... Proc. R. Soc. Vict. 13 29 67 A hundred-year-old worm? R. J. Blakemorel and K. L. Elton2 'Department of Zoology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Present Address: CSlRO Entomology, Canberra, ACT 2601 ?Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, University o f...

.... Angus and Robertson: Sydney. Hastings River Mouse Pseudomys oxalis. P. 394 in The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals KIRKPATRICK, T. H. AND MARTIN, J. H. D., 1971. Uncommon native fauna. Old Gr.. J. 97: 174-75 (cited in King 1984). LUNNEY, D., 1983. The Bush Rat Rattus...

...Steve Van Dyck The Burrowing Bettong Bettongia lesueur (Quoy and Gaimard 1824) has not previously been recorded from Queensland, although its past presence in all other mainland Australian states (excluding Victoria) is well documented. New evidence linking 11 old unregistered Queensland Museum...

...Megan C. Fabian; Amelia S. Cook; Julie M. Old ABSTRACT People's behaviour towards the conservation of Australian wildlife is important, because people's actions are the main causative factor associated with the demise and future recovery of wildlife conservation. We investigated the type...

...Megan C. Fabian; Amelia S. Cook; Julie M. Old ABSTRACT People's attitudes towards the conservation of Australian wildlife is of particular importance as the types of attitudes people hold can have a significant impact on conservation solutions. We investigated attitudes held towards Australian...

...Julie M. Old; Nicole E. Hunter; Jack Wolfenden ABSTRACT Infrared cameras are now used universally to study wildlife. In this study camera traps were used to report the use of bare-nosed wombat Vombatus ursinus burrows by other species. Eleven species were captured using camera traps. The species...

...Jai M. Green-Barber; Julie M. Old ABSTRACT Many species have adapted their behaviour to survive in anthropogenically developed environments (hereafter referred to as developed). Eastern grey kangaroos Macropus giganteus are common in developed areas, however very few studies have evaluated...

...Gonzalo Murialdo; Kristin Kleisner; Jack Wolfenden; Julie Old The bush stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius is listed as ‘Near threatened’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In NSW, bush stone-curlews are listed as ‘Endangered’ under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 . The present...

...Jo-Anne Chuck; Julie Old This case study describes the conflicts between the needs of a university animal ethics committee to meet legislative requirements and the pedagogical outcomes for third year undergraduate project students working with animals in an Australian context. The projects...

...-269 Old Marylebone Road, London NWI 5RA UK. A B ST R A C T The patterns of composition and distribution of vertebrate fauna in Queensland s tropical savannas are poorly known. The sandstone landscapes of White Mountains National Park are considered to be significant for fauna given its geographical...

... briefly summarized in this paper show patterns of steep declines in large old trees and declines in site occupancy by arboreal marsupials and birds. These changes contrast markedly with the responses of the two most common species of small mammals (the Agile Antechinus [ Antechinus agilis ] and Bush Rat...

... male captured at Penney’s Flats on the Arthur River by 19 year old Roy and 59 year old Dan Delphin on the evening of Monday 7 th July 1930. An exploration of the evidence surrounding the identity of the last captive Thylacine Gareth Linnard1 & Stephen R. Sleightholme2 1 Tasmanian Tiger Archives Group...

.... Younger females (4 to 6 years old) were more likely to nest up to three weeks later than older females (7 to 27 years old), and the oldest females in the study area were more likely to nest three weeks later than those at least 10 to 19 years old. There was a trend for oldest females to produce lighter...

...Harry F. Recher ABSTRACT Birds were removed after counting numbers along a creek reserve established when old growth eucalypt forest on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales was cleared for pine plantations. Removal ceased after the number of individuals collected exceeded the number estimated...

...Christopher P. Slade; David M. Power ABSTRACT The Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus is known to roost in caves, disused mines, tunnels and old buildings. Other tropical Rhinolophus species are reported to use tree roosts, but this has not been reported for R. megaphyllus . We describe...

.... These disturbances have led to a reduction in old growth forest to 1/30th-1/60th of the extent of historical levels, a rapid collapse followed by a prolonged (≯30-year) shortage of populations of hollow-bearing trees throughout the Mountain Ash forests (which are critical habitat elements for many species of cavity...