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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2008
10.7882/FS.2008.004
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-2-9
... Attacks by Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen on humans are among the most common forms of human-wildlife conflict in Australia, especially in suburban environments. Despite the familiarity of these interactions, remarkably little is known about the phenomenon, significantly undermining...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.018
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... by an increase in associated human-wildlife conflicts. In order to provide essential ecological information of the species in this region, a series of studies have been undertaken. The present study attempts to determine the distribution of the Australian White Ibis with respect to six major habitat categories...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 491–510.
Published: 25 August 2020
... recently increased. This is evidenced by several reviews of non-lethal methods that can be said to be working toward improved coexistence. Nevertheless, and despite centuries of conflict, our non-lethal human-wildlife coexistence toolkit remains remarkably deficient. Innovation and evaluation of non-lethal...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 858–863.
Published: 20 October 2011
... effort. Crocodylus porosus wildlife management human wildlife conflict freshwater saltwater crocodile Bayliss, P., Webb, G. J. W., Whitehead, P.J., Dempsey, K. and Smith, A. 1986. Estimating the abundance of saltwater crocodiles, Crocodylus porosus Schneider, in tidal wetlands...
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Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.005
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... and Vietnamese Australians, all of whom have experienced the natural environment in their everyday activities like fishing and making a living. In doing so, they have interacted with each other, often expressing social conflicts through interactions about wildlife and nature regulation. I argue that we cannot...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.048
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1
... Humane Society International (HSI) is the largest animal protection organisation in the world. One of its campaign focuses in Australia is the Grey-headed Flying-fox. Of concern to HSI are high rates of habitat reduction for the species, and the killing that occurs where they come into conflict...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.034
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... that may preclude it from receiving humane treatment and/or being seen as a resource. Word use, values and wildlife management conflicts project us into the cultural domain of examining the zoology of overabundance. We present a chronology of the convolutions in thinking, decision-making and actions...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.028
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... Managing flying-fox camps is an increasing challenge for agencies responsible for managing wildlife and residential communities along the east coast of Australia. Conflict has arisen between humans and flying-foxes when camp sites were established in urban areas or when people have settled close...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.019
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... and facilitated range expansions and/or population increases, leading to a diverse range of conflicts with human interests. Cockatoos (Long-billed Corellas Cacatua tenuirostris , Sulphur-crested Cockatoos C. galerita , Little Corellas C. sanguinea and Galahs C. roseicapilla ) are the cause of much concern...
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Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 521–533.
Published: 02 February 2021
... and individuals, (5) work to a strategy (adaptive management), and (6) collaborate and engage with external stakeholders.This best-practice approach may be useful to managers of other populations of canids. Key words: adaptive management, aversive conditioning, Canis familiaris (dingo), human-wildlife conflict...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 550–567.
Published: 27 October 2020
... empirically. * Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] © 2021 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2021 Dingoes carnivores human-wildlife conflict practice change predator management systems-based approaches Applying a social-ecological system framework to diagnose...
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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (3): 752–769.
Published: 02 March 2022
[email protected] bats community engagement human-wildlife conflict threatened species urban ecology A management case study of a Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus camp on residential land Matthew Mo1*, Lorraine Oliver2, Kylie Coutts-McClelland3, Nathaly Jones4 and Joshua Gregory1...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (4): 585–604.
Published: 01 June 2020
... and laws designed to protect wildlife (Dayer et al. 2016; Kellert 1994; Tisdell et al. 2006). With the ever-increasing Australian population resulting in the increased likelihood of human-wildlife conflict, acquiring support from the general public to preserve biodiversity is crucial to the management...
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Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 129–139.
Published: 01 January 2019
... processes that led to this institutionalisation of poison, followed by many irreversible environmental disruptions and extinction events. Key words: environmental history, human-wildlife conflict, conservation, dingo, pest control, ecosystem management. DOI: httpsdoi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.025 Australian...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 467–479.
Published: 14 July 2020
...: human-wildlife conflict, wildlife management, pest management, dingo, wild dog, 1080 DOI: httpsdoi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.019 Introduction As human populations have become more urban and modernised, societal values have shifted towards protection of animals and moved away from human dominance over nature...