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Habitat selection of the Broad-tailed Gecko Phyllurus platurus in an urban Sydney bushland remnant

Matthew Mo

Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (1): 95–101.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.002

Published: 21 March 2014

... suburbs. This paper reports on habitat selection derived from a population study carried out in a reserve of remnant bushland in the St George district. Open walls and the underside of overhangs were the most frequently exploited structures used by P. platurus. Geckos were found typically no higher than...

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Epibionts of the Australian Eastern Longnecked Turtle ( Chelodina longicollis Shaw) from farm dams

Shelley Burgin, Judith Betts

Australian Zoologist (2013) 36 (2): 153–158.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2012.015

Published: 07 February 2013

... over winter, and with carapacal algal mass, and farm dam. In contrast, they do not show a preference based on turtle sex. Since C. longicollis of different size and sex show habitat selectivity within farm dams (Ryan and Burgin 2007), epibiont distribution is not due merely to opportunism...

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Microhabitat selection varies by sex and age class in the endangered green and golden bell frog Litoria aurea

J. Valdez, K. Klop-Toker, M.P. Stockwell, S. Clulow, J. Clulow ...

Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (2): 223–234.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.031

Published: 01 January 2016

... a limiting resource. Although large rock piles have been used in past L. aurea habitat management, they were selected for by adults and juveniles, but not metamorphs. Therefore, large rocks may not be necessary for captive breeding portions of management initiatives, which typically only involve tadpoles...

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Book Chapter

Habitat segregation, competition and selective deforestation: effects on the conservation status of two similar Petaurus gliders

By Coral Rowston, Carla P. Catterall

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.2004.044

EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9

..., while P. norfolcensis occurred mainly in drier forest types. Interspecific competition is a likely cause of these broad habitat differences between the two glider species, with squirrel gliders being competitively superior, but exhibiting a narrower range of preferred habitats. Rainforest has been...

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Habitat use by the Hastings River mouse, Pseudomys oralis

Kristy Graham, Grant Blackwell, Dieter Hochuli

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (1): 100–107.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2005.007

Published: 17 March 2014

... this relationship has not been explicitly tested. This study investigates the micro-habitat use by P. oralis in a highly disturbed forest/pasture interface in Marengo State Forest, north-east NSW, as revealed by cotton spool-and line tracking. Individuals appeared to be significantly selecting habitat based...

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Priorities for Bat Conservation: Analysis of the responses to a Questionnaire in July 1989 by the participants of the Eighth International Bat Research Conference

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2014) 25 (3): 71–78.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1989.005

Published: 17 March 2014

...; and effects of mining. For government wildlife agencies, the top priorities were surveys of bats of threatened habitats, insisting on bat studies in environmental impact statements, and education programmes. Priorities in ecological studies were con- sidered to be h a b i t selection and roost selection...

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Koala density, habitat, conservation, and response to logging in eucalyptus forest; a review and critical evaluation of call monitoring

Andrew P. Smith, John Pile

Australian Zoologist (2024) 44 (1): 44–76.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.023

Published: 10 June 2024

... selected for resistance to koala browsing pressure. Koala density, habitat, conservation, and response to logging in eucalyptus forest; a review and critical evaluation of call monitoring Andrew P. Smith1 and John Pile2 1Setscan Pty Ltd, PO Box 4130, Elanora, Qld 4221. Email [email protected] 2647 Valery...

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Selection, characteristics, and frequency of use of shelter sites by the Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus and the Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta in a post-fire landscape

Christopher I. MacGregor, Natasha M. Robinson, Wade Blanchard, David B. Lindenmayer

Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (1): 1–14.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.002

Published: 20 January 2023

..., retain patches of unburnt dense undergrowth to ensure a mosaic of different aged habitat and habitat structure. 2 Corresponding author: [email protected] Selection, characteristics, and frequency of use of shelter sites by the Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus...

