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  Volume 4 Number 1

 
EDITORIAL  
  Forestry, cultural ecology and ecological sustainability. H. F. Recher. 1
NEWS AND VIEWS  
  National Biodiversity Council. H. F. Recher. 3
FORUM ESSAY  
  Aspects of ecologically sustainable forestry in temperate eucalypt forests - beyond an expanded reserve system. D. B. Lindenmayer and H. F. Recher. 4
REVIEWS  
  Co-existence and cultural difference: posteolonial ecology in the contemporary Pacific. S. Weaver. 11
  xotic plant invasion and understorey species richness: a comparison of two types of eucalypt woodland in agricultural Western Australia. M. Abensperg-Traun, L. Atkins, R. Hobbs and D. Steven. 21
  Identifying threatened species in the "south" using new criteria. A. J. Stattersfield. 33
  The reappearance of Taudactylus (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in north Queensland streams. C. J. Marshall. 39
  Mound springs in the Dawson River Valley, Queensland. Vegetation -environment relations and consequences of a proposed impoundment on botanical values. R. J. Fensham. 42
  Influence of the Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala on avian diversity and abundance in remnant Grey Box woodland. M. J. Grey, M. F. Clarke and R. H. Loyn. 55
  Towards integrating farming and conservation: the role of native pastures. C. Nadolny. 70
  Powerline easements through forests: a case study of impacts on avifauna. J. Baker, R. J. Goldingay and R. J. Whelan. 79
BOOK REVIEWS  
  Conservation Through Sustainable Use of Wildlife. M. Calver. 90
  Conservation Outside Nature Reserves. M. Calver. 90

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  Volume 4 Number 2

 
EDITORIAL  
  Conservation Biology and "Rights" to Resources. H. F. Recher. 93
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Handing on the right to fish: the law of the land and cross-cultural co-operation in a gulf community in Australia. N. Sharp. 95
  Taxonomy, genetics and conservation: a preliminary study of the variation in Actephila lindleyi (Euphorbiaceae) a rainforest shrub. A. Shapcott. 105
  Birds in patches of old-growth ash forest, in a matrix of younger forest. R. H. Loyn. 111
  Local extinction and nestedness of small-mammal faunas in fragmented forest of central Victoria, Australia. J. N. Deacon and R. Mac Nally. 122
  Vegetation change in the grasslands and grassy woodlands of east-central Cape York Peninsula, Australia. G. M. Crowley and S. T. Garnett. 132
  Distribution of the Western Petalura dragonfly Petalura hesperia Watson in Western Australia. M. D. Barren and M. R. Williams. 149
  The effects of isolation, habitat fragmentation and degradation by livestock grazing on the use by birds of patches of Gimlet Eucalyptus salubris woodland in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. G. W. Arnold and J. R. Weeldenburg. 155
RESEARCH NOTES  
  The genetic diversity and distinctiveness of the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus (Gray, 1854) in New South Wales. L. C. Pope, A. Sharp and C. Moritz. 164
BOOK REVIEWS  
  How Many People can the Earth Support? S. Bootle. 170
  Biodiversity. A Biology of Numbers and Difference. B. Franke. 171
  The Sixth Extinction: Biodiversity and its Survival. P. Stewart. 172
  Proceedings of the 1994 Rock-wallaby Symposium Australian Mammalogy. S. Cumming. 172
  Plant Ecology 2nd Edition. R. Gurner. 173
  Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems. A. McCarthy. 174
OBITUARY  
  James (Jim) F. Lynch. D. Saunders. 175

