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Climate change and the social responsibility of scientists: a reaction to Lunney and Hutchings

By Harry Recher

Book: Wildlife and Climate Change: Towards robust conservation strategies for Australian fauna

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2012

10.7882/FS.2012.027

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-6-7

... ecosystems or to understand the consequences of inaction on climate change. Scientists do understand, but have failed to communicate effectively with government, the general public, and the media. Too few have been advocates of action. In doing so, they haveabrogated their social responsibility and condemned...

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Journal Articles

Koala density, habitat, conservation, and response to logging in eucalyptus forest; a review and critical evaluation of call monitoring

Andrew P. Smith, John Pile

Australian Zoologist (2024)

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2024.023

Published: 10 June 2024

...Andrew P. Smith; John Pile ABSTRACT This study is the second in a series that examines the habitat requirements and response to logging of koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) inhabiting tall eucalypt forests of north-east NSW. It presents the findings of koala population and habitat monitoring...

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Long-term monitoring of an endangered population of Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis on the Bago Plateau, New South Wales, and its response to wildfires and timber harvesting in a changing climate

Rohan J. Bilney, Peter J. Kambouris, Jess Peterie, Craig Dunne, Kelly Makeham ...

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 592–607.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.035

Published: 31 August 2022

... Plateau, New South Wales, and its response to wildfires and timber harvesting in a changing climate Rohan J. Bilney1 Peter J. Kambouris1,2, Jess Peterie1,3, Craig Dunne4, Kelly Makeham4,5, Rodney P. Kavanagh6, Leroy Gonsalves7, Brad Law7. 1Forestry Corporation of NSW, P.O. Box 702, Eden, NSW, 2551...

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Mammalian responses to fire on Newnes Plateau: A yardstick for future recovery

Andrew J. Lothian, Martin J. Denny, Nicholas W. Tong

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 278–303.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.025

Published: 24 June 2022

... in fauna populations in response to the fire. Detailed surveys for a range of mammalian fauna were undertaken twice a year from 2011 to 2019. The results from the comprehensive surveys showed that even with high intensity fire over a large portion of the landscape, habitat recovery is relatively quick...

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Demographic and dietary responses of small mammals to high severity fire

Christopher R. Dickman, David C. D. Happold

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 256–277.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.018

Published: 09 May 2022

... Demographic and dietary responses of small mammals to high severity fire Christopher R. Dickman1,2* and David C. D. Happold1 1Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. 2 School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006...

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Perspectives on biotic responses to repeated wildfires from decades of long-term empirical studies

David Lindenmayer, Elle Bowd, Chris MacGregor, Lachlan McBurney

Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 631–642.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.049

Published: 04 January 2022

.... by limited additional disturbances within them). Finally, many of the insights discussed in this article have emerged only through long-term studies. More long-term monitoring and research is needed to truly understand and better manage fire in Australian ecosystems. Perspectives on biotic responses...

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Virtual fencing as a wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation measure: technical function, wildlife response and considerations for installation in an urban environment

Julie Reeves, Scott Burnett, Elizabeth Brunton

Australian Zoologist (2021) 42 (1): 56–70.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.021

Published: 19 July 2021

... an audit of a virtual fence installation in south-east Queensland, Australia. We assessed its reliability in flows of traffic and the effect that installation parameters and site conditions had on its effective operation in an urban setting. We made observations on the behavioural response of Eastern Grey...

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Does management of a top carnivore influence the response of mesopredators and prey to rainfall in arid ecosystems? Evidence for a Baseline Density theory

Renee L. Brawata

Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (3): 417–432.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.007

Published: 13 April 2021

... predator baseline density Does management of a top carnivore influence the response of mesopredators and prey to rainfall in arid ecosystems? Evidence for a Baseline Density theory Renee L. Brawata Fenner School of Environment and Society,The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia...

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Swimming in Sand: Long-term Changes in Frog Communities in Response to Sand Mining in the Myall Lakes National Park, New South Wales

A.W. White, S. Travers

Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (4): 698–712.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.017

Published: 01 December 2018

... returned to its pre-mining species composition. Habitat variables appear to be significant in determining the colonisation success of some frog species, but mining activity has been responsible for changes in these variables and the impacts of mining still remain. © 2018 Royal Zoological Society of New...

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Observations of mobbing and other agonistic responses to the Powerful Owl Ninox strenua

Matthew Mo, David R. Waterhouse, Peter Hayler, Antonia Hayler

Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (1): 43–51.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2015.033

Published: 01 January 2016

... Manorina melanocephala and Pied Currawongs Strepera graculina , followed by Grey Butcherbirds Cracticus torquatus and Australian Magpies Cracticus tibicen . We observed mobbing by three species of bird and one mammal that were not previously recorded as mobbing species, including agonistic responses...

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Response of birds to episodic summer rainfall in the Great Western Woodlands, Western Australia

Harry Recher, William Davis, Jr.

Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (2): 206–224.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.011

Published: 05 June 2014

..., B., Brookhouse, M. and Jonson, J. 2010. Green Carbon Part 2: Biomass Carbon Stocks in the Great Western Woodlands. ANU Press, Canberra [http://epress.anu.edu?P=57021] http://epress.anu.edu?P=57021 Bolger, D.T., Patten, M.A. and Bostock, D.C. 2005. Avian reproductive failure in response...

