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Book Chapter

The complex pest: interaction webs between pests and native species

By Chris R. Dickman

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.2007.025

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2

... their effects can be beneficial. The positive effects of pests arise when they become deeply embedded in ecological communities and are involved in webs of direct and indirect interactions with other species. In this paper, I first outline the concepts of direct and indirect interactions, and then describe two...

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Journal Articles

Interactions between tadpoles of Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea and Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii

Graham Pyke, Jodi Rowley

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (4): 570–576.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2008.035

Published: 20 October 2011

... was significantly outside the range exhibited by the other two treatments in terms of tadpole growth and there was no clear evidence of any indirect chemically-based interactions between tadpoles of the two species. As this study has provided no indication that there may be inter-specific interactions between...

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The impacts of pastoralism on the fauna of arid Australia

By Mike Letnic

Book: Animals of Arid Australia: Out on their own?

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2007

10.7882/FS.2007.041

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-0-5

... and abundance have been linked to the direct and indirect impacts of pastoralism. Grazing by livestock is the main “direct” impact of pastoral activity and has resulted in widespread changes in habitat structure and a decrease in primary productivity. The loss in primary productivity may have reduced...

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Causes and ecological consequences of a climate-mediated disease

By Alexandra H. Campbell, Adriana Vergés, Tilmann Harder, Peter D. Steinberg

Book: Wildlife and Climate Change: Towards robust conservation strategies for Australian fauna

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2012

10.7882/FS.2012.011

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-6-7

... in the composition of microbial communities on algal surfaces and can be induced via exposure to ambient seawater microbes and cultures of putative pathogens. Direct consequences of bleaching include reductions in algal growth and fecundity. Bleaching also has indirect ecological effects on the alga, with bleached...

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Journal Articles

The uneasy coexistence between Carpet Pythons and Cane Toads

Gregory P. Brown, Jeremy Hemphill, Richard Shine

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (2): 214–219.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.042

Published: 11 November 2020

.... That advantage has outweighed occasional cases where a snake is fatally poisoned by consuming a toad. Thus, the overall impact of Cane Toads on Carpet Pythons (and likely, other predator species) is a balance between direct costs and indirect benefits. Negative impacts on individuals may not necessarily...

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Two alternate states: shrub, bird and mammal assemblages differ on either side of the Dingo Barrier Fence

Charlotte H. Mills, Baptiste Wijas, Christopher E. Gordon, Mitchell Lyons, Anna Feit ...

Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 534–549.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.005

Published: 25 February 2021

... to the absence of the top-down control of dingo predation. This hypothesis has since been widely supported in empirical studies (Caughley et al. 1980; Pople et al. 2000; Letnic and Koch 2010). More recently, research has focussed on the indirect effects that removal of dingoes has on ecosystems (Letnic et al...

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Perspectives on biotic responses to repeated wildfires from decades of long-term empirical studies

David Lindenmayer, Elle Bowd, Chris MacGregor, Lachlan McBurney

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 631–642.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.049

Published: 04 January 2022

... the fire such as the extent of herbivory in regenerating vegetation and whether the ecosystem is subject to post-fire (salvage) logging. (3) Fire history (e.g. the number of past fires and the time since the previous fire). And, (4) Interactions between fire and other ecosystem drivers such as logging. We...

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Journal Articles

Factors affecting bird attacks on small mammal traps

C. M. Young, K.A. Kimpton, H.M Cohen, P.T. Burns, K. McLaughlin ...

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (4): 1037–1040.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.047

Published: 02 December 2022

.... It has also become a standard component of biodiversity surveys and environmental impact assessments across Australia and wherever detailed knowledge of population demography is required. The data quality derived from live-trapping is typically superior to other indirect means of mammal sampling...

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Journal Articles

Sydney's bubonic plague outbreak 1900-1910: a disaster for foreshore wildlife?

Peter Banks, Grainne Cleary, Chris Dickman

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 1033–1039.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.058

Published: 29 January 2012

... out from the harbour foreshore by the direct effects of the plague and the indirect effects arising from rat persecution to prevent plague, making the arrival of bubonic plague in the 1900s a disaster for Sydney's foreshore wildlife. If this hypothesis is correct, then future attempts to restore Bush...

