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A COMPARISON OF SPECIES COUNTS AND DENSITY ESTIMATES DERIVED FROM AREA SEARCHES, LINE TRANSECTS AND POINT COUNTS IN THE JARRAH FOREST OF SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Posted: 03/06/2021No studies have examined differences between census methods for birds in south-western Australian forests, yet unique features of south-western forests may be responsible for differences from those recorded in studies conducted elsewhere. Differences in the number of bird species recorded and densities estimated by area searches, line transects and point counts in jarrah forests of […]
Read MoreSEASONAL AND DIURNAL PATTERNS IN ABUNDANCE OF WATERBIRDS AT A WASTE STABILIZATION POND, VICTORIA
Posted: 03/06/2021Seasonal and diurnal patterns in abundance of waterbirds (excluding waterfowl: Anatidae) on a wastestabilization pond (Pond Nine) within the Lake Borrie System at the Western Treatment Pla:-it, Werribee, Victoria were determined. The Western Treatment Plant is an important Ramsar site, mainly for the waterbird populations that occur there. Pond Nine often supports large numbers of […]
Read MoreDIET OF THE BARN OWL Tyto alba NEAR LAKE FROME IN ARID SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Posted: 03/06/2021This paper presents an analysis of 56 whole pellets and fragments of approximately 200 pellets of the Barn Owl Tyto alba, collected in August 1981 from the arid pastoral zone of north-eastern South Australia. The owl’s diet consisted of 67 per cent mammals (62% rodents}, 3 per cent birds, 30 per cent lizards and less […]
Read MoreABSENCE OF BLOOD PARASITES IN BIRDS ON HERON ISLAND, GREAT BARRIER REEF
Posted: 03/06/2021Recovery Round-up: Volume 29 – Issue 2
Posted: 03/06/2021Recovery Round-up: Volume 28 – Issue 1
Posted: 03/06/2021RECOVERIES, RECAPTURES AND RESIGHTINGS OF AUSTRALASIAN GANNETS Morus serrator BANDED AT LAWRENCE ROCKS, VICTORIA
Posted: 03/06/2021Banding of Australasian gannets Morus serrator (mainly of pre-fledging young) at Lawrence Rocks, off western Victoria, was initiated in 1960 and continued in most years until the 1971-1972 breeding period; a second series of banding began in 1986-1987 and occurred annually until 1996-1997. A total of 9 640 young and 374 adults was banded during […]
Read MoreA LONG-TERM BIRD BANDING STUDY IN UPLAND TROPICAL RAINFOREST, PALUMA RANGE, NORTH-EASTERN QUEENSLAND WITH NOTES ON BREEDING
Posted: 03/06/2021This study is the result of a 20-year bird banding project in upland rainforest on the Paluma Range, north· eastern Queensland. During the first 13 years (1978-90) banding was carried out every year but thereafter only during 1995 and 1997, mist-netting being largely (74% of total netting hours) carried out during the first three seasons. Results provide the […]
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