This study investigated the abundance and detectability of forest owls in south-western Australia. Boobooks occurred 23 times (48% of nights) and the masked owl once in 42 surveys. Tawny frogmouths were detected three times. These results are considered with two other investigations of forest owls in the region.
Current Issue
Australian Journal of Zoology
Volume 65 Number 2 2017
ZO17006Spatial ecology of yellow-spotted goannas adjacent to a sea turtle nesting beach
Juan Lei, David T. Booth and Ross G. Dwyer
pp. 77-86
Yellow-spotted goannas (Varanus panoptes) are the main turtle nest predators at the Wreck Rock rookery, adjacent to Deepwater National Park in south-east Queensland. Examination of space-use patterns indicates that it is the larger male yellow-spotted goannas that are the main predators of sea turtle nests at the Wreck Rock beach-nesting aggregation.
Photo by Juan Lei.
ZO16087No evidence of protracted population decline across 17 years in an unmanaged population of the green and golden bell frog in north-eastern New South Wales
Ross L. Goldingay, Jonathan Parkyn and David A. Newell
pp. 87-96
Describing the population trends of threatened species is central to conservation. We conducted mark–recapture modelling for a population of green and golden bell frogs in two periods, 17 years apart. There was no evidence this unmanaged population was in decline. We highlight factors that may cause bias in population modelling.
Photo by Sergio Jacomy.
ZO16079Morphometric analysis of the Australian freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
Glenn P. Edwards, Grahame J. Webb, S. Charlie Manolis and Alex Mazanov
pp. 97-111
We conducted a morphometric analysis of Crocodylus johnstoni and present formulae which allow the accurate reconstruction of C. johnstoni from measurements of individual body parts. We also compared relative growth in C. johnstoni to that in other species of crocodile and discuss possible ecological correlates of observed differences.
Photo by Yusuke Fukuda.
ZO17005Do female dingo–dog hybrids breed like dingoes or dogs?
Marina S. Cursino, Lana Harriott, Benjamin L. Allen, Matthew Gentle and Luke K.-P. Leung
pp. 112-119
The breeding seasonality of female dingo–dog hybrids was investigated. Ovary follicular phase was characterised by growing follicles in late summer and autumn. Characteristics of uterus pregnancy were observed in winter and coincided with a peak of corpus luteum. Overall, the data show that hybrids have a single annual breeding season in winter, exhibiting the same breeding seasonality as dingoes.
ZO16063Ecology of the rare but irruptive Pilliga mouse, Pseudomys pilligaensis. V. Relationships with yellow-footed antechinus, Antechinus flavipes, and house mouse, Mus domesticus
Hideyuki Tokushima and Peter J. Jarman
pp. 120-129
We investigated relationships between Pseudomys pilligaensis and other small mammals in terms of their population fluctuations and habitat selection during its irruption. It is suggested that Mus domesticus was possibly excluded from our sites through competition with P. pilligaensis. This study provides ecological information which can contribute to effective management planning for P. pilligaensis.
Photo by Hideyuki Tokushima.
ZO17025Effect of flow on platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) reproduction and related population processes in the upper Shoalhaven River
M. Serena and T. R. Grant
pp. 130-139
The occurrence of high poststorm discharge in the period when juveniles are confined to nesting burrows was the best predictor of platypus reproductive failure in the unregulated upper Shoalhaven River. In contrast, a significant positive linear relationship was identified between percentage lactation and antecedent March–July flow.
Photo by the Australian Platypus Conservancy.
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Published online 18 October 2017
ZO17038Native marsupials as egg predators of artificial ground-nests in Australian woodland
Graham R. Fulton
Marsupials are not generally regarded as nest-predators of birds. Three marsupials – boodie (Bettongia lesueur), woylie (B. penicillata) and brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) – were identified taking eggs from artificial ground nests. Dietary evidence of bettongs consuming vertebrates, including live prey, is presented.
Photo by John Lawson.
Published online 02 October 2017
ZO17017Seasonal effects on body temperature of the endangered grassland earless dragon, Tympanocryptis pinguicolla, from populations at two elevations
Lyn S. Nelson and Paul D. Cooper
Populations of the endangered grassland earless dragon, Tympanocryptis pinguicolla, from two elevations were compared for seasonal preferred temperature in a laboratory temperature gradient and in the field using radio-telemetry and chest temperature measurements. These data and operative temperatures in various microhabitats indicate that these lizards are moderate thermoregulators.
Photo by L. S. Nelson.
Published online 04 September 2017
ZO17004Demographic parameters of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) in an urban forest remnant
David J. Sharpe and Ross L. Goldingay
Effective management of species requires detailed knowledge of key population parameters. We conducted capture–mark–recapture of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis). The overall probability of annual apparent survival was 0.49 ± 0.08. Estimates of population size varied markedly over our 4-year study, but suggested this population near Brisbane was in decline.
