... in the Blue Mountains and contribute to a baseline for understanding species recovery. * Corresponding author: [email protected] Camera traps conservation eucalypt woodlands mammals interactive threats predation reptiles scat analysis vertebrates One year on: rapid...

... this period. In contrast, the 3–4-year cycles of red backed voles ( Myodes rutilus ) are becoming more dramatic and the amplitude of their peak years are increasing. Four species of Microtus voles fluctuated independently of red-backed voles prior to 1998, but their peak years became synchronous thereafter...

... Proc. R. Soc. Vict. 13 29 67 A hundred-year-old worm? R. J. Blakemorel and K. L. Elton2 'Department of Zoology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Present Address: CSlRO Entomology, Canberra, ACT 2601 ?Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, University o f...

.... These disturbances have led to a reduction in old growth forest to 1/30th-1/60th of the extent of historical levels, a rapid collapse followed by a prolonged (≯30-year) shortage of populations of hollow-bearing trees throughout the Mountain Ash forests (which are critical habitat elements for many species of cavity...

..., with fauna records from extensive opportunistic or incidental surveying over a nine year period, together with records from secondary sources, being used to supplement the systematic survey species inventory. A nine year survey of the vertebrate fauna of the Bruxner-Ulidarra conservation area in the New...

...Michael Graham; Peter Smith; Judy Smith ABSTRACT This study has investigated the status of tree-hollow-forming termites in eucalypt forest in the Upper Blue Mountains, New South Wales, following seven years of extreme weather and mega-fires. Tree hollows are a critical denning and breeding resource...

... of the biota. Ongoing long-term monitoring at a large number of permanent field sites for up to 25 years prior to the fire, together with 10 years of post-fire monitoring, has provided an unparalleled series of datasets on mammal, bird, and plant responses on burned and unburned sites. The empirical studies...

... and who died recently. Jim Somerville was for many years a stalwart of the conservation movement in the state, and treasurer of the Nature Conservation Council. He was one of the major advocates for a Border Ranges National Park. Importantly, as an accountant, Jim scrutinised the Forestry Commission...

... among the listeners and to find the range of interest that the public have with wildlife, determined by the number of species that listeners would report. The 18 years of wildlife talkback radio resulted in 342 identifiable species discussed providing evidence that the public was interested in a very...

... in the central wheatbelt of New South Wales during the drought declared years 2005 to 2009. Australian Zoologist 36: 332-348. DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2012.019 Birds in remnant woodland vegetation in the central wheatbelt of New South Wales during the drought declared years 2005 to 2009 Australian Zoologist 36 332...

...Allan Keast Over the last 50 years major areas of bird habitat have been lost from the County of Cumberland. Included are the major saltmarshes and freshwater swamps from the western side of Botany Bay; the tall forests of the Upper North Shore and the woodlands of the Cumberland Plain between...

... South Wales on the occurrence of birds in woodlands that have been highly fragmented and structurally altered over the last 150 years. The species composition of the region is still very similar to that recorded 3 decades earlier but many small insectivorous and nectivorous woodland birds are rare...

...Gordon Grigg This issue of the Australian Zoologist is published 50 years after I went to the University of Queensland in 1960 to become a zoologist. Dan Lunney invited me to put together a ‘photo essay’. I agreed because it gives me an opportunity to salute colleagues and friends who made so many...

... for this remains inconclusive. Standard detection methods for frogs do not apply well to the Giant Burrowing Frog and alternative methods are required to provide a more detailed understanding of its ecology and distribution. review conservation Heleioporus management amphibian Two hundred and ten years...