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Spare a thought for the losers

Robert Mesibov

Australian Zoologist (2004) 32 (4): 505–507.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2004.001

Published: 01 December 2004

...Robert Mesibov Opi .nion Piece Spare a thought for the losers Robert Mesibov Research Associate, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania 7250 [email protected] When I travel I sometimes feel like a visitor from a Green planet. My home state, Tasmania, has 40% of its land...

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Editorial: Thoughts on good writing and the recent CSIRO Report Future Dilemmas

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (2): 203–206.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2003.001

Published: 17 March 2014

...Daniel Lunney 203February 2003 AustralianZoologist volume 32 (2) Thoughts on good writing and the recent CSIRO Report Future Dilemmas EDITORIAL I was curious to find out why many environmental/ scientific writers cannot get their ideas across to the general public. So I decided, as a test...

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How many snakes need we catch and how many frogs? And, where belong our pickled turtles? Thoughts on environmental protection

By Carl Cans

Book: Herpetology in Australia: A Diverse Discipline

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1993

10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.057

EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8

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Predation on cicadas by an Australian Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus based on DNA evidence

Helen M Smith, Linda E Neaves, Anja Divljan

Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (4): 515–528.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.029

Published: 01 June 2020

...Helen M Smith; Linda E Neaves; Anja Divljan ABSTRACT Historically, reports of insectivory in family Pteropodidae have largely been anecdotal and thought to be an incidental corollary of flying-foxes feeding on plant products. More recent direct observations of flying-foxes catching and consuming...

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Zooplankton species richness and abiotic conditions in Thirlmere Lakes, New South Wales, Australia, with reference to water-level fluctuations

Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Martin Krogh, Hiroyuki II, Russell J. Shiel, Hendrik Segers ...

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (1): 107–123.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.020

Published: 01 October 2020

... lakes are closely situated and thought to be potentially connected at high water levels, they show distinct ecological characters and the effect of water-level fluctuations on zooplankton species richness seems to differ between the lakes. * Author for correspondence: Yoshi.Kobayashi...

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Habitat augmentation for introduced urban wildlife: the use of piles of railway sleepers as refuge for introduced black rats Rattus rattus

Catherine J. Price, Peter B. Banks

Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (3): 513–519.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.029

Published: 01 September 2018

...Catherine J. Price; Peter B. Banks ABSTRACT Despite their conspicuousness within urban environments, the ecology of commensal species is poorly understood. Urban environments are thought to provide abundant foraging and shelter resources for commensal species such as Black Rats Rattus rattus...

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An introduction to Dangerous ideas in zoology

Peter B. Banks, Daniel Lunney, Martin Predavec

Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 261–266.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.018

Published: 01 June 2017

... thought through. Collectively the papers in this volume reveal that within the discipline of zoology, the battleground of ideas is awash with tough contests. Here though, our focus is on understanding and conserving our native fauna and, to that end, the Royal Zoological Society of NSW is keen...

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An update on the decline of Queensland’s frogs

By Glen J. Ingram, Keith R. McDonald

Book: Herpetology in Australia: A Diverse Discipline

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1993

10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.044

EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8

... for thought: there appears to be many clues to the solution of the problem of the declines. ...

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Unravelling life history of the Inland Freshwater Crab Austrothelphusa transversa in seasonal tropical river catchments

Nathan J. Waltham

Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (2): 217–222.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.034

Published: 01 January 2016

... it is thought to estivate in underground burrows while waiting for summer rain. During a survey in seasonal river catchments the first photographic evidence was obtained of an estivating female crab containing 42 crablets under the abdomen plate. Uncovering this female with crablets suggests that egg...

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The earliest motion picture footage of the last captive thylacine?

Stephen Sleightholme, Cameron Campbell

Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (3): 282–287.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2014.021

Published: 16 September 2014

...Stephen Sleightholme; Cameron Campbell David Fleay's 1933 motion film footage of the last captive thylacine at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart was thought to be the only film record of this thylacine. The authors provide evidence to confirm that two earlier motion picture films, erroneously dated...

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Habitat use by the Hastings River mouse, Pseudomys oralis

Kristy Graham, Grant Blackwell, Dieter Hochuli

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (1): 100–107.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2005.007

Published: 17 March 2014

... for the species are from areas with dense and complex ground cover and a high diversity of food-plant availability. The species is also thought to be at risk from exotic mammalian predators (feral cats Felis catus and red foxes Vulpes vulpes ), and to be negatively associated with habitat edges, although...

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Distribution, habitat and conservation status of Leggadina lakedownensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in Queensland

A.S. Kutt, J.E. Kemp

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (2): 258–264.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2005.023

Published: 17 March 2014

...A.S. Kutt; J.E. Kemp The Lakeland Downs Mouse Leggadina lakedownensis is one of two species of short-tailed mice endemic to Australia. In Queensland there have been only very few recent sightings, and the species was thought to be restricted to parts of northern Cape York Peninsula. Five new...

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The Piscicolid leech Austrobdella translucens , Badham, 1916: a new host record from Australian salmon, Arripis trutta (forster, 1801), and a new locality record for Yellowfin whiting, Sillago schomburgkii , Peters 1864, in South Australia

Toby Bolton, Craig Hayward, Alan Turner

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (3): 385–387.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2006.012

Published: 17 March 2014

.... In 2005, the number of yellowfin whiting parasitized by the leech increased to 71%. The appearance of this large, conspicuous ectoparasite is intriguing because it was thought to be an exclusive parasite of three closely-related species of inshore sillaginid fishes (the ‘sand whitings’, S. schomburgkii...

