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Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.010
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-3-4
.... Even these suggestions are far from revolutionary. A real revolution in nature conservation requires a change in national priorities from ones of increasing economic growth, resource consumption and population growth to becoming an ecologically sustainable society. Achieving ecological sustainability...
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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (2): 296–344.
Published: 01 January 2018
... load of the aspiration to conserve the biodiversity of NSW now seems feasible, even desirable, especially given the increasing intensity of land use from never–ending population growth and its impacts, such as land clearing, roading, logging, water use, alien invasive species and climate change...
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Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 941–952.
Published: 29 January 2012
... rapid population growth and the associated expansion of residential and infrastructure development in both urban and rural areas. The Yellow-bellied Glider is one of many threatened species occurring in the Shire and information about this species' habitat requirements is needed for conservation...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.013
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... animals (and plants) to urban society and ecosystems is overdue. Moreover, in an era of accelerating habitat loss, human population growth, urban expansion and climate change the role of cities in conserving global biodiversity may prove critical. Zoologists and conservation biologists already accept...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (1-2): 3–41.
Published: 17 March 2014
... expansion and population growth within the catchment should be restricted. ADAM, P., WILSON, N. C. AND HUNTLEY, B., 1988. The phytosociology of coastal saltmarsh vegetation in New South Wales. Wetlands 7: 35-84. The phytosociology of coastal saltmarsh vegetation in New South Wales Wetlands 7...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.004
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... for damage inflicted by mice. However, it is known that wheat crops can compensate for damage early in the growth of the crop, but not in later growth stages. We need to know the relationship between the density of mouse populations and loss of yield at key phases of crop growth so that management targets...
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 57–67.
Published: 01 December 2017
... critical food is to a raft of globally important issues and, as Bourne and Foley emphasise, the matter also hinges on the growth of the human population. Zoologists enter the arena from a number of points, including ecological considerations. Ecology is a scientific discipline that looks at populations...
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Australian Zoologist (2025)
Published: 03 April 2025
... research. With Peter Raven he introduced the concept of co-evolution, spawning a new field of research. More than that he is a public figure and advocate for social and environmental sanity. His autobiography details his growth as a population biologist beginning with his fascination with butterflies...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.003
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... industry. There has been sustained growth in the industry (which included turtles for the Asian food market) since its establishment. In many countries, escaped and released animals have formed the basis of feral populations and in some areas they appear to have had a major impact on the biodiversity...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.020
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... Determining the population dynamics of the vulnerable Grey-headed Flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus requires accurate methods of estimating the age of wild animals. Traditionally, wild juvenile P. poliocephalus have been aged by comparing their forearm measurements to those of known-aged...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 446–461.
Published: 17 March 2014
... in Edwards 2001 p.34). A tourism industry started to develop after the 1920s with improvements to roads and bridges allowing easy access to Noosa Heads (Cato 1989). The rise in population due to dairy farming provided the impetus for Noosa Shire to be declared in 1910. Population growth continued through...
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 281–288.
Published: 01 June 2017
... al. 2013b). That need is derived from the imperative to conserve nature, to manage our wildlife so that it does not slide towards extinction, to protect natural areas from the relentless growth of the human population, and to manage our ecosystems sustainably. This idea of conserving nature has...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.031
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... overarching goals of universal human wellbeing and ecological sustainability is not occurring. Indeed, it is becoming increasingly improbable since much more population and economic growth is certain. Since, humans depend totally on healthy, functioning ecosystems, this situation is unacceptable; humans have...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (1): 69–99.
Published: 17 March 2014
... irruptions and excessively high abundance, the population phenomena appear similar to those occurring in Victorian populations. Queensland populations achieved very high growth rates that resulted in unsustainable population densities and, eventually, mass mortality. Possum populations were subject to very...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.023
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... Characterization of the whole population based on sample groups will always have a representation error, which will change with growth of the sample group size. At a certain point it will be negligible and with further sampling beyond that point the error remains practically unchanged...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (2): 220–230.
Published: 11 November 2020
... of cavity-dependent fauna. They also store large amounts of carbon (Keith et al. 2009). Stands of old growth (where large old hollow-bearing trees are most abundant (Lindenmayer et al. 2000b)) play key roles in the water cycle (Vertessy et al. 2001). A population of 1129 large old trees has been monitored...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (2): 206–224.
Published: 05 June 2014
... in association with excessive human population growth and resource consumption is an on-going and growing problem for nature conservation. Study area The research reported here was conducted on 14 plots along the Hyden-Norseman Road west of Norseman, Western Australia from 32° 10.929 S, 121° 37.846 E to 32...
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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (4): 568–575.
Published: 01 December 2018
... perished, as growths of estuarine tubeworms established on their shells (Bower et al. 2012). Potential for post-drought recovery is limited by ongoing threats and capacity for populations to increase. Although long-term monitoring is required to confirm population declines of freshwater turtles, population...
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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (2): 371–396.
Published: 01 January 2018
... has changed in this short time. Given the long history of resistance to establishing protected areas, Australia's fauna is at an ever–increasing risk of extinction as natural habitats are relentlessly lost to economic growth and a rising human population. The problem, as I read the historical record...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2008
10.7882/FS.2008.016
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-2-9
... The strategic management of the impacts of roads on vertebrates is hampered by a lack of information on 1) the scale of such impacts in different ecosystems, 2) the responses of populations and communities, and 3) the relative vulnerabilities of various vertebrate groups. We therefore examined...