... revealed higher levels of herbivory in urban remnants, consistent with the hypothesis that herbivores in these remnants were released from pressures of parasitism and predation. The importance of higher trophic levels in regulating herbivory was demonstrated in field experiments excluding avian and insect...

... As a senior student geography project, the effect of human activity on insect biodiversity in urban Sydney was undertaken at three locations with differing levels of recreational use. The locations were Lane Cove National Park, Bicentennial Park, and Cabarita/ Queen Elizabeth Parks, Concord...

... Insects are small, numerous and speciose. They respond to the landscape in many vastly different ways. Their world, largely unlike that of mammals, is an immensely complex three-dimensional one, where plant and land architectures feature strongly in their lives. Polymorphism is widespread...

... A continuing initiative of the Innisfail-based Australian Insect Farm is to deliver insect education in an inviting interactive package, while achieving the goals of increasing insect awareness and appreciation. The Australian Insect Farm has developed to satisfy scientific and public demand...

... to explore the natural history of Sydney. However, his servant Syms Covington did go sweeping for insects in Sydney, and was presumably involved in collecting other specimens of Sydney fauna. In total, the Beagle's Sydney specimens comprise at least 110 species of animals, including a mouse not previously...

... of the size of Australia’s biodiversity; the products of systematic research important to conservation; short examples of approaches to the delivery of that systematic information; brief outline s of two systematic research projects undertaken primarily to assist in the conservation of insects; and four...

... This paper examines the role of species level studies in assessing arthropod biodiversity and understanding the processes that shape it. Examples from one of the most species-rich groups of insects , the parasitic Hymenoptera, are used to examine the importance of data at the species level...

... production on the south coast of New South Wales. We measured bat activity at three heights in the forest (understorey, subcanopy and canopy). The number of volant insects (prey items) was also measured at each site/height combination, while 20 structural vegetation variables were measured at each site...

... Buttongrass moorland was found to have an abundant and diverse epigaeic arthropod fauna in summer. The characteristic elements are a predominance of spiders and aquatic insect groups such as Trichoptera, Tipulidae, Dolichopodidae, Ephydridae, Empididae, all these taxa being species-rich...

... In the early 1980s estimates of how many species there are on Earth increased by several orders of magnitude; from 2 to 3 million to more than 100 million. Since that time much effort has been placed on refining such species estimates, particularly for insects. Estimates for other non-vertebrate...

... insects have been placed on the endangered species schedule. However, experience has shown that there are difficulties in using the Act to protect invertebrates. Issues include: use of criteria in the Act; taxonomic and scientific impediments; the need to protect habitat rather than individual species...