| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 33(5) - 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Laurie E. Twigg, Auteur ;
Tim Lowe, Auteur ;
Michael Everett, Auteur ;
Gary Martin, Auteur
The recovery rate of a population of feral pigs ( Sus scrofa) in the west Kimberley in north-western Australia was determined 12 months after a 1080 ( sodium fluoroacetate)-baiting program. An estimated 56 pigs were present in the 15000-ha study[...]
Article
Brendan D. Cowled, Auteur ;
Eddie Gifford, Auteur ;
Michelle Smith, Auteur ;
Linton Staples, Auteur ;
Steven J. Lapidge, Auteur
Conservative population declines of 73% were recorded in three independent feral pig populations in Welford National Park, Queensland, when PIGOUT (R) baits containing 72 mg of sodium fluoroacetate were used in a baiting program following prefee[...]
Article
A. J. Stow, Auteur ;
N. Minarovic, Auteur ;
J. Eymann, Auteur ;
D. W. Cooper, Auteur ;
L. S. Webley, Auteur
The brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) is in decline throughout much of its natural range with the notable exception of urban areas and a few islands. In some urban areas, its density can be high enough to cause conflict with householders.[...]
Article
Arthur Georges, Auteur ;
Fiorenzo Guarino, Auteur ;
Biatus Bito, Auteur
The Chelidae is a family of side-necked turtles restricted in distribution to South America and Australasia. While their biology in Australia is reasonably well known, species in New Guinea are very poorly known despite high diversity, especiall[...]
Article
Ronald S. C. Firth, Auteur ;
John C. Z. Woinarski, Auteur ;
Richard A. Noske, Auteur
Radio-telemetry was used to investigate the home range and den characteristics of the brush-tailed rabbit-rat (Conilurus penicillatus) from three sites in the monsoonal tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia. Radio-tracking was conducted i[...]
Article
Dan K. P. Harley, Auteur
A combination of fires and logging mean that more than 80% of the montane ash forests inhabited by Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) in the Victorian Central Highlands consist of ecologically young stands possessing few trees with [...]
Article
Pierre-Yves Daoust, Auteur ;
G. Mark Fowler, Auteur ;
Wayne T. Stobo, Auteur
Hot branding has been used for many years by researchers to identify seals from a long distance. In livestock, cold branding has been proposed as an alternative because it is thought to be less painful. The purpose of this study was to compare t[...]
Article
Blair Hardman, Auteur ;
Dorian Moro, Auteur
In an effort to learn more about the potential for reintroduction of hare-wallabies to sites in Australia, 34 captive-bred hare-wallabies were released onto Peron Peninsula within the Shark Bay World Heritage Property in 2001 as part of an exper[...]
Article
J. S. Doody, Auteur ;
B. Green, Auteur ;
R. Sims, Auteur ;
D. Rhind, Auteur ;
P. West, Auteur ;
D. Steer, Auteur
The cane toad ( Bufo marinus) was introduced into Australia in 1935. Because this toxic frog is novel to the Australian fauna, its introduction has impacted native fauna in a variety of ways. We anticipated a severe decline in the yellow-spotted[...]
