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Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 408–413.
Published: 01 June 2017
... scientific myths propagate in the expatriate and medical literature respectively. In short, citation errors are a generic problem and future work has the potential to be incorrectly influenced (with possible dangerous consequences) by these inaccuracies. In our paper, we use an Australian conservation...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (1): 92–96.
Published: 04 October 2011
... with molecular results, 7 % disagreed and 13 % were inconclusive. I speculate that this inaccuracy was due to juvenile males and the time of year of trapping. However, the technique can be used to sex an individual in the hand with 80% accuracy, and can therefore provide a relatively quick and inexpensive method...
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Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (3): 462–467.
Published: 01 May 2020
... the mainstream broadcast media was that the final communication was inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise not the story they thought they were telling (Frost et al. 2011; Gonon et al. 2011; Ladle et al. 2004). This criticism of media inaccuracy is particularly relevant in wildlife management issues where...
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Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (3): 455–469.
Published: 12 April 2024
... and inaccuracy in the historical record (Linnard and Sleightholme 2023). This increased interest is perhaps best demonstrated by the creation of the International Thylacine Specimen Database (ITSD), in which the authors (Sleightholme and Ayliffe 2017) have attempted to systematically document every known...
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Australian Zoologist (2021) 42 (3): 690–698.
Published: 29 October 2021
... macropods from roadways has never been scientifically evaluated. Our study aimed to test the efficacy of the ShuRoo. We compared the rate of vehicle collisions with macropods, by sampling vehicles that travelled long distances with and without the ShuRoo. Methods We identified possible users of the ShuRoo...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 36 (4): 494–506.
Published: 28 January 2014
... by Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. Goldingay, R.L., Taylor, B.D. and Newell, D.A. 2006.Survey for the Long-nosed Potoroo in Cudgen Nature Reserve. Unpublished report to the NSW Scientific Committee by Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. Graham, M. and Morrison, J. 2009.A Property...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (1): 1–15.
Published: 17 March 2014
... Mitchell, W. 1994. When is seeing believing? Scientific American February 1994: 44-49. When is seeing believing? Scientific American 1994 44 49 Moeller, H. F. 1997.Der Beutelwolf: Thylacinus cynocephalus. Wesarp Wissenschaften, Magdeburg, Germany. Der Beutelwolf: Thylacinus cynocephalus...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (4): 522–529.
Published: 20 October 2011
.... 3) (data from angler returns) were widely spaced indicating a much greater difference of weight at any length between the sexes, based on smaller sample size and less reliability in the recapture measurements. Inaccuracies in weight were far more likely than in length, because if the fish were...
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Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2012
10.7882/FS.2012.028
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-8-1
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 329–374.
Published: 01 June 2017
... on, in the age of alternative truths where evidence becomes irrelevant, dangerous ideas are emerging outside civilised debate. The application and implementation of particular scientific ideas may well involve intrinsic dangers, and the misinterpretation of ideas can lead to inappropriate actions and policies...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (1): 1–14.
Published: 02 June 2014
... trichura. This is one of many examples where the introduction of alien species has been identified as the proximate cause of extinction, but the only case so far for a mammal extinction by introduced disease. The study by Wyatt et al. (2008) has already been cited 20 times in the scientific literature...
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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (4): 985–1013.
Published: 11 November 2022
... then animals were retained in calico bags and released at night. Common and scientific names used here for bats are as per Armstrong et al. (2020). Mistnet Capture Two 10m monofilament mistnets were set at a known microbat roost in a disused schoolhouse at Kangaroo Valley on 31 March 1989. Nets were manned...
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Australian Zoologist (2024) 44 (1): 44–76.
Published: 10 June 2024
... (SFNSW), NPWS, timber industry, and conservation groups was formed to oversee preparation of a koala plan of management for Pine Creek State Forest. A scientific study of koala habitat requirements and response to timber harvesting was funded and undertaken in 1996-97 (Smith 1997; Smith and Andrews 1997...
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Australian Zoologist (2024) 43 (3): 1–493.
Published: 18 April 2024
... Alice Yan Web site: www.rzsnsw.org.au Online publishing: publications.rzsnsw.org.au PUBLICATIONS The Royal Zoological Society of NSW (RZS NSW) publishes a fully refereed scientific journal, Australian Zoologist, specializing in topics relevant to Australian zoology. Australian Zoologist was first...
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Australian Zoologist (2023) 42 (4): 1–1062.
Published: 03 April 2023
... Spencer Zac Wylde Alice Yan Web site: www.rzsnsw.org.au Online publishing: publications.rzsnsw.org.au PUBLICATIONS The Royal Zoological Society of NSW (RZS NSW) publishes a fully refereed scientific journal, Australian Zoologist, specializing in topics relevant to Australian zoology. Australian Zoologist...
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Australian Zoologist (2021) 41 (2): fmi–fmcliv.
Published: 09 April 2021
...: www.rzsnsw.org.au Online publishing: publications.rzsnsw.org.au PUBLICATIONS The Royal Zoological Society of NSW (RZS NSW) publishes a fully refereed scientific journal, Australian Zoologist, specializing in topics relevant to Australian zoology. Australian Zoologist was first published by the Society in 1914...
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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (3): 1–847.
Published: 22 November 2022
... Alice Yan Web site: www.rzsnsw.org.au Online publishing: publications.rzsnsw.org.au PUBLICATIONS The Royal Zoological Society of NSW (RZS NSW) publishes a fully refereed scientific journal, Australian Zoologist, specializing in topics relevant to Australian zoology. Australian Zoologist was first...
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Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (2): 287–338.
Published: 31 October 2023
... skeletal specimens were incorporated into Pearson s new scientific research collection, mounted specimens and skins were not . The authors have identified a further eight areas in which they found contradictions to Paddle & Medlock s hypothesis. 1. Preserved remains Paddle & Medlock (2023) state...