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A statement on the cultural importance of the dingo

Oliver Costello, Noel Webster, Dan Morgan

Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 296–297.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.028

Published: 31 August 2021

...Oliver Costello; Noel Webster; Dan Morgan © 2021 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2021 A statement on the cultural importance of the dingo Oliver Costello, Noel Webster and Dan Morgan Representatives of the Bundjalung,Yuin Walbunja, and Southern Yuin Tribes DOI: httpsdoi.org...

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Book Chapter

New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995; the invertebrate experience so far

By Robin V. Gunning

Book: The Other 99%: The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1999

10.7882/RZSNSW.1999.056

EISBN: 0-9586085-1-2

... The Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 represents an advance for invertebrate conservation in New South Wales. Currently terrestrial vertebrates and vascular plants dominate the schedules, but a small number of threatened invertebrate species have been listed. Three snails and four...

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“Normalising” flying-foxes: a bold vision for improving the public perceptions of our largest and most conspicuous bats

Matthew Mo, Libby A. Timmiss, Tim Pearson, Maree Treadwell Kerr, Sera Steves ...

Australian Zoologist (2024)

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.001

Published: 24 January 2024

... in a piecemeal fashion, and we provide examples of flying-foxes being represented in a range of formats, including museum and photography exhibitions, public artwork and street décor, books, preschool and school education, wildlife-based tourism and community events. However, there remains paucity in flying...

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Terrestrial reptiles in the diet of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Salmonidae; Walbaum, 1792)

Katherine E. Doyle, Cameron G. McGregor, Luke Pearce, Damian R. Michael

Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (3): 485–490.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.009

Published: 08 March 2024

... with recently published records from the Northern Hemisphere (e.g. USA, France and Italy) represent the presence of reptiles in the diet of O. mykiss across a broad geographical range and highlight a potential additional consideration of introduced salmonids and their impacts on terrestrial species...

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Comparison of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in canyon ecosystems of the Blue Mountains (Australia) with and without recreational traffic: a pilot study in impossible terrain

Nigel Hardiman, Shelley Burgin

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 757–769.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.027

Published: 20 October 2011

... conditions in all locations. Macroinvertebrate assemblages included a range of pollution sensitive taxa (e.g., Ephemeroptera represented by 42.3% of all animals). Although family richness was concentrated within a few orders (84.2% of families were represented by 50% of orders), most families were...

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Hunting or gathering? A comparison of reptile survey techniques suggests the survey aims should direct the monitoring method

A.S. Kutt, N.J. Colman

Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (1): 79–94.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.010

Published: 27 February 2023

... used summary data, mixed model regression and Chi-squared tests to examine variation in abundance, richness, and frequency in captures. A total of 167 species representing nine families were recorded from 9986 captures or observations (3127 records from pitfall traps, 1813 from funnel traps and 5046...

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Bird assemblage changes along a savannarainforest gradient in north-eastern Australia

A.S. Kutt, E.P. Vanderduys

Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (4): 552–561.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.013

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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Survey of bats on the south coast and ranges of the Shoalhaven region in New South Wales

Garry Daly, Glenn Hoye

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (4): 985–1013.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.042

Published: 11 November 2022

...-eared Pied Bat at Meroo NP represents a southern range extension for this species. Morphometric data are presented plus comments on species habitat preference. Corresponding author: [email protected] Shoalhaven bats diversity threatened species distribution Survey of bats...

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The impact of the 2019–2020 wildfires on beetles (Coleoptera) in the forests of north-eastern New South Wales

Chris Reid, Aidan Runagall-McNaull, Gerasimos Cassis, Shawn Laffan

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 462–478.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.030

Published: 13 July 2022

...Chris Reid; Aidan Runagall-McNaull; Gerasimos Cassis; Shawn Laffan ABSTRACT A survey of the beetles (Coleoptera) in post-2019–20 burnt and unburnt forests in northeast New South Wales is described. The survey focussed on groups that were well-represented from previous surveys, easily trapped...

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Assessing the immediate impacts of the 2019/2020 bushfires on land snails in north-eastern New South Wales

Junn Kitt Foon, Adnan Moussalli, Finlay McIntosh, Shawn Laffan, Frank Köhler

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 386–461.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.010

Published: 20 May 2022

... for representing pre-existing occurrence records of priority species at sites that differed in mapped fire severity classes as based on Fire Extent and Severity data available from public sources. We also surveyed unburnt sites for comparative purposes. We found that nearly all survey sites encompassed a patchwork...

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Book Chapter

Ecological specialisation and conservation of Australia's Large-footed Myotis: a review of trawling bat behaviour

By Susan Campbell

Book: The Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2011

10.7882/FS.2011.010

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3

... of microchiropterans exhibit adaptations for specialist trawling foraging behaviours. Approximately half of these species are relatively well represented in the literature. Amongst these, the Large-footed Myotis, Myotis macropus , exhibits typical trawling bat behaviour; spending the majority (~88%) of foraging time...

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Translation of N.B.K. Sänger’s (1871) “ Peripatus capensis Gr. and Peripatus leuckartii n. sp.” (Onychophora), along with remarks about the author and significance of his work

Noel N. Tait, Ivo de Sena Oliveira, Georg Mayer

Australian Zoologist (2021) 42 (1): 71–94.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.022

Published: 04 August 2021

... as “ subcutaneous glandules ”, identified the neurilemma enclosing the central nervous system, and recognised “ oval holes of different sizes” in each nerve cord that were subsequently demonstrated to represent giant fibres. Of interest to parasitologists, he discovered a larval acanthocephalan encysted within...

