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Autor:
Graham H. Pyke, Arthur W. White
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 42:667-689
As amphibians have declined more than other vertebrates and are important environmental bio-indicators for aquatic ecosystems, we must understand how attributes of such ecosystems affect individual frogs, populations, and multi-species communities. F
Autor:
Arthur W. White, Graham H. Pyke
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 37:510-516
Long-term refugia or "over-winter" habitats are often overlooked in habitat restoration for the endangered Green and Golden Bell frog Litoria aurea. Studies identifying the occupation of this habitat or materials suitable to re-create it are lacking.
Autor:
Graham H. Pyke, Arthur W. White
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 35:1024-1032
The Plague Minnow Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) was first introduced into Australian waters in 1925. Early introductions were carried out in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and later Perth, by government agencies in an attempt to reduce the incidenc
Autor:
Arthur W. White, D. Mason
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 35:599-618
Extensive mammal surveys were carried out between 1998 and 2004 in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area and the Boodjamullah National Park in north-western Queensland. Thirty eight native mammal spe...
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107:15512-15516
Meiolaniid or horned turtles are members of the extinct Pleistocene megafauna of Australia and the southwest Pacific. The timing and causes of their extinction have remained elusive. Here we report the remains of meiolaniid turtles from cemetery and
Autor:
Arthur W. White, Graham H. Pyke
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 34:319-333
Surveys carried out between 1990 and 1995 of almost all known historic locations within New South Wales (including the ACT) for the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea revealed that the species had suffered a dramatic decline in distribution and
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 34:361-372
The Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea is threatened with extinction, but generally occurs in disturbed sites and has successfully colonized some sites that are essentially artificial. It should therefore be possible to promote recovery of the
Autor:
Arthur W. White, Graham H. Pyke
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 34:249-260
Translocations involving the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea have been under way in the Greater Sydney area since 1993. Case studies for four of these translocations are presented; the translocation sites being at Botany, Marrickv
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 32:12-31
Patterns of habitat-use are used widely as management guides in the conservation of wildlife. However, even for relatively well-studied species, such the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea, our knowledge of specific habitat requirements is lack
Autor:
Graham H. Pyke, Arthur W. White
Publikováno v:
Australian Zoologist. 31:563-598
The Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea is an unusual endangered frog species. It has a high public profile as many populations occur in areas affected by human activities. As a result, there has been considerable recent scientific and popular i