Photo by Ross Goldingay.
Just Accepted
These articles have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. They are still in production and have not been edited, so may differ from the final published form.
ZO17038, Accepted 08 October 2017
Native marsupials as egg predators of artificial ground-nests in Australian woodland
ZO17046, Accepted 28 September 2017
Mammals on Western Australian islands: occurrence and preliminary analysis
Andrew Burbidge and Ian Abbott
ZO17036, Accepted 15 September 2017
It’s a girl! A female southern elephant seal born in Western Australia
Clive McMahon, Michele Thums, Melissa Evans, Holly Raudino, Miecha Bradshaw, Vaughn Chapple, Stephen Goodlich, Paul Rebuck, Clair Holland, Steven Busby and Mark Hindell
ZO16028, Accepted 30 June 2017
Dietary composition and prey preference of a new carnivorous marsupial species, the Buff-footed Antechinus (Antechinus mysticus), at the northern and southern limits of its range
Coral Pearce, Chris Burwell and Andrew Baker
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Owl survey of the Peel–Harvey Estuary in south-western Australia
Australian Journal of Zoology 65 (2)Graham R. Fulton -
No evidence of protracted population decline across 17 years in an unmanaged population of the green and golden bell frog in north-eastern New South Wales
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Spatial ecology of yellow-spotted goannas adjacent to a sea turtle nesting beach
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Do female dingo–dog hybrids breed like dingoes or dogs?
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Effect of flow on platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) reproduction and related population processes in the upper Shoalhaven River
Australian Journal of Zoology 65 (2)M. Serena, T. R. Grant -
How Australian mammals contributed to our understanding of sex determination and sex chromosomes
Australian Journal of Zoology 64 (4)Jennifer A. Marshall Graves -
Long-term recovery from fire by a population of honey possums (Tarsipes rostratus) in the extreme south-west of Western Australia
Australian Journal of Zoology 65 (1)S. D. Bradshaw, F. J. Bradshaw -
Ecology of the rare but irruptive Pilliga mouse, Pseudomys pilligaensis. V. Relationships with yellow-footed antechinus, Antechinus flavipes, and house mouse, Mus domesticus
Australian Journal of Zoology 65 (2)Hideyuki Tokushima, Peter J. Jarman -
Morphometric analysis of the Australian freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
Australian Journal of Zoology 65 (2)Glenn P. Edwards, Grahame J. Webb, S. Charlie Manolis, Alex Mazanov -
Benefits of being a generalist carnivore when threatened by climate change: the comparative dietary ecology of two sympatric semelparous marsupials, including a new endangered species (Antechinus arktos)
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Population genetics of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland
Australian Journal of Zoology 64 (6)S. Dennison, G. J. Frankham, L. E. Neaves, C. Flanagan, S. FitzGibbon, M. D. B. Eldridge, R. N. Johnson -
Influence of rainfall on population dynamics and survival of a threatened rodent (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) under a drying climate in coastal woodlands of south-eastern Australia
Australian Journal of Zoology 65 (1)Mandy Lock, Barbara A. Wilson -
Early development of eel-tailed catfish, Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell) (Teleostei : Plotosidae), with validation of daily otolith increment formation
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Genetic structure and diversity of the black-throated finch (Poephila cincta) across its current range
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Wildlife in the line of fire: evaluating the stress physiology of a critically endangered Australian marsupial after bushfire
Australian Journal of Zoology 64 (6)Stephanie Hing, Krista L. Jones, Christine Rafferty, R. C. Andrew Thompson, Edward J. Narayan, Stephanie S. Godfrey -
Stable isotope ecology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Australian Journal of Zoology 64 (5)L. R. G. DeSantis, C. Hedberg -
Assessing body condition in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): a comparison of new and old methods
Australian Journal of Zoology 64 (6)J. W. Macgregor, C. Holyoake, S. Munks, J. H. Connolly, I. D. Robertson, P. A. Fleming, R. A. Lonsdale, K. Warren -
Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata : Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Australian Journal of Zoology 64 (6)Valter Weijola, Fred Kraus, Varpu Vahtera, Christer Lindqvist, Stephen C. Donnellan -
Limited sex bias in the fine-scale spatial genetic structure of the eastern grey kangaroo and its relationship to habitat
Australian Journal of Zoology 65 (1)Linda E. Neaves, Michael W. Roberts, Catherine A. Herbert, Mark D. B. Eldridge -
Influence of fire regime and other habitat factors on a eucalypt forest bird community in south-eastern Australia in the 1980s
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