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Authors and Titles

Adams, N. Callaghan, J. See Twigg, L. E. 473 See Phillips, S. 1, 509 Alexander, P. Calver, M. C. See Pople, A. R. 269 See Risbey, D. A. 223 See Cairns, S. C. 309 Capurro, A. F. Algar, D. See Travaini, A. 669 See Thomson, P. C. 451 Catling, P. C., Burt, R. J., and Forrester, R. I. See Marlow, N. J. 457 Models of the distribution and abundance of ground-dwelling Allen, L. R. in the eucalypt forests of north-eastern New South See Engeman, R. M. 553 Wales in relation to habitat variables. 639 Alterio, N., and Moller, H. Chapuis, J.-L. Secondary poisoning of stoats (Mustela erminea) in a South See Chekchak, T. 91 Island podocarp forest, New Zealand: implications for Chekchak, T., Chapuis, J.-L., Pisanu, B., and Bousses, P. conservation. 501 Introduction of the rabbit flea, Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale), Bach, C. to a subantarctic island (Kerguelen Archipelago) as a See Palmer, C. 169 vector of myxomatosis. 91 Bayne, P., Harden, B., , K., and Taylor, U. Choquenot, D. Controlling feral goats by shooting from a helicopter with and See Fleming, P. J. S. 531 without the assistance of ground-based spotters. 517 Christie, P. Beard, L. A. See Southgate, R. I. 621 See Pople, A. R. 269 Churchill, S. K. See Cairns, S. C. 309 See Trainor, C. R. 319 Bellchambers, K. Cole, J. R., and Woinarski, J. C. Z. See Southgate, R. I. 621 Rodents of the arid Northern Territory: conservation status Berman, D. M. and distribution. 437 See Cooke, B. D. 137 Collins, P. See Eldridge, S. R. 495 See Gales, N. J. 165 Billing, J. Cooke, B. D., and Berman, D. M. The control of introduced Rattus rattus L. on Lord Howe Island. II. Effect of inoculation route and ambient temperature on the survival The status of warfarin resistance in rats and mice. 659 time of rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), infected with Billing, J., and Harden, R. H. Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus. 137 The control of introduced Rattus rattus L. on Lord Howe Island. I. Courchamp, F., Say, L., and Pontier, D. The response of mouse populations to warfarin bait used to Transmission of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus in a population control rats. 655 of cats (Felis catus). 603 Bousses, P. Crealy, I. V. See Chekchak, T. 91 See Edwards, G. P. 143 Bradley, J. S. Crossland, M. R. See Risbey, D. A. 223 See Komak, S. 185 Brooker, B. The range and habitat characteristics of the thick-billed grasswren Dann, P. (Amytornis textilis) in the Shark Bay region, Western Foraging behaviour and diets of red-necked stints and curlew Australia. 245 sandpipers in south-eastern Australia. 61 reu, N. D. Brothers, N. de P See Edwards, G. P. 143 See Goldsworthy, S. D. 559, 573 See Twigg, L. E. 473 See Giese, M. 583 Dickman, C. R., Leung, L. K.-P., and Van Dyck, S. M. Bulinski, J., and McArthur, C. Status, ecological attributes and conservation of native rodents Observer error in counts of macropod scats. 277 in Queensland. 333 Burt, R. J. Dickman, C. R., Lunney, D., and Matthews, A. See Catling, P. C. 639 Ecological attributes and conservation of native rodents in New Burwell, C. J. South Wales. 47 See Pavey, C. R. 283 Driessen, M. M. Busana, F. See Mallick, S. A. 103 See Marks, C. A. 483 See Hocking, G. J. 371 Cairns, S. C., See Pople, A. R. 269 Eason, C. T. Cairns, S. C., Grigg, G. C., Beard, L. A., Pople, A. R. and Alexander, P. See Ross, J. G. 69 Western grey kangaroos ( fuliginosus) in the South See Henderson, R. J. 297 Australian pastoral zone: populations at the edge of their Edwards, G. P. range. 309 See Twigg, L. E. 473 676