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Larval interactions with an invasive species (the Cane Toad Rhinella marina ) affect life-history traits in an Australian anuran (the Marbled Frog Limnodynastes convexiusculus )

Matthew Greenlees, Michael Crossland, Richard Shine

Australian Zoologist (2014) 36 (4): 424–428.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2013.013

Published: 28 January 2014

... ability to survive the presence of toads postmetamorphosis. Predicting the ecological impacts of an invasive species on native taxa with biphasic life histories (such as most anurans) thus requires information on interactions in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. The expression of phenotypic...

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Journal Articles

Australian sandy-beach ecosystems and climate change: ecology and management

A. Jones, W. Gladstone, N. Hacking

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (2): 190–202.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2007.018

Published: 10 October 2011

... to the ecological questions that will assist further understanding of the possible effects of climate change. Recommendations relate not only to the direct, individual effects of climate- change factors such as changes to habitat, temperature and pH, but also to their indirect, interactive effects with other...

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Journal Articles

The conservation value of small woodland remnants on the New South Wales South Western Slopes: a case study from Wagga Wagga

Michael Murphy

Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 71–81.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1999.008

Published: 17 March 2014

.... and Bauer, J. J., 1997. Species interactions between the White-winged Chough and Australian Magpie in a fragmented landscape. Pac. Cons. Biol. 3: 289-94. Species interactions between the White-winged Chough and Australian Magpie in a fragmented landscape Pac. Cons. Biol. 3 289 94 Croft, J. D...

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A 1990-91 survey of the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata in the Wanurnbungle National Park Coonabarabran, New South Wales

Darren Shelly

Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (1-2): 79–84.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1993.007

Published: 17 March 2014

... feral goats was observed within 150 m of the base of Split Rock suggesting that they frequent this locality. Since no direct observations of rock- wallabies were made, and no indirect evidence of their presence found, it was decided that no further investigation would be carried out at this area. 2...

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A note on the predation of Bufo marinus juveniles by the ant Iridomyrmex purpureus

R. B. Clerke, I. Williamson

Australian Zoologist (2014) 28 (1-4): 64–67.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1992.015

Published: 17 March 2014

... on indigenous vertebrates Mem. Qld. Mus. 17 305 10 FLIER, J., EDWARDS, M. W., DALY, J. W. AND MYERS, C. W., 1980. Widespread occurrence in frogs and toads of skin compounds interacting with the ouabain site of Na+, K+-ATPase. Science 208: 50345. Widespread occurrence in frogs and toads of skin...

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Journal Articles

An eco-evolutionary rationale to distinguish alien and native status: why the dingo is a native species on mainland Australia

Peter B. Banks

Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 358–366.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.039

Published: 28 October 2021

... summary by Rollins et al. 2015). This is just one example of many, showing that species that have moved to new locations adapt to their new environment. 2. Alien species have mismatches in interactions with residents Alien species do novel things in their novel ecosystems largely because of mismatches...

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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

Is vegetarianism bad for the environment?

Ian Wallis

Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 379–389.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.034

Published: 01 June 2017

... prices and health messages targeting saturated fat and cholesterol, all interacted to change our society and our diet. Among these, supermarkets and convenience foods deserve brief mention. In Australia, two large companies Woolworths and Coles, dominate the grocery industry and supply an ever...

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Are Cane Toads Rhinella marina impacting Ghost Bats Macroderma gigas in Northern Australia?

A.W. White, I. Morris, G. Madani, M. Archer

Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (2): 183–191.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.028

Published: 01 January 2016

... with a partly masticated toad in its oesophagus. This, and other indirect evidence, indicates that Cane Toads are being taken by Ghost Bats on an occasional basis and that these episodic predation events may be a significant factor in the observed decline in Ghost Bats populations in areas where Cane Toads...

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Journal Articles

Social, conservation and economic implications of rabies in Australia

Jessica Sparkes, Guy Ballard, Peter J.S. Fleming, Wendy Brown

Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 457–463.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.033

Published: 01 June 2017

... to safely interact with them. Unfortunately, the relationship between Australians and our wildlife could change significantly. Canine rabies, an infamous, fatal, viral zoonosis, is now less than 300 kilometers from the Australian matiinland. We must face the possibility of a ‘when’, rather than...

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Journal Articles

10 Possible Limitations of Current Ecological Theory

Charles J. Krebs

Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 267–271.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.032

Published: 01 June 2017

..., but they may be irrelevant to many of the organisms that use a particular vegetation type. A food web approach attempts to make an operational definition of a community of interacting species, but many of the species in the food web do not interact, so typically we use a partial food web that includes only...

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