed as ideal grazing country and so he "stocked it", perhaps suggesting its potential use. In a way, this ecologist was right - it was an anthropogenic landscape. He just had the grazing herbivores and land managers wrong...

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There is no Dingo dilemma: legislation facilitates culling, containment and conservation of Dingoes in New South Wales

Peter J. S. Fleming, Guy Ballard, Nathan Cutter

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 408–416.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.035

Published: 16 October 2020

... South Wales 2800, Australia. E-mail: peter.fleming@dpi.nsw.gov.au 2 Ecosystem Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia 3 Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems...

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The Institutionalisation of Poison: A historical review of vertebrate pest control in Australia, 1814 to 2018

Justine Philip

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 129–139.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.025

Published: 01 January 2019

... of poison, followed by many irreversible environmental disruptions and extinction events. Email: jphilip@museum.vic.gov.au , jphilip5@une.edu.au environmental history human-wildlife conflict conservation dingo pest control ecosystem management 2019 129 Introduction The application...

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Response to Bat conservation in Australia

Harry F. Recher

Australian Zoologist (1990) 26 (2): 41.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1990.104

Published: 01 June 1990

... to be complexes of species, some of which may be highly endangered. Response to Bat conservation in Australia Harry F. Recher Dept of Ecosystem Management, University of New England, Armidale 2351 The limited information on the biology, status and management of Australia's bats which Hall refers to in his paper...

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Response to Conserving What? — The basis for nature conservation reserves in New South Wales 1967–1989

Harry F. Recher

Australian Zoologist (1990) 26 (2): 83–84.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1990.124

Published: 01 June 1990

... reserves in New South Wales 1967-1989. Aust. Zoo/. 26: 11-21. Response to Conserving What? - The basis for nature conservation reserves in New South Wales 1967-1989 Harry F. Recher Department of Ecosystem Management, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351 The paper by John Whitehouse is an important...

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Simple journalists or simple scientists?: are environmental issues too complex for the media?

Harry Recher

Australian Zoologist (2014) 28 (1-4): 19–23.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1992.005

Published: 17 March 2014

..., H., 1992. Ecology on Tlial. Pp. 2 5 3 4 in Zoology in Cwtl ed by D. Lunney. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman, NSW. Simple journalists or simple scientists?: are environmental issues too complex for the media? Harry F. Recher Department of Ecosystem Management, The University o f New England...

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Myxomycetes associated with Australian vertebrate dung

Steven L. Stephenson, Todd F. Elliott, Kelsey Elliott, Karl Vernes

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (4): 972–984.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.041

Published: 28 October 2022

... with Australian vertebrate dung Steven L. Stephenson1, Todd F. Elliott2 Kelsey Elliott3, Karl Vernes2 1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 720701, USA. 2 Ecosystem Management, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia. 3 Integrative Studies...

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A compact and cheap system for field euthanasia of small mammals: the need, design and trial

Murray V. Ellis, Susan G. Rhind

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 158–169.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.044

Published: 01 January 2019

..., and have access to appropriate education programs and resources . Additionally, the A compact and cheap system for field euthanasia of small mammals: the need, design and trial Murray V. Ellis1 and Susan G. Rhind*2 1Office of Environment and Heritage, Ecosystem Management Science, Science Division, PO Box...

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Reproduction and larval growth of the urban dwelling Brown Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii

Tanya Hengl, Shelley Burgin

Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (1): 62–68.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2002.006

Published: 17 March 2014

... maintained at 16 - 24°C (Ferraro 1992) and they grew more rapidly at lower density (Ferraro 1992; Voigt Reproduction and larval growth of the urban dwelling Brown Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii Tanya J. Hengl and Shelley Burgin Centre for Landscape and Ecosystems Management University of Western...

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Wildlife Conservation in Australia: Prophesies of Doom

Harry F. Recher

Australian Zoologist (1990) 26 (2): 66–70.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1990.117

Published: 01 June 1990

... Zoologist 26: 5-1 1. SAMPSON, J . F., HOPPER, S. D. AND COATS, D. J., 1990. Eucalyptus rhodantha. Western Australian Wildlife Management Pro- gram No. 4. Department of Conseivation and Land Management: Como. Wildlife Conservation in Australia: Prophesies of Doom Harry F. Recher Department of Ecosystem...

