Ecological Niche Breadth and Microhabitat Guild Structure in Temperate Australian
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Draft Animal Keepers Species List
Revised NSW Native Animal Keepers’ Species List Draft © 2017 State of NSW and Office of Environment and Heritage With the exception of photographs, the State of NSW and Office of Environment and Heritage are pleased to allow this material to be reproduced in whole or in part for educational and non-commercial use, provided the meaning is unchanged and its source, publisher and authorship are acknowledged. Specific permission is required for the reproduction of photographs. The Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) has compiled this report in good faith, exercising all due care and attention. No representation is made about the accuracy, completeness or suitability of the information in this publication for any particular purpose. OEH shall not be liable for any damage which may occur to any person or organisation taking action or not on the basis of this publication. Readers should seek appropriate advice when applying the information to their specific needs. All content in this publication is owned by OEH and is protected by Crown Copyright, unless credited otherwise. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), subject to the exemptions contained in the licence. The legal code for the licence is available at Creative Commons. OEH asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: © State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2017. Published by: Office of Environment and Heritage 59 Goulburn Street, Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box A290, -
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Volume Eleven Conservation Science 2016 Western Australia Review and synthesis of knowledge of insular ecology, with emphasis on the islands of Western Australia IAN ABBOTT and ALLAN WILLS i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 METHODS 17 Data sources 17 Personal knowledge 17 Assumptions 17 Nomenclatural conventions 17 PRELIMINARY 18 Concepts and definitions 18 Island nomenclature 18 Scope 20 INSULAR FEATURES AND THE ISLAND SYNDROME 20 Physical description 20 Biological description 23 Reduced species richness 23 Occurrence of endemic species or subspecies 23 Occurrence of unique ecosystems 27 Species characteristic of WA islands 27 Hyperabundance 30 Habitat changes 31 Behavioural changes 32 Morphological changes 33 Changes in niches 35 Genetic changes 35 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 36 Degree of exposure to wave action and salt spray 36 Normal exposure 36 Extreme exposure and tidal surge 40 Substrate 41 Topographic variation 42 Maximum elevation 43 Climate 44 Number and extent of vegetation and other types of habitat present 45 Degree of isolation from the nearest source area 49 History: Time since separation (or formation) 52 Planar area 54 Presence of breeding seals, seabirds, and turtles 59 Presence of Indigenous people 60 Activities of Europeans 63 Sampling completeness and comparability 81 Ecological interactions 83 Coups de foudres 94 LINKAGES BETWEEN THE 15 FACTORS 94 ii THE TRANSITION FROM MAINLAND TO ISLAND: KNOWNS; KNOWN UNKNOWNS; AND UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS 96 SPECIES TURNOVER 99 Landbird species 100 Seabird species 108 Waterbird -
Identifying Conservation Priorities and Assessing Impacts and Trade‐Offs of Potential Future Development in the Lower Hunter Valley in New South Wales
Identifying conservation priorities and assessing impacts and trade-offs of potential future development in the Lower Hunter Valley in New South Wales A report by the NERP Environmental Decisions Hub Heini Kujala, Amy L. Whitehead and Brendan A. Wintle The University of Melbourne The Environmental Decisions Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program www.environment.gov.au/nerp and involves researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA), The University of Melbourne (UM), RMIT University (RMIT), The Australian National University (ANU), The University of Queensland (UQ) and CSIRO . Identifying conservation priorities and assessing impacts and trade‐offs of potential future development in the Lower Hunter Valley in New South Wales. ISBN: 978‐07340‐5140‐0 (PDF) Hub Research Theme: 4.4 Regional Sustainability Plans (Hunter) Enquiries to: [email protected] © The University of Melbourne This work is copyright. It may be produced in whole or in part for study or training purposes subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source. It is not intended for commercial sale or use. Reproduction for other purposes other than those listed above requires the written permission from the authors. For permission to reproduce any part of this document, please approach the authors. Please cite the report as follows: Kujala H, Whitehead AL & Wintle BA (2015) Identifying conservation priorities and assessing impacts and trade‐offs of potential future development in the Lower Hunter Valley in New South Wales. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria. Pp. 100 Purpose of the Report This report describes the framework and tools used to identify areas of high conservation priority in the Lower Hunter, and to assess the individual and cumulative impacts of potential future development scenarios. -
Fowlers Gap Biodiversity Checklist Reptiles
Fowlers Gap Biodiversity Checklist ow if there are so many lizards then they should make tasty N meals for someone. Many of the lizard-eaters come from their Reptiles own kind, especially the snake-like legless lizards and the snakes themselves. The former are completely harmless to people but the latter should be left alone and assumed to be venomous. Even so it odern reptiles are at the most diverse in the tropics and the is quite safe to watch a snake from a distance but some like the Md rylands of the world. The Australian arid zone has some of the Mulga Snake can be curious and this could get a little most diverse reptile communities found anywhere. In and around a disconcerting! single tussock of spinifex in the western deserts you could find 18 species of lizards. Fowlers Gap does not have any spinifex but even he most common lizards that you will encounter are the large so you do not have to go far to see reptiles in the warmer weather. Tand ubiquitous Shingleback and Central Bearded Dragon. The diversity here is as astonishing as anywhere. Imagine finding six They both have a tendency to use roads for passage, warming up or species of geckos ranging from 50-85 mm long, all within the same for display. So please slow your vehicle down and then take evasive genus. Or think about a similar diversity of striped skinks from 45-75 action to spare them from becoming a road casualty. The mm long! How do all these lizards make a living in such a dry and Shingleback is often seen alone but actually is monogamous and seemingly unproductive landscape? pairs for life. -
Revision of the Saxicoline Geckos of the Gehyra Punctata (Squamata: Gekkonidae) Species Complex in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia Paul Doughty1,*, Aaron M
RECORDS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 33 001–050 (2018) DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(1).2018.001-050 Spots before the eyes: revision of the saxicoline geckos of the Gehyra punctata (Squamata: Gekkonidae) species complex in the Pilbara region of Western Australia Paul Doughty1,*, Aaron M. Bauer2, Mitzy Pepper3 and J. Scott Keogh3 1 Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia. 2 Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, U.S.A. 3 Division of Evolution, Ecology & Genetics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. * Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT – The Gehyra punctata species complex in the Pilbara and surrounding regions of Western Australia has long been known for its confused taxonomy. Recent collections in the region have enabled a reassessment of specimens currently referable to G. punctata. We assessed populations genetically using newly generated mitochondrial DNA data in conjunction with recently published phylogenomic data and an unpublished allozyme analysis. In addition, we carried out a detailed morphological examination involving hundreds of specimens across this taxon’s range. Many possible candidate species were recovered from these analyses, and the re-examination of morphology indicated two major clades: one small-bodied and one large-bodied, each comprising multiple divergent lineages within them. A syntype of Peropus variegatus punctatus Fry, 1914, believed to have been lost at the time of Mitchell’s revision in 1965, was recently found in the Western Australian Museum collections, and is here designated as the lectotype of G. -