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Priorities for Bat Conservation: Analysis of the responses to a Questionnaire in July 1989 by the participants of the Eighth International Bat Research Conference

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2014) 25 (3): 71–78.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1989.005

Published: 17 March 2014

...Daniel Lunney The responses to a questionnaire by the participants to the Eighth International Bat Research Conference in July 1989 showed that there is a strong consensus among researchers about the conservation problems facing bats, particularly regarding the issues of habitat loss and ignorance...

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The responsibilities of the media

Amanda Armstrong

Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (1-2): 115–116.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1993.013

Published: 17 March 2014

...Amanda Armstrong The responsibilities of the media Amanda Armstrong "Green and Practical" Kadio Na~ional Science Unit, GPO Box 999.1, Sydney, IqSW 2001 Thls papet rum rlehve,ed to n cur$erence entitled "Repo,hng tiie E?luiron~r~ent", orpnzzerl bj' the Centre fa? Independent Jorrrnallsm...

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Responses of four Critical Weight Range (CWR) marsupials to the odours of native and introduced predators

Benjamin Russell, Peter Banks

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (2): 217–222.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2005.018

Published: 17 March 2014

...Benjamin Russell; Peter Banks In Australia many critical weight range (CWR) species are threatened by predation from the introduced Red Fox Vulpes vulpes . Understanding how these prey species respond to native predators such as the Tiger Quoll Dasyurus maculatus , and comparing their responses...

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Still many miles from Babylon: a response to Harry Recher

Stephen Garnett

Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 28–29.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1999.004

Published: 17 March 2014

... and ANPWS, Canberra. Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A. A. and Morris, K., 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Wildlife Australia Endangered Species Program Project No. 500, Canberra. Still many miles from Babylon: a response to Harry Recher "And I brought you...

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Do native Australian small mammals avoid faeces of domestic dogs? Responses of Rattus fuscipes and Antechinus stuartii

Peter Banks, K. Nelika, A. Hughes, Tania Rose

Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 406–409.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2002.018

Published: 17 March 2014

... odours across 20 sampled sites and entered control and dog-scented traps equally (n=73 captures). Also, the presence of dog faeces had no association with the body size or sex of captured animals. This lack of response may be because rats do not identify dog scats as a cue to predation risk or because...

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Our declining fauna provokes a diversity of responses

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (1): 1.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1995.001

Published: 17 March 2014

...Daniel Lunney EDITORIAL Our declining fauna provokes a diversity of responses The recurrent observation that the fauna of Aust- ralia is drrlining has prnvokd a divenity of ropurlse,. one of the ioost pn)niincnt being thit it IS the tack of z(r)lt,gic!s to docurnc~tl the retreat of the Fauna...

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The proteomic response of larvae of the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata to elevated p CO 2

Laura Parker, Pauline Ross, David Raftos, Emma Thompson, Wayne O'Connor

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 1011–1023.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.056

Published: 29 January 2012

... of the organisms' inability to regulate acid-base status, but little is known about the mechanisms that underlie such responses. This study investigated the growth response of larvae of a wild and selectively bred line of the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata , to elevated CO 2 and measured the pattern...

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The most photographed of thylacines: Mary Roberts' Tyenna male - including a response to Freeman (2005) and a farewell to Laird (1968)

Robert Paddle

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (4): 459–470.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2008.024

Published: 20 October 2011

... a response to Freeman (2005) and a farewell to Laird (1968) Robert Paddle School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065. [email protected] A B ST R A C T Life-history details are provided for the male thylacine from Tyenna...

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Behavioural responses of breeding Silver Gulls to tourist traffic

Megan Price, Alan Lill

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 810–821.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.032

Published: 20 October 2011

... intrusion. Silver Gulls' behavioural responses to tourist traffic could potentially decrease their reproductive success. These responses could be reduced by regulating traffic volume and flow and tourists' group size and behaviour, but the species' public image currently probably mitigates against...

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Climate change and the social responsibility of scientists: a reaction to Lunney and Hutchings

Koala density, habitat, conservation, and response to logging in eucalyptus forest; a review and critical evaluation of call monitoring

Long-term monitoring of an endangered population of Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis on the Bago Plateau, New South Wales, and its response to wildfires and timber harvesting in a changing climate

Mammalian responses to fire on Newnes Plateau: A yardstick for future recovery

Demographic and dietary responses of small mammals to high severity fire

Perspectives on biotic responses to repeated wildfires from decades of long-term empirical studies

Virtual fencing as a wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation measure: technical function, wildlife response and considerations for installation in an urban environment

Does management of a top carnivore influence the response of mesopredators and prey to rainfall in arid ecosystems? Evidence for a Baseline Density theory

Swimming in Sand: Long-term Changes in Frog Communities in Response to Sand Mining in the Myall Lakes National Park, New South Wales

Observations of mobbing and other agonistic responses to the Powerful Owl Ninox strenua

Response of birds to episodic summer rainfall in the Great Western Woodlands, Western Australia

Priorities for Bat Conservation: Analysis of the responses to a Questionnaire in July 1989 by the participants of the Eighth International Bat Research Conference

The responsibilities of the media

Responses of four Critical Weight Range (CWR) marsupials to the odours of native and introduced predators

Still many miles from Babylon: a response to Harry Recher

Do native Australian small mammals avoid faeces of domestic dogs? Responses of Rattus fuscipes and Antechinus stuartii

Our declining fauna provokes a diversity of responses

The proteomic response of larvae of the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata to elevated p CO 2

The most photographed of thylacines: Mary Roberts' Tyenna male - including a response to Freeman (2005) and a farewell to Laird (1968)

Behavioural responses of breeding Silver Gulls to tourist traffic

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