...Fritz Geiser; Gerhard Körtner Trpor is the most effective means for energy conservation available to mammals and is characterized by substantial reductions in body temperature (T b ) and metabolic rate (MR). Most Australian terrestrial mammals are small with high mass-specific energy requirements...

... 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...

... conservation that emphasizes habitat connectivity is required. 130 2016AustralianZoologist volume 38 (1) Introduction Nectar-feeding birds are commonly the most abundant birds in Australian eucalypt forests and woodlands (Keast 1968, 1985; Ford and Paton 1977; Ford 1989) and play a key role as pollinators...

... threatened. It is also necessary for the listing of species as threatened before extinction is inevitable. Cody (1973) considered knowledge of foraging ecology the most basic and critical part of avian biology. Information on the resources required by birds for feeding and breeding and how these differ...

...Emma Spencer; Thomas Newsome Dingoes ( Canis dingo ) are known for hunting and killing animals to meet their energetic requirements, but like almost all predators they also scavenge animal remains. To improve our understanding of dingo scavenging ecology, we investigated the role of abiotic...

.... The composition of faecal pellets from 22 snails obtained from three different substrates was determined. The results demonstrate that T. mitchellae has a generalist feeding strategy that varies with substrate. Fungal material contributed a high proportion of the diet, suggesting that coarse woody debris...

... of prey availability and possible uneven prey availability due to palatability constraints, may have differentially Influenced this result. Seasonal prey shifts and a flexible foraging strategy are also suggested by the results, though more detailed work is required on the feeding ecology of threatened...

...) nutrigel with rolled-oats, and (6) strawberry sauce with rolled-oats. Mean transit time of glitter particulates through the alimentary tract of L latifrons was 2.9 ± 0.5 d, with maximal output occurring 4.2 ± 0.3 d after administration. A marker dose of 1.6 g / 3 d was required to reach a steady...

... of Australian Zoologist - Dangerous Ideas in Zoology also ignore the food eaten by the ancestors of our laying- strain chickens and the 10 kg of feed required to get a laying chickens to the point when it lays its first egg. There is one necessary qualification: the feeding of meat meal and meat and bone meal...

... an understanding of the extent to which C. nanus can exploit such a resource, which is contingent upon a more detailed review of its dentition, tongue morphology, digestive tract form and function, and nutritional requirements. These observations of sap feeding behaviour further highlight the importance...

... trees had numerous hollow branches. The presence of stumps indicated selective logging had occurred in the past. The methods used to detect Yellow-bellied Gliders concentrated on the location of critical habitat components that the gliders require, that is sap feed trees (see Henry and Craig 1984...

..., length of tail, and length of upper bill are from a database of my measurements of 950 specimens of all taxa of the genus Calyptorhynchus. As the wheatbelt Red-tailed Black Cockatoo feeds predominantly on seeds, it must have access to water every day. That, and its breeding requirements of a large hollow...

...). However, further observations and research are required to determine the full dietary composition and feeding behaviour of H. damelii in southern NSW and other parts of its range. 812 AuZstoraolilaongist volume 42 (3) 2022 A feeding observation in Hemiaspis damelii Figure 1. Feeding sequence showing (top...

... iteratus . In this paper I report on several observations of M. iteratus feeding on a variety of prey from various taxa. These observations suggest that M. iteratus are opportunistic, ambush predators with a broad diet. Their morphology and hunting behaviour align with existing models of amphibian foraging...

... scavengers were monitored for a minimum of 30 days at each carcass site using a remote camera, enabling scavenger species and time of arrival to be quantified (Figure 2) (Spencer 2023). The carcass monitoring resulted in the identification of 7,163 feeding events by vertebrate scavengers (defined as when...

... by changing food trees after feeding and not returning for long periods would explain why koalas require such large home ranges and have relatively low densities in natural forests with long history of browsing pressure, such as those in the study area. Induced toxicity, particularly in new leaf growth...