...Harry F. Recher ABSTRACT The Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus (Ptilotula) ornatus is a short-billed honeyeater which has declined in abundance over its range in Western Australia (WA), but remains abundant in the Great Western Woodland (GWW) where this study was conducted. It is also found...

... are poorly understood. We pitfall-trapped ants in winter and spring over a twenty-two year period (1992–2013) in the Simpson Desert, central Australia. We asked: over what time-scale does ant activity (abundance and species richness) respond to climate (temperature and precipitation) and vegetation (plant...

... greater than acknowledged. Over most of southern Australia entire avifaunas are threatened with extinction. When allowance is made for habitat loss and degradation, 30 to 90% of bird species across the continent have declined in abundance. The extent of this decline is that the survival of many bird...

... most abundant species of frog Litoria fallax, Litoria peroni and Limnodynastes peroni were also analysed for site preference and population variations over the survey. Corresponding author: 1 gaiaresearch@shoalhaven.net.au Green and Golden Bell Frog Saving our Species Crookhaven floodplain...

... of individuals (as above). Although mammal abundance declined in all sites after the fire in 2013, the magnitude of decline was significantly greater at Impact sites for the 3.0 years post-fire (Pinteraction<0.001; Table 3; Table 4; Figure 5a). Mammal species richness was significantly lower in Impact sites over...

..., at the permanent pond there were changes through time in both plant and frog species. As the pond aged, the relative abundance of various species of emergent aquatic plants changed, the area of open water steadily decreased, and the depth decreased. Over the same period, the relative abundance of several frog...

... was highly concentrated into small habitat areas associated with this flowering. The species occupied 11 camps which were located at irregular intervals along the coast, north from the Sydney region. Over 99% of the New South Wales population occurred in nine camps. The total abundance of animals...

... attempt to rest paddocks by removing stock simply created grazing opportunities for the abundant kangaroos, with consequent loss of feed for cattle, consistent over-grazing, and declining environmental conditions. Feral pigs were abundant along the river channels. I recall seeing at times up to 300 pigs...

... on the seed of Double Gee Emex australis , an introduced, prolific, agricultural weed. When incubating and raising young nestlings, parents foraged within 5 km of their breeding area. However, once their nestlings were older, they often foraged more than 20 km from their nest hollows, commuting over an hour...

... periods for wildlife and conservation management; the implementation of robust long term adaptive monitoring programs to track the changes of wildlife diversity and abundance over time, are essential for the assessment of improved management of ecosystems and natural resources (Lindenmayer and Likens 2009...

... (A, B, C, D), habitat type and interaction on the number of captures. The data used in the analysis were the total abundance per family in each bucket over the four day trapping period for each of the 263 sites sampled. We used Statistica for all analyses (StatSoft Inc. 2011). Significance is accepted...

.... Other impacts on aquatic environments include the removal of riparian vegetation and the draining of wetlands, changes of flow regimes, dredging of channels, pollution of water from domestic, industrial and agricultural sources, changes in salinity, eutrophication of wetlands and the over-exploitation...

...: the threatened Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea (GGBF); and the widespread and abundant Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii (SMF). Suitability of pond breeding habitat, measured by encounter rates during 57 visits over 17 years with different life stages, depended on depth, salinity, pH...

... there was no defined trend over time. Intra-clutch variation in weight achieved (over 10 weeks) was greater than among clutches. Ability to take advantage of breeding habitat that is sub-optimal for other species, the ability to breed year around and larval growth plasticity have apparently pre-adapted this species...

..., a frog species once common to permanent water-bodies of south- eastern Australia, has undergone a decline in its distribution and abundance over the past 15 years (Osbnrne 1986; Mahony 1993; Daly 1995; Osborne et al. 1996). In New South Wales, it is recognized as a "threatened species (Schedule 12, NSW...

..., and grazing. The reason for the continued abundance and diversity of species through the winter can be explained by the variety of food resources available for birds; the complexity of foliage, bark, and ground substrates provided a wide range of foraging substrates over the entire vertical profile...

...Bradley S. Law ABSTRACT Long-term research is vital for understanding long-lived, dynamic systems like forests, yet for bats such research is notable for its absence. Recent advances in technology over the last 10–20 years means that long-term studies of bats are viable and can be cost-effective. I...