Edwards, G. P., de Preu, N. D., Shakeshaft, B. J., and Crealy, I. V. Haberley, B. An evaluation of two methods of assessing feral cat and See Gales, N. J. 165 dingo abundance in central Australia. 143 Hackman, C. Efford, M. G., Warburton, B., and Spencer, N. J. See Marks, C. A. 483 Home-range changes by brushtail possums in response to Hamill, J. control. 117 See Goldsworthy, S. D. 573 Eldridge, S. R. See Giese, M. 583 See Twigg, L. E. 473 Harden, R. H. Eldridge, S. R., Berman, D. M., and Walsh, B. See Bayne, P. 517 Field evaluation of four 1080 baits for dingo control. 495 See Billing, J. 655 Engeman, R. M., Pipas, M. J., Gruver, K. S., and Allen, L. R. Harris, S. Monitoring coyote population changes with a passive See Saunders, G. R. 237 activity index. 553 Henderson, R. J., and Eason, C. T. Acute toxicity of cholecalciferol and gliftor baits to the European Fisher, A. rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. 297 See Trainor, C. R. 319 Hickling, G. J. Fleming, P. J. S., Choquenot, D., and Mason, R. J. See Ross, J. G. 69 Aerial baiting of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) for exotic disease control Hillcox, S. J. in the semi-arid rangelands of New South Wales. 531 See How, R. A. 81 Ford, G. I. Hocking, G. J. See Young, R. A. 203 See Mallick, S. A. 103 Forrester, R. I. Hocking, G. J., and Driessen, M. M. See Catling, P. C. 639 Status and conservation of the rodents of Tasmania. 371 How, R. A., Hillcox, S. J. Gales, N. J., Haberley, B., and Collins, P. , Trichosurus vulpecula, populations in south- Changes in the abundance of New Zealand fur seals, western Australia: demography, diet and conservation status. 81 Arctocephalus forsteri, in Western Australia. 165 Gales, R. P. See Goldsworthy, S. D. 559, 573 Jackson, S. M. See Giese, M. 583 Population dynamics and life history of the mahogany glider, Garavanta, C. A. M., Wooller, R. D., and Richardson, K. C. gracilis, and the , Petaurus breviceps, Movement patterns of honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus, in the in North Queensland. 21 Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia. 179 Habitat relationships of the mahogany glider, Petaurus gracilis, Giese, M. and the sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps.39 See Goldsworthy, S. D. 559, 573 Home-range and den use of the mahogany glider, Petaurus Giese, M., Goldsworthy, S. D., Gales, R. P., Brothers, N., and gracilis.49 Hamill, J. Jamieson, I. G. Effects of the Iron Baron oil spill on little penguins (Eudyptula See Small, A. O. 635 minor). III. Breeding success of rehabilitated oiled birds. 583 Johnson, C. N. Gifford, E. J. See Woolnough, A. P. 301 See Kay, B. J. 547 Jones, M. E. See Molsher, R. L. 593 Road upgrade, road mortality and remedial measures: impacts Gigliotti, F. on a population of eastern quolls and Tasmanian devils. See Marks, C. A. 483 289 Goldingay, R. L. Juste, J. Use of sap trees by the yellow-bellied glider in the Shoalhaven See Travaini, A. 669 region of New South Wales. 217 Goldsworthy, S. D. See Giese, M. 583 Kay, B. J. Goldsworthy, S. D., Gales, R. P., Giese, M, and Brothers, N. See Saunders, G. R. 129 Effects of the Iron Baron oil spill on little penguins Kay, B. J., Gifford, E. J., Perry, R., and van de Ven, R. (Eudyptula minor). I. Estimates of mortality. 559 Trapping efficiency for foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in central New Goldsworthy, S. D., Giese, M., Gales, R. P., Brothers, N., and South Wales: age and sex biases and the effects of reduced Hamill, J. fox abundance. 547 Effects of the Iron Baron oil spill on little penguins (Eudyptula Kemper, C. M. minor). II. Post-release survival of rehabilitated oiled See Robinson, A. C. 379 birds. 573 Kirkwood, R. J. Goosem, M. See Shaughnessy, P. D. 629 Effects of tropical rainforest roads on small mammals: edge Kok, N. E. changes in community composition. 151 See Thomson, P. C. 465 Grigg, G. C. See Marlow, N. J. 457 See Pople, A. R. 269 Komak, S., and Crossland, M. R. See Cairns, S. C. 309 An assessment of the introduced mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis Gruver, K. S. holbrooki) as a predator of eggs, hatchlings and tadpoles of See Engeman, R. M. 553 native and non-native anurans. 185 677

