Wildlife Research in Australia

Reviews

"A remarkable and complete guide for planning and conducting wildlife research in Australia and for Australian researchers completing studies in other countries. [...] It is not a book that will sit on a shelf gathering dust, rather it will be lying open where it can be easily and readily consulted as needed."
Dave Fleming, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 6 April 2023

"From crocodiles to wombats, numbats to venomous fish, and all in between, the species profiles are an excellent resource, with information on biology, handling and veterinary considerations such as sedation techniques, sample collection or euthanasia. Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods is an invaluable tool for researchers, teachers, students, animal ethics committee members and organisations participating in wildlife research and other activities with wildlife."
Wildlife Health Australia, 31 August 2022

Features

• A guide to the practical and applied aspects of conducting Australian wildlife research.
• Provides guidelines on understanding and applying ethical requirements around wildlife research.
• Includes general operating procedures covering diverse research methods.
• Details animal welfare considerations for working with native and exotic Australian taxa.
• Designed for a range of wildlife researchers, from practitioners, to consultants, academics and animal ethics committee members.

Contents

Foreword
Preface
About the editors
List of contributors

Section 1: Animal ethics and Australian wildlife research
1. Legislation and key concepts
2. Animal ethics committees
3. Emerging and evolving dilemmas in wildlife research

Section 2: Research methods
4. Observing wildlife and its signs
5. Detecting and monitoring wildlife remotely
6. Studying wildlife from the air
7. Wildlife capture methods
8. Wildlife marking methods
9. Wildlife tracking methods
10. Citizen science and education
11. Deterring and repelling wildlife
12. Research methods for marine mammals and reptiles
13. Research methods for marine and estuarine fishes
14. Research methods for freshwater animals
15. Research methods for birds
16. Veterinary procedures for Australian wildlife

Section 3: Species profiles
17. Monotremes
18. Marsupial carnivores
19. Wombats, bandicoots, bilbies, possums and gliders
20. Koalas
21. Macropods
22. Eutherian carnivores
23. Bats
24. Ungulates, lagomorphs and rodents
25. Marine mammals
26. Reptiles
27. Amphibians
28. Crustaceans
29. Cephalopods
30. Marine fishes
31. Sharks, rays and chimaeras
32. Freshwater fishes
33. Perching birds and parrots
34. Raptors
35. Aquatic birds
36. Megapodes, bustard and ratites

Index

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Authors

Dr Bradley P. Smith is a Senior Lecturer in psychology at Central Queensland University. For the past 15 years he has been conducting research relating to the behaviour, cognition and management of captive, domestic and wild animals, as well as the intersections between humans and wildlife.

Dr Helen P. Waudby is a conservation biologist and Adjunct Research Fellow with Charles Sturt University. She has over 20 years' experience working with wildlife, ranging from desert rodents and marsupials to frogs and parasites.

Dr Corinne Alberthsen is a National Animal Ethics Coordinator. She is currently an executive officer to several animal ethics committees, and over the past decade has been a member of, or special advisor to, many others.

Dr Jordan O. Hampton is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, and an Adjunct Lecturer with the Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University. He is a veterinarian with almost 20 years' experience working with a range of Australian wildlife.

