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The latest edition is Volume 7 Number One. New issues are made available here as they are published. The documents below are in Adobe PDF format.

Prior to Volume 4 Number One 2002, this journal was known as CALMScience. A partial contents list for this publication is also available.

Volume 7 Number One

PAGES 1–17 (1.35 MB)
The spread of the cat, Felis catus, in Australia: re-examination of the current conceptual model with additional information.
IAN ABBOTT

PAGES 19–34 (2.48 MB)
Assessment, evaluation and a comparison of planned and unplanned walk trails in coastal south-western Australia.
MARTIN RANDALL AND DAVID NEWSOME

PAGES 35–42 (116 KB)
Post-fire vegetation succession in Taxandria linearifolia swamps in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia.
MATT W. HAYWARD, PAUL J. DE TORES AND BARRY J. FOX

PAGES 43–48 (118 KB)
Towards monitoring rock-wallabies on Barrow Island, Western Australia.
ANDREW A. BURBIDGE

PAGES 49–56 (84.3 KB)
Improved bait and trapping techniques for chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii): overcoming reduced trap.
A.F. WAYNE, J. ROONEY, K.D. MORRIS AND B. JOHNSON

PAGES 57–64 (167 KB)
Home range overlap of the quokka Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) suggests a polygynous mating system.
MATT W. HAYWARD

PAGES 65–71 (96.1 KB)
BiblioRakali: the Australian water rat, Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 (Muridae: Hydromyinae), a subject-specific bibliography.
CHRISTIE A. ATKINSON, MARK A. LUND AND KEITH D. MORRIS

PAGES 73–88 (1.61 MB)
Flora and vegetation of banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: Koolanooka and Perenjori Hills.
RACHEL MEISSNER AND YVETTE CARUSO

PAGES 89–103 (533 KB)
Flora and vegetation of banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: Jack Hills.
RACHEL MEISSNER AND YVETTE CARUSO

PAGES 105–120 (649 KB)
Flora and vegetation of banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: Mount Gibson and surrounding area.
RACHEL MEISSNER AND YVETTE CARUSO

PAGES 121–149 (979 KB)
Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: the central Tallering Land System.
ADRIENNE S. MARKEY AND STEVEN J. DILLON

PAGES 153–178 (946 KB)
Flora and Vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: the Weld Range.
ADRIENNE S. MARKEY AND STEVEN J. DILLON

PAGES 179–205 (1.72 MB)
Bibliography of marine scientific research relevant to the Ningaloo Marine Park and Adjacent Waters.
SHANNON J. ARMSTRONG, KEVIN P. BANCROFT AND JUDY A. DAVIDSON

Volume 6 Number Three

Pages 1-214 (3.9MB)
Historical perspectives of the ecology of some conspicuous vertebrate species in south-west Western Australia
IAN ABBOTT

Volume 6 Number Two:
Translation of Diels 1906 Plant Life in Western Australia

PAGES i-ii (47 KB)
Editor’s Note - The translation of Diels 1906 Plant Life in Western Australia
NEIL GIBSON

PAGES 1-14 (483 KB)
Title Pages, Author's Preface, Contents, Directory of Plates, Directory of the Text Figures

PAGES 15-42 (918 KB)
Introduction : The characteristic features of the vegetation of Australia

PAGES 43-64 (1.09 MB)
PART I : History and literature of the botanical investigation of extra-tropical Western Australia
Chapter 1. History
Chapter 2. Literature

PAGES 55-76 (344 KB)
PART II: An Outline of the Physiography of Extra-tropical Western Australia
Chapter 1. General Geography
Chapter 2. Climate
Chapter 3. Subdivision based on geographic character & vegetation

PAGES 77-104 (2.8 MB)
PART III: The Vegetation of the Southwest Province
Chapter 1. General Character
Chapter 2. Physiognomically Important Plants

PAGES 105-134 (2.8 MB)
PART III: The Vegetation of the Southwest Province
Chapter 3. The Characteristic Families and their Lifeforms

PAGES 135-172 (2.8 MB)
PART III: The Vegetation of the Southwest Province
Chapter 4. Ecological Character

