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A journal dedicated to conservation and wildlife management in the Pacific region.



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  Volume 3 Number 1

 
EDITORIAL  
  State of Australia's environment. H. F. Recher. 1
NEWS AND VIEWS  
  National Biodiversity Council. H. F. Recher. 2
ANNOUNCEMENTS 3
FORUM ESSAYS  
  The 10 Lords of the Universe - the New South Wales TSC Act's Committee. L. Lim. 4
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Ecological attributes of the threatened fauna of New South Wales. D. Lunney, A. L. Curtin, D. Fisher, D. Ayers and C. R. Dickman. 13
  The impact of planting for restoration of remnant bushland on its scientific and educational values: implications for conservation planning. L. McLoughlin. 27
  Translocation of the Palila, an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper. S. G. Fancy, T. J. Snetsinger and J. D. Jacobi. 39
  The Kangaroo Rats of California: endemism and conservation of keystone species. R. L. Goldingay, P. A. Kelly and D. F. Willianis.
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  Threats on Pacific islands: the spread of the Tramp Ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). H. Jourdan. 61
  Colonizing Cane Toads cause population declines in native predators: reliable anecdotal information and management implications. S. Burnett. 65
BOOK REVIEWS  
  The Australian Zoologist - successful opportunist in a changing environment? Ed. by D. Lunney and L. Dawson. A. Boulton. 73
  Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna. Ed. by D. Lunney. R. E. Fox. 74
  People and Nature Conservation. Perspectives on Private Land Use and Endangered Species Recovery. Ed. by A. Bennett, G. Backhouse and T. Clark. Or C. L. Gross. 75
  Herpetology in Australia: A Diverse Discipline. Ed by D. Lunney and D. Ayers. R. Harlen. 76
  Gondwanan Heritage. Ed. by S. Hopper, J. Chappill, M. Harvey and A. George. H. F. Recher. 77
  Future of the fauna of western New South Wales. Ed. by D. Lunney, S. Hand, P. Reed and D. Butcher. D. Oliver. 78

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  Volume 3 Number 2

 
EDITORIAL  
  Conservation priorities: myths and realities. H. F. Recher. 81
NEWS AND VIEWS  
  National Biodiversity. H. F. Recher. 82
FORUM ESSAY  
  Is biodiversity really the link between conservation and ecologically sustainable management? A reflection on paradigm and practice. J. Davie. 83
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Predation at nests of two New Zealand endemic passerines; implications for bird community restoration. K. P. Brown. 91
  Restoration of New Zealand islands: redressing the effects of introduced species. D. R. Towns, D. Simberloff and L. A. E. Atkinson. 99
  How secure is the Lord Howe Island Woodhen? A population viability analysis using VORTEX. B. W. Brook, L. Lim, R. Harden and R. Frankham.
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  Natural history of the New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat Pteralopex sp. nov. from the Solomon Islands. D. Fisher and E. Tasker. 134
  Distribution and response of rats Rattus rattus R. exulans to seedfall in New Zealand beech forests. C. M. King and H. Moller. 143
NOTE  
  Effects of undergrowth Council removal on the species diversity of insects in natural forests of Okinawa Honto S. Azuma, T. Sasaki and Y. Itb. 156
BOOK REVIEWS  
  Fading Fauna. Ed. by D. Lunney and L. Dawson. S. R. Morton. 161
  Losing Ground: An Environmental History of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment. By Sue Rosen. R. French. 161
  Nature Conservation 4: The Role of Networks. Ed. by D. A. Saunders, J. L. Craig and E. M. Mattiske. J. Phillips. 162
  Platypus and Echidnas. Ed. by M. L. Augee. D. G. Quin. 163
  The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study. By P. W. Richards. J. Kikkawa and L. Webb. 165
  Conserving Biodiversity: Threats and Solutions. Ed. by R. A. Bradstock, T. D. Auld, D. A. Keith, R. T. Kingsford, D. Lunney and D. P. Sivertsen. N. Reid. 166

