...L. Hogan; C. Phillips; A. Horsup; T. Janssen; S. Johnston This study compared the efficacy of plastic glitter, with a mean particulate size of 1.18 mm, as a faecal marker in group-housed captive wombats Lasiorhinus latifrons . The wombats voluntarily consumed the glitter through the use...

... volume 32 (3) 345 A way forward, yes; a Blueprint for a living continent, no: a critical look at the Wentworth group s report of November 2002Ed it or ia l Blueprint for a living continent. A way forward from the Wentworth group of concerned scientists (www.wwf.org.au/ download/blueprint-for-a-living...

... large scales Matt W. Hayward 1*, Stephan Chalup 2, Jamil Khan 3, Alex Callen 1, Kaya Klop-Toker 1, and Andrea Griffin 1 1Conservation Science Research Group, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2307 Australia 2Interdisciplinary Machine Learning Research...

..., this is Making the most of incomplete long-term datasets: the MARSS solution Aaron C. Greenville1,2,3*, Vuong Nguyen1, Glenda M. Wardle1,2 and Chris R. Dickman1,2,3 1Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. 2Long Term Ecological Research...

... Beranek1,2 Stephen Mahony1,3,4 and Shawn Scott5,6 1 Conservation Biology Research Group, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia 2 FAUNA Research Alliance, PO Box 5092, Kahibah, New South Wales 2290, Australia 3...

... tropicanus (Teleostei: Plotosidae) from an Australian river system E. Kelly1,5, S. Gibson-Kueh1, B. C. Ebner1,2, J.A. Donaldson2, R. Yang3, N. Buller4, S. Hair4, D. L. Morgan1 and A. J. Lymbery1 1 Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit, Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, School of Veterinary and Life...

..., and longer term monitoring of the whole population, not just breeding individuals, is needed to reveal how demographic and behavioural processes can undermine population viability and recovery (Penteriani et al., 2011). Translocating small groups or pairs of animals to sites that connect isolated...

... species. In this study, we investigated the diet of red foxes in agricultural landscapes in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion, Queensland, where rabbits are at very low densities and thus unlikely to be important in fox diets. We investigated the relative importance of prey groups, Spatial variation...

... opportunity to connect a wide community of scientists and non-scientists through whale research. It also highlights variability in whale movement geographically and the potential impact changing oceans might have on this in the future. *Correspondence, Vanessa Pirotta, Marine Predator Research Group...

..., S., Williams, N.J., Zhao, J.-X., D'Costa, D., Feng, Y.-X., Gagan, M., Mooney, S. and Xia, Q. 2006. Integration of ice-core, marine and terrestrial records for the Australian Last Glacial Maximum and Termination: a contribution from the OZ INTIMATE group. Journal of Quaternary Science 21: 751-761...

..., 3 1 Frog Ecology and Behaviour Group, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. Email: Graham.Pyke@austmus.gov.au 2 School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. 3 Present address: Conservation International...

... contributes to Australia’s national and international conservation efforts to protecting blue whales as a migratory and threatened species. Correspondence Vanessa Pirotta, Marine Predator Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia...

... and management outcomes, through the example of koalas Romane H. Cristescua*, Russell L. Millera and Céline H. Frèrea a Global Change Ecology Research Group, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, Queensland 4556, Australia * Corresponding author: rcristes@usc.edu.au A BS TR A CT...

... National University, Canberra, ACT 2601 3ABARES, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Canberra, ACT 2601 4Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 5Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Berrimah, NT 0828 6Department...

...A.W. White ABSTRACT Continuous fauna surveys have been conducted by the Frog and Tadpole Study Group of New South Wales Inc. (FATS) at Wallingat since 1994. Between 1983 and 1994 occasional surveys were carried out by the founding members of FATS. Unlike the early surveys, which were entirely...

... to variation in climate and resources? Heloise Gibb1*, Blair F. Grossman1, Chris R. Dickman2 & Glenda Wardle2 1Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia 2Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences A08, The University...