| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 31(2) - 2004 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
P. J. Naessig, Auteur ;
J. M. Lanyon, Auteur
To investigate the incidence of non-lethal predation in Southern Hemisphere whales, more than 3400 fluke-identification photographs from resight histories of 1436 east Australian humpback whales were examined for evidence of predatory markings. [...]
Article
A. S. Kutt, Auteur ;
N. Y. Thurgate, Auteur ;
D. S. Hannah, Auteur
Two systematic regional fauna surveys conducted in the central-north of the state, and an ancillary review of existing published data, identified many new localities and provided an opportunity to describe aspects of this species' ecology and ha[...]
Article
D. B. Lindenmayer, Auteur ;
R. B. Cunningham, Auteur ;
B. D. Lindenmayer, Auteur
As early morning bird vocalisation is a major feature of many bird communities, longitudinal profiles of vocal activity data, collected using sound recorders, were compared for a range of habitat types in the Tumut area of south-eastern Australi[...]
Article
S. Legge, Auteur ;
R. Heinsohn, Auteur ;
S. Garnett, Auteur
The distribution of the Australian mainland endemic subspecies of the eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi, is currently confined to the lowland rainforests of the Iron - McIlwraith Ranges of eastern Cape York Peninsula. Females breed[...]
Article
W. L. Linklater, Auteur ;
E. Z. Cameron, Auteur ;
E. O. Minot, Auteur ;
K. J. Stafford, Auteur
Although feral horses are a common management problem in numerous countries, detailed and long-term demographic studies are rare. We measured the age and sex structure, and pregnancy, birth and death rates in a population of 413 feral horses in [...]
Article
R. B. Cunningham, Auteur ;
D. B. Lindenmayer, Auteur ;
B. D. Lindenmayer, Auteur
Morning vocal activity data for birds were collected using automatic sound recorders at 165 sites in fragmented forests at Tumut in south-eastern Australia. A model was developed to describe the statistical properties of the vocal activity data [...]
Article
A. M. V. Petel, Auteur ;
R. Kirkwood, Auteur ;
F. Gigliotti, Auteur ;
C. Marks, Auteur
This study aimed to adapt M-44 ejectors for use in sandy soils and to assess the feasibility of incorporating the modified M-44s into a long-term fox-control program on Phillip Island, Victoria. M-44s were adapted by burying a plastic cylinder a[...]
Article
D. S. Dique, Auteur ;
H. J. Preece, Auteur ;
J. Thompson, Auteur ;
D. L. de Villiers, Auteur
Koala surveys were used to determine the distribution and abundance of a threatened regional koala population in south-east Queensland to assist with the development of effective conservation management programs. Daytime systematic searches of s[...]
Article
S. Childerhouse, Auteur ;
G. Dickie, Auteur ;
G. Hessel, Auteur
Live New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri) were aged from growth layer groups (GLGs) in the cementum of a lower first post-canine tooth. A single post-canine (PC1) was removed from individuals of known-age (n = 74) between 1997 and 2001 whi[...]
Article
K. Quinlan, Auteur ;
D. Moro, Auteur ;
M. Lund, Auteur
The rare heath mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei) is the only rodent lacking a conservation program in Western Australia. Little is known about the habitat requirements of P. shortridgei in Western Australia, and there is a lack of trapping focus tha[...]
Article
G. Story, Auteur ;
D. Berman, Auteur ;
R. Palmer, Auteur ;
J. Scanlan, Auteur
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus ( RHDV) escaped from quarantine facilities on Wardang Island in September 1995 and spread through South Australia to Queensland by December 1995. To determine the impact of this biological control agent on wild [...]
Article
G. D. Kerr, Auteur ;
C. M. Bull, Auteur ;
G. R. Cottrell, Auteur
We describe a technique developed to provide continuous long-term records of movement by individual lizards in the field. Using a small, lightweight and robust activity logger we are able to record over short intervals the number of strides take[...]