Contributors:
Corinne Alberthsen, Benjamin L. Allen, Carmen A. Amos, Robert G. Appleby, Asia O. Armstrong, Kita Ashman, Cynthia A. Awruch, Guy Ballard, Adam Barnett, Megan Bathurst, Linda Behrendorff, Ian P. Bell, Andrew J. Bengsen, Jocelyn Bentley, Karleah K. Berris, Wayne Boardman, Elise Boultby, Deborah S. Bower, Kate J. Brandis, Julie Broken-Brow, Culum Brown, Phoebe A. Burns, Paul A. Butcher, Matthew Campbell, Craig Chargulaf, Simon Cherriman, Andrew W. Claridge, Jessica Clayton, Nick Clemann, Simon Clulow, Amy Coetsee, Joanne H. Connolly, Fabio Cortesi, Graeme Coulson, Tarnya E. Cox, Jemma K. Cripps, Helen A. Crisp, Romane Cristescu, Kevin Crook, Jenna M. Crowe-Riddell, Dympna Cullen, Leanne M. Currey-Randall, Ross K. Daley, Alana de Laive, Clare Death, Kris Descovich, Chris R. Dickman, Zoë A Doubleday, Tegan K. Douglas, Katherine E. Doyle, Christine L. Dudgeon, J. Nicholas Dunlop, Judy Dunlop, Brendan C. Ebner, Bronwyn A. Fancourt, Luciana C. Ferreira, Lachlan Fetterplace, Graeme Finlayson, Brittany Finucci, Peter J. S. Fleming, Nicole Flint, J. Anthony Friend, Ben L. Gilby, Matthew J. Gill, Sarah J. Gill, Dianne Gleeson, Ross L. Goldingay, Rachael Gray, Matthew J. Greenlees, Aaron Greenville, Claire N. Greenwell, Alison L. Greggor, Stephen R. Griffiths, Adrian N. Gutteridge, Susannah Hale, David G. Hamilton, Neil A. Hamilton, Jordan O. Hampton, Nicole A. Hansen, David Harasti, Scott A. Hardie, Sascha Healy, Geoffrey Heard, Jaime Heiniger, Christopher J. Henderson, Jamie Hicks, Naomi Hodgens, Bonnie J. Holmes, Peter H. Holz, Alan Horsup, Katie Howard, Andrew Howe, David Hunter, Charlie Huveneers, Christopher Izzo, Stephen M. Jackson, La Toya Jamieson, Melissa A. Jensen, Rosalind Jessop, Chris J. Jolly, Darryl Jones, Rob L. Jones, Neil R. Jordan, Hayley Louise Jose, Gisela Kaplan, Shannon R. Kelleher, Gregory D. Kerr, Alison J. King, Roger J. Kirkwood, Gerhard Körtner, Gerald Kuchling, Janet M. Lanyon, Mike Letnic, Amanda Lilleyman, Lindy F. Lumsden, Daniel Lunney, Michael Lynch, Anna MacDonald, George Madani, Grace Maglio, Grainne S. Maguire, Helene Marsh, Jonathan Marshall, Tyson Martin, Jasmin C. Martino, Alison Matthews, Michael McFadden, Mel McGregor, Rebecca McIntosh, Adam McKeown, Donald T. McKnight, Steven McLeod, Paul D. Meek, Jane Melville, Heather Middleton, Charlotte Mills, Jonathan Mitchell, Laurie Mitchell, Jenny Molyneux, Andy Moore, David L. Morgan, Damian S. Morrant, Katherine Moseby, Jenny L. Nelson, Vere Nicolson, Samantha J. Nowland, Lisa E. O’Neill, Joanne Ocock, Penny D. Olsen, Jasmin G. Packer, Grant C. Palmer, David Parker, Chris R. Pavey, Cara Penton, Julian Pepperell, Angela J. L. Pestell, Andrew Peters, Sophie Petit, Vanessa Pirotta, Benjamin J. Pitcher, Anthony Pople, Tim Portas, John L. Porter, Tarmo A. Raadik, Sheridan Rabbitt, Cassandra L. Rigby, Peggy D. Rismiller, Euan Ritchie, David T. Roberts, Erin Roger, Troy Rogers, Misha K. Rowell, Nicholas Rutter, Laura Ruykys, Tasmin L. Rymer, Debbie Saunders, Jason Schaffer, Lin Schwarzkopf, Jayson M. Semmens, Melody Serena, Marcus Sheaves, Tiffany Sih, Megan Skelton, Bradley P. Smith, Lysanne Snijders, Kari Soennichsen, Ruchira Somaweera, Jennifer A. Spencer, Derek Spielman, Aditi Sriram, Colleen Cassady St. Clair, Alyson Stobo-Wilson, Dejan Stojanovic, Louise Streeting, Deborah Sullivan, David A. Taggart, Andrea Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Stephen M. Taylor, Daniella Teixeira, Graham Thompson, Scott Thompson, Ian R. Tibbetts, Jorge Tobajas, Kathy A. Townsend, Sean R. Tracey, Michelle Treloar, James M. Turner, Linda van Bommel, Eric Vanderduys, Rebecca Vaughan-Higgins, Karl Vernes, Simone Vitali, Daniela Waltrick, David M. Watson, Maggie J. Watson, Helen P. Waudby, Michael A. Weston, Desley Whisson, Katherine Whitehouse-Tedd, Leanne L. Wilkinson, Samuel M. Williams, Lachlan Wilmott, Ian Wooden, Leigh-Anne Woolley, Barbara E. Wueringer, Sam Young, Christina N. Zdenek, Frances Zewe, Mark Ziembicki.