PAGES 173-224 (4.1 MB)
PART III: The Vegetation of the Southwest Province
Chapter 5. Formations

PAGES 225-245 (2.2 MB)
PART IV: The Vegetation of the Eremaean Province
Chapter 1. General Character
Chapter 2. Physiognomically Important Plants
Chapter 3. The Characteristic Families and their Lifeforms

PAGES 246-272 (2.1 MB)
PART IV: The Vegetation of the Eremaean Province
Chapter 4. Ecological Character
Chapter 5. Formations

PAGES 273-328 (3.1 MB)
PART V: The Flora of extra-tropical Western Australia and its Classification
Chapter 1. FIoristic Subdivision of the Region
Chapter 2. Elements of the Flora of Western Australia
Chapter 3. Floristic Relationships with Other Regions
Chapter 4. The Evolution of the Flora of extra-tropical WA
Map Vegetation of Australia 1: 27,000,000

PAGES 329-373 (2.7 MB)
APPENDICES: Additional information
Appendix A Taxonomy update
Appendix B Figure caption translations
Appendix C Plate caption translations
Appendix D Lamont & Grieve: Comparative photographs

Volume 6 Number One

PAGES 1–12 (160 kB)
Conserving the Black-flanked Rock-Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) through tourism: development of a habitat ranking system for translocated animals and the need for on-going management
MICHELLE DAVIES, DAVID NEWSOME, DARYL MONCRIEFF AND AMANDA SMITH

PAGES 13–73 (485 kB)
Review of the distribution, causes for the decline and recommendations for management of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae: Marsupialia), an endemic macropodid marsupial from south-west Western Australia
PAUL J. DE TORES, MATT W. HAYWARD, MICHAEL J. DILLON AND ROBERT I. BRAZELL

PAGES 75–96 (1.3 MB)
A list of macrofungi recorded in burnt and unburnt Eucalyptus diversicolor regrowth forest in the southwest of Western Australia: 1998–2002
RICHARD M. ROBINSON AND VERNA L. TUNSELL

PAGES 97–108 (215 kB)
The flora and fauna of Legendre Island
J. RICHARDSON, F.J. STANLEY, P.G. KENDRICK AND G. KREGOR

PAGES 109–149 (3.2 MB)
Influence of bait type, weather and prey abundance on bait uptake by feral cats (Felis catus) on Peron Peninsula, Western Australia
D. ALGAR, G.J. ANGUS, M.R. WILLIAMS AND A.E MELLICAN

PAGES 151–157 (320 kB)
BiblioHeathMouse: the heath mouse, Pseudomys shortridgei (Thomas, 1907), a subject-specific bibliography
JOANNE A. SMITH, LISA J. WRIGHT AND BRENT W. JOHNSON

PAGES 159–176 (1.3 MB)
BiblioRingtailPossum: the western ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus occidentalis (Thomas, 1888), a subject-specific bibliography
LISA J. WRIGHT, JOANNE A. SMITH AND JEFF RICHARDSON

Volume 5 Number Three

PAGES 259–268 (360 kB)
Vegetation on and around granite rock outcrops in the Wellington National Park
RUSSELL S. SMITH AND LEIGH W. SAGE

PAGES 269–271 (78 kB)
The distribution of terrestrial vertebrate fauna in the Montebello Islands
J. RICHARDSON, G. WATSON AND G. KREGOR

PAGES 272–284 (1.36 MB)
Evidence of altered fire regimes in the Western Desert region of Australia
N.D. BURROWS, A.A. BURBIDGE, P.J. FULLER AND G. BEHN

PAGES 285–295 (706 kB)
The assessment, monitoring and management of hiking trails: a case study from the Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia
PAMELA MENDE AND DAVID NEWSOME

PAGES 296–364 (1.44 MB)
BiblioBarrowIsland – An Annotated Bibliography of the Natural History of Barrow Island 1622 – 2004
JOANNE A. SMITH, LISA J. WRIGHT AND KEITH D. MORRIS

