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Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (1): 90–94.
Published: 01 January 2016
.... This short paper documents incidental records of S. murina detected using artificial shelter objects established during herpetofauna surveys in the Pilliga forest, in northern inland New South Wales, and discusses the potential value of this survey technique as a complement to conventional trapping methods...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1998
10.7882/RZSNSW.1998c.001
EISBN: 0-9586085-0-4
Book Chapter
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.021
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... with kangaroos and set clear objectives for them. Kangaroo-related problems may include road accidents, attacks on people, zoonotic disease, contamination of water supplies, lost crop production and competition with threatened species, as well as affects on kangaroos themselves, such as poor body condition...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/FS.2012.051
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-8-1
.... 2010). It finds in the negative. The report purports to be a reasoned and objective analysis based on the science surrounding kangaroo harvesting. Here we examine this document with reference to available literature, and demonstrate that it is neither well-reasoned nor accurate. It contains multiple...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.027
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
... vigorous discussion. The scenario is a future history; that is, it is written from a perspective of 10 years hence. Plausible changes that could lead to the hypothetical future are described. The objectives of the scenario, which are described in some detail, set the direction for what follows. The first...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.059
EISBN: 0-9586085-9-8
... (January 2003) for which there were two approved recovery plans, one publicly exhibited draft plan and four plans in preparation. Monitoring was being undertaken for only six populations. The TSC Act would be strengthened by: (i) adding an objective which states that recognising threatened entities...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.020
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
..., ignorance, poor planning and lack of concern for the environment. But these reasons will become lame if used any longer. We suggest that the objectives of a wildlife strategy follow those identified for the National Conservation Strategy of Australia. On the basis of these objectives, ten goals...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1992
10.7882/RZSNSW.1992.006
... arenas which are not suited to the evaluation of deterministic or stochastic models. The adversary process hinders objective review of the sum of empirical knowledge. Confusion of terminology, methodology and philosophy indicates a fundamental conflict between the scientific paradigm and the legal...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.004
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... This paper combines personal experience with a more objective overview of bat research in Australia from 1954 to the present day and then into probable futures. It starts with a handful of virtually self-taught researchers who developed a significant ecological and behavioral understanding...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.020
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... The Willoughby City Council contains about 300 ha of locally and regionally significant remnant vegetation and is home to over 200 species of indigenous native vertebrate fauna. There are three key objective of the Enhance Habitat & Wildlife program: improve habitat; reduce impacts on native...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.020
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-5-8
... only some conservation problems and community efforts usually are broad but diffuse, conservation of biodiversity would be best served if the two approaches were integrated. To achieve this objective, scientists must become more involved in activities at the community level, whereas community groups...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/FS.2012.046
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-8-1
... involved in persistent predation of livestock should be an option only if the pastoralist has reduced attractants and increased deterrents. It is anticipated that adaptive management of livestock, in association with recent understanding of dingo biology, will reduce conflicts, assist objectives...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.050
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-0-5
..., there is no evidence that the motive for building a fence (conservation versus growing sheep) is any guarantee of better performance. Proponents of predator-proof fences (and funding agencies) need to ask two key questions. 1. What is the real objective of the fence, and how do we measure its success? 2. What...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.002
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
... with the recognition by forest managers that forest ecosystems are complex and each species has different requirements. A priority is the identification of an agreed set of goals and objectives for the conservation and management of forest wildlife by conservationists, forest managers and wildlife biologists. ...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1999
10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.018
EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2
.... This will be appropriate if the objective is to maintain the current number of species within these grassland remnants. ...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2003
10.7882/FS.2003.004
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-6-5
... incorporating on and off-reserve conservation techniques. Increasingly for marine and terrestrial systems, the most important conservation planning objectives include the establishment of secure systems of appropriately located, designed and managed protected areas, and to integrate their application...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.002
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-3-4
... The objective of this forum was to assess revolutionary conservation proposals that aspire to reform current constraints on using native fauna as a replacement for the traditional European models of land use. Gordon Grigg outlines the history of the ideas that underpin this radical proposal...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.054
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1
... they are and use strategies to lessen the impact on people who object to their presence. ...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.004
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
... that effective definition and enforcement of property rights will overcome environmental problems because people’s preferences will be reflected in market prices. A range of practical and philosophical objections to this approach is canvassed. We conclude by arguing that good economic analysis can significantly...