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Virtual fencing as a wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation measure: technical function, wildlife response and considerations for installation in an urban environment

Julie Reeves, Scott Burnett, Elizabeth Brunton

Australian Zoologist (2021) 42 (1): 56–70.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.021

Published: 19 July 2021

... on wildlife behaviour and efficacy in busy urban environments. Virtual fencing as a wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation measure: technical function, wildlife response and considerations for installation in an urban environment Julie Reeves1, Scott Burnett2 and Elizabeth Brunton3 1 0000-0003-1241-8642...

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Breeding failure and nestling body mass as a function of age of breeding females in the endangered Carnaby's Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus latirostris

Denis A. Saunders, Rick Dawson, A.O Nicholls

Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (2): 171–182.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.032

Published: 01 January 2016

... as nestlings in the area. Saunders (1986) and Saunders et al. (2015) established that body mass of nestlings is a function of nestling age. In this paper we examine whether nestling body mass is also a function of the age of the female parent. We hypothesise that young females, and by implication, less...

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Allosteric modulation of haemoglobin function in response to changes in oxygen supply and demand: insights from aquatic ectotherms

Rufus Wells

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 229–234.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2010.011

Published: 14 October 2011

...Rufus Wells Phosphate compounds in the red blood cells of vertebrates play an important role in modulating haemoglobin function whereby tissue oxygenation is maintained despite changes in both environmental oxygen supply and metabolic demand. Three examples from Gordon Grigg's work on aquatic...

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Introgression does not influence the positive ecological and functional role of dingo populations

Mathew S. Crowther, Kylie M. Cairns, Lily M. van Eeden, Mike Letnic

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 338–346.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.016

Published: 07 July 2020

...-eastern Australia. The available evidence shows that this introgression has minimal effects on the functional morphology of the dingo skull. There is also some preliminary evidence that introgression has not had a major impact on dingo reproductive biology. Studies on the impacts of dingoes on arid...

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A call to further understand the role of carrion in food webs: a case study of the Australian Alps

T. Newsome, E. Spencer, R. Cairncross, C. Fust, J. Vandersteen ...

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 574–587.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.034

Published: 04 October 2024

...T. Newsome; E. Spencer; R. Cairncross; C. Fust; J. Vandersteen; P. Barton ABSTRACT Carcasses are integral to the structure and function of ecosystems, providing a food source for a variety of scavenger species that recycle nutrients back into the biosphere. However, in many systems globally...

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Can we enhance a walk through a flying-fox roost to improve perceptions of a maligned animal? A concept proposal leveraging modern technologies for an interactive virtual experience

Matthew Mo, Nicholas J. Colman

Australian Zoologist (2025)

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2025.007

Published: 03 March 2025

... of public education initiatives. We propose a concept for an interactive virtual experience that would engage people visiting flying-fox roosts in public places and leverage familiarity with quick-response (QR) codes and personal mobile device functionalities. The concept is based around QR codes displayed...

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Biodiverse cities or green light for biological invasions?

Sebastien Comte

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 518–525.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.022

Published: 10 June 2024

... of invasion and lethal control of wildlife is often controversial in urban landscapes. A novel approach that has yet to be further explored consists of manipulating the habitat within the urban green spaces and corridors so as to maintain their functionality for biodiversity and their benefits for human...

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1 Million Turtles: empowering communities to save Australian freshwater turtles

James U. Van Dyke, Michael B. Thompson, Deborah S. Bower, Anthony Santoro, Marilyn J. Connell ...

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 588–598.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.015

Published: 09 May 2024

... functions. A leading hypothesis is that turtles have declined through lost recruitment caused by high nest predation by invasive foxes. The ‘fox hypothesis’ is supported by experiments showing that nest predation rates exceed 95% in many regions. Furthermore, population surveys have repeatedly found...

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Designing marine infrastructure to restore native shellfish

D A Damodaran

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 663–675.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.012

Published: 02 April 2024

...D A Damodaran ABSTRACT Reef forming bivalves like mussels and oysters have undergone massive declines due to many factors including increasing habitat loss. Bivalves provide important ecosystem functions and services that include increasing biodiversity and providing sustenance and cultural...

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Biomineralisation of corals inhabiting extreme and marginal environments

Dayana Chadda-Harmer, Maria Byrne, Shawna A. Foo

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 638–651.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.011

Published: 11 March 2024

... that climate stressors impair the ability of coral to produce and maintain their skeletons, thereby disrupting functions critical to maintaining coral health as well as threatening the ecologically significant framework for reef building. There are natural marginal and extreme environments however, where coral...

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Book Chapter

A comparison of the Coleoptera, Araneae and Formicidae fauna in a grazed native grassland remnant of Victoria

By Susan A. Hadden, Martin E. Westbrooke

Book: The Other 99%: The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1999

10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.018

EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2

... 26 ant, 90 beetle and 44 spider morpho-species. Dominant ant, beetle and spider morpho-species, as well as functional groups , are described. The effect of grazing on the ant, beetle and spider invertebrate richness and relative abundance was examined from randomly established plots. Changes...