Volume 5 Number Two

PAGE 1 (209 kB)
Foreword — Western Shield review
K. McNAMARA

PAGES 2–11 (209 kB)
Independent review of Western Shield — February 2003
H. POSSINGHAM, P. JARMAN AND A. KEARNS

PAGES 12–18 (209 kB)
Summary review of public submissions on the 2003 independent review of the Western Shield program
P.R. MAWSON AND A.N. START

PAGE 19 (209 kB)
Introduction to papers
A.N. START AND P.R. MAWSON

PAGES 20–30 (134 kB)
Management of the Western Shield program: Western Shield review — February 2003
G. WYRE

PAGES 31–50 (153 kB)
Baiting operations: Western Shield review — February 2003
R. ARMSTRONG

PAGES 51–95 (1.09 MB)
Fauna monitoring and staff training: Western Shield review — February 2003
P. ORELL

PAGES 96–107 (145 kB)
Communications, community awareness and schools education programs: Western Shield review — February 2003
R. KAWALILAK, N. HIGGS AND E. MOORE

PAGES 108–121 (143 kB)
Translocations and fauna reconstruction sites: Western Shield review — February 2003
P.R. MAWSON

PAGES 122–130 (114 kB)
Captive breeding programs and their contribution to Western Shield: Western Shield review — February 2003
P.R. MAWSON

PAGES 131–163 (276 kB)
Feral cat control research: Western Shield review — February
2003
D. ALGAR AND N.D. BURROWS

PAGES 164–173 (138 kB)
Threatened fauna issues not covered under Western Shield: Western Shield review — February 2003
J. BLYTH AND A.A. BURBIDGE

PAGES 174–193 (1.43 MB)
Return to Dryandra: Western Shield review — February 2003
J.A. FRIEND AND B. BEECHAM

PAGES 194–201 (829 kB)
Montebello Renewal: Western Shield review — February 2003
A.A. BURBIDGE

PAGES 202–234 (385 kB)
Project Eden – fauna recovery on Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay: Western Shield review — February 2003
K. MORRIS, C. SIMS, K. HIMBECK, P. CHRISTENSEN, N. SERCOMBE, B. WARD AND N. NOAKES

PAGES 235–257 (286 kB)
The western ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus occidentalis, and the quokka, Setonix brachyurus, case studies: Western Shield review — February 2003
P. DE TORES, M. HAYWARD AND S. ROSIER

Volume 5 Number One

PAGES 1–5 (107 kB)
Reports of alleged thylacine sightings in Western Australia
GREG HEBERLE

PAGES 6–19 (99 kB)
BiblioChuditch: The Chuditch, Dasyurus geoffroii (Gould 1841), a Wildlife Science Library subject-specific bibliography
JOANNE A. SMITH, LISA J. WRIGHT AND KEITH D. MORRIS

PAGES 20–136 (3 MB)
Wetland monitoring in the Wheatbelt of south-west Western Australia: site descriptions, waterbird, aquatic invertebrate and groundwater data
D.J. CALE, S.A. HALSE AND C.D. WALKER

PAGE 136 (24 kB)
Corrigenda & List of Referees

Volume 4 Number Three

The Conservation and Utilisation Potential of Australian Dryland Acacia Symposium held at Dalwallinu, Western Australia 13-14 July 2001. Edited by B.R.Maslin and A.S.George.

CONTENTS & FOREWORD (Comments by session convenors: STEPHEN D. HOPPER, REX EDMISTON and STEPHEN MIDGLEY) (70 kB)

SESSION 1: SYSTEMATICS AND CONSERVATION

PAGES 1–9 (60 kB)
The role and relevance of taxonomy in the conservation and utilisation of Australian Acacias
BRUCE R. MASLIN

PAGES 10–18 (127 kB)
Phylogenetics and the conservation and utilisation of Acacia in Western Australia
MARGARET BYRNE

PAGES 19–35 (410 kB)
Towards an understanding of variation in the Mulga complex (Acacia aneura and relatives)
JOSEPH T. MILLER, ROSE A. ANDREW AND BRUCE R. MASLIN

