| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 31(4) - 2004 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Foraging ecology of the horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus megaphyllus (Rhinolophidae), in eastern Australia
C. R. Pavey, Auteur ;
C. J. Burwell, Auteur
The foraging ecology of the eastern horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus megaphyllus, was examined at five sites spread along 2100 km of its Australian distribution in coastal Queensland. Foraging strategy and prey-capture behaviour of light-tagged bats w[...]
Article
Brushtail possums are the main wildlife vectors of bovine tuberculosis (Tb) in New Zealand. Possum - Tb models form the basis of possum control aimed at eradicating the disease, and yet competing models show different behaviour, and are highly s[...]
Article
J. Hampton, Auteur ;
J. R. Pluske, Auteur ;
P. B. S. Spencer, Auteur
A combination of demographic and genetic data was collected from 354 feral pigs ( Sus scrofa), caught using standard trapping methods in south-western Australia, to provide preliminary information on their social biology. This included attempts [...]
Article
G. R. Finlayson, Auteur ;
K. E. Moseby, Auteur
The home range, reproductive condition and warren and habitat use of reintroduced female burrowing bettongs was compared within two enclosures in the Arid Recovery Reserve at estimated densities of 2.75 and 7.5 bettongs km(-2). Bettongs at both [...]
Article
A. J. Hodgson, Auteur ;
H. Marsh, Auteur ;
P. J. Corkeron, Auteur
Feeding free-ranging native animals is a form of wildlife-based tourism that is particularly popular in Australia as a result of the cryptic nature of many native species. The colony of Mareeba rock-wallabies (Petrogale mareeba) at 'Granite Gorg[...]
Article
R. L. Goldingay, Auteur ;
D. J. Sharpe, Auteur
Recent studies have questioned the reliability of spotlighting to detect certain species of arboreal marsupial or to provide an index of population size. This study assesses the reliability of transect spotlighting to detect the squirrel glider [...]
Article
J. L. Isaac, Auteur ;
C. N. Johnson, Auteur ;
P. J. Grabau, Auteur ;
A. K. Krockenberger, Auteur
Experimental manipulations of food supply in wild populations are often confounded by a number of factors, such as induced immigration to local populations receiving food supplements and intraspecific competition for access to feed stations. Her[...]
Article
J. A. Brown, Auteur ;
R. J. McAuliffe, Auteur ;
G. J. Hicling, Auteur
Researchers and managers commonly use catch rates on trap-transects as an index of abundance for trappable wildlife species. We describe a method whereby the data collected from such surveys can be further analysed to obtain information on the p[...]
Article
B. Warburton, Auteur ;
R. Barker, Auteur ;
M. Coleman, Auteur
Population monitoring of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) is an essential part of their management in New Zealand, with a trap-catch removal method being used most commonly. An alternative monitoring method (bait-interference), using bi[...]
Article
A. Bunce, Auteur
The relationship between changes in the diet of Australasian gannets (Morus serrator) and commercial fisheries landings was investigated. The contribution of pilchard (Sardinops sagax) to the diet of gannets was significantly related to the comm[...]
Article
J. Jacob, Auteur ;
D. R. Sutherland, Auteur
The murine cytomegalovirus ( MCMV) may be used as a vector for fertility control in house mice, which are a significant agricultural pest in south-eastern Australia. The transmission of MCMV can be density dependent and is mostly subclinical in [...]
Article
J. Hone, Auteur
A graphical and quantitative framework is described linking production yield, damage by vertebrate pests, their abundance and density-dependent responses to imposed sterilisation. Compensatory responses of yield to pest damage, and pest populati[...]
Article
D. Priddel, Auteur ;
R. Wheeler, Auteur
A total of 85 brush-tailed bettongs (Bettongia penicillata) from Western Australia and two sites in South Australia were translocated to Yathong Nature Reserve (YNR) in western New South Wales in October 2001. Aerial baiting to control the intro[...]
Article
B. D. Cooke, Auteur ;
J. L. Chapuis, Auteur ;
V. Magnet, Auteur ;
A. Lucas, Auteur ;
J. Kovaliski, Auteur
Rabbits have caused enormous damage to the vegetation on seven islands in the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen archipelago, including the main island, Grande Terre. Rabbit sera collected during 2001 - 02 were tested for antibodies against myxoma virus an[...]