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Avian prey of the Australian Ghost Bat Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae): prey characteristics and damage from predation

Walter Boles

Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 82–91.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1999.009

Published: 17 March 2014

... species, from a broad taxonomic range, have been recorded as avian prey of the Ghost Bat. These are all essentially diurnal with the obvious exception of the Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus . Species that aggregate when roosting are over-represented in the diet of the Ghost Bat. Ground...

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Journal Articles

What is a dingo – origins, hybridisation and identity

Kylie M Cairns

Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 322–337.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.004

Published: 24 February 2021

... and nomenclature. Importantly, despite controversy about what to call dingoes and whether they are a full species, these animals represent an important, distinct and unique evolutionary unit worthy of high conservation priority, as a native species. There is growing concern about the spread of domestic dog genes...

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A baseline terrestrial vertebrate fauna survey of Pullen Pullen; a significant conservation reserve in south-west Queensland

S.G. Kearney, P.L. Kern, A.S. Kutt

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (2): 231–240.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.038

Published: 11 November 2020

... in south-west Queensland, most notable for the presence of the night parrot Pezoporus occidentalis . We conducted two fauna surveys over 22 sites representing Spinifex grasslands, and Mitchell and Chenopod grassland habitats in 2018 and 2019, using pitfall, funnel and Elliott traps, and active searching...

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Observations of an aggregation between two species of Australian elapid snakes: the threatened Little Whip Snake Parasuta flagellum and Common Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis

Nicole A. Hansen, Damon L. Oliver

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (2): 179–185.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.030

Published: 30 September 2020

... in the Turallo Nature Reserve long-term Little Whip Snake monitoring program. The observation represents the first documented record of an interspecific aggregation between these two species. Presumably, there may be thermal or anti-predatory advantages for the Little Whip Snake by aggregating with other snakes...

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Journal Articles

The impact on native herpetofauna due to traffic collision at the interface between a suburban area and the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area: an ecological disaster?

Danny Wotherspoon, Shelley Burgin

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 1040–1046.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.059

Published: 29 January 2012

... with the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, west of Sydney, was surveyed on foot two to four days a week, typically soon after dawn. Over the period a total of 86 reptiles that represented 20 species: 38% of the lizard and 56% of snake species known from the area were collected as road kills due...

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Journal Articles

Comparison of atlas data to determine the conservation status of bird species in New South Wales, with an emphasis on woodland-dependent species

G. Barrett, A. Silcocks, R. Cunningham, D. Oliver, M. Weston ...

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (1): 37–77.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2007.003

Published: 07 October 2011

... . This represents a greater proportion of declining bird species in NSW compared with the whole of Australia - one previous study found that 15% of 422 species had declined nationally. Of 139 woodland species tested, 33 (24%) were recorded less frequently during Atlas 2 , a similar proportion to the broader pattern...

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The diet of a Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae in Box-Ironbark country, central Victoria

James Fitzsimons, A. Rose

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (1): 85–88.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2007.005

Published: 04 October 2011

...James Fitzsimons; A. Rose The diet of a Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae in a Box-Ironbark woodland remnant in central Victoria was studied. An analysis of 42.5 pellets found invertebrates to represent 82% of the total prey items, but vertebrates, in the form of the House Mouse Mus domesticus...

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Book Chapter

A preliminary assessment of the impact of forest thinning on bat activity: towards improved clutter-based hypotheses

By Maria D. Adams, Bradley S. Law

Book: The Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2011

10.7882/FS.2011.038

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3

... just a small increase in the distance between canopy and understorey tree stems and slightly less cover in the canopy in thinned sites, changes that would represent a reduction in clutter. With the highest density of stems, the understorey of both regrowth types represented the most cluttered stratum...

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A statement on the cultural importance of the dingo

New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995; the invertebrate experience so far

“Normalising” flying-foxes: a bold vision for improving the public perceptions of our largest and most conspicuous bats

Terrestrial reptiles in the diet of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Salmonidae; Walbaum, 1792)

Comparison of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in canyon ecosystems of the Blue Mountains (Australia) with and without recreational traffic: a pilot study in impossible terrain

Hunting or gathering? A comparison of reptile survey techniques suggests the survey aims should direct the monitoring method

Bird assemblage changes along a savannarainforest gradient in north-eastern Australia

Survey of bats on the south coast and ranges of the Shoalhaven region in New South Wales

The impact of the 2019–2020 wildfires on beetles (Coleoptera) in the forests of north-eastern New South Wales

Assessing the immediate impacts of the 2019/2020 bushfires on land snails in north-eastern New South Wales

Ecological specialisation and conservation of Australia's Large-footed Myotis: a review of trawling bat behaviour

Translation of N.B.K. Sänger’s (1871) “ Peripatus capensis Gr. and Peripatus leuckartii n. sp.” (Onychophora), along with remarks about the author and significance of his work

Avian prey of the Australian Ghost Bat Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae): prey characteristics and damage from predation

What is a dingo – origins, hybridisation and identity

A baseline terrestrial vertebrate fauna survey of Pullen Pullen; a significant conservation reserve in south-west Queensland

Observations of an aggregation between two species of Australian elapid snakes: the threatened Little Whip Snake Parasuta flagellum and Common Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis

The impact on native herpetofauna due to traffic collision at the interface between a suburban area and the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area: an ecological disaster?

Comparison of atlas data to determine the conservation status of bird species in New South Wales, with an emphasis on woodland-dependent species

The diet of a Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae in Box-Ironbark country, central Victoria

A preliminary assessment of the impact of forest thinning on bat activity: towards improved clutter-based hypotheses

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