PAGES 36–53 (180 kB)
Rarity and threat in relation to the conservation of Acacia in Western Australia
MARCELLE L. BUIST, DAVID J. COATES AND COLIN J. YATES

PAGES 54–61 (91 kB)
The translocation of two critically endangered Acacia species
LEONIE MONKS AND DAVID COATES

PAGES 62–71 (98 kB)
Wattle I plant for wildlife?
B.M.J. HUSSEY

PAGES 72–93 (351 kB)
Flora and vegetation of Burnerbinmah Station: a study of the plant communities in the Mulga shrublands of the Murchison Region, Western Australia
SUSAN PATRICK

PAGES 94–95 (65 kB)
Australian Plant Name Index
LINDY CAYZER, LAURIE ADAMS, KIRSTEN COWLEY, BRENDAN LEPSCHI AND GREG WHITBREAD

SESSION 2: COMMERCIAL AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

PAGES 96–108 (136 kB)
Acacia species as large-scale crops in the Western Australian wheatbelt
JOHN BARTLE, GRAEME OLSEN, JEROME CARSLAKE AND DON COOPER

PAGES 109–116 (98 kB)
Economic potential of Western Australian Acacia species: secondary plant products
DAVID S. SEIGLER

PAGES 117–124 (95 kB)
Livestock potential of Australian species of Acacia
ROBYN A. DYNES AND ANTHONY C. SCHLINK

PAGES 125–129 (102 kB)
Review of the influence of Acacia species on establishment of Sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) in Western Australia
JON E. BRAND

PAGES 130–134 (105 kB)
Direct seeding acacias of different form and function as hosts for Sandalwood (Santalum spicatum)
GEOFF S. WOODALL AND CHRIS J. ROBINSON

PAGES 135–138 (27 kB)
The value of Acacia saligna as a source of feed for sheep
DELWYN HOWARD, GAYE KREBS AND MAARTEN VAN HOUTERT

PAGES 139–144 (81 kB)
A search for novel biologically active compounds in the phyllodes of Acacia species
KRISTEN WICKENS AND MARCELLO PENNACCHIO

PAGES 145–146 (18 kB)
Horticultural potential of Acacia
GRADY BRAND AND LUKE SWEEDMAN

PAGES 147–157 (158 kB)
Reproductive potential of Acacia species in the central wheatbelt: variation between years
MANGADAS LUMBAN GAOL AND JOHN E.D. FOX

PAGES 158–160 (55 kB)
Tourism potential of Acacia, with particular reference to Dalwallinu
CHRIS TATE

SESSION 3: SEED FOR HUMAN FOOD

PAGES 161–169 (68 kB)
Potential of Australian acacias in combating hunger in semi-arid lands
ANTHONY RINAUDO, PRAKASH PATEL AND LEX A.J. THOMSON

PAGES 170–180 (70 kB)
Domestication of wattles with edible seeds for the wheatbelt of Western Australia
MAURICE MCDONALD, BRUCE R.MASLIN AND LEX A.J. THOMSON

PAGES 181–184 (24 kB)
Issues in the commercialisation of wattle seed for food
ANTHONY HELE

PAGES 185–191 (88 kB)
Broadscale production of wattle seed to address salinity: potential and constraints
GRAEME OLSEN

Volume 4 Number Two

PAGES i–x (42 kB) and 1–356 (1.63 MB)
BiblioResearch : a bibliography of research 1896–2001
LISA J. WRIGHT

Volume 4 Number One

PAGES 1–12 (82 kB)
Low temperature and low moisture storage of seeds of rare and threatened taxa in the endemic Western Australian genus Dryandra (R. Br.) (Proteaceae)
ANNE COCHRANE, KATE BROWN AND ANNE KELLY

PAGES 13–62 (785 kB)
A vegetation survey of the islands of the Turquoise Coast from Dongara to Lancelin, south-western Australia
GREG J. KEIGHERY, JENI J. ALFORD AND VANDA LONGMAN

PAGES 63–78 (113 kB)
A biological survey of the agricultural zone : vegetation and vascular flora of Drummond Nature Reserve
GREG J. KEIGHERY, N. GIBSON, A. WEBB AND W.P. MUIR