... Surveys on the ground and of the literature have found 66 exotic earthworm species belonging to eight families. A checklist is provided with 18 species new to Australia from the author’s studies, including the first record of Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus. State totals are increased, e.g...

... through systematic observation. Simple technologies such as bat banding, and Constantine traps were a great leap forward. Today research faces a potential problem in the immense blossoming of electronic technologies that enable us to measure and record almost anything, but it may fail to genuinely...

... ones being added each year through monthly surveys by local volunteers. Also recorded are seventeen species of native reptile, five frog, four mammal, and ten fish species, plus a variety of feral species, although few systematic surveys have been made, mainly of a snapshot variety. Examples of each...

... to post-harvest forest regrowth. A total of 47 reptile species were recorded from 95 systematically surveyed sites. Species richness was lower in 11–20 years old regrowth with no effect observed in regrowth aged 40–50 years. This trend was not significant. Reptiles overall, and a subset of ‘common...

.... Although the current taxonomic status recognizes one species, consisting of three sub-species, recent unpublished work suggests that the genus is far more diverse, and 14 species will be described. Records from the extensive collection in the School of Zoology, University of Tasmania were examined an d...

... recorded on the Bass Strait islands. The diversity of species in Tasmania is low compared with mainland Australia reflecting the state's island status, size, location and glacial history. There has been a limited amount of bat research in Tasmania and systematic surveys have not been undertaken across...

... extinction cascade. To redress past neglect, I suggest several priorities for action: effort should be made to compile all existing mammalian records in western New South Wales; systematic surveys should be carried out to gather ecological data and information on current status so that management priorities...