Wiildlife in dry lake and associated habitats in western New South Wales

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 256-271

  Briggs, S V ^a   Seddon, J A ^a   Thornton, S A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Australia; Biodiversity; Birds; Dry lake; Reptiles; Shrubland; Small mammals; Woodland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942283111     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ0000256     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Bird, P. and Carpenter, G. (1990). Reptiles and amphibians. In: Chowilla floodplain biological study (Eds C. O'Malley and F. Sheldon) pp. 101-18. Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, Adelaide.
2. Briggs, S.V. (1994). Ecological management of lakebed cropping. Report to Environmental Trusts. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. 149 pp. + appendices.
3. Briggs, S.V. (I996). Native small mammals and reptiles in cropped and uncropped parts of lakebeds in semi-arid Australia. Wildl. Res. 23: 629-36.
4. Briggs, S.V. (1997). Small mammals in cropped and uncropped parts of dry lakes along the Darling Anabranch in south-western New South Wales. In: Conservation outside nature reserves (Eds P. Hale and D. Lamb) pp. 344-8. University of Queensland, Brisbane.
5. Briggs, S.V. and Jenkins, K.M. (1997). Guidelines for managing cropping on lakes in the MurrayDarling Basin. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. 24 pp.
6. Brown, G. and Bennett, A. (1995). Reptiles in rural environments. Report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Melbourne. 144 pp.
7. Carpenter, G. (1990). Birds. In: Chowilla floodplain biological study (Eds C. O'Malley and F. Sheldon) pp. 55-78. Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, Adelaide.
8. Christidis, L. and Boles, W. E. (1994). The taxonomy and species of birds of Australia and its territories. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Monograph 2. RAOU, Melbourne.
9. Cogger, H.G. (1992). 'Reptiles and amphibians of Australia'. Reed, Sydney. 775 pp.
10. Cunningham, G. M., Mulham, \V. E., Milthorpe, P. L. and Leigh. J. H. (1981). 'Plants of western New South Wales'. Soil Conservation Service of NSW, Sydney. 776 pp.
11. Dickman, C.R., Predavec, M. and Downey, F.J. (1995). Long-range movements of small mammals in arid Australia: implications for land management. J. Arid Environ. 31: 441-52.
12. Downey, F.J. and Dickman, C.R. (1993). Macro and microhabitat relationships among lizards of sandridge desert in central Australia. //;: Herpetology in Australia (Eds D. Lunney and D. Ayers) pp. 133-8. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney.
13. Ford, H.A. (1989). 'Ecology of birds'. Surrey Beatty, Sydney. 288 pp.
14. Fox, M. D. (1991). The natural vegetation of the Ana Branch - Mildura 1:250 000 map sheet (New South Wales). Cunninghamia 2: 443-94.
15. Friend, G.R., Smith, G.T., Mitchell, D.S. and Dickman, C.R. (1989). Influence of pitfall and drift fence design on capture rates of small vertebrates in semi-arid habitats of Western Australia. Anst. Wildl. Res. 16: 1-10.
16. Gehrke, P.C., Brown, P., Schiller, C.B., Moffatt, D.B. and Bruce, A.M. (1995). River regulation and fish communities in the Murray-Darling river system, Australia. Regul. Rivers 11: 363-75.
17. Henle, K. (1990). Population ecology and life history of three terrestrial geckos in arid Australia. Copeia 1990:759-81.
18. Hobbs, T.J., Mortem, S.R., Masters, P. and Jones, K.R. (1994). Influence of pit-trap design on sampling of reptiles in arid spinifex grasslands. Wildl. Res. 21: 483-90.
19. Jenkins, K.M. and Briggs, S.V. (1995). Ecological management of lakebed cropping on the lakes of the Great Anabranch of the Darling River. Report to Australian Nature Conservation Agency. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. 183 pp.
20. Kingsford, R.T., Thomas, R.F. and Wong, P.S. (1996). Significant wetlands for waterbirds in the Murray-Darling Basin. Report to Murray-Darling Basin Commission. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. 76 pp.
21. Morton, S.R. (1976). Ecological and physiological studies of Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Unpublished PhD thesis. University of Melbourne, Melbourne. 196 pp. + appendices + tables.
22. Morton, S.R. (1978). An ecological study of Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) III. Reproduction and life history. Aust. Wildl. Res. 5: 183-211.
23. Predavec, M. and Dickman, C.R. (1993). Ecology of desert frogs: a study from southwestern Queensland. In: Herpetology in Australia (Eds D. Lunney and D. Ayers) pp. 159-69. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney.
24. Quin, D. and Briggs, S.V. (1995). Birds. In: Ecological management of lakebed cropping on the lakes of the Great Anabranch of the Darling River (Eds K.M. Jenkins and S.V. Briggs) pp. 91-112. Report to Australian Nature Conservation Agency. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney.
25. Read, D.G. (1984a). Reproduction and breeding season of Planigale gilcsi and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Aust. Mammal. 7: 161-73.
26. Read, D.G. (1984b). Movements and home ranges of three sympatric dasyurids, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Planigale gilesi and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia), in semi arid western New South Wales. Aust. Wildl. Res. 11: 223-34.
27. Read, D.G. (1987). Habitat use by Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Planigale gilesi and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in semi-arid New South Wales. Aust. Wildl. Res. 14: 385-95.
28. Read, D.G. (1988). Weather and trap response of the dasyurid marsupials Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Planigale gilesi and P. tenuirostris. Aust. Wildl. Res. 15: 139-48.
29. Read, D. G. (1995). Fauna survey of the floodplain of the Great Anabranch of the lower Darling River. Aust. Zool 30: 57-64.
30. Read, J.L. (1995). Subhabitat variability: A key to the high reptile diversity in chenopod shrublands. Aust.J.Ecol. 20:494-501.
31. Reid, J. (1992). Terrestrial monitoring of Coongie after flood. Report to the Reserves Advisory Committee of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Adelaide. 38 pp.
32. Reid, J. and Gillen, J. (1988). The Coongie Lakes Study. Report to the Department of Environment and Planning, Adelaide. 300 pp.
33. Schodde, R. and Tidemann, S. C. (Eds) (1986). 'Reader's Digest complete book of Australian birds'. Reader's Digest, Sydney. 640 pp.
34. Seddon, J.A. and Briggs, S.V. (1998). Lakes and lakebed cropping in the Western Division of New South Wales. Rangel. J. 20: 237-54.
35. Smith, G.T., Arnold, G.W., Sarre, S., Abensberg-Traun, M. and Steven, D.E. (I996). The effect of habitat fragmentation and livestock grazing on animal communities in remnants of gimlet Eucalyptus salubris woodland in the Western Australian wheatbelt. II. Lizards. J. Appl. Ecol. 33: 1302-10.
36. Strahan, R. (Ed) (1995). The mammals of Australia'. Reed, Sydney.
37. Vickery, W.L. and Bider, J.R. (1978). The effect of weather on Sorex cinereiis activity. Can. J. Zool. 56: 291-7.
38. Vickery, W.L. and Bider, J.R. (1981). The influence of weather on rodent activity. J. Mammal. 62: 140-5.
39. Woolley, P. (1974). The pouch of Planigale sitbtilissima and other dasyurid marsupials. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 57: 11-15.