| Titre : | Wildlife Research : Management and Conservation 32(2) - 2005 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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S. Campbell, Auteur ;
L. F. Lumsden, Auteur ;
R. Kirkwood, Auteur ;
G. Coulson, Auteur
The day roosting behaviour of the little forest bat (Vespadelus vulturnus), Australia's smallest bat, was investigated in the context of the planned removal of dead timber within managed woodlands on Phillip Island, Victoria. Between August 1999[...]
Article
M. D. Adams, Auteur ;
B. S. Law, Auteur ;
K. O. French, Auteur
We investigated the effects of insect-attracting ultraviolet lights on activity of forest bats (Microchiroptera) with the prediction that lights would increase our indices of bat activity and improve species identification of recorded echolocati[...]
Article
H. Butler, Auteur ;
B. Malone, Auteur ;
N. Clemann, Auteur
In many suburban parts of Australia the removal of snakes from private property by licenced snake catchers is employed to mitigate perceived risks to humans and their pets. The number of snakes translocated around greater Melbourne, Victoria, ea[...]
Article
H. Butler, Auteur ;
B. Malone, Auteur ;
N. Clemann, Auteur
Translocation of snakes is a common practice for managing human-snake conflict in many parts of Australia. The impact of this management on individual snakes is not known. Differences between translocated and non-translocated snakes in terms of [...]
Article
C. A. Marks, Auteur ;
R. Wilson, Auteur
Meat-based baits are currently used for the control of the exotic red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in south-eastern Australia. Thirty-one quadrupedal endemic mammals are considered to be potentially bait consuming (PBC) and may be exposed to bait toxican[...]
Article
K. N. Pickett, Auteur ;
D. S. Hik, Auteur ;
A. E. Newsome, Auteur ;
R. P. Pech, Auteur
The potential effects of predation risk on common brushtail possums were investigated in south-eastern Australian woodlands. Patterns of habitat use, foraging costs using giving-up density (GUD) experiments, and indices of body condition and rep[...]
Article
S. Fearn, Auteur ;
L. Schwarzkopf, Auteur ;
R. Shine, Auteur
Studies on species that attain very large body sizes provide a powerful opportunity to clarify the ecological correlates and consequences of body size, but logistical obstacles mean that most 'giant' species have attracted little field-based res[...]
Article
The impacts of feral goats in rainforests and thickets of the Macleay River system were studied. Rainforest floristics and diversity and goat browsing were measured over five years in a large-scale experiment with two experimental controls (dens[...]
Article
J. S. Bruce, Auteur ;
L. E. Twigg, Auteur
The natural arrival of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in south-western Australia in September 1996 resulted in a reduction in rabbit numbers of similar to 65% (similar to 90% morbidity, with similar to 72% mortality of infected rabbits[...]
Article
P. M. Lukacs, Auteur ;
D. R. Anderson, Auteur ;
K. P. Burnham, Auteur
The trapping web is a method for estimating the density and abundance of animal populations. A Monte Carlo simulation study is performed to explore performance of the trapping web for estimating animal density under a variety of web designs and [...]
Article
S. A. Thompson, Auteur ;
G. G. Thompson, Auteur ;
P. C. Withers, Auteur
We compare bias in the interpretation of sampled reptile and mammal assemblages caught using 20-L PVC buckets and PVC pipes ( 150 mm by 600 mm deep) when used as pit-traps. We report on 16632 pipe- and 16632 bucket-nights of pit-trap data collec[...]
