... challenges due to the harsh environmental conditions or extreme weather events that may be encountered. Such conditions are especially likely to occur in arid environments. Fieldwork issues can arise from vehicle breakdowns, wildfires and heavy rainfall events, all of which can delay or even cancel data...

... these features at a local landscape scale. Long-term banding data also revealed negligible effects of weather extremes on survival and we suggest our high elevation study site represented a climate refuge that buffered bats from the effects of weather extremes. No single technique provides all the answers to bat...

... of extremely high or low temperature, but the physical attributes of trees, such as their capacity to “buffer” koalas against extremes of ambient temperature, appear to be important to selection by koalas. We conclude that koalas adapt their behaviour, using shady trees during the day, but might also employ...

... be attributed to a number of causes. Predation is by far the most common cause of failure, but extreme weather events can also cause failure. During the 2009/2010 breeding season we recorded the highest temperature of the four seasons since beginning the study. This extreme temperature appeared to be associated...

... (the Wambelong fire). Extreme weather conditions drove the fire across 390 km2 in a single day. A large rainfall event two weeks later led to flooding in some parts of the park (McInnes- Clark et al. 2013a, b; Miller et al. 2016). Besides the extensive terrestrial ecosystems associated with mountainous terrain...

... more extreme weather events, new threats from feral animals and weed infestations along with more intense wildfires. The need for collaborative management across the landscape, working with other land managers to enhance system resilience and maintain ecological processes is also recognised. Managing...

... the importance of lag times, or the cumulative impact of environmental conditions on animal abundances (but see Monger, Sala et al. 2015 for a review of legacy effects in drylands). This gap in knowledge impedes our ability to predict responses to disturbances such as extreme weather events, which are expected...

... and lead to an increase in mortality from collisions with moving vehicles. Anthropogenic climate change Extreme weather events were experienced during the survey period, with intense drought during 2018-19, January 2019 being the warmest on record (Nowra RAN Air Station AWS station 068072) and a number...

...-based research poses some unique challenges due to the harsh environmental conditions or extreme weather events that may be encountered, such as those likely to occur in arid environments. Fieldwork issues, they describe, can arise from vehicle breakdowns, wildfires and heavy rainfall, all of which can...

... University (2022) launched the Flying-fox Heat Stress Forecaster, a website that communicates predictions of imminent extreme heat events from analyses of forecasted weather conditions against known flyingfox camp locations (Ratnayake et al. 2019). This alerts subscribers of the forecaster and allows...

... of a bushfire, with two fire fighters in the foreground, had the caption, Extreme weather events: research positions cut . The article opened with, Deep cuts to staff and funding by the NSW government have largely dismantled the state s ability to investigate and prepare for the effects of climate change...

... across a flying season, and potentially, for comparison among years for a separate, longitudinal, landscape-scale study. Successful use of the technique is contingent upon a sound understanding of the species’ habitat preferences and behaviour, with caveats for survey timing and weather protocols...

... 2014 Australian Zoologist volume 37 (2) Introduction Climate models predict increased mean annual temperatures, reduced rainfall, changed seasonal patterns of rainfall, and more extreme weather events for southern Australia over the 21st Century (PMSEIC Independent Working Group, 2007; Pittock 2009...

... of the fur shaft (Pine et al. 1985; Olson et al. 2021; Reinhold 2023). Due to ease of access, most recent studies on photoluminescence in fur have been based on museum specimens (Kohler et al. 2019; Tumlison and Tumlison 2021; Toussaint et al. 2023). However, due to extreme photosensitivity, porphyrins...

... increase in extreme fire weather in south-eastern Australia due to human-induced climate change (Garnaut 2008) is likely to lead to a reduction in the extent of rainforest habitat and its occupancy by animal species that depend on the unique resources and microclimates provided by this fire-sensitive...

... Mitchell and Chenopod grasslands only (Appendix 1). The weather for each survey was contrasting. In the October-November period, conditions were extremely hot and windy (35-42 degrees Celsius daily maximum) and in May it was cooler (28-31 degrees Celsius daily maximum), following 330 mm of rain in February...

... volume 33 (3) Australian Field work in Wales requires not just stamina but careful planning for extreme weather conditions. Photo: Dorian Moro Barn owl Tyto alba nest record data report information on clutch size, brood size, and survivorship. This information is now electronically sent to the British...

... on a planet buffeted by global change including climate warming, land clearing, invasive species, urbanisation, extreme weather events and resource extraction (Lamarque et al. 2009; Lozano et al. 2019). One of the most pervasive human-wildlife conflicts arises when wild predators interact with people...

... between: (1) the severity of fires and logging history, (2) post-fire bird population recovery and long-term climate and short-term weather conditions, and (3) impacts on forest soils. The structure and landscape composition of the Mountain Ash ecosystem has been radically altered over the last century...