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Spirura aurangabadensis (Nematoda: Spiruridae) collected from the common spiny bandicoot, Echymipera kalubu, of Papua, Indonesia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Kartika Dewi, Hideo Hasegawa
We examined the viscera of three individuals of Echymipera kalubu (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) from Arso, Papua, Western New Guinea, and revealed the presence of a species not previously reported fro...
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The cestode genus Gastrotaenia Wolffhügel, 1938 (Platyhelminthes: Cyclophyllidea) in Australian waterfowl (Aves: Anatidae) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Ian Beveridge
Examination of museum collections revealed the presence of two species of Gastrotaenia Wolffhügel, 1938 (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) in Australian anatid birds. Gastrotaenia dogieli (Ginetsinskaya, 1...
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A 6-foot deep mystery: The 1961 excavation at Cave Cliffs Rockshelter (Warne’s Cave) on the Murray River, South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Craig Westell, Amy Roberts, Ian Moffat, Marc Fairhead, River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation
This article reviews and analyses documented reports about the Aboriginal site variously reported in the literature as Cave Cliffs Rockshelter and Warne’s Cave located on the Murray River in South ...
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Notes on heavy mineral sands on Gulf St Vincent and Encounter Bay beaches, South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 A. R. Milnes
Coloured heavy mineral sands are a conspicuous yet somewhat ephemeral feature on the surface of many beaches around Gulf St Vincent and in Encounter Bay in South Australia. The ultimate origin of t...
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Bird communities and effects of management in Heathy Woodlands in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Gregory D. Kerr, Grant A. Gully
Measuring biodiversity across time and space is fundamental in assessing effects of ecological management actions. Monitoring bird species richness and abundance within the Victorian Grampians/Gari...
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Eocincticornia multitudinea (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a gall midge malforming leaves of Eucalyptus in south-eastern Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Peter Kolesik, Carol Probets, Robin J. Adair, Brooke Love, Ben A. Parslow, Gary S. Taylor
A gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), originally described as Ascelis (?) multitudinea Tepper, 1893 and erroneously placed in Coccoidea (Hemiptera), is redescribed and placed in Eocincticornia mul...
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Mammals of the South-West Pacific Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Isaac A. R. Kerr
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (Vol. 147, No. 2, 2023)
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A direct personal experience of science and nature changes intended behaviours for conservation Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Didone Frigerio, Alena G. Hohl, Verena Puehringer-Sturmayr, Diane Colombelli-Négrel, Sonia Kleindorfer
Social and affective empathy may generate future conservation benefits as the consequence of transformed personal attitudes. In this study, we investigated changes in attitudes and intended behavio...
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Johann Nepomuk Hinteröcker: 1866-1872 in Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Roderick O’Brien
Johann Hinteröcker was a Jesuit priest, a naturalist, a teacher, and an aspiring missionary to Australia’s Aboriginal people. He came from his native Austria to South Australia in 1866, and remaine...
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A new species of nematode, Chisholmia shimae sp. nov. (Strongylida: Heligmonellidae), parasitic in the brush-tailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr) (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae), from Queensland Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Ian Beveridge
A new species of nematode, Chisholmia shimae sp. nov. (Heligmonellidae: Nippostrongylinae) is described from the duodenum of the coppery brush-tailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula johnstonii (Ramsa...
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The beautiful noctuid moth Chasmina pulchra (Doubleday) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a highly dispersive species, now established on urban kurrajongs Brachychiton populneus in southern Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Peter B. McQuillan, Lionel Hill, Gary R. Purdy
We report the establishment of the beautiful noctuid moth Chasmina pulchra in southern Australia following repeated self-introduction. First recorded in 1955 as a vagrant in suburban Adelaide, spec...
