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Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 433–451.
Published: 13 April 2021
... and biotic factors in shaping carcass utilisation by dingoes and further determined whether dingo scavenging influenced carcass persistence in the landscape. To do so, we monitored visitation and scavenging by dingoes using remote cameras positioned on 119 kangaroo carcasses in open and closed canopy...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (3): 379–391.
Published: 01 May 2020
... Acoustic Observatory (A2O), but has not established movement tracking systems for individual terrestrial animals across land and along coastlines. Here, we make the case that the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, an open-source, rapidly expanding cooperative automated radio-tracking global network (Motus...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 410–419.
Published: 17 March 2014
... and retrieving entrapped fauna from open pipeline trenches. Daily inspection of nearly 800 km of open pipeline trenches during construction of the EGP (1999-2000) resulted in the identification of 103 vertebrate species (45 reptiles, 24 mammals, 19 frogs, 14 birds, 1 fish). Of 7438 individuals found in the open...
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (4): 552–561.
Published: 01 September 2017
... sampled four times between 2006–2007. 125 species of birds representing 38 families were recorded. The pattern of abundance and richness along this gradient was characterised by second-order polynomial relationships. The nadir was where change in vegetation was most rapid; low open woodlands to dry open...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.024
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... landscapes ranging from estuarine mangrove mudflats to steep sided sandstone gullies and ridges swathed in heath, open forest and riparian scrub to shale capped ridge tops with tall open forest. The area gets one of the highest levels of rainfall in northern Sydney which helps support open forest dominated...
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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (4): 985–1013.
Published: 11 November 2022
... detected electronically. The highest capture rate was in Jerrawangala National Park where 38 animals consisting of five species were trapped in one trap on a single night. The highest species richness and density was found in tall open forests, especially those along the Illawarra escarpment. Analysis...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (3): 388–397.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Jill Bough This paper gives an overview of research into the history and use of donkeys in Australia. Although the role that other draught animals played in the opening up and economy of the colony has been recorded, that of the donkey has not been systematically researched before. The first three...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 187–197.
Published: 17 March 2014
..., incubation of eggs and fledging of young into account, waterbirds need 5 to 10 months inundation under nest trees to complete breeding. Most Darters, cormorants, herons, egrets, Australian White Ibis and spoonbills nested at wetlands which retained water permanently in their deeper, open areas. In contrast...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 118–126.
Published: 17 March 2014
... systems in terms of the number of individuals and species caught, but were time consuming and caused considerable habitat disturbance. Various pitfall trap designs were compared. Generally, simple open-necked and funnel traps were more effective than traps with shelter and shelter/drift arm traps...
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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 256–277.
Published: 09 May 2022
... resources in the burnt landscape is particularly important. In this study, we compared the numbers, survival and diets of three species of small mammal at two sites in tall open-forest in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The first site was subjected to a high severity experimental fire...
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Australian Zoologist (2013) 36 (2): 129–136.
Published: 07 February 2013
...Gerry Swan; Steve Wilson We removed and recorded vertebrate fauna caught in a 392 km pipeline trench running from Moranbah to Townsville, Queensland. During the entire construction all open trench was checked daily, resulting in the retrieval of 3301 animals comprising 91 species. Because many...
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Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 927–940.
Published: 29 January 2012
... of lightly-embedded surface rocks. The lizard is associated with a particular suite of ant species and ground cover tending towards open native vegetation (grasses and shrubs) at most sites, but with regional differences. Although the highest densities have been recorded in areas without tree cover...