Lapidge, S. J. Nicholls, A. O. Dietary adaptation of reintroduced yellow-footed rock-, See Shaughnessy, P. D. 629 Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus (Marsupialia : ), Novaro, A. J. in the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. 195 See Travaini, A. 669 Leung, L. K.-P. See Dickman, C. R. 333 Palmer, C., Price, O., and Bach, C. Logan, M., and Sanson, G. D. Foraging ecology of the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) in A new technique for measuring size distributions of fine the seasonal tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia. 169 ingesta/digesta particles. 191 Paull, D. Lunney, D. See Rees, M. 539 See Dickman, C. R. 347 Pavey, C. R., and Burwell, C. J. Foraging ecology of three species of hipposiderid bats in tropical Mallick, S. A., Driessen, M. M., and Hocking, G. J. rainforest in north-east Australia. 283 Demography and home range of the eastern barred bandicoot Perry, R. (Perameles gunnii) in south-eastern Tasmania. 103 See Kay, B. J. 547 Marks, C. A., Busana, F., Gigliotti, F., and Hackman, C. Phillips, S., and Callaghan, J. Assuring that 1080 toxicosis in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is Tree species preferences of koalas ( cinereus) in the humane: fluoroacetic acid (1080) and drug combinations. 483 Campbelltown area south-west of Sydney, New South Wales. 509 Marlow, N. J. Phillips, S., Callaghan, J., and Thompson, V. See Thomson, P. C. 465 The tree species preferences of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Marlow, N. J., Thomson, P. C., Algar, D., Rose, K., Kok, N. E., and inhabiting forest and woodland communities on Quaternary Sinagra, J. A. deposits in the Port Stephens area, New South Wales. 1 Demographic characteristics and social organisation of a Pines, K. population of red foxes in a rangeland area in Western See Bayne, P. 517 Australia. 457 Pipas, M. J. Mason, R. J. See Engeman, R. M. 553 See Fleming, P. J. S. 531 Pisanu, B. See Chekchak, T. 91 Matthews, A. Pontier, D. See Dickman, C. R. 347 See Courchamp, F. 603 McArthur, C. Pople, A. R. See Bulinski, J. 277 See Cairns, S. C. 309 McIlroy, J. C. Pople, A. R., Grigg, G. C., Cairns, S. C., Beard, L. A., and See Molsher, R. L. 593 Alexander, P. McLeod, S. Trends in the numbers of red kangaroos and emus on either side See Saunders, G. R. 129 of the South Australian dingo fence: evidence for predator Medlin, G. C. regulation? 269 See Robinson, A. C. 379 Price, O. Meek, P. D., and Saunders, G. R. See Palmer, C. 169 Home range and movement of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in coastal New South Wales, Australia. 663 Rees, M., and Paull, D. Menkhorst, P. W. Distribution of the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) See Seebeck, J. H. 357 in the Portland region of south-western Victoria. 539 Moller, H. Richardson, B. J. See Alterio, N. 501 See Moriarty, A. 613 Molsher, R. L., Gifford, E. J., and McIlroy, J. C. Richardson, K. C. Temporal, spatial and individual variation in the diet of red foxes See Garavanta, C. A. M. 179 (Vulpes vulpes) in central New South Wales. 593 Risbey, D. A., Calver, M. C., Short, J. C., Bradley, J. S., and Wright, I. W. Morgan, D. R. The impact of cats and foxes on the small vertebrate fauna of See Ross, J. G. 69 Heirisson Prong, Western Australia. II. A field experiment. Moriarty, A., Saunders, G. R., and Richardson, B. J. 223 Mortality factors acting on adult rabbits in central-western Robinson, A. C., Kemper, C. M., Medlin, G. C., and Watts, C. H. S. New South Wales. 613 The rodents of South Australia. 379 Moro, D., and Morris, K. D. Rose, K. Movements and refugia of Lakeland Downs short-tailed mice, See Marlow, N. J. 457 Leggadina lakedownensis, and house mice, Mus domesticus, See Thomson, P. C. 465 on Thevenard Island, Western Australia. 