...Garry Daly; Peter Johnson; George Malolakis; Alex Hyatt; Rod Pietsch Captive bred Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea tadpoles were introduced to a coastal wetland near Pambula on the far south coast of New South Wales. The reintroduction involved the release of approximately 5000 captive-bred...

... by the Portland Aluminium Smelter in southwestern Victoria, but the reasons for its disappearance from the area are unclear. Approximately 50 wetlands remain in the buffer zone of the smelter and we investigated the suitability of 20 of these wetlands for the reintroduction of the species. We measured a set...

...M. Stockwell; S. Clulow; J. Clulow; M. Mahony Reintroduction programs are used widely in conservation to reduce a species' risk of extinction and amphibians are considered suitable candidates for such programs because of their behavioural simplicity and high reproductive output. The Green...

... to predation from introduced carnivores. In fox-free New Zealand, the species has thrived both on Kawau Island and to a lesser extent near Rotorua, despite attempts to eradicate all introduced wallabies. Reintroductions to unoccupied environments in the wild in Australia have so far been unsuccessful...

... consultations and appropriate representations on national, state and local pest planning committees, (2) produce taxonomic consensus through the appointment of an independent panel and future research using genome-wide DNA technology, and (3) resolving ecological and economic debates via reintroduction...

... lesueur and Bilby Macrotis lagotis . Conservation Felis catus invasive predators mammals predator free areas predator fencing reintroduction translocation Vulpes vulpes 352 2017 Introduction Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate in the world, with a third of the world s recent...

... habitat clearance. As part of recovery plans aimed toward reintroduction to the wild, both species are part of an intensive captive breeding program being conducted at a number of institutions, including Taronga Zoo, Sydney. These honeyeaters incorporate arthropod silk into their nests, as has been...

... into the northwestern Kimberley. Continued maintenance of captive stocks can provide for potential future reintroduction to the wild if toads (or some other threatening process) imperil existing wild populations of rough-scaled pythons. Australian Zoologist volume 36 (2)2012 137 Introduction Our knowledge of reptiles...

... treatments on woodland biodiversity over coming years. It also provides a model for other similar experiments that integrate restoration and research. A newly constructed feral animal-proof fence, that will allow reintroduction of locally extinct species, including ecosystem engineers, will provide...

... and bilbies, edited by J. H. Seebeck, P. R. Brown, R. L. Wallis and C. M. Kemper. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Sydney. Bandicoots and bilbies 43 50 Bentley, J. and Schmitz, A. 2004. Translocation proposal for the reintroduction of the greater bilby Macrotis lagotis to Scotia Sanctuary, south western New...

... the reintroduction of large predators to South Africa s Addo Elephant National Park. MWH found this position after he met Professor Graham Kerley from NMMU at a conference for the Zoological Society of Southern Africa in Cape Town. Professor Kerley was actively searching for someone to research the predator...

... attracts a broad church are some of the other grasswren species. Another of people. They include professional ornithologists, article in this issue deals with the reintroduction and recreational bird watchers, obsessive twitchers, wildlife conservation programs on islands off New Zealand, and photographers...

..., and because of the difficulties associated with sampling invertebrates in foraging pits. Reintroduction of bilbies to habitats where they formerly occurred provides the opportunity to: study their interactions with invertebrate fauna; to establish their role in ecosystem function; and to measure...

..., to provide an educational resource on frog conservation, that was distributed to schools and various community groups Australia-wide. Litoria aurea Green and Golden Bell Frog, zoo reintroduction captive breeding conservation education Berger, L., Speare, R., Daszak, P., Green, D.E...

.... 2015). As a colonizing and generalist species, L. aurea should be an ideal candidate for producing successful conservation programs. However, despite the use of habitat templates based on perceived microhabitat selection paradigms, nearly all habitat creation and reintroduction plans have been...

...., Miller, C. and Mutitjulu Community 2000. On taphonomy and the reintroduction of mitika (Bettongia lesueur) into Uluru-Kata Tjuta: an eco-geological perspective. Pp. 35-42 in Biodiversity and the Re-introduction of Native Fauna at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park edited by J.S Gillen, R. Hamilton, W.A. Low...

...) and is about 4% of the vegetative cover of Booderee National Park. The understorey is sparse where the canopy is closed and is comprised of low diversity of grasses such as Lepidosperma concavum, Lomandra longifolia and bracken fern (Pteridium esculentum)(Taws 1997). Reintroduction programs In 2016 we...