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Addendum to “Clearing, grazing and reservation: assessing regional impacts of vegetation management on the fauna of south western New South Wales”: the species assemblages

Murray Ellis

Australian Zoologist (2013) 36 (3): 364–372.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2012.018

Published: 04 June 2013

... assemblages, which would accrue benefits from actions for specialist assemblages in the same vegetation type, is given in Table 2 (below). Habitat mapping through broad vegetation types was thought not to adequately reflect the requirements of shorebirds and no analysis of their distribution was attempted...

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Book Chapter

Grumpy about this dark age of modernity

By Deborah Rose

Book: Grumpy Scientists: The Ecological Conscience of a Nation

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2013

10.7882/FS.2013.017

EISBN: 978-0-9874309-1-5

.... The absence of the humanities within wider discourses of ecological degradation, including extinctions, is part of our current problem. I conclude with some thoughts on how the status of flying-foxes in Queensland reveals discursive and physical violence, and offers a glimmer of some solutions. At stake...

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A significant range extension for the northern Australian gecko Strophurus taeniatus

E.P. Vanderduys, A.S. Kutt, G.C. Perkins

Australian Zoologist (2012) 36 (1): 20–21.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2012.003

Published: 07 September 2012

...). In north-eastern Queensland, regions such as the Gulf Plains and Mitchell Grass Downs are thought to be significant barriers between eastern and western fauna species and subspecies (Schodde and Mason 1999). However there is a steady smattering of records of arid and inland species occurring much further...

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The life history and ecology of the Pink-tailed Worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella Kluge – a review

David Wong, Sandie Jones, William Osborne, Geoff Brown, Peter Robertson ...

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 927–940.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.045

Published: 29 January 2012

..., the eggs and larvae of which it preys upon. It is late maturing (adult size probably attained in the third or fourth year of life), has a small clutch, is thought to be longlived and has specific habitat preferences. It has a strong association with landscapes that are characterised by outcroppings...

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Distribution, habitat preference and conservation status of the Yellow-bellied Glider ( Petaurus australis ) in The Hills Shire, northwestern Sydney

Peter Irish, Rodney Kavanagh

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 941–952.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.046

Published: 29 January 2012

... resources provided by the winter-flowering Swamp Mahogany and other river-flat eucalypts, including Forest Red Gum E. tereticornis , is also thought to be important. The population of Yellow-bellied Gliders in The Hills Shire, based on all known records, was estimated to be 50 to 75 individuals occurring...

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Predation of stocked Brook Char Salvelinus fontinalis by Short-finned Eel Anguilla australis and interactions with other salmonids in Wollondibby Creek in the high country of south eastern Australia

L. Llewellyn

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 719–746.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.024

Published: 20 October 2011

... as first thought. Eel predation was confirmed by the presence of salmonids in eel stomachs and extensive fin damage as a result of eel attack. Only five S. fontinalis in the first sampling event and one in the second sampling event had reached angling size (250 mm). It is suggested that stocking of S...

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Impact of a Chytrid-related mortality event on a population of the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea

T. Penman, G. Muir, E. Magarey, E. Burns

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (3): 314–318.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2008.009

Published: 14 October 2011

...T. Penman; G. Muir; E. Magarey; E. Burns Chytridiomycosis is considered a key threatening process under Commonwealth legislation. Little is known of the impact of this pathogen within wild populations. The Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea is a threatened species that is thought...

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Spare a thought for the losers

Editorial: Thoughts on good writing and the recent CSIRO Report Future Dilemmas

How many snakes need we catch and how many frogs? And, where belong our pickled turtles? Thoughts on environmental protection

Predation on cicadas by an Australian Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus based on DNA evidence

Zooplankton species richness and abiotic conditions in Thirlmere Lakes, New South Wales, Australia, with reference to water-level fluctuations

Habitat augmentation for introduced urban wildlife: the use of piles of railway sleepers as refuge for introduced black rats Rattus rattus

An introduction to Dangerous ideas in zoology

An update on the decline of Queensland’s frogs

Unravelling life history of the Inland Freshwater Crab Austrothelphusa transversa in seasonal tropical river catchments

The earliest motion picture footage of the last captive thylacine?

Habitat use by the Hastings River mouse, Pseudomys oralis

Distribution, habitat and conservation status of Leggadina lakedownensis (Rodentia: Muridae) in Queensland

The Piscicolid leech Austrobdella translucens , Badham, 1916: a new host record from Australian salmon, Arripis trutta (forster, 1801), and a new locality record for Yellowfin whiting, Sillago schomburgkii , Peters 1864, in South Australia

Addendum to “Clearing, grazing and reservation: assessing regional impacts of vegetation management on the fauna of south western New South Wales”: the species assemblages

Grumpy about this dark age of modernity

A significant range extension for the northern Australian gecko Strophurus taeniatus

The life history and ecology of the Pink-tailed Worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella Kluge – a review

Distribution, habitat preference and conservation status of the Yellow-bellied Glider ( Petaurus australis ) in The Hills Shire, northwestern Sydney

Predation of stocked Brook Char Salvelinus fontinalis by Short-finned Eel Anguilla australis and interactions with other salmonids in Wollondibby Creek in the high country of south eastern Australia

Impact of a Chytrid-related mortality event on a population of the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea

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