11 Ross, J. G., Hickling, G. J., Morgan, D. R., and Eason, C. T. Population structure and dynamics of sympatric house mice, The role of non-toxic prefeed and postfeed in the development Mus domesticus, and Lakeland Downs short-tailed mice, and maintenance of 1080 bait shyness in captive brushtail Leggadina lakedownensis, on Thevenard Island, possums. 69 Western Australia. 257 Ryan, C. J. Morris, K. D. See Small, A. O. 635 See Moro, D. 11, 257 The status and conservation of native rodents in Western Sanson, G. D. Australia. 405 See Logan, M. 191 678

Saunders, G. R. Travaini, A., Juste, J., Novaro, A. J., and Capurro, A. F. See Moriarty, A. 613 Sexual dimorphism and sex identification in the South American See Meek, P. D. 663 culpeo fox, Pseudalopex culpaeus (Carnivora : Canidae). 669 Saunders, G. R., and Harris, S. Troy, S. K. Evaluation of attractants and bait preferences of captive red foxes See Shaughnessy, P. D. 629 (Vulpes vulpes). 237 Twigg, L. E., Eldridge, S. R., Edwards, G. P., Shakeshaft, B. J., Saunders, G. R., McLeod, S., and Kay, B. J. dePreu, N. D., and Adams, N. Degradation of sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) in buried fox The longevity and efficacy of 1080 meat baits used for dingo baits. 129 control in central Australia. 473 Say, L. See Courchamp, F. 603 van de Ven, R. Schlusser, K. See Kay, B. J. 547 See Small, A. O. 635 Van Dyck, S. M. Seebeck, J. H., and Menkhorst, P. W. See Dickman, C. R. 333 Status and conservation of the rodents of Victoria. 357 Shakeshaft, B. J. Walsh, B. See Edwards, G. P. 143 See Eldridge, S. R. 495 See Twigg, L. E. 473 Warburton, B. Shaughnessy, P. D., Troy, S. K., Kirkwood, R. J., and Nicholls, A. O. See Efford, M. G. 117 Australian fur seals at Seal Rocks, Victoria: pup abundance by Ward, S. J. mark–recapture estimation shows continued increase. 629 The efficacy of nestboxes versus spotlighting for detecting Short, J. C. feathertail gliders. 75 See Risbey, D. A. 223 Watts, C. H. S. Sinagra, J. A. See Robinson, A. C. 379 See Marlow, N. J. 457 Winstanley, R. K. Small, A. O., Schlusser, K., Ryan, C. J., and Jamieson, I. G. Morphological change and fat accumulation in juvenile red foxes Detecting sperm on the perivitelline membrane of incubated (Vulpes vulpes) in the Central Tablelands of New South turkey eggs and its implications for research on fertility Wales. 525 problems in endangered species. 635 Woinarski, J. C. Z. Southgate, R. I., Christie, P., and Bellchambers, K. See Trainor, C. R. 319 Breeding biology of captive, reintroduced and wild greater bilbies, See Cole, J. R. 437 Macrotis lagotis (Marsupialia : Peramelidae). 621 Woinarski, J. C. Z. Spencer, N. J. The conservation status of rodents in the monsoonal tropics of See Efford, M. G. 117 the Northern Territory. 421 Wooller, R. D. Taylor, U. See Garavanta, C. A. M. 179 See Bayne, P. 517 Woolnough, A. P., and Johnson, C. N. Thompson, V. Assessment of the potential for competition between two See Phillips, S. 1 sympatric herbivores – the northern hairy-nosed , Thomson, P. C. krefftii, and the eastern grey kangaroo, See Marlow, N. J. 457 Macropus giganteus. 301 Thomson, P. C., and Algar, D. Wright, I. W. The uptake of dried meat baits by foxes and investigations of See Risbey, D. A. 223 baiting rates in Western Australia. 451 Thomson, P. C., Marlow, N. J., Rose, K., and Kok, N. E. Young, R. A., and Ford, G. I. The effectiveness of a large-scale baiting campaign and an Bat fauna of a semi-arid environment in central western evaluation of a buffer zone strategy for fox control. 465 Queensland, Australia. 203 Trainor, C. R., Fisher, A., Woinarski, J. C. Z., and Churchill, S. K. Multiscale patterns of habitat use by the Carpentarian rock-rat (Zyzomys palatalis) and the common rock-rat (Z. argurus). 319