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Managing marine environments: an introduction to issues of sustainability, conservation, planning and implementation

By R. A. Kenchington

Book: Conserving Marine Environments: Out of sight, out of mind

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2003

10.7882/FS.2003.005

EISBN: 978-0-9586085-6-5

.... This paper discusses the nature and scale of marine ecosystems, their linkage through the water column and how these raise management requirements that are not easily addressed through terrestrial concepts of jurisdictional boundaries and individual rights of access or ownership. It concludes by presenting...

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Seasonal changes in bats at a derelict mine in southern New South Wales

Christopher Slade, Bradley Law

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (2): 173–180.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2007.015

Published: 10 October 2011

... cocktail within the mine near the entrance and horse dung on the pathway. Seasonal changes in bats at a derelict mine in southern New South Wales Christopher Slade1 and Bradley Law2 1University of New England, Ecosystem Management Armidale NSW 2351 present address: Forests NSW, Department of Primary...

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Invertebrate conservation and the conservation of forests

By R. L. Kitching

Book: Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2004

10.7882/FS.2004.010

EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9

... which are effective surrogates for the entire invertebrate fauna. Such ‘predictor sets’ are proving to be robust tools and have great potential for the monitoring of ecosystem health. The continued involvement of invertebrates in conservation management and monitoring is dependent on the maintenance...

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Science and conservation: towards alternative strategies for protecting Australia's biological resources

Harry Recher

Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (3-4): 148–156.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1994.002

Published: 17 March 2014

... and Reconstruction Saunders, D. A., Hobbs, R. J. and Ehrlich, P. (eds), 1993. Nature Conservation 3: Reconstruction of Fragmented Ecosystems. Surrey Beatty & Sons: Chipping Norton. Nature Conservation 3: Reconstruction of Fragmented Ecosystems Scarbrick, B., 1993. Managing land at the grass roots...

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Perspectives on biotic responses to repeated wildfires from decades of long-term empirical studies

David Lindenmayer, Elle Bowd, Chris MacGregor, Lachlan McBurney

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 631–642.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.049

Published: 04 January 2022

... discuss some of the key implications for conservation and resource management that arise from these studies including the need to: (a) Reduce the number of stressors in some ecosystems to facilitate post-fire recovery. (b) Recognize that pre-fire human disturbances can elevate fire severity in some forest...

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Turning the spotlight onto the conservation of Australian bats and the extinction of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle

By Daniel Lunney, Bradley Law, Martin Schulz, Michael Pennay

Book: The Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2011

10.7882/FS.2011.048

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3

... the complementarity between species-oriented and ecosystem-oriented research approaches. This applies to all of Australasia's bat fauna. The conclusion we draw is that basic research on both individual species and the ecosystems in which they dwell is required to underpin management actions, and that this research...

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Australian sandy-beach ecosystems and climate change: ecology and management

Does management of a top carnivore influence the response of mesopredators and prey to rainfall in arid ecosystems? Evidence for a Baseline Density theory

Wildlife conservation in Australia: State of the Nation

The missing voice: a zoologist on the consequences of feeding the world

Letters to the Editor

There is no Dingo dilemma: legislation facilitates culling, containment and conservation of Dingoes in New South Wales

The Institutionalisation of Poison: A historical review of vertebrate pest control in Australia, 1814 to 2018

Response to Bat conservation in Australia

Response to Conserving What? — The basis for nature conservation reserves in New South Wales 1967–1989

Simple journalists or simple scientists?: are environmental issues too complex for the media?

Myxomycetes associated with Australian vertebrate dung

A compact and cheap system for field euthanasia of small mammals: the need, design and trial

Reproduction and larval growth of the urban dwelling Brown Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii

Wildlife Conservation in Australia: Prophesies of Doom

Managing marine environments: an introduction to issues of sustainability, conservation, planning and implementation

Seasonal changes in bats at a derelict mine in southern New South Wales

Invertebrate conservation and the conservation of forests

Science and conservation: towards alternative strategies for protecting Australia's biological resources

Perspectives on biotic responses to repeated wildfires from decades of long-term empirical studies

Turning the spotlight onto the conservation of Australian bats and the extinction of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle

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