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A precise definition of habitat is needed for effective conservation and communication

Michael Bamford, Michael Calver

Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (2): 245–247.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.015

Published: 05 June 2014

... 452 Edwards, G. P., De Preu, N., Crealy, I. V. and Shakeshaft, B. J. 2002. Habitat selection by feral cats and dingoes in a semi-arid woodland environment in central Australia. Austral Ecology 27: 26-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01156.x Hickman, C.P. Jr., Roberts, L.S...

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Long-range movement in the rare Cooloola sedgefrog Litoria cooloolensis

Clay Alan Simpkins, Edward Meyer, Jean-Marc Hero

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 977–978.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.050

Published: 29 January 2012

...Clay Alan Simpkins; Edward Meyer; Jean-Marc Hero Litoria cooloolensis movement habitat usage acid frog wallum frog Bartelt, P.E., Peterson, C.R. and Klaver, R.W., 2004. Sexual differences in the post-breeding movements and habitats selected by western toads (Bufo boreas...

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Management of bushrocks in agricultural landscapes for reptile conservation

Jackie L O'Sullivan, Damian R Michael, Claire N Foster, Daniel Florance, David B Lindenmayer

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (4): 615–623.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.025

Published: 01 August 2024

.... 2019). Understanding the characteristics of bushrock habitat that influence selection by fauna is critical for habitat management and species conservation. While the preferred characteristics of more complex bushrock habitats comprised of outcrops with exfoliating rock and rock slabs are welldocumented...

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Development of light-weight video-tracking technology for use in wildlife research: A case study on kangaroos

C.A. Herbert, M. Dassis, M. Pye, P.W. Jones, P.H.W. Leong ...

Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (3): 364–378.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.001

Published: 01 May 2020

... combined with GPS mapping of foraging locations, this approach would allow researchers to address questions on diet selection at both fine (within patch) and broad (habitat) spatial scales, overcoming some of the limitations of traditional diet selection methodologies. However, animal capture and collar...

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Aestivation in the Australian Freshwater Crocodile?

Bryan Walsh

Australian Zoologist (2014) 25 (3): 68–70.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1989.004

Published: 17 March 2014

... johnstoni in the McKilay River area, N.T. VI. Nesting biology. Aust Wildl. Res. 10: 607-37. WEBB, G. J. W., MANOUS, S. C. AND BUCKWORTH, R, 1983b. Crocodylus johnstoni in the McKinlay area, N.T. 11. Dry season habitat selection and an estimate of the total popu- lation size. Aust Wildl. Res. 10: 373-82...

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Monitoring the effect of habitat loss on life-cycle aspects of the Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae in a semi-urban landscape

Chris N. Thomson

Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (4): 565–574.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2019.005

Published: 01 June 2020

...Chris N. Thomson ABSTRACT Long-term monitoring of the Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae in a semi-urban landscape before, during and after large-scale habitat removal identified a positive response in breeding activity in the short-term and a change in prey selectivity. Over the longer term, the loss...

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Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus distribution in Buccleuch, Bago and Maragle State Forests, NSW

C. Belcher, D. Leslie

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 555–559.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.007

Published: 20 October 2011

... of the Ecosystems of the Monaro Region of New South Wales Crane, K.K., Smith, M.A. and Reynolds, D. 1997. Habitat selection patterns of feral horses in southcentral Wyoming. Journal of Range Management 50: 374-380. Habitat selection patterns of feral horses in southcentral Wyoming Journal of Range...

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Differential use of habitat aids local coexistence of three species of wrens (Maluridae) and the White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis : Pardalotidae in Myall Lakes National Park

Mark Sanders, L. Win Filewood, Barry Fox

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (2): 223–232.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2005.019

Published: 17 March 2014

... experience more severe competition than non co-members. This belief led to a flurry of studies into resource partitioning between guild co-members. Many of these studies found that guild members often differ in their horizontal habitat selection and vertical foraging height (Cody 1968; Schoener 1974...

