| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 35(2) - 2008 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Michael J. Conroy, Auteur ;
Richard J. Barker, Auteur ;
Peter W. Dillingham, Auteur ;
David Fletcher, Auteur ;
Andrew M. Gormley, Auteur ;
Ian M. Westbrooke, Auteur
Decision theory provides an organised approach to decision making in natural resource conservation. The theory requires clearly stated objectives, decision alternatives and decision-outcome utilities, and thus allows for the separation of values[...]
Article
Yusuke Fukuda, Auteur ;
Peter Whitehead, Auteur ;
Guy Boggs, Auteur
Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) populations have recovered strongly across northern Australia over the 30 years since the species was protected from hunting. However, monitoring studies show large geographical variations in abundance ac[...]
Article
Aaron L. Fenner, Auteur ;
C. Michael Bull, Auteur ;
Mark N. Hutchinson, Auteur
Understanding the potential threats of predation can play a crucial role in conservation management of threatened species. We investigated the frequency of sublethal injuries to live individuals of the endangered pygmy bluetongue lizard (Tiliqua[...]
Article
Felix M. Medina, Auteur ;
Marta López-Darias, Auteur ;
Manuel Nogales, Auteur ;
Rafael Garcia, Auteur
In this study, we present the first data on diet and impacts of feral cats on a semiarid island (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands). A total of 614 prey was identified in the 209 scats analysed. Introduced mammals, especially rabbits and mice, were [...]
Article
Matthew L. Brien, Auteur ;
Mark A. Read, Auteur ;
Hamish I. McCallum, Auteur ;
Gordon C. Grigg, Auteur
We radio-tracked five male and eight female estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in a non-tidal water-hole in Lakefield National Park in northern Queensland during the late dry/mid-wet season (2003-04) and the following dry season (2004). I[...]
Article
Hamish A. Campbell, Auteur ;
Mariana A. Micheli, Auteur ;
Augusto Abe, Auteur
The distribution and physiological condition of 116 Caiman crocodilus yacare was assessed over one year in the Southern Pantanal. Body mass and intermediary plasma metabolites were measured at three different time periods, representing large dif[...]
Article
Luke T. Kelly, Auteur ;
Andrew F. Bennett, Auteur
Understanding the habitat requirements of a species is critical for effective conservation-based management. In this study, we investigated the influence of forest structure on the distribution of the yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipe[...]
Article
Pablo M. Vergara, Auteur ;
ROBERTO P. Schlatter, Auteur
Current legislation in Chile allows two alternative regeneration methods for evergreen forest: heavy shelterwood (retaining 30% of the basal area at the time of regeneration harvest) and strip cutting. We compared bird abundance among four stand[...]
Article
David A. Pike, Auteur ;
Kelley S. Peterman, Auteur ;
Jay H. Exum, Auteur
We studied a fossorial endemic lizard (the sand skink, Plestiodon reynoldsi) to determine habitat structural and vegetation associations in altered habitats at micro-, local, and macroscales. Lizards were present in each of the structural catego[...]
Article
K. Green, Auteur ;
J. A. Stein, Auteur ;
M. M. Driessen, Auteur
Animal distribution is strongly controlled by climate, especially at higher altitudes where harsher conditions favour fewer vertebrate species. A predicted consequence of climate change is increased pressure on these higher-altitude faunal commu[...]
Article
Amy R. Bond, Auteur ;
Darryl N. Jones, Auteur
The impact of roads on local biodiversity is a major issue associated with urbanisation. A major arterial road in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, south-east Queensland, was upgraded in 2004-05 from two to four lanes. In an attempt to minimise [...]
