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Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (3): 329.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Martin Schul The Little Bent-wing Bat Minioptems australis roosting in a tree hollow Martin Schulzl 'Faculty of Resource Science and Management, Southern Cross University, P.O. Box 157, Lismore, New South Wales 2480 The Little Bent-wing Bat Minioptem awlralu is regarded as a cave-dwelling species...
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Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.011
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
... Little attention has been given to nature conservation in the Box-lronbark forests of the inland slopes of southeastern Australia. Past and current forestry practices have led to the widespread removal of mature trees and associated tree hollows. Birds and mammals were surveyed at two sites...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.049
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... This paper examines the management of hollows in trees in the jarrah forest. In the first part of this paper we present a framework for development of strategies for the retention of hollow-bearing trees at the stand scale, and the information available for application of this process...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.029
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... Bats in suburban areas face a number of challenges adapting to what is a highly altered landscape. This is particularly true for species that prefer tree hollows for day roosts because the large, old trees that have developed suitable hollows are often removed from suburban areas. In suburban...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.046
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... Censuses were taken of three common species of small mammals at forest sites in four regions in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales. Numbers of Agile Antechinus Antechinus agilis were best predicted by indices of abundance of tree hollows and invertebrate food resources...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 462–476.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Robert Taylor; John Woinarski; Ray Chatto Information on forest use and dependence on tree hollows was collated for vertebrates in the Top End of the Northern Territory. The proportion of the total fauna that used hollows was 40% for mammals, 18% for birds, 20% for reptiles and 13% for frogs...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.004
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... Forest wildlife management in Australian eucalypt forests emphasizes the retention of tree hollows for fauna requiring hollows for nesting or denning. This overlooks the requirements of birds in eucalypt forests for a variety of resources for nesting and foraging other than tree hollows. Some...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1991
10.7882/RZSNSW.1991.002
EISBN: 0-9599951-5-3
... The management and conservation of birds in eucalypt forests managed for timber production has emphasized the retention of trees with hollows (habitat trees) and the reservation of old-growth forest in reserves and corridors for species requiring mature forest or hollows for nesting. Although...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.041
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... Four issues influencing the management of hollow-dependent bats are examined for the Pilliga forests of inland NSW. These are: 1) the longevity of eucalypts and implications for the strategies for retaining hollow trees; 2) the condition of the forests and woodlands of the Pilliga at the time...
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Australian Zoologist (2013) 36 (3): 355–363.
Published: 04 June 2013
... and three at Urbenville). We found that M. norfolkensis roosted in tree hollows in a range of tree species, including Grey Box Eucalyptus moluccana and Spotted Gum Corymbia maculata in the Hunter Valley and Flooded Gum E. grandis and red gum E. amplifolia / tereticornis in Urbenville. Additionally...
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Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (2): 534–560.
Published: 24 June 2022
...Isabella Howard; Jenna C. H. Ridley; Wade Blanchard; Kita R. Ashman; David B. Lindenmayer; Megan L. Head; Kara N. Youngentob ABSTRACT Nest boxes are often deployed in an attempt to offset the loss of natural tree hollows following landscape disturbance (e.g., land clearing, logging and wildfire...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 283–290.
Published: 14 October 2011
... and the ecology of this taxon, and provide original data based on fieldwork at a study site on the Namoi River (a river red gum - coolabah woodland). Four radio-tracked snakes spent long periods hidden within tree hollows, usually in Coolabah Trees. The telemetered snakes moved infrequently, with one gravid...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2004
10.7882/FS.2004.027
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-8-9
... with particular sets of habitat attributes. Estimated Sooty and Barking Owl territories in the Mountain Ash Eucalyptus regnans forests of the Central Highlands and the cypress pine Callitris spp-ironbark Eucalyptus spp forests and woodlands of the Pilliga Scrub were concentrated in areas with abundant tree...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 37 (2): 234–237.
Published: 28 October 2014
... it is not known whether the Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae is able to respond similarly. We aimed to determine whether Southern Boobooks could find and exploit a localised rodent irruption in the western Simpson Desert, in a location with few roost trees and no tree hollows. Boobook owls immigrated...
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Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (1): 95–101.
Published: 01 January 2016
...Murray V. Ellis Nest boxes have been widely used across the world to provide shelter for animal species, often to restore areas following the loss of natural tree hollows. While the microclimates of installed nest boxes have been studied, limited attention has been paid to whether microclimate...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (4): 426–436.
Published: 17 March 2014
... species (Glossy Black Cockatoo, Koala. Yellow-bellied Sheathtall Bat. Little Pied Bat) were recorded as well as a new range extension for the Eastern Pygmy Possum. Retention of ironbarks over 47.0 cm diameter at breast height is needed to preserve the presence of large tree hollows as well as eucalypt...
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Australian Zoologist (2023) 43 (1): 109–115.
Published: 11 May 2023
... the features of a R. megaphyllus tree roost identified on the mid north coast of NSW. The tree was monitored over a 10-year period before the tree's collapse during the 2019/2020 wildfires. The tree was not observed to be used in the maternity season. The discovery highlights the potential importance of hollow...