...-Wildlife-Environment Interface . Speakers demonstrated how interactions with nature can drive the emergence of new infectious diseases which impact people, animals and ecosystems. Both the speakers and poster presenters were invited to submit their papers for publication in Australian Zoologist...

... resting or grazing, and kangaroos detected the acoustic signal up to 50 m away. While virtual fencing operates effectively and is a low-cost roadkill mitigation option that can be applied to the urban environment, more research is needed to better understand the effect of its acoustic and visual signals...

... the hypothesis that a semi-vegetarian lifestyle would benefit humans, it would benefit the environment and it would benefit animals. There is no doubt that the way we now raise most animals in an industrialised way, is the cause of most of the environmental damage done by farming livestock and it also attracts...

... environmental pressures (Bijlsma et al. 2000). Genetic diversity is important for populations as it allows them to adapt to further changes and challenges which may emerge within their environment (Frankham et al. 2012), and therefore to persist, rather than becoming another entry on the list of extinct native...

...Ian Wallis ABSTRACT Search the internet using “vegetarianism and environment” and you will find several articles by prominent people espousing the view that vegetarianism is bad for the environment. One of the recent articles on the subject by Professor Mike Archer entitled “Ordering the vegetarian...

... 5 112 FOX, M., 1992. Adequacy and relevance of description of the natural environment in environmental impact statements. Australian Biologist 5(2): 113. Adequacy and relevance of description of the natural environment in environmental impact statements Australian Biologist 5 113...

... appeared next to the line item Life in Australia , were 70% and 74% respectively. The level of economic satisfaction had increased from 54% to 58%, while environmental satisfaction had increased from 58% to 60%. These figures may contain an explanation of why the vision was fading, why the environment...

... the environment is the Environmental Planning and Assess- ment Act 1979. This Act is often used to deal with effects on the environment of "designated developments" or of "activities". Developments and activities are defmed in words which give much scope for judicial interpretation. They include erecting or using...

.... It was the first such direct action any of our class had seen. Even the dollar was a novel item, having displaced the pound only two years earlier. Grigg s environmental concerns The NSW State of the Environment 2000 report: a rallying call for zoologistsED IT O R IA L 530 July 2001AustralianZoologist volume 31...

... Press: Melbourne), p. 109. Freshwater Tortoises of Australia and New Guinea 109 WORRELL, E. (1963). Reptiles of Australia (Angus and Robertson: Sydney), p.16-7. Reptiles of Australia 16 7 SHORT PAPER Effects of Environment upon Tortoise Pigmentation R. W. DUNN Royal Melbourne...

... Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria. Vegetation mapping of the Port Phillip and Westernport region Organ, A. 2004. Pakenham Bypass: growling grass frog Litoria raniformis 2003/04 survey, Pakenham and surrounds, Victoria. Unpublished report...

...Greg Richards Rainforest bat conservation: Onique problems in a unique environment Greg Richards Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSlRO, Canberra The article by Les Hall (Australian Zoologist, previous issue) shows wisely that bats in Australia require special attention to their conservation...

.... The biomineralisation processes of corals inhabiting extreme and marginal environments remains an underexplored area of research and has the potential to yield valuable insights into how corals might adapt to climate change and the mechanisms that underlie their resilience to global environmental change. coral reef...