| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 31(1) - 2004 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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M. Suzuki, Auteur ;
M. Yokoyama, Auteur ;
M. Onuma, Auteur ;
H. Takahashi, Auteur ;
M. Yamanaka, Auteur ;
H. Okada, Auteur ;
Y. Ichimura, Auteur ;
N. Ohtaishi, Auteur
We assayed the serum leptin concentration and determined its correlation with the kidney fat mass (KFM), kidney fat index (KFI), and femur marrow fat (FMF) indices in 12 Hokkaido sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis Heude, 1884) collected in April[...]
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L. A. Salas, Auteur ;
S. A. Stephens, Auteur
We evaluated two methods ( daytime and night-time searches) for capturing montane possums, the dose of ketamine HCl needed for their short-term restraint, its influence in effect length and recovery length, the effect of body weight, and differe[...]
Article
K. D. Rogers, Auteur ;
D. T. Booth, Auteur
Blood sampling is an essential technique in many herpetological studies. This paper describes a quick and humane technique to collect blood samples from three species of Australian chelid turtles ( Order Pleurodira): Chelodina expansa, Elseya la[...]
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Article
B. D. Taylor, Auteur ;
R. L. Goldingay, Auteur
Although vehicle-induced mortality of wildlife is well known on roads throughout Australia, few empirical studies describe the extent of this mortality or assess the potential effects on wildlife populations. We recorded 529 roadkills of 53 vert[...]
Article
D. J. Milne, Auteur ;
M. Armstrong, Auteur ;
A. Fisher, Auteur ;
T. Flores, Auteur ;
C. R. Pavey, Auteur
Bat surveys are frequently undertaken using ultrasonic detectors to determine the species present in an area on the basis of the identity of echolocation calls. We compared three techniques for using the Anabat II detector: the detector pointed [...]
Article
D. R. Michael, Auteur ;
I. D. Lunt, Auteur ;
W. A. Robinson, Auteur
To assess whether faunal habitat can be enhanced by using artificial refuges, and whether different species preferentially use refuges with differing structural characteristics, we monitored faunal usage of artificially placed log refuges in gra[...]
Article
J. S. Bruce, Auteur ;
L. E. Twigg, Auteur ;
G. S. Gray, Auteur
The impact of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) on free-ranging rabbit populations, their immunological response, and the abundance of insect vectors, were monitored in detail in the southern agricultural region of Western Australia. Further, a [...]
Article
J. L. Read, Auteur ;
D. Wilson, Auteur
The role of the offcuts of harvested kangaroos as a food source for native and introduced scavengers and detritivores was examined in the Roxby Downs region of arid South Australia. Corvids were the prominent users of offcuts in January and eagl[...]
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G. Saunders, Auteur ;
M. Berghout, Auteur ;
B. Kay, Auteur ;
B. Triggs, Auteur ;
R. van de Ven, Auteur ;
R. Winstanley, Auteur
Prior to the spread of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) across Australian, concern was expressed that foxes (Vulpes vulpes) would prey more heavily on native wildlife and livestock should the disease cause dramatic reductions in rabbit (Oryctol[...]
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B. J. Sullivana, Auteur ;
G. S. Baxter, Auteur ;
A. T. Lisle, Auteur ;
L. Pahl, Auteur ;
W. M. Norris, Auteur
Urban encroachment on dense, coastal koala populations has ensured that their management has received increasing government and public attention. The recently developed National Koala Conservation Strategy calls for maintenance of viable populat[...]
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D. M. Watson, Auteur
Two recently devised approaches for sampling bird communities - time-balanced area-proportionate transects and standardised searches - aim to yield bird surveys of improved resolution specifically for studying distribution of terrestrial birds i[...]