Testing the Relevance of Binary, Mosaic and Continuous Landscape Conceptualisations to Reptiles in Regenerating Dryland Landscapes
Testing the relevance of binary, mosaic and continuous landscape conceptualisations to reptiles in regenerating dryland landscapes Melissa J. Bruton1, Martine Maron1,2, Noam Levin1,3, Clive A. McAlpine1,2 1The University of Queensland, Landscape Ecology and Conservation Group, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, St Lucia, Australia 4067 2The University of Queensland, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, St. Lucia, Australia 4067 3Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel, 91905 Corresponding author: [email protected] Ph: (+61) 409 875 780 The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-015-0157-9 Abstract: Context: Fauna distributions are assessed using discrete (binary and mosaic) or continuous conceptualisations of the landscape. The value of the information derived from these analyses depends on the relevance of the landscape representation (or model) used to the landscape and fauna of interest. Discrete representations dominate analyses of landscape context in disturbed and regenerating landscapes; however within-patch variation suggests that continuous representations may help explain the distribution of fauna in such landscapes. Objectives: We tested the relevance of binary, mosaic, and continuous conceptualisations of landscape context to reptiles in regenerating dryland landscapes. Methods: For each of thirteen reptile groups, we compared the fit of models consisting of one landscape composition and one landscape heterogeneity variable for each of six landscape representations (2 x binary, 2 x mosaic, and 2 x continuous), at three buffer distances. We used Akaike weights to assess the relative support for each model. Maps were created from Landsat satellite images. -
IMPACTS of the UNPRECEDENTED 2019-20 BUSHFIRES on AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS NOVEMBER 2020 Acknowledgements
AUSTRALIA IMPACTS OF THE UNPRECEDENTED 2019-20 BUSHFIRES ON AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS NOVEMBER 2020 Acknowledgements WWF-Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and their continuing connection to their lands, waters, and culture. We pay our respects to Elders – past and present, and their emerging leaders. WWF-Australia is part of the world’s largest conservation network. WWF-Australia has been working to create a world where people live in harmony with nature since 1978. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth’s CONTENTS natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. Prepared by Lily M van Eeden, Dale Nimmo, Michael BACKGROUND 10 Mahony, Kerryn Herman, Glenn Ehmke, Joris Driessen, James O’Connor, Gilad Bino, Martin Taylor and Chris 1.1 Fire in Australia 10 Dickman for WWF-Australia 1.2 The 2019-20 bushfire season 10 We are grateful to the researchers who provided data or feedback on the report. These include: 1.3 Scope of this study 12 • Eddy Cannella 1.3.1 Taxa included 14 • David Chapple 1.3.2 Study area 14 • Hugh Davies • Deanna Duffy 1.4 Limitations 17 • Hugh Ford • Chris Johnson 1. MAMMALS 18 • Brad Law 2.1 Methods 18 • Sarah Legge • David Lindenmayer 2.1.1 Most mammals 18 • Simon McDonald 2.1.2 Koalas 19 • Damian Michael 2.2 Results 22 • Harry Moore • Stewart Nichol 2.3 Caveats 22 • Alyson Stobo-Wilson • Reid Tingley 2. -
WRA23 Fauna Report Sept 2002
VVEERRTTEEBBRRAATTEE Brigalow Belt South FFAAUUNNAA SSUURRVVEEYY,, AANNAALLYYSSIISS AANNDD Stage 2 MMOODDEELLLLIINNGG PROJECTS PROJECTS NSW WESTERN REGIONAL ASSESSMENTS SEPTEMBER 2002 Resource and Conservation Assessment Council VERTEBRATE FAUNA SURVEY, ANALYSIS AND MODELLING PROJECTS NSW WESTERN REGIONAL ASSESSMENTS BRIGALOW BELT SOUTH BIOREGION (STAGE 2) NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Projects undertaken for the Resource and Conservation Assessment Council NSW Western Regional Assessments Project numbers WRA 23 and WRA 27 For more information and for information on access to data contact the: Resource and Conservation Division, Planning NSW GPO Box 3927 SYDNEY NSW 2002 Phone: (02) 9762 8052 Fax: (02) 9762 8712 www.racac.nsw.gov.au © Crown copyright September 2002 New South Wales Government ISBN [1740291921] This project has been funded and managed by the Resource