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  Volume 5 Number 1

 
EDITORIAL  
  Pines, Palms and Pandas. H. F. Recher. 1
FORUM ESSAY  
  Integrating demographic and genetic studies of the Greater Glider Petauroides volans in fragmented forests: predicting movement patterns and rates for future testing. D. B. Lindenmayer, R. C. Lacy, H. Tyndale-Biscoe, A. C. Taylor K. L. Viggers and M. L. Pope. 2
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Conservation status of New Caledonia palms. J-C. Pintaud, T Jaffrg and J.-M. Veillon. 9
  Effects of habitat and introduced mammalian predators on the breeding success of Yellow-eyed Penguins Megadyptes antipodes, South Island, New Zealand. H. Ratz and B. Murphy. 16
  Assessment of the economic and ecological impacts of remnant vegetation on pasture productivity. S. C. Walpole. 28
  Biodiversity and conservation of river macroinvertebrates on an expanding urban fringe: western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. B. C. Chessman and S. A. Williams. 36
  Preliminary predictions of the impacts of habitat area and catastrophes on the viability of Mahogany Glider Petaurus gracilis populations. S. M. Jackson. 56
  Towards scientific contributions in applying the precautionary principle: an example from southwestern Australia. M. C. Calver, J. S. Bradley and I. W. Wright. 63
RESEARCH NOTE  
  Gene pool management of hatchery Barramundi Lates calcarifer for production and stock augmentation programmes. R. Doupé and H. Recher. 73

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  Volume 5 Number 2

 
EDITORIAL  
  The Precautionary Principle. H. F. Recher. 81
FORUM ESSAY  
  Correspondence - Environmental Management: the Precautionary Principle and Null Hypotheses. D. W Goodall. 78
  Response. M. C. Calver, J. S. Bradley and I. W. Wright. 80
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Survival of Mount Eden Bush, an urban forest remnant in Auckland, New Zealand. M. C. Smale and R. O. Gardner. 83
  Population structure and movements of introduced rats in an Hawaiian rainforest. G. D. Lindsey, S. M. Mosher S. G. Fancy and T D. Smucker. 94
  Notes on breeding and conservation of birds on Niuafo'ou Island, Kingdom of Tonga. A. Gôth and U. Vogel. 103
  COPY: A new technique for evaluation of biodiversity protection projects. R. Cullen, G. A. Fairburn and K. E D. Hughey. 115
  Development and application of procedures to identify and conserve threatened ecological communities in the South-west Botanical Province of Western Australia. V. English and J. Blyth. 124
  A test of the variable circular-plot method where exact density of a bird population was known. J. T Nelson and S. G. Fancy. 139
  Uncertainty in assessing the viability of the Powerful Owl Ninox strenua in Victoria, Australia. M. A. McCarthy, A. Webster R. H. Loyn and K. W Lowe. 144
BOOK REVIEWS  
  Conservation Biology for the Australian Environment. A. Agoes, J. Eyres, U. Goeft, D. Horrocks, L McQuillan, C Norwood, M Robertson and A. Watson. 155
  The Improvers' Legacy: Environmental Studies of the Hawkesbury. S. Cumming. 157
  Linkages in the Landscape: The Role of Corridors and Connectivity in Wildlife Conservation. C. Norwood. 158
  Australian Freshwater Ecology. Processes and Management. P. Horwitz. 159

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  Volume 5 Number 3

 
EDITORIAL  
  The Essence of Science: The Social Responsibility of Communicating. H. E Recher and P R. Ehrlich. 161
  Editorial Policy on Referees. H. E Recher. 162
RESEARCH PAPERS  
  Recovery of shrubland communities on abandoned farmland in southwestern Australia: soils, plants, birds and arthropods. G. W. Arnold, M. Abensperg-Traun, R. J. Hobbs, D. E. Steven, L. Atkins, J. J. Viveen and D. M. Gutter. 163
  Reproductive biology, ecology and conservation of Carmichaelia williamsii (Fabaceae), a vulnerable legume from New Zealand. P. B. Heenan and P J. De Lange. 179
  Conservation status of forests and vertebrate communities in the Vava'u Island Group, Tonga. D. W. Steadman, J. Franklin, D. R. Drake, H. B. Freifeld, L. A. Bolick, D. S. Smith and T. J. Motley. 191
  Preliminary investigation of roosting habitat preferences of the large forest bat Vespadelus darlingtoni (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). A. Herr and N. L. Klomp. 208
  The need for more stringent requirements in Environmental Impact Assessment: Shell Cove Marina case study. K. Benkendorff. 214
  Habitat of the Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia and the value of the Bundarra-Barraba region for the conservation of avifauna. D. L. Oliver A. J. Ley, H. A. Ford and B. Williams. 224
BOOK REVIEWS  
  Grassland Flora: a field guide for the Southern Tablelands (NSW and ACT). L. Gilfedder 240
 

Marsupial Nutrition. W. J. Foley.

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  Volume 5 Number 4

 
EDITORIAL  
  Marine Conservation. H. E Recher.
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  Marine Management: Marine Conservation. P Lavery.
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FORUM ESSAY  
1998 Edith Cowan University Research Lecture - The challenge to conserve and manage Australia's marine biodiversity. P. Hutchings.
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Theme: Seagrass Conservation Issues
  Introduction to Papers on Seagrass Conservation Issues. M. Waycott and J. Kenworthy. 250
  Variation in the recruitment behaviour of seagrass seeds: implications for population dynamics and resource management. G. J. Inglis. 251
  The role of sexual reproduction in maintaining populations of Halophila decipiens: implications for the biodiversitv and conservation of tropical seagrass ecosystems. W. J. Kenworthy. 260
  Genetic factors in the conservation of seagrasses. M. Waycott. 269
  Impact of Dugong grazing and turtle cropping on tropical seagrass communities. L. Aragones and H. Marsh. 277
  Characterizing Manatee habitat use and seagrass grazing in Florida and Puerto Rico: implicatiod for conservation and management. L. W. Lefebvre, J. P. Reid, W. J. Kenworthy and J. A. Powell. 289
  Seagrass management in Indian River Lagoon, Florida: dealing with issues of scale. R. W. Virnstein. 299
  Seagrass responses to and recovery (?) from seven years of brown tide. C. P. Onuf. 306
  Effects of depth on manual transplantation of the seagrass Amphibolis griffithii (J. M. Black) den Hartog on Success Bank, Western Australia. E. I.Paling, M. van Keulen, K. Wheeler and C. Walker 314
  Issues for seagrass conservation management in Queensland. W. J. Lee Long, R. G. Coles and L. J. McKenzie. 321
  Seagrass conservation: lessons from ethnobotany. S. Wy1lie-Echeverria, P. Arzel and P. A. Cox. 329
RESEARCH PAPERS
  Seasonal variation in abundance and sex ratio of Grey Nurse (Sand Tiger) Sharks Carcharias taurus in northern New South Wales, Australia: a survey based on observations of recreational scuba divers. P. Parker and D. J. Bucher
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Predation of Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus colonies on the New Zealand mainland: is there safety in numbers? P. O'B. Lyver, H. Moller and C. J. R. Robertson.

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  INDEX 358

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