| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 33(6) - 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
Dépouillements
Article
Peter R. Brown, Auteur
In Australia, outbreaks of house mice (Mus domesticus) cause significant damage to agricultural crops. Rodenticides are used to reduce damage to crops, but the demographic consequences of applying rodenticides are poorly understood. Furthermore,[...]
Article
Richard Engeman, Auteur ;
John W. Woolard, Auteur ;
Neil D. Perry, Auteur ;
Gary Witmer, Auteur ;
Scott Hardin, Auteur ;
Lawrence Brashears, Auteur ;
Henry Smith, Auteur ;
Britta Muiznieks, Auteur ;
Bernice Constantin, Auteur
The Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) is a large rodent that has established a breeding population in the Florida Keys. Should it successfully disperse to mainland Florida, it could continue spreading through much of North America[...]
Article
Owen F. Price, Auteur
Rainforests in the Northern Territory occur as small patches, and the frugivorous birds that depend on them are thought to move among the patches. I attached radio-transmitters to 41 birds of four species captured in several locations near Darwi[...]
Article
Michael W. Roberts, Auteur ;
Nick Dexter, Auteur ;
Paul D. Meek, Auteur ;
Matt Hudson, Auteur ;
William A. Buttemer, Auteur
The changes in the diet of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the Jervis Bay Region was assessed following a longterm baiting program by analysing the composition of fox faecal excreta (scats). In all, 470 fox scats were collected between April and August[...]
Article
Richard Southgate, Auteur ;
Susan M. Carthew, Auteur
This study uses analysis of faecal pellets to assess the diet of the bilby (Macrotis lagotis) in an area spanning over 230000 km(2) in the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory. More specifically, we examine the link between diet composition, bilby [...]
Article
Arthur Georges, Auteur ;
Fiorenzo Guarino, Auteur ;
Melissa White, Auteur
Adult sex ratios vary considerably among populations of single species and across years, but the best evidence is drawn from species with temperature-dependent sex determination. It is difficult to disentangle the effects of bias in the producti[...]
Article
L. J. Boren, Auteur ;
C. G. Muller, Auteur ;
N. J. Gemmell, Auteur
Since its near extermination by sealing, the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) has been recolonising areas of its former range throughout New Zealand and Australia. This study examined fur seal population growth over four breeding se[...]
Article
Carlos Calvete, Auteur ;
Enrique Pelayo, Auteur ;
Javier Sampietro, Auteur
The European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is an introduced pest species in Australia and New Zealand. Rabbits have a devastating negative impact on agricultural production and biodiversity in these countries, and Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disea[...]
Article
Glenn M. Sanecki, Auteur ;
Ken Green, Auteur ;
Helen Wood, Auteur ;
David Lindenmayer, Auteur ;
Karen L. Sanecki, Auteur
Radio-telemetry was used to investigate changes in home-range sizes and activity patterns of Rattus fuscipes and Antechinus swainsonii in a subalpine heathland at Perisher Creek, Kosciuszko National Park, southern New South Wales, in response to[...]
Article
Andrew P. Woolnough, Auteur ;
Tim J. Lowe, Auteur ;
Ken Rose, Auteur
The Judas technique was evaluated for its use as a technique to assist with the control of the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris). This technique uses the natural behaviour of a gregarious animal to betray the location of itself and its companio[...]
