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From the urban fringe to the Abrolhos Islands: management challenges of burgeoning marsupial populations

By Catherine A. Herbert

Book: Pest or Guest: The Zoology of Overabundance

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2007

10.7882/FS.2007.017

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2

... Phascolarctos cinereus . Fertility control has been heralded as a future panacea for these problems, but after a decade of investigations, where are we? Large sterilisation programs have been the cornerstone of many koala management programs in Southern Australia to date, but evaluation of these programs has...

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The odyssey of managing feral camels and their impacts—is there an Achilles' heel?

Jocelyn Coventry, Glenn Edwards, Benxiang Zeng

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 251–264.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2010.014

Published: 14 October 2011

... control of fertility in animals. Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) 26: 461-70. Vaccines for immunological control of fertility in animals Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) 26 461 70 Higgins, A.J. 1985. The camel in health...

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Unusual patterns of tooth wear among koalas Phascolarctos cinereus from St Bees Island, Queensland, require re-evaluation of criteria for aging koalas by tooth-wear class

Alistair Melzer, William Ellis, Greg Gordon, Gail Tucker, Robyn Kindness ...

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 550–554.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.006

Published: 20 October 2011

... mortality on roads in south-east Queensland: the koala speed-zone trial. Wildlife Research 30, 419-426. Koala mortality on roads in south-east Queensland: the koala speed-zone trial Wildlife Research 30 419 426 Duka, T. and Masters, P. 2005. Confronting a tough issue: Fertility control...

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The biota of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment: reconstruction and restoration

H. F. Recher, P. A. Hutchings, S. Rosen

Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (1-2): 3–41.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1993.002

Published: 17 March 2014

... freshwater flows into the Hawkesbury-Nepean estuary. Nutrient removal from sewage, control of stormwater runoff, and better management of agricultural chemicals, fertilizers and mining within the catchment is necessary to restore water quality. Foreshoes should be revegetated. Most importantly, urban...

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The politics of feral horse management in Guy Fawkes River National Park, NSW

Rosalie Chapple

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (2): 233–246.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2005.020

Published: 17 March 2014

... impossible, such as using fertility control to manage horses in vast and inaccessible national parks) - the common interest is not an eternal truth, but a social construct that evolves over time (Brunner et al. 2002, p.16). My own standpoint on horse management and the decision-making process is largely...

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Modelling the potential range of the koala at the Last Glacial Maximum: future conservation implications

Christine Adams-Hosking, Patrick Moss, Jonathan Rhodes, Hedley Grantham, Clive McAlpine

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 983–990.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.052

Published: 29 January 2012

...: the koala speed-zone trial Wildlife Research 30: 419 – 426. Koala mortality on roads in south-east Queensland: the koala speed-zone trial Wildlife Research 30 419 426 Duka, T. and Masters, P. 2005. Confronting a tough issue: fertility control and translocation for over-abundant koalas...

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Book

Pest or Guest: The Zoology of Overabundance

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2007

10.7882/9780980327212

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2

Journal Articles

Lethal biological control of rabbits – the most powerful tools for landscape-scale mitigation of rabbit impacts in Australia

Tanja Strive, Tarnya E. Cox

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 118–128.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2019.016

Published: 01 January 2019

... biocontrol options Substantial effort went into investigating non-lethal control options for rabbits. A process termed virally- vectored-immunocontraception investigated the use of genetically modified and attenuated MYXVs as vaccine vectors to deliver an anti-fertility antigen aimed at rendering female...

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A dangerous idea: that Koala densities can be low without the populations being in danger

Robert Close, Steven Ward, David Phalen

Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 272–280.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2015.001

Published: 01 June 2017

..., Australia Duka, T. and Masters, P. 2005. Confronting a tough issue: Fertility control and translocation for over-abundant Koalas on kangaroo Island, South Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration 6: 172-181. Fowler, V. 2004. Keith Longhurst his life and times. Grist Mills: Journal of Campbelltown...

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Killing Peter to save Paul: an ethical and ecological basis for evaluating whether a native species should be culled for the conservation benefit of another native species

J.C.Z. Woinarski

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 49–62.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.020

Published: 01 January 2019

.... Hutchings, D. Lunney and C. Dickman. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW. Duka, T. and Masters, P. 2005. Confronting a tough issue: Fertility control and translocation for over-abundant Koalas on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Ecological Management & Restoration 6: 172-181. Elshtain...

