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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 608–630.
Published: 18 August 2022
... species were among the decliners, including Laughing Kookaburra, Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys and Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen . We conclude that no suite of birds is exempt from these environmental stressors, and predict that, as droughts reduce populations at regional scales and fires...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 338–346.
Published: 07 July 2020
...Mathew S. Crowther; Kylie M. Cairns; Lily M. van Eeden; Mike Letnic The impact of hybridisation between dingoes and domestic dogs, and the subsequent introgression of domestic dog genes into dingo populations, remains a topic of significant impact. It has been claimed, but with little evidence...
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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (4): 675–697.
Published: 01 December 2018
... to varying degrees and continue to exert pressure on extant populations of small woodland birds. One of the main factors is considered to be habitat loss and fragmentation through land clearing and urban development (Hindwood & McGill 1958; Hoskins 1991; Keast 1995; Egan et al. 1997; Recher 2010; Patrick...
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 272–280.
Published: 01 June 2017
.... Nevertheless, several features of Koala ecology must be considered. Firstly, their sustainable density for any habitat is unknown. The fact that they were not discovered by European colonists during the first 10 years of settlement indicates that the original population density was very low near Sydney...
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Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (1): 102–129.
Published: 01 January 2016
... of 1167 geo-referenced capture, kill, and confirmed sighting reports, from 1900 to 1940. They examine the probable causes of population collapse, and discuss the possibility that the species survived into the 1940s and beyond. © 2016 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2016 Thylacine...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 267–274.
Published: 17 March 2014
...T. F. Clancy The commercial harvesting of kangaroos requires the regular monitoring of populations using a technique that is precise and reasonably accurate. Because of the broad distribution of the species and the generally large management areas, wildlife authorities rely on some form of aerial...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (3): 443–446.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Lawrence Conole Variations in Large Bentwing-bat Miniopterus schreibersii echolocation call frequency throughout its range in Australia were investigated for patterns. Statistically significant differences were identified between the three main populations. Bats from Byaduk Caves and Warrnambool...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (1): 69–99.
Published: 17 March 2014
... (mainly Trichosurus vulpecula ) population ecology and status. P. cinereus numbers peaked in southern Queensland around the turn of the century or in the first decade of the 20th century. In central Queensland, they peaked later, probably in the 1920s, and in north Queensland there does not appear to have...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 291–306.
Published: 14 October 2011
...Jannie Sperling; Gordon Grigg; Colin Limpus This paper presents the first data on the diving behaviour of Flatback turtles, Natator depressus , between nesting events. Dive profiles were recorded in turtles from breeding populations at Curtis Island in Queensland and at Bare Sand Island...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (3): 408–413.
Published: 14 October 2011
...Phillip Bishop The aims of this paper are to describe the distribution and status of bell frog populations in New Zealand and to highlight the potential benefits these New Zealand populations have for collaborative studies. Bell frogs ( Litoria aurea and L. raniformis ) were introduced to New...
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Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.017
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... The management of overabundant marsupial populations in Australia presents wildlife managers with numerous challenges. The prevailing socio-political climate is such that lethal control techniques are often deemed unacceptable for these populations, particularly in the case of Koalas...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.020
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... This paper examines populations of both abundant and overabundant native vertebrate species in New South Wales, human perceptions of the problem of overabundance and the ethical dimensions faced by managers. We argue that overabundant native vertebrate species form a group requiring specific...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.035
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... of the Environment reporting. This model identifies three ecological constraints and eight pressures which act to endanger populations of the Spotted-tailed Quoll in north Queensland. Ten responses required by managers and the community to ameliorate these pressures and return the species to a secure conservation...