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Spatial and temporal effects of grazing management and rainfall on the vertebrate fauna of a tropical savanna [PDF]

, 2012
Grazing by domestic livestock is one of the most widespread uses of the rangelands of Australia. There is limited information on the effects of grazing by domestic livestock on the vertebrate fauna of Australia and the establishment of a long-term ...
Kutt, A. S., O'Reagain, Peter J., Vanderduys, E. P.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The impact of gigafire on vegetation structure, terrestrial vertebrate abundance and diel activity

Oikos, Volume 2025, Issue 10, October 2025.
Fire regimes are shifting around the world due to climate and land‐use change, resulting in an increased frequency of large and severe wildfires. However, the impact of extreme wildfire events on animal species remains poorly understood. Particularly lacking is an understanding of how fire affects animal behaviour.
Grant D. Linley, Chris J. Jolly, Eamonn I. F. Wooster, Calum X. Cunningham, Emma E. Spencer, Dylan M. Westaway, Dale G. Nimmo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Western Australian Magpies alter the rate, but not the amplitude, of their territorial song in anthropogenic noise

Ibis, Volume 167, Issue 4, Page 1043-1052, October 2025.
Anthropogenic noise is considered one of the most serious forms of pollution globally and has been shown to have negative effects on the distribution, behaviour, cognition and reproductive success of animal species worldwide. Among the most commonly reported impacts of anthropogenic noise are its effects on acoustic communication.
Grace Blackburn, Mylene Dutour, Benjamin J. Ashton, Alex Thornton, Amanda R. Ridley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal responses in some Eastern Cape African Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) [PDF]

, 2003
Thermal responses were measured in cicadas collected in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The thermal responses of 22 species from 5 biomes were determined. Shade-seeking temperature was the most variable and related to the various biomes.
Phillips, P K, Sanborn, A F, Villet, Martin Herrer   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The impacts of sleep disturbance on birds: a review of the knowledge gaps

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 5, September 2025.
Sleep is an evolutionarily conserved behaviour critical to animal function. While the exact functions of sleep are still unclear, the ubiquity of sleep behaviour and its potential high costs (e.g. reduction in foraging time, increased vulnerability to predators) suggest sleep serves a critical role for animals.
Kamya Patel, Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi, Margaret C. Stanley, Kristal E. Cain   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social and Individual Factors Influence Variation in Offspring Care in the Cooperatively Breeding Western Australian Magpie

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
In cooperatively breeding species, the level of investment in young can vary substantially. Despite receiving considerable research attention, how and why investment in young varies with cooperatively breeding group members remains unclear.
Kyana N. Pike, Benjamin J. Ashton, Kate V. Morgan, Amanda R. Ridley   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nature positive? Commodification, speciesism, abjection in Australia’s environmental law reform

Geographical Research, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 390-404, August 2025.
Proposed changes to Australian environmental conservation legislation entrench commodification of nature, speciesism, and the abjection of the nonhuman. These issues can best be addressed through detailed studies of place and relationships between humans and nonhumans, in order to change the culture and politics of conservation legislation (Image ...
Jane Palmer, Jennifer Lynn Carter
wiley   +1 more source

Variable Vigilance: Native Wildlife React Differently to Live Cats and Their Cues

Austral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Cats (Felis catus) kill millions of native Australian mammals and birds each year. The prey naivety hypothesis suggests this is due to native wildlife failing to recognise cats as predators. The Mata Hari Judas (MHJ) queen technique, where confined female cats are put into prolonged oestrus, has recently been trialled in situ as a method to ...
M. C. Edwards, A. L. Dennien, J. M. Hoy, P. J. Murray   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endothermy in African Platypleurine Cicadas: the influence of body size and habitat (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) [PDF]

, 2004
The platypleurine cicadas have a wide distribution across Africa and southern Asia. We investigate endothermy as a thermoregulatory strategy in 11 South African species from five genera, with comparisons to the lone ectothermic platypleurine we found, in
Phillips, P K, Sanborn, A F, Villet, Martin Herrer   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Swooping in the suburbs : parental defence of an abundant aggressive urban bird against humans

, 2013
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Brunton, Cardilini, Galeotti, Jones, Lees, Marchant, Montgomerie, Sordhal, Székely, Trivers, Weston   +10 more
core   +3 more sources