| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 33(7) - 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
D. R. Morgan, Auteur ;
G. Nugent, Auteur ;
B. Warburton, Auteur
Introduction of the brushtail possum ( Trichosurus vulpecula) to New Zealand has resulted in serious ecological and economic impacts and considerable control efforts. Recovery of possum populations after control occurs through immigration from a[...]
Article
P. Hodgson, Auteur ;
K. French, Auteur ;
R. E. Major, Auteur
Small patches of remnant vegetation are often considered to have low conservation value. In urban landscapes their value may potentially be higher than in other landscapes because they can be the only representatives of original native vegetatio[...]
Article
Daniel Ramp, Auteur ;
David B. Croft, Auteur
A goal to reduce the frequency of animal - vehicle collisions is motivating extensive research on this topic world-wide. Over the last 30 years, one popular mechanism to warn wildlife of approaching vehicles has been the wildlife warning reflect[...]
Article
Romina Rader, Auteur ;
Andrew Krockenberger, Auteur
This study investigated the factors that influence the home-range size of a tropical Australian rodent, Melomys cervinipes, using radio-tagged individuals. Melomys cervinipes frequently used the canopy and, when measured according to height leve[...]
Article
R. Rader, Auteur ;
A. Krockenberger, Auteur
Mammal assemblages of rainforest communities are commonly vertically stratified. This can be associated with competition for, or access to, resources in the upper canopy layers of the forest. This study investigated the extent of vertical strati[...]
Article
Geoffrey M. While, Auteur ;
Clare McArthur, Auteur
Artificial food patches were used to examine whether red bellied-pademelons ( Thylogale billiardierii) and Bennett's wallabies ( Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) altered their foraging behaviour in an open habitat ( a young plantation) in respo[...]
Article
Geoffrey W. Heard, Auteur ;
Peter Robertson, Auteur ;
Michael P. Scroggie, Auteur
Assessment of the efficacy of survey techniques for determining species occurrence is crucial for the validation of wildlife survey data. We analysed repeated site-survey data for adults and larvae of the growling grass frog ( Litoria raniformis[...]
Article
D. Berman, Auteur ;
P. J. Kerr, Auteur ;
R. Stagg, Auteur ;
B. H. van Leeuwen, Auteur ;
T. Gonzalez, Auteur
Release of virulent myxoma virus has been a key component of rabbit-control operations in Queensland, Australia, since the 1960s but its use rests on anecdotal reports. During a routine operation to release virulent-myxoma virus we found no evid[...]
Article
Mike Letnic, Auteur ;
Greg Connors, Auteur
Since they were declared a protected species in 1971, populations of saltwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus porosus) have increased in the tidal rivers, freshwater swamps and marine waters of the Northern Territory. The recovery of the C. porosus pop[...]
Article
Grant Harper, Auteur ;
Dick Veitch, Auteur
Norway rats ( Rattus norvegicus) are sympatric with, and more often trapped, than the smaller Pacific rat ( R. exulans) on Raoul Island, New Zealand. Rats were removed from a four- hectare grid by trapping and poisoning in the winters of 1994, 1[...]