and Conservation Division, Planning NSW Main Author: Michael Pennay Co Author: Carl Gosper Co Authors (Species Profiles): Jade Freeman, Robyn Molsher, Marc Irvin, Tania Laity. Reviewers: Murray Ellis (NPWS), Darren Shelly (DLWC), Jim Shields (SFNSW), David Goldney (Charles Sturt University), Martin Denny (Independent), Todd Soderquist (NPWS). Acknowledgments: Western Regional Assessment Unit Manager: Gary Saunders. Project Manager: Michael Pennay. Technical Working Group: Murray Ellis (NPWS), Darren Shelly (DLWC), Jim Shields (SFNSW), David Goldney (Charles Sturt University). GIS Support: Heidi Henry, Steve Thornton, Michael Pennay. Data entry: Jade Freeman, Rebecca Drury. Data check: Technical Working Group, Carl Gosper, Rebecca Drury, Chris Turbill, Michael Pennay. Bat Call Analysis: Greg Ford. Voucher specimen identification: Sandy Ingleby, Terry Reardon, Hank Godthelp, Harry Parnaby, Ross Sadlier, Australian Museum. Survey Team Leaders: Rebecca Drury, Carl Gosper, Michael Pennay. NPWS Survey Team Members: Alex Dudley, Chris Turbill. -
GBMWHA Native Reptiles Bionet - 16 May 2016 Lizards, Snakes and Turtles NSW Comm
BM nature GBMWHA Native Reptiles BioNet - 16 May 2016 lizards, snakes and turtles NSW Comm. Family Scientific Name Common Name status status Lizards Agamidae Amphibolurus muricatus Jacky Lizard Agamidae Amphibolurus nobbi Nobbi Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii Eastern Water Dragon Agamidae Pogona barbata Bearded Dragon Agamidae Rankinia diemensis Mountain Dragon Gekkonidae Amalosia lesueurii Lesueur's Velvet Gecko Gekkonidae Christinus marmoratus Marbled Gecko Gekkonidae Diplodactylus vittatus Wood Gecko Gekkonidae Nebulifera robusta Robust Velvet Gecko Gekkonidae Phyllurus platurus Broad-tailed Gecko Gekkonidae Underwoodisaurus milii Thick-tailed Gecko Pygopodidae Delma plebeia Leaden Delma Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's Snake-lizard Pygopodidae Pygopus lepidopodus Common Scaly-foot Scincidae Acritoscincus duperreyi Eastern Three-lined Skink Scincidae Acritoscincus platynota Red-throated Skink Scincidae Anomalopus leuckartii Two-clawed Worm-skink Scincidae Anomalopus swansoni Punctate Worm-skink Scincidae Carlia tetradactyla Southern Rainbow-skink Scincidae Carlia vivax Tussock Rainbow-skink Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pannosus Ragged Snake-eyed Skink Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus Cream-striped Shinning-skink Scincidae Ctenotus robustus Robust Ctenotus Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus Copper-tailed Skink Scincidae Cyclodomorphus gerrardii Pink-tongued Lizard Scincidae Cyclodomorphus michaeli Mainland She-oak Skink Scincidae Egernia cunninghami Cunningham's Skink Scincidae Egernia saxatilis Black Rock Skink Scincidae Egernia striolata -
Catalogue of Protozoan Parasites Recorded in Australia Peter J. O
1 CATALOGUE OF PROTOZOAN PARASITES RECORDED IN AUSTRALIA PETER J. O’DONOGHUE & ROBERT D. ADLARD O’Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2000 02 29: Catalogue of protozoan parasites recorded in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(1):1-164. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. Published reports of protozoan species from Australian animals have been compiled into a host- parasite checklist, a parasite-host checklist and a cross-referenced bibliography. Protozoa listed include parasites, commensals and symbionts but free-living species have been excluded. Over 590 protozoan species are listed including amoebae, flagellates, ciliates and ‘sporozoa’ (the latter comprising apicomplexans, microsporans, myxozoans, haplosporidians and paramyxeans). Organisms are recorded in association with some 520 hosts including mammals, marsupials, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates. Information has been abstracted from over 1,270 scientific publications predating 1999 and all records include taxonomic authorities, synonyms, common names, sites of infection within hosts and geographic locations. Protozoa, parasite checklist, host checklist, bibliography, Australia. Peter J. O’Donoghue, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia; Robert D. Adlard, Protozoa Section, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia; 31 January 2000. CONTENTS the literature for reports relevant to contemporary studies. Such problems could be avoided if all previous HOST-PARASITE CHECKLIST 5 records were consolidated into a single database. Most Mammals 5 researchers currently avail themselves of various Reptiles 21 electronic database and abstracting services but none Amphibians 26 include literature published earlier than 1985 and not all Birds 34 journal titles are covered in their databases. Fish 44 Invertebrates 54 Several catalogues of parasites in Australian PARASITE-HOST CHECKLIST 63 hosts have previously been published. -