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  Volume 4 Number 3

 
EDITORIAL  
  Australian Elections, Wilderness and the Lost Billions. H. F. Recher. 177
NEWS AND VIEWS  
  Recent trends in amphibian conservation: a report from the Third World Congress of Herpetology. R. C. Nias. 179
FORUM ESSAY  
  Wilderness and its place in nature conservation in Australia. B. G. Mackey, R. G. Lesslie, D. B. Lindenmayer and H. A. Nix. 182
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Determining the distribution of Koala habitat across a shire as a basis for conservation: a case study from Port Stephens, New South Wales. D. Lunney, S. Phillips, J. Callaghan and D. Coburn. 186
  The effects of fire on a population of Red-winged Fairy-wrens Malurus elegans in Karri forest in southwestern Australia. E. Russell and I. Rowley. 197
  Density of the burrowing scorpion Urodacus armatus (Scorpiones; Scorpionidae) in relation to vegetation types: implications for population decline following agricultural clearing. G. T. Smith. 209
  An estimate of the Plumed Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus plumiferius population size in the Conondale Ranges. G. C. Smith, B. J. Hamley and N. Lees. 215
  Determination of the presence of Mycobacterium avium on Guam as a precursor to reintroduction of indigenous bird species. L Silva-Krott, M. K. Brock and R. E. Junge. 232
  Colony sizes, roost use and foraging ecology of Hipposideros diadema reginae, a rare bat from tropical Australia. C. R. Pavey. 232
  Carabid Beetle and vegetation associations in the Tasmanian Eastern Tiers: implications for conservation. K. Michaels and L. Mendel. 240
  The Big-headed Ant Pheidole megacephala: a new threat to monsoonal northwestern Australia. B. D. Hoffmann. 250
  Effectiveness of the detector dogs used for deterring the dispersal of Brown Tree Snakes. R. M. Engeman, D. S. Vice, D. V. Rodriguez, K. S. Gruver, W. S. Santos and M. E. PitzIer. 256
  Twenty-eight years of monitoring a breeding population of Carnaby's Cockatoo. D. A. Saunders and J. A. Ingram. 261
BOOK REVIEWS  
  Green Management. R. Gurner. 271
  Granite Outcrops Symposium. B. Cox. 271
  Physiology of Woody Plants. R. Gurner. 272
  Snow: A Natural History; an uncertain Future. S. Cumming. 273
  Behavioural Approaches to Conservation in the Wild. B. Van Elven. 273
  The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature. N. Wood. 274
  Climate Change 1995. G. T. Watts. 275

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  Volume 4 Number 4

 
EDITORIAL  
  The enigma of biodiversity. H. F Recher. 277
FORUM ESSAY  
  Forum Essay - Response. K. Morris and M. Williams. 279
  Rebuttal. H. F. Recher. 280
  Jarrah Forest Birds. J. N. Hutchinson. 281
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  The Thevenard Island mouse: historic and conservation implications from mitochondrial DNA sequence-variation. D. Moro, N. J. H. Campbell, M. S. Elphinstone and P R. Baverstock. 282
  Systematic affinities of island and mainland populations of the Dunnart Sminthopsis griseoventer in Western Australia: data from allozymes and mitochondrial DNA. A. Labrinidis, S. J. B. Cooper, M. Adams and N. Baczocha. 289
  Conservation status of mammals and birds in southwestern Australian forests. I. Is there evidence of direct links between forestry practices and species decline and extinction? M. C. Calver and J. Dell. 296
  Conservation status of mammals and birds in southwestern Australian forests. II. Are there unstudied, indirect or long-term links between forestry practices and species decline and extinction? M. C. Calver and J. Dell. 315
  Effects of variable-intensity logging on marrunals, reptiles and amphibians at Waratah Creek, southwestern New South Wales. R. P. Kavanagh and G. A. Webb. 326
  Trapping strategies for deterring the spread of Brown Tree Snakes from Guam. R. M. Engeman and M. A. Linnell.
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  An ecological history of Koala habitat in Port Stephens Shire and the Lower Hunter on the Central Coast of New South Wales, 1801-1998. T. Knott, D. Lunney, D. Coburn and J. Callaghan. 354
BOOK REVIEWS  
  Forest Issues 2: Conserving Hollow-dependent Fauna in Timber-production Forests (Environmental Heritage Monograph Series No. 3). S. Cumming. 369
  Applying the Precautionary Principle. B. Cox. 369
  Tropical Pacific Island Environments. B. Cox. 370
  Biology by Numbers: An Encouragement to Quantitative Thinking. B. Van Elven. 371
INDEX 372

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