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Antimicrobial resistance threatening animal-human health in Papua New Guinea

Paula Pupune, Ilagi Puana, John Allen, Daniel Kelly, Amrita Ronnachit

Australian Zoologist (2023) 44 (1): 220–230.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.040

Published: 17 November 2023

... of New Guinea including West Papua, relying largely on a swidden system in which patches of forest are cleared for gardens, cultivated for a few crop cycles, and then abandoned as fallows in which the regenerating forest restores soil fertility (Ramalho et al. 2008). Agriculture is the major driver...

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Conservation of the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog: what contribution has ecological research made since 1996?

Ross Goldingay

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (3): 334–349.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2008.011

Published: 14 October 2011

... frogs to suitable breeding habitat have failed to establish self-sustaining populations but insights have been gained concerning husbandry, infection control and optimal field conditions for tadpole development. Studies conducted since 1996 have confirmed the negative impact of predation by the exotic...

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Testis abnormalities in a population of the iconic Australian species, the eastern bearded dragon Pogona barbata

Danny Wotherspoon, Shelley Burgin

Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (3): 369–380.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.019

Published: 23 December 2014

...: focus on phthalates and testicular dysgenesis syndrome. Reproduction 127: 305-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep.1.00025 Gorman, M.R. and Zucker, I. 1995. Seasonal adaptations of Siberian hamsters. II. Pattern of change in day length controls annual testicular and body weight rhythms. Biology...

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Reproductive steroids are detectable in the faeces of dugongs

Janet Lanyon, Kate Smith, Frank Carrick

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (2): 247–250.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2005.021

Published: 17 March 2014

.... and Goeltenboth, R. 1993. Concentrations of faecal immunoreactive progestagen metabolites during the oestrous cycle and pregnancy in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 98: 285-291. Concentrations of faecal immunoreactive progestagen metabolites during...

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Unique and Valuable but Untouched Research Opportunities Using Exotic Mammals in Australasia

G. L. Blackwell, W. L. Linklater

Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 420–430.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2002.020

Published: 17 March 2014

..., N. 2000. Controlling small mammal predators using sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) in bait stations along forestry roads in a New Zealand beech forest. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 24: 3-9. Controlling small mammal predators using sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) in bait stations along forestry...

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The effect of Chlamydia on translocated Chlamydia -naïve koalas: a case study

F. Santamaria, R. Schlagloth

Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (2): 192–202.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.025

Published: 01 January 2016

... (Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) 1998; Backhouse and Crouch 1990; Menkhorst et al. 1998). However, more recently, the policy of the current Victorian government to overpopulation and over-browsing in the The Otways is translocation, fertility control and euthanasia...

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Semi-vegetarianism – good for animals, good for the environment and good for humans

Ian Wallis

Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 127–145.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.017

Published: 01 December 2017

..., from harm. We make cars safer, we prohibit drugs and restrict the sale of tobacco and alcohol; we have mandatory helmet laws, controls on the sale of firearms and police checks on people working with children but we fail everyone by allowing purveyors of junk (food) to peddle their wares. The products...

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A Dangerous Idea in Zoology: Ignoring the Role of Genetics in Biodiversity Restoration

Shelley Burgin

Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 395–407.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.039

Published: 01 June 2017

... by P.J. Olney, G. Mace and A. Feistner. Chapman and Hall, London. Duka, T. and Masters, P. 2005. Confronting a tough issue: fertility control and translocation for over-abundant koalas on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration 6: 172-181. httpdx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442...

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Thank your mother for the rabbits: bilbies, bunnies and redemptive ecology

Nicholas Smith

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (3): 369–378.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2006.010

Published: 17 March 2014

... ritual” and resource control in Central Australia. Man 22: 453-474. The effectiveness of totemism: “Increase ritual” and resource control in Central Australia Man 22 453 474 Morton, J. 1991. Black and white totemism: conservation, animal symbolism, and human identification in Australia. In D...

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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

... Journal of Experimental Zoology 254 38 47 Travis, J. 1981. Control of larval growth variation in a population of Pseudacris triseriata (Anura:Hylidae). Evolution 35: 423-432. Control of larval growth variation in a population of Pseudacris triseriata (Anura:Hylidae) Evolution 35 423 432...

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