Terrestrial Fauna Assessment
Cameby Downs Continued Operations Project EnvironmentalEnvironmental Values Assessment Assessment APPENDIX E Terrestrial Fauna Assessment Cameby Downs Continued Operation Project Terrestrial Fauna Assessment May 2018 Syntech Resources Pty Ltd ecology / vegetation / wildlife / aquatic ecology / GIS Executive summary The Cameby Downs Mine is owned and operated by Syntech Resources Pty Ltd (Syntech) and is managed by Yancoal Australia Ltd (Yancoal). Syntech are considering expanding their operation area as part of the Cameby Downs Continued Operations Project (the Project) and an environmental values statement is being prepared to accompany a major Environmental Authority Amendment application. Syntech commissioned Ecosure Pty Ltd (Ecosure) to undertake terrestrial fauna field surveys and ecological assessments to address the minimum requirements in the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage (DEHP) Information Request for an Amendment Application for an Environmental Authority. To supplement previous fauna surveys undertaken over the last decade, Ecosure undertook preliminary surveys and targeted surveys in July 2016. More comprehensive surveys followed in October 2016. Overall, six detailed trapping sites, 50 observational surveys and 56 targeted surveys were undertaken across the study area to determine the likelihood of occurrence of species listed as conservation significant species under State legislation and/ or threatened under Commonwealth legislation. A total of five conservation significant species have been recorded during field surveys (including previous surveys) conducted in the study area. These were: • koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) • glossy black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami) • grey snake (Hemiaspis damelii) • short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) • yakka skink (Egernia rugosa) (during previous surveys only). A total of 192 species were recorded during the field surveys, including 13 amphibians, 101 birds, 25 mammals and 26 reptiles. -
NSW Native Animal Keepers' Species List 2014
NSW Native Animal Keepers’ Species List 2014 The NSW Native Animal Keepers’ Species List 2014 (also available at www.environment.nsw.gov.au) contains the names of all species that may be kept under licence. If the animal species you want to keep isn’t listed, you generally cannot keep it, although the Department might consider requests to keep unlisted species of reptile, bird or amphibian. If you are applying for a licence for an unlisted species, you will need to supply details of the species and numbers you are proposing to keep, the legal availability of the species and its husbandry requirements in captivity. A new species list is produced by the Department each year. You can only hold an animal that is applicable to class as listed in the current year’s species list. Some animals are listed as exempt and a licence is not required to hold or trade those species (see exempt species list at the back of this document). Some hybridised animals are recorded in this list. The Department does not support native animal keepers who breed between animals of different species. Regulations prohibit the breeding of native waterfowl with domestic waterfowl. Your licence must be endorsed with the class under which the species is applicable. Holding requirements for venomous reptiles must be in accordance with the requirements contained in the class criteria for advanced reptile venomous category 1,2 or 3 as contained in the “Application for an Advanced Class- Native Animal Keepers’ Licence.” If you acquire or dispose of a native species of Cockatoo listed as applicable to class B1, or any species of animal listed under A2,B2,B3,R2,R3,R4 or R5 you must notify the Director General by email or in writing of the details of the transaction within fourteen days of the transaction taking place.