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Interacting impacts of drought and fire on bird populations—insights from a long-term study in the Warrumbungles

Helen C Stevens, David M Watson

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 608–630.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.036

Published: 18 August 2022

... and combined effects to be quantified for individual species and functional groups. Insectivores (especially ground-foragers) dominated previous lists of declining species in this region of NSW and were also prominent in the present work. Insectivores were more likely to be drought- than fire-affected...

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Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Pilliga Forest in northern inland New South Wales, Australia for the period January 2006 - January 2018

Michael J. Murphy

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (4): 847–870.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.015

Published: 09 May 2022

..., and illustrates the value of observations over an extended period. Comparison with other locations across western New South Wales highlights the high species richness of the Pilliga Forest for both frogs and reptiles. This is in part a function of its location in a biogeographic overlap zone between eastern...

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Multiple species use of a water-filled tree hollow by vertebrates in dry woodland habitat of northern New South Wales

Dana Vickers, John Hunter, Wendy Hawes

Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (2): 134–138.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.036

Published: 30 September 2014

...Dana Vickers; John Hunter; Wendy Hawes Tree hollows are a major feature within Australian habitats and an important functional resource for many species in terms of shelter, reproduction, and thermoregulation. Water-filled tree hollows, or phytotelmata, also function as a valuable resource...

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Dingoes dining with death

Emma Spencer, Thomas Newsome

Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 433–451.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.008

Published: 13 April 2021

... scavenging. It emphasises the need to consider multiple abiotic and biotic factors to properly understand the functional roles of different scavenger species. Longer-term studies with additional seasonal replicates may also yield a more detailed picture of the role of dingoes as apex scavengers. © 2021...

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Habitat loss and landscape degradation: the disastrous outlook for vertebrate fauna in central western NSW

Anne Kerle, David Goldney, Mike Fleming

Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (1): 40–74.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.013

Published: 02 June 2014

... distributions mapped, faunal communities determined by pattern analysis and conservation status determined at a regional level. The extent of post-European human-induced landscape change was evaluated by assessing the degree of habitat loss, loss of landscape function and resilience through changes to the water...

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Evaluating the costs and sampling adequacy of a vertebrate monitoring program

G. C. Perkins, A. S. Kutt, E. P. Vanderduys, J. J. Perry

Australian Zoologist (2013) 36 (3): 373–380.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2013.003

Published: 04 June 2013

... in recording the total estimated vertebrate species richness, identify which classes, families or functional groups of birds, mammals and reptiles have been under sampled by existing methods and which of the survey methods used were most cost effective. We compiled data collected over six surveys conducted...

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Book Chapter

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

... The ubiquity and functional importance of invertebrates means they have become increasingly recognised as suitable goals for conservation activities. The simple transfer of regulation and management activities devised for vertebrates and plants has occurred in almost all Australian States...

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Tree trunk invertebrates in Australian forests: conserving unknown species and complex processes

By Daniel J. Bickel, Elizabeth M. Tasker

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.2004.888

EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9

... is regarded as highly misleading, as such taxa are usually local, but simply have their major trophic interaction as larvae. Approximately 75% of the invertebrates caught were soil detritivores during their larval stage. Because invertebrates are so diverse, and our knowledge of their ecological functioning...

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The Scientific Committee under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 : seven years of debate

By Chris R. Dickman

Book: Threatened species legislation: Is it just an Act?

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2004

10.7882/FS.2004.058

EISBN: 0-9586085-9-8

..., I outline the composition, structure and functioning of the NSW Scientific Committee during its first seven years of operation (1996-2002), and then describe the Committee's approach in evaluating five nominations of different entities for listing. Each generated debate about different aspects...

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Virtual fencing as a wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation measure: technical function, wildlife response and considerations for installation in an urban environment

Breeding failure and nestling body mass as a function of age of breeding females in the endangered Carnaby's Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus latirostris

Allosteric modulation of haemoglobin function in response to changes in oxygen supply and demand: insights from aquatic ectotherms

Introgression does not influence the positive ecological and functional role of dingo populations

A call to further understand the role of carrion in food webs: a case study of the Australian Alps

Can we enhance a walk through a flying-fox roost to improve perceptions of a maligned animal? A concept proposal leveraging modern technologies for an interactive virtual experience

Biodiverse cities or green light for biological invasions?

1 Million Turtles: empowering communities to save Australian freshwater turtles

Designing marine infrastructure to restore native shellfish

Biomineralisation of corals inhabiting extreme and marginal environments

A comparison of the Coleoptera, Araneae and Formicidae fauna in a grazed native grassland remnant of Victoria

Interacting impacts of drought and fire on bird populations—insights from a long-term study in the Warrumbungles

Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Pilliga Forest in northern inland New South Wales, Australia for the period January 2006 - January 2018

Multiple species use of a water-filled tree hollow by vertebrates in dry woodland habitat of northern New South Wales

Dingoes dining with death

Habitat loss and landscape degradation: the disastrous outlook for vertebrate fauna in central western NSW

Evaluating the costs and sampling adequacy of a vertebrate monitoring program

Invertebrate conservation and the conservation of forests

Tree trunk invertebrates in Australian forests: conserving unknown species and complex processes

The Scientific Committee under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 : seven years of debate

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