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A compact and cheap system for field euthanasia of small mammals: the need, design and trial

Murray V. Ellis, Susan G. Rhind
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 158–169.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.044
Published: 01 January 2019
...Murray V. Ellis; Susan G. Rhind ABSTRACT Animal welfare legislation is placing increasing emphasis on researchers to demonstrate competence in all procedures that their research may require, even if some are infrequently performed. Many field biologists rarely need to carry out euthanasia...
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Wilderness and its role in the preservation of biodiversity: the need for a shift in emphasis

L. E. Carter
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 28 (1-4): 28–36.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1992.007
Published: 17 March 2014
..., DC. Biodiversity WOLKE, H., 1991. Wilderness on the Rocks. Ned Ludd Books: Tucson, Arizona. Wilderness on the Rocks Wilderness and its role in the preservation of biodiversity: the need for a shift in emphasis L. E. Carter New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box...
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Climate Change and Australia's frogs: how much do we need to worry?

By Francis Lemckert, Trent Penman
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/FS.2012.015
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-6-7
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(Why) Do we need threatened species legislation?

By D. Farrier, R. J. Whelan
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.055
EISBN: 0-9586085-9-8
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The increasing need for netting fruit orchards against bat and bird damage and the increasing problems in affording netting

By John Gough
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.035
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1
... Exclusion netting systems are the only humane method for preventing flying-fox damage to orchards, especially during seasons when natural food is in short supply. As the forests that provide natural food are eliminated, and flying-fox pressure on orchards therefore increases, the need...
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The need for aversion agents for managing flying-foxes on crops and the difficulties in attracting research funds

By John R. Bicknell
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.037
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1
... No research funds have been made available to produce aversion agents and/or tactics to reduce the need for orchardists to cull flying-foxes to protect their crops. This has occurred despite many years of effort by growers to attract research funds from government and industry groups. It appears...
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How many snakes need we catch and how many frogs? And, where belong our pickled turtles? Thoughts on environmental protection

By Carl Cans
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1993
10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.057
EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8
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A precise definition of habitat is needed for effective conservation and communication

Michael Bamford, Michael Calver
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (2): 245–247.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.015
Published: 05 June 2014
... of habitat is needed for effective conservation and communication Michael J. Bamford & Michael C. Calver School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch Western Australia 6150 Correspondence to M. J. Bamford: [email protected] A BS TR A CT Habitat is often used ambiguously...
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Being first: why the Americans needed it, and why Royal National Park didn't stand in their way

Libby Robin
Journal: Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2013) 36 (3): 321–331.
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2012.025
Published: 14 March 2013
... and the signature national park for the world. By the time of Royal National Park s celebration of its own centenary in 1979, the world national parks moment had passed. Its celebration was merely a local event, a postscript to the moment of the National Parks Idea. Being first: why the Americans needed it, and why...
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Monitoring for changes in arboreal arthropod biodiversity in woodlands: how many replicates are needed?

By F. F. Azarbayjani, B. J. Richardson
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.008
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
... To measure the level of replication needed to detect changes in arboreal arthropods, a data set based on the arthropod faunas of 26 replicate trees of the species Melaleuca linariifolia was analysed. Analysis showed that the number of species, individuals per tree and Chao 1 estimation...
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Compromising science for regulatory compliance: a case study of confounding conservation policy

By Paul Meek
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.017
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... Balancing the needs of conservation, industry and policy (regulation) is laden with complications for land managers and legal professionals. Designing legislation, a rigid system, to manage natural systems, which are in constant flux, imposes conflicting demands and can lead to unexpected...
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The chill winds of climate change freeze funding for biodiversity's critical infrastructure-a personal view

By Pat Hutchings
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/FS.2012.031
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-8-1
... Australia signed the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and Federal, State and Territory governments have accepted the need to conserve and manage Australia's unique biodiversity. It is argued that high priority is given to protecting vertebrates, while invertebrates, which...
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Northeastern Queensland: some conservation issues highlighted by forest mammals

By J. W. Winter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.010
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
... The forests of northeastern Queensland can be grouped into four broad types and while the conservation needs of fauna in each type overlap considerably, the emphasis differs. Currently, for rainforest the barrier and intrusive effects of utility corridors, and the rehabilitation of habitat...
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Research for Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management in Victorian eucalypt forests

By Richard H. Loyn
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.048
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... This paper describes some of the research needed to help forest managers achieve Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management. As a case study, it also presents an overview of some of the research conducted to meet those needs in the state of Victoria, and identifies priorities for further...
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Threatened Species Management: out of its depth for marine invertebrates

By P. A. Hutchings
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2003
10.7882/FS.2003.010
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-6-5
... The usefulness of listing individual marine species under Threatened Species legislation is discussed with respect to the characteristics of the marine environment and its biota. It is suggested that, apart from ‘flagship species’, this is not a useful strategy to follow. Instead, habitats need...
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International marine conservation law and its implementation in Australia

By Martin Tsamenyi, Gregory Rose, Alison Castle
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2003
10.7882/FS.2003.003
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-6-5
... is inconsistent because most areas of the environment in need of protection cross the jurisdictional boundaries. The practical effect of this is that some areas in need of protection are covered by a strong legislative framework, while others are not. Particularly problematic is the fact that most marine...
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What makes this old scientist grumpy

By Harry F. Recher
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2013
10.7882/FS.2013.004
EISBN: 978-0-9874309-1-5
... This scientist is grumpy with his scientific colleagues and the conservation agenda driven by green groups. Scientists are too conservative and lack the skills to communicate effectively with the community. Scientists need to assume moral responsibility for the application of their science...
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To net or not to net that is the question! But is it the answer?

By Lawrence Ullio
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.038
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1
... the viability of exclusion netting in the Camden district, an economic model, developed for the North Coast was applied under local conditions. The model showed that to obtain a greater than 5% return on the capital invested in netting, crop losses needed to average 15%-30% annually over a ten year period...
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The Devil is in the detail: conservation biology, animal philosophies and the role of animal ethics committees

By Menna Jones, Rodrigo Hamede, Hamish McCallum
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/FS.2012.040
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-8-1
... (AECs). Our research, which was stopped, used proximity sensing radiocollars to obtain information on disease transmission important for managing a novel contagious cancer that is threatening the Tasmanian devil with extinction. Important lessons include the need for a governance structure of AECs...
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Urban bushland - stepping stones, living museums or cemeteries?

By Paul Adam
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.078
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-7-2
... uses must satisfy community expectations. While conservation must be given priority in some circumstances, the management of many stands will need to accommodate multiple uses. Questions which need to be addressed in developing a long-term strategy for management are raised, and the urgency...
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