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Tree use, feeding activity and diet of koalas on St Bees Island, Queensland

A. Melzer, C. Baudry, M. Kadiri, W. Ellis

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 870–875.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.040

Published: 20 October 2011

... species selection by free-ranging koala populations in Victoria. Australian Wildlife Research 12: 137 - 144. Tree species selection by free-ranging koala populations in Victoria Australian Wildlife Research 12 137 144 Hindell, M.A. and Lee, A.K. 1987. Habitat use and tree preferences...

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Book Chapter

Large owl territories as a planning tool for vertebrate fauna conservation in the forests and woodlands of eastern Australia

By David Milledge

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.2004.027

EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9

... The spatial patterns of Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa and Barking Owl Ninox connivens records, obtained from large owl surveys in the Victorian Central Highlands and the Pilliga Scrub in New South Wales respectively, allow the suggestion to be made that these species select territories...

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Emerging diseases in Australian oysters and the challenges of climate change and uncertain futures

Elliot Scanes, Wayne A. O’Connor, Justin R. Seymour, Nachshon Siboni, Laura M. Parker ...

Australian Zoologist (2023) 44 (1): 185–193.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.015

Published: 24 April 2023

..., potentially resulting in the introduction of novel disease into new habitats. In order to remain viable, we suggest that the Australian oyster industry needs to enhance selective breeding programs currently underway with a diversification of products and research on emerging diseases to ensure resilience...

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Observations of an aggregation between two species of Australian elapid snakes: the threatened Little Whip Snake Parasuta flagellum and Common Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis

Nicole A. Hansen, Damon L. Oliver

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (2): 179–185.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.030

Published: 30 September 2020

... has important implications for population dynamics and habitat selection of individuals (Gardner et al. 2016; Stephens and Sutherland 1999; Thiele 2012). For many animals, groupbased sociality is well regarded for mammal (Koenig et al. 2013), bird (Cockburn 1998) and insect (Korb et al. 2012; Pamilo...

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Habitat selection of the Broad-tailed Gecko Phyllurus platurus in an urban Sydney bushland remnant

Epibionts of the Australian Eastern Longnecked Turtle ( Chelodina longicollis Shaw) from farm dams

Microhabitat selection varies by sex and age class in the endangered green and golden bell frog Litoria aurea

Habitat segregation, competition and selective deforestation: effects on the conservation status of two similar Petaurus gliders

Habitat use by the Hastings River mouse, Pseudomys oralis

Priorities for Bat Conservation: Analysis of the responses to a Questionnaire in July 1989 by the participants of the Eighth International Bat Research Conference

Koala density, habitat, conservation, and response to logging in eucalyptus forest; a review and critical evaluation of call monitoring

Selection, characteristics, and frequency of use of shelter sites by the Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus and the Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta in a post-fire landscape

A precise definition of habitat is needed for effective conservation and communication

Long-range movement in the rare Cooloola sedgefrog Litoria cooloolensis

Management of bushrocks in agricultural landscapes for reptile conservation

Development of light-weight video-tracking technology for use in wildlife research: A case study on kangaroos

Aestivation in the Australian Freshwater Crocodile?

Monitoring the effect of habitat loss on life-cycle aspects of the Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae in a semi-urban landscape

Broad-toothed Rat Mastacomys fuscus distribution in Buccleuch, Bago and Maragle State Forests, NSW

Differential use of habitat aids local coexistence of three species of wrens (Maluridae) and the White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis : Pardalotidae in Myall Lakes National Park

Tree use, feeding activity and diet of koalas on St Bees Island, Queensland

Large owl territories as a planning tool for vertebrate fauna conservation in the forests and woodlands of eastern Australia

Emerging diseases in Australian oysters and the challenges of climate change and uncertain futures

Observations of an aggregation between two species of Australian elapid snakes: the threatened Little Whip Snake Parasuta flagellum and Common Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis

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