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  Volume 3 Number 3

 
EDITORIAL  
  Conservation and management of Australasian birds. H. F. Recher. 171
Theme: Conservation and management of Australasian birds
  Managing bird populations: for whom and at what cost. J. L. Craig. 172
  Impact and response: a review of the effects of fire on the Australian avifauna. J. C. Z. Woinarski and H.F. Recher. 183
  Fire and its impact on avian population dynamics. G. B. Baker, E. B. Dettmann and S. J. Wilson. 206
  Responses by birds to fire regime and vegetation at the wet selerophyll/tropical rainforest boundary. A. Chapman and G. N. Harrington. 213
  Effects of an extensive wildfire on birds in far eastern Victoria. R. H. Loyn. 268
  The influence of plant diversity on the resilience of harvester termites to fire. M. Abensperg-Traun, D. Steven and L. Atkins. 221
  The decline, response to fire, status and management of the Eastern Bristlebird. J. Baker. 235
  Land use, habitat change and the conservation of birds in fragmented rural environments: a landscape perspective from the Northern Plains, Victoria, Australia. A. F. Bennett and L. A. Ford. 244
  Use of remnant forest habitat by birds during winter in subtropical Australia: patterns and processes. C. P. Catterall, M. B. Kingston and K. Park. 262
  Use by birds of riparian vegetation in an extensively fragmented landscape. A. M. Fisher and D. C. Goldney. 275
  Species interactions between the White-winged Chough and Australian Magpie in a fragmented landscape. S. J. Cox and J. J. Bauer. 289
  Dispersal of the Blue-breasted Fairy-wren in fragmented habitat in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. M. Brooker and L. Brooker. 295
  Extinct and introduced vertebrate species in New Zealand: a loss of biodistinctiveness and gain in biodiversity. K.J. Wilson. 301
  Genetics and the conservation of Australian birds. J. Norman and L. Christidis. 306

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  Volume 3 Number 4

 
EDITORIAL  
  Challenging the wisdom of the Universe. Parliament and the People: the perils of saving species. H. F. Recher. 311
FORUM ESSAYS  
  The 10 Lords of the Universe respond to Lim. P. Adam, T. Auld, D. Benson, P. Catling, C. Dickman, M. Flenting, R. Gunning, P. Hutchings, D. Kemp and J. Shields. 319
REVIEWS  
  Conservation of the endangered Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera. D. Priddel and N. Carlile. 322
  Status and management of the Palila, an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, 1987-1996. T. K. Pratt, P. C. Banko, S. G. Fancy, G. D. Lindsey and J. D. Jacobi. 330
  Conservation of the Noisy Scrub-bird: a review of 35 years of research and management. A. Danks. 341
  Integrating management of Pittosporum undulatum with other environmental weeds in Sydney's urban bushland. S. Rose. 350
  The protection of forested coastal wetlands in Southern Sumatra: a regional strategy for integrating conservation and development. J. Davie and E. Surnmardja.
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  Population numbers, response to weather. movements and management of the threatened New Zealand skinks Oligosoma grande and 0. otagense in tussock grassland. E. J. Coddington and A. Cree. 379
  Comment on the efficacy of Queensland nature conservation legislation in relation to Acrodipsas illidgei (Waterhouse and Lyell) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). 392
  Past and Present Distribution of the Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunning in the Midlands, Tasmania. S. A Mallick, M. Haseler, G. J. Hocking and M. M. Driessen. 397
BOOK REVIEWS  
  “The Greens” and “Green Fire” S. Bootle. 403
  Rare or Threatened Australian Plants: 1995 Revised Edition. R. Froend. 404
  The exploitation of mammal populations. R. Doupe. 405
  Back from the Brink: Refining the Threatened Species Recovery Process. B. Sommer. 407
  The Origin and Evolution of Pacific Island Biotas. New Guinea to Eastern Polynesia: Patterns and Processes. J. D. Majer. 408
INDEX 409

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