| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 32(1) - 2005 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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J. Andre, Auteur ;
E. Gyuris, Auteur ;
I. R. Lawler, Auteur
This study investigated the diet of dugongs ( Dugong dugon, Dugongidae) and green turtles ( Chelonia mydas, Cheloniidae) on the Orman Reefs in Torres Strait, between Australia and Papua New Guinea, where large numbers of these animals live sympa[...]
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M. Boos, Auteur ;
C. Thouzeau, Auteur ;
G. Delacour, Auteur ;
M. Artois, Auteur ;
S. Marchandeau, Auteur ;
P. Jean-Claude, Auteur ;
J. P. Robin, Auteur
In many species, reproductive success, resistance to food shortage and immune response to parasitism depend on body nutrient reserves. Thus, determining body fuels is important for studying the impact of the environment on animal fitness. As an [...]
Article
M. W. Hayward, Auteur
The diet of the quokka in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia was investigated by microscopic examination of faecal pellets of known individuals and comparison with a reference collection of plant epidermal tissue. Twenty-nine plant [...]
Article
P. J. Mayes, Auteur ;
G. G. Thompson, Auteur ;
P. C. Withers, Auteur
We report on the aquatic and terrestrial foraging behaviour and diet of the semi-aquatic Varanus mertensi. Foraging behaviour of V. mertensi is similar to that of other large terrestrial varanids: slow, methodical forwards movement with the head[...]
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A. W. Claridge, Auteur ;
D. Paull, Auteur ;
J. Dawson, Auteur ;
G. Mifsud, Auteur ;
A. J. Murray, Auteur ;
R. Poore, Auteur ;
M. J. Saxon, Auteur
The home ranges, movement patterns and spatial organisation of spotted-tailed quolls (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus) were studied in rainshadow woodland in southern New South Wales, Australia. Fourteen individuals were radio-collared and simultan[...]
Article
C. Southwell, Auteur
The Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is the least frequently sighted and least known of the Antarctic pinnipeds. Current knowledge of foraging and diving behaviour is based on observations of a single seal over
Article
R. Southgate, Auteur ;
R. Paltridge, Auteur ;
P. Masters, Auteur ;
T. Nano, Auteur
We evaluated three monitoring techniques to determine the spatial pattern and relative abundance of the bilby (Macrotis lagotis) in the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory. All the methods examined relied on the identification of animal sign ( foo[...]
Article
J. E. Deakin, Auteur ;
K. Belov, Auteur ;
N. C. Curach, Auteur ;
P. Green, Auteur ;
D. W. Cooper, Auteur
Immune-based fertility control is being considered as an effective long-term approach for controlling the pest brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) population in New Zealand. This relies heavily on the immune response of each immunised possu[...]
Article
D. J. Jenkins, Auteur ;
A. J. Murray, Auteur ;
A. W. Claridge, Auteur ;
G. L. Story, Auteur ;
H. Bradshaw, Auteur ;
P. S. Craig, Auteur
Scats were collected from 19 wild spotted-tailed quolls (Dasyurus maculatus) caught in a region of south-eastern mainland Australia where hydatidosis ( Echinococcus granulosus) occurs commonly in swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolour) and other wil[...]
Article
T. J. Eyre, Auteur ;
R. L. Goldingay, Auteur
An extensive survey was conducted to locate sap trees used by the yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis) throughout the forests and woodlands of southern Queensland, across an area of 43.7 million hectares. We recorded the characteristics of[...]
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P. D. Shaughnessy, Auteur ;
T. E. Dennis, Auteur ;
P. G. Seager, Auteur
Two seal species breed on the west coast of South Australia, the Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea, and the New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri. Aerial surveys were conducted at intervals of similar to3 months between April 1995 and[...]
