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Artificial burrows with basal chambers are preferred by pygmy bluetongue lizards, Tiliqua adelaidensis
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2013)
Natural refuges are sometimes supplemented with artificial refuges to enhance populations of endangered species, or to improve the success of translocation and relocation programs. The design and structure of these artificial ...
Determining the success of varying short-term confinement time during simulated translocations of the endangered pygmy bluetongue lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis)
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2013)
Translocation is a powerful tool in conservation management, but one of the major problems of this tool is dispersal after release because of a tendency of animals to disperse from unfamiliar sites. We assessed whether ...
Testing the robustness of transmission network models to predict ectoparasite loads. One lizard, two ticks and four years
(Elsevier, 2013-09-19)
Abstract
We investigated transmission pathways for two tick species, Bothriocroton hydrosauri and Amblyomma limbatum, among their sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) hosts in a natural population in South Australia. Our aim was ...
Visual conspecific cues will not help in pygmy bluetongue lizard translocations
(Elsevier BV, 2013-11-19)
Where a translocation program is used to reinforce an existing population of an endangered species, the response of the introduced individuals to cues from conspecific residents will have an important impact on the success ...
The response of a sleepy lizard social network to altered ecological conditions
(Elsevier Masson, 2013-08-14)
The use of social networks to describe animal social structure is increasing, yet our understanding of how social networks respond to changing ecological conditions remains limited. Animal behaviour is often constrained ...
Prey capture behaviour by pygmy bluetongue lizards with simulated grazing
(New Zealand Ecological Society, 2013-12-03)
Image Asymmetry Measurement for the Study of Endangered Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard
(IEEE Explore, 2013-11)
Abstract—There are applications for the measurement of
body asymmetry as some studies have shown a correlation
between asymmetry and fitness for some species. In our study of
the endangered Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard, the ...
Successional specialization in a reptile community cautions against widespread planned burning and complete fire suppression
(Wiley, 2013-06-20)
Conservation of biodiversity in fire-prone regions depends on understanding responses to fire in animal communities and the mechanisms governing these responses.
We collated data from an Australian semi-arid woodland ...
Using plant distributions to predict the current and future range of a rare lizard
(Wiley, 2013-01-30)
Aim To investigate the use of bioclimatic envelope models for predicting distributions of species that have experienced severe human-induced geographic range contractions. Bioclimatic envelope model predictions of current ...
Skeletochronological analysis of age in three ‘fire-specialist’ lizard species
(Field Naturalists' Society of South Australia, 2013-01)
Adverse fire regimes threaten the persistence of animals in many ecosystems.
‘Fire-specialist’ species, which specialise on a particular post-fire successional stage,
are likely to be at greatest risk of decline under ...