| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 39(5) - 2012 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Norman Owen-Smith, Auteur ;
Victoria Goodall, Auteur ;
Paul Fatti, Auteur
Context. To interpret spatial utilisation distributions, there is a need to translate animal locations obtained from global positioning system (GPS) telemetry into the activities performed and, hence, benefits derived, from particular places and[...]
Article
Hans Peter Hansen, Auteur ;
M. Nils Peterson, Auteur ;
Charlotte Jensen, Auteur
Context. In many countries, hunting has emerged as a major source of funding for wildlife conservation and research or habitat acquisition. In some countries, recent declines in recruitment of hunters have generated concerns about the consequenc[...]
Article
Paul M. Oliver, Auteur ;
Paul Doughty, Auteur ;
Russell Palmer, Auteur
Context. The phylogenetic diversity and biogeography of most animal and plant lineages endemic to the Australian Monsoonal tropics remains poorly understood. Of particular note (and in contrast to many other tropical regions in both Australia an[...]
Article
Pip Masters, Auteur ;
Chris R. Dickman, Auteur
Context. Central Australia has been a graveyard for native mammals, with many small and medium-sized species becoming extinct or persisting in reduced geographical ranges in this region since the advent of European settlement. Species in the cri[...]
Article
J. C. Z. Woinarski, Auteur ;
A. Fisher, Auteur ;
M. Armstrong, Auteur ;
K. Brennan, Auteur ;
A. D. Griffiths, Auteur ;
B. Hill, Auteur ;
J. Low Choy, Auteur ;
D. Milne, Auteur ;
A. Stewart, Auteur ;
S. Young, Auteur ;
S. Ward, Auteur ;
S. Winderlich, Auteur ;
M. Ziembicki, Auteur
Context. Aprevious study reported major declines for native mammal species from Kakadu National Park, over the period 2001-09. The extent to which this result may be symptomatic of more pervasive biodiversity decline was unknown. Aims. Our prima[...]
Article
Clive R. McMahon, Auteur ;
Mark A. Hindell, Auteur ;
Robert G. Harcourt, Auteur
Wildlife researchers and conservation biologists are encountering growing research difficulties due to strong and effective advocacy of animal welfare concerns. However, collecting information on the basic biology of animals, which is often esse[...]
Article
A. S. Kutt, Auteur ;
E. P. Vanderduys, Auteur ;
J. J. Perry, Auteur ;
G. C. Perkins, Auteur ;
J. E. Kemp, Auteur ;
B. L. Bateman, Auteur ;
J. Kanowski, Auteur ;
R. Jensen, Auteur
Context. There is growing evidence that vertebrates inhabiting the extensive savannas of northern Australia are undergoing a widespread decline as a result of the effects of anthropogenic land management such as the grazing of domestic stock. De[...]
Article
Lenka Trebaticka, Auteur ;
Paula Suortti, Auteur ;
Janne Sundell, Auteur ;
Hannu Ylonen, Auteur
Context. Life-history strategies are the means that organisms use to achieve successful reproduction in environments that vary in time and space. Individual animals maximise life-time reproductive success (LRS) through optimal timing of reproduc[...]
Article
Katherine D. Tuft, Auteur ;
Mathew S. Crowther, Auteur ;
Clare McArthur, Auteur
Context. Fire and grazing have complex and interacting impacts on food resources available to endangered herbivores and can potentially be manipulated as part of conservation strategies. Aims. We examined the interacting impacts of fire and graz[...]
Article
J. E. Paterson, Auteur ;
B. D. Steinberg, Auteur ;
J. D. Litzgus, Auteur
Context. Turtles are one of the most imperilled taxonomic groups worldwide and information about population ecology is essential to species recovery. Although the spatial ecology and demography of adults of several turtle species have been well [...]
Article
Giovanna Massei, Auteur ;
Dave P. Cowan, Auteur ;
Julia Coats, Auteur ;
Fiona Bellamy, Auteur ;
Roger Quy, Auteur ;
Stephane Pietravalle, Auteur ;
Matthew Brash, Auteur ;
Lowell A. Miller, Auteur
Context. Fertility control appears as a publicly acceptable alternative to lethal methods for limiting population growth in wildlife. Recently developed single-dose immunocontraceptive vaccines have induced infertility in several mammals. Howeve[...]
