... are so full of desires and plans. We are caught in a web of attachments to things and relationships and ideas, ideas about ourselves and the world. We try to build around ourselves walls of security, wealth and prestige. We may actually achieve some of the goals we set - a well-paid job, the respect...

... species. Allen, N. T., 1989. A methodology for collecting standardised biological data for planning and monitoring reclamation and rehabilitation programmes. Pp. 179-205 in Animal's in primary succession: the role of fauna in reclaimed lands ed by J. D. Majer. Cambridge University Press...

... of for my Hawkesbury book) or along spatial lines (e.g. New Town in 1838 as one of the finest Landscapes with Greg Blaxell s 2009 book on the Parramatta nature ever painted . Surely, this is not the Newtown River). Ian s book is obviously written by an historian, I knew as a university student in the 1970s...

.... and Handasyde, K.A. 1999. The Koala: Natural History, Conservation and Management. University of NSW Press, Sydney. Marucci, D.J. 2000. Landscape history as a planning tool. Landscape and Urban Planning 49: 67-81 Mast, J.N., Veblen, T.T. and Hodgson, M.E. 1997. Tree invasion within a pine/grassland ecotone...

... 1997; Shaffer et al. 1998). Records that are suitable for this purpose include natural history collections (Shaffer et al. 1998), catch rates (Zwanenburg 2000), bag numbers (Thirgood et al. 2000) pelt sales (Jimenez 1996; Riley et al. 2004), natural history accounts (Mingozzi and Esteve 1997...

.... History: Great myths die hard. Nature 502: 32. Gossip 2012. Global Gossip Game (httpglobalgossipgame. wordpress.com/2012/11/15/the-final-results Hanna, E., Cardillo, M. 2014. Island mammal extinctions are determined by interactive effects of life history, island biogeography and mesopredator suppression...

... largely on natural history, began in 1937. Arthur Powell also visited schools, taking skins and demonstration specimens with him. It appears this skin and skeleton were used for in-house museum teaching, taken on visits to schools, and possibly made available for school loans. This explains the need...

... knowledge of natural history and the natural environment. The book should also serve well in the armoury of more experienced biologists who may be interested or engaged on work in the Blue Mountains area. Individual species known from the area are described under the major headings: mammals, birds, reptiles...

... of the Australian frog Hyla aurea Lesson. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(9), 302-305. The races of the Australian frog Hyla aurea Lesson Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 302 305 Pickard, C.R. and Towns, D.R. 1988. Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of New Zealand. Conservation...

.... httpdx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02351.x Majer, J.D. 1997. The use of pitfall traps for sampling ants a critique. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 56: 323-329. Majer, J.D. 1980. Report on a study of invertebrates in relation to the Kojonup Nature Reserve fire management plan. WAIT Biology Department...

... palaeoecologists. It is only more recently that ecologists have become heavily engaged with history, although the natural history tradition from its earliest days often involved antiquarian interests. The focus of environmental histories may be local areas (Rackham 1989) whole nations (Hoskins 1955) specific...

... . The interviewees accepted that the priority during the fires was the protection of human assets and lives. Protecting biodiversity was something that had not been planned for, especially with fires on the scale of the 2019-20 fires. Given the history of mega-fires in Australia I found the lack of planning...

... Freshwater Fishes a guide and natural history. Heinemann Educational Books (NZ), Auckland. New Zealand Freshwater Fishes a guide and natural history McDowall, R.M., Hopkins, C.L. and Flain, M. 1974. Fishes. PP. 292-308 in New Zealand Lakes. Fisheries Research Publication No. 240, edited by V.H...

..., the natural history literature maintains steady interest in feral cats and pigs, perhaps the archetype ferals that provide the basis for extending the term to other species out of control? These reflect an attitude that has been so constant (Figures 4 & 5) that there is perceived political safety...

...Elery Hamilton-Smith The mining of bat guano for agricultural purposes has occurred throughout Australia, and as a small localized industry has often been subject to considerable conflict. The history of this mining at Naracoorte, South Australia is outlined and demonstrates continuing conflict...

... to the species by taxonomists. The paintings make up items 96 and 97 of the bird series of the Watling Collection, a wildlife series now in the First Fleet Artwork Collection of the Natural History Museum, London (Hindwood 1970). In 1801 the paintings of birds in the series were catalogued by John Latham...

... practiced within that place (Thompson 2007; Rees et al. 2013; Song et al. 2013; Voyer et al. 2015b). While protected area planning processes often dedicate significant resources to understanding the natural system to be managed, in order to make appropriate management decisions, the same level of rigour...

... in agricultural landscapes. We do not plan to undertake a history of change, but simply to note that a century ago the landscape was different as noted by other scholars (Glen and Short 2000) and, in today s agricultural enterprises, there is a specialist focus that adds a key dimension to the picture...