| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 34(5) - 2007 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Dale Graeme Nimmo, Auteur ;
Kelly K. Miller, Auteur
In Australia, the management of feral horse populations is a contentious issue, owing to their pluralistic status as an introduced pest and a national icon. In this review, we synthesise current knowledge of the ecological effects of feral horse[...]
Article
B. J. Richardson, Auteur ;
S. Phillips, Auteur ;
R. A. Hayes, Auteur ;
S. Sindhe, Auteur ;
B. D. Cooke, Auteur
A population of wild rabbits in a high-rainfall area near Sydney, New South Wales, was studied for 8 years to investigate the population biology of the rabbit in a high-rainfall area, to examine factors affecting the length of the breeding seaso[...]
Article
Greg J. Holland, Auteur ;
Andrew F. Bennett, Auteur
Most studies of habitat use by small mammals rely on data from trapping grids. Such studies pertain to habitat use by individuals, which may not reflect population-level requirements. To meet the challenge of landscape change, it is important to[...]
Article
Deborah S. Frazer, Auteur ;
Sophie Petit, Auteur
This study investigated the use of the grass-tree, Xanthorrhoea semiplana F. Muell. ( family Xanthorrhoeaceae), for shelter by Rattus fuscipes ( southern bush rat) in South Australia. Eight bush rats were radio-tracked for 4-8 days each. To iden[...]
Article
Christine A. Schlesinger, Auteur
Pitfall traps are commonly used to capture terrestrial vertebrates, but it is not known whether differences in vegetation structure affect the efficiency of these traps. Studies that investigate the effects of fire, grazing or vegetation rehabil[...]
Article
Katherine M. W. Jones, Auteur ;
Andrew K. Krockenberger, Auteur
The dietary requirements of folivores affect many aspects of their ecology, including home range, potential for social interaction, abiotic/climatic requirements and habitat choice at the landscape and local scale. The purpose of this study was [...]
Article
Jodi J. L. Rowley, Auteur ;
Ross A. Alford, Auteur
Amphibians are one of the most highly threatened groups of animals, but their effective conservation is hampered by a paucity of basic ecological knowledge, particularly for tropical stream-breeding species, in which declines have been most comm[...]
Article
James P. Dawson, Auteur ;
Andrew W. Claridge, Auteur ;
Barbara Triggs, Auteur ;
David J. Paull, Auteur
The relationship between the diet of the spotted-tailed quoll ( Dasyurus maculatus) and the abundance of its prey was investigated in rain-shadow woodland habitat in southern New South Wales for one year before and two years after a high-intensi[...]
Article
L. Schwarzkopf, Auteur ;
R. A. Alford, Auteur
Cane toads are an introduced pest in many tropical locations around the world, but, surprisingly, there are few methods available for their control. Highly effective trapping may provide a means of controlling toads, either alone or as part of a[...]
Article
Jim Hone, Auteur ;
Charles Krebs, Auteur ;
Mark O'Donoghue, Auteur ;
Stan Boutin, Auteur
We evaluated hypotheses of the dynamics of predators ( lynx) relative to prey ( snowshoe hares) and predator abundance in the Yukon, Canada. The hypotheses were that predator ( lynx) dynamics are influenced by prey density, or by both prey and p[...]
