Determining the distribution of Koala habitat across a shire as a basis for conservation: A case study from Port Stephens, New South Wales

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 186-196

  Lunney, Daniel ^a   Phillips, Stephen ^b   Callaghan, John ^b   Coburn, Dionne ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b Australian Koala Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community survey; Environmental planning; Field survey; Habitat identification; Koala; Local government; Phascolarctos cinereus; Port Stephens; Tree preferences

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

MAMMALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 0032287375     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC980186     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Achurch, H. M., 1989. Tree utilization by Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations with regard to their geographic distribution within close proximity to the city of Brisbane. Honours Thesis. University of Queensland, St Lucia.
2. Australian New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council, 1998. National Koala Conservation Strategy. Australian New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC), Environment Australia, Canberra.
3. Bryan, B. A., 1997. A Generic Method for Identifying Regional Koala Habitat using GIS. Aust. Geogr. Stud. 35: 125-39.
4. Callaghan, J., Leathley, S. and Lunney, D., 1994. Port Stephens Koala Management Plan - Draft for Public Submission. New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Port Stephens Council and Hunter Koala Preservation Society. Printed and distributed by Port Stephens Shire Council, Raymond Terrace.
5. Cork, S. J., Margules, C. R. and Braithwaite, L. W., 1990. Implications of Koala nutrition and the ecology of other arboreal marsupials in south-eastern New South Wales for the conservation (and) management of Koalas. Pp. 48-57 in Koala Summit - Managing Koalas in New South Wales ed by D. Lunney, C. A. Urquhart and P. Reed. New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service.
6. Gordon, G. (ed), 1996. Koalas - Research for Management. Proceedings of the Brisbane Koala Symposium, 22nd-23rd September, 1990. World Koala Research Incorporated.
7. Hindell, M. A., Handasyde, K. A. and Lee, A. K., 1985. Tree species selection by free-ranging Koala populations in Victoria. Aust. Wild. Res. 12: 137-44.
8. Hindell, M. A. and Lee, A. K., 1990. Tree preferences of the Koala. Pp. 117-21 in Biology of the Koala ed by A. K. Lee, K. A. Handasyde and G. D. Sanson. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.
9. Jurskis, V. and Potter, M., 1997. Koala Surveys, Ecology and Conservation at Eden. Research Paper No. 34. State Forests of New South Wales, Sydney.
10. Knott, T., Lunney, D., Coburn, D. and Callaghan, J., in press. An ecological history of Koala habitat in Port Stephens Shire and lower Hunter on the central coast of New South Wales, 1801-1997. Pac. Cons. Biol.
11. Leathley, S. F., O'Connor, S., Lunney, D. and Callaghan, J., 1995. Port Stephens Koala Management Plan. Pp. 120-28 in Proceedings on a Conference on the Status of the Koala in 1995. Australian Koala Foundation, Brisbane.
12. Leathley, S. F. and O'Connor, S., 1996. The Koala. A future? Aust. Plan. 33: 20-24.
13. Lee, A. K., Handasyde, K. A. and Sanson, G. D., 1990. Biology of the Koala. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.
14. Lunney, D. and Reed, P., 1990. Epilogue: Reflections on the Summit. Pp. 243-46 in Koala Summit. Managing Koalas in New South Wales ed by D. Lunney, C. A. Urquhart and P. Reed. New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville.
15. Lunney, D., Urquhart, C. A. and Reed, P. (eds), 1990. Koala Summit. Managing Koalas in New South Wales. New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville.
16. Lunney, D., Moon, C. and Matthews, A., 1996. A 1990 community-based survey of the Koala Phascolarctos cinereus population at Iluka in northern New South Wales. Pp. 102-22 in Koalas - Research for Management ed by G. Gordon. Proceedings of the Brisbane Koala symposium, 22nd-23rd September, 1990. World Koala Research Incorporated.
17. Lunney, D., Coburn, D., Matthews, A. and Moon, C., in press. Community perceptions of Koala populations in Coffs Harbour and Port Stepehens Shires, New South Wales. In The Management and Research of Non-urban Koala Populations ed by A. Melzer, F. Carrick, D. Lamb and K. Lyons. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton.
18. Lunney, D., Krockenberger, A., Curtin, A. and Matthews, A., 1997. Procedures for Preparing Comprehensive Koala Plans of Management under State Environmental Planning Policy 44 - Koala Habitat Protection. New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville. Available from Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Sydney.
19. Moon, C., 1990. Koala corridors: A case study from Lismore. Pp. 87-92 in Koala Summit: Managing Koalas in NSW ed by D. Lunney, C. A. Urquhart and P. Reed. New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville.
20. Munks, S. A., Corkrey, R. and Foley, W. J., 1996. Characteristics of arboreal marsupial habitat in the semi-arid woodlands of northern Queensland. Wildl. Res. 23: 185-95.
21. Norton, T. W. and Neave, H. M., 1996. Koala Habitat: a conceptual functional model. Pp. 93-101 in Koalas - Research for Management ed by G. Gordon. Proceedings of the Brisbane Koala symposium, 22nd-23rd September, 1990. World Koala Research Incorporated.
22. Pahl, L., 1996. Koala and bushland survey of west and central Logan City. Pp. 82-92 in Koalas - Research for Management ed by G. Gordon. Proceedings of the Brisbane Koala symposium, 22nd-23rd September, 1990. World Koala Research Incorporated.
23. Patterson, R. A., 1996. The distribution of Koalas in Queensland 1986-1989. Pp. 75-81 in Koalas -Research for Management ed by G. Gordon. Proceedings of the Brisbane Koala symposium, 22nd-23rd September, 1990. World Koala Research Incorporated.
24. Phillips, S. and Callaghan, J., 1995. The use of faecal pellets to determine tree preferences and the significance of habitat utilisation by Koalas. Pp. 65-70 in Proceedings of a Conference on the Status of the Koala in 1995. Australian Koala Foundation, Brisbane.
25. Phillips, S., Callaghan, J. and Thompson, V., in press. The tree species preferences of Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) inhabiting forest communities growing on quaternary deposits in the Port Stephens area New South Wales. Wildl. Res. (in press).
26. Reed, P., Lunney, D. and Walker, P., 1990. Survey of the Koala Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss) in New South Wales (1986-87), with an ecological interpretation of its distribution. Pp. 55-74 in Biology of the Koala ed by A. K. Lee, K. A. Handasyde and G. D. Sanson. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.
27. Sharp, A. and Phillips, S., 1997. Koalas, Science and Conservation. Pp. 290-301 in Saving Our Natural Heritage? The Role of Science in Managing Australia's Ecosystems ed by C. Copeland and D. Lewis. Halstead Press.
28. Specht, R. L., 1981. Major vegetation formations in Australia. Pp. 161-297 in Ecological Biogeography in Australia ed by A. Keast. Junk, Hague.