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Book details: Field guide to the seashores of South-Eastern Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Nina Wootton
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (Vol. 147, No. 2, 2023)
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A review of the nematode assemblages of the genus Perameles (Peramelidae), Australian bandicoots, held in the South Australian Museum Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Lesley R. Smales, Jo A. L. Wood, Leslie A. Chisholm
A total of 210 vials of nematodes collected from four species of Perameles (representing 15 individuals of P. bougainville, 83 of P. gunnii, 54 of P. nasuta and 19 of P. pallescens) held in the Aus...
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Notes on the Pens Collection of Australites in the Tate Museum, The University of Adelaide, and their use as artefacts Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Jayden Squire, Paul Curnow, Anthony Milnes, Victor Gostin
The Tate Museum (The University of Adelaide) holds a large collection of (tektites) australites including the Pens Collection from the Florieton area in east-central South Australia. Many of these ...
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Dieback of stringybark eucalypt forests in the Mount Lofty Ranges Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Gregory R. Guerin, Gunnar Keppel, Stefan Peters, Amelia Hurren
ABSTRACT Canopy dieback and tree mortality are occurring in forests of the Mount Lofty Ranges (MLR), South Australia, dominated by Eucalyptus baxteri (Brown Stringybark) and E. obliqua (Messmate Stringybark). The extent and causes of decline are not fully understood, prohibiting evidence-based management. We explored the geographic and climatic distributions of MLR stringybark populations relative
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Using historical research to constrain the provenance and age of the first recorded collection of extinct Pleistocene large mammal fossils from the Naracoorte Caves, South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Nerita K. Turner, Elizabeth H. Reed
ABSTRACT Fossil collections housed in museums are a rich source of data for palaeontologists; however, some early collections lack detailed contextual information. The Naracoorte Caves in South Australia contain World Heritage listed Quaternary vertebrate fossil accumulations, particularly those of large, extinct mammals. The first recorded collection of extinct Pleistocene large mammal fossils from
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Cestode parasites of the Australian bustard, Ardeotis australis (Gray) (Aves: Gruiformes) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Ian Beveridge
ABSTRACT Examination of museum collections of cyclophyllidean cestodes (families Paruterinidae and Davaineidae) from the Australian bustard, Ardeotis australis (Gray) (Aves: Gruiformes), revealed the presence of five species not previously reported from Australia: Ascometra vestita Cholodkovsky, Citation1912, Idiogenes kolbei Ortlepp, Citation1938, I. kori Ortlepp, Citation1938, I. nana Fuhrmann, Citation1925
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Mogurnda clivicola (Flinders Ranges Mogurnda): growth rate in the wild and further results of a monitoring program Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-26 Martin Caon, Raymond Hickman, Robert Gabb, Mike Tanner, Garry Trethewey, Robert Brandle
ABSTRACT Mogurnda clivicola (Flinders Ranges Mogurnda) inhabits three spring-fed water hole systems of two otherwise dry creek beds in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia. Between 2017 and 2022, the fish were monitored for breeding and growth and indicators of water quality. Heavy rainfall events in February 2020, November 2021 and January 2022 led to at least two creek floods which stimulated
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A review of the Arhythmacanthidae (Acanthocephala) in Australia with the descriptions of a new genus and 6 new species Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-25 Lesley R. Smales
ABSTRACT Twenty-eight Australian fish species were infected with 18 taxa of Arhythmacanthidae; 11 characterised to species, 4 to genus and 3 to family. Diagnoses are provided for the genera Heterosentis, Hypoechinorhynchus, Paracanthocephaloides and Yamagutirhynchus n. gen. Heterosentis has four Australian species: H. hirsutus Pichelin & Cribb, 1999, H. paraplagusarium (Nickol, 1972), H. plotosi Yamaguti
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Sex-linked reproductive allocation in the dioecious shrub Pimelea microcephala subsp. microcephala (Thymelaeaceae) from four populations across a rainfall gradient Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 J. T. Draper, J. G. Conran, B. S. Simpson, P. Weinstein
ABSTRACT Dioecy, the separation of sexes into different male and female plants, can enable sexes to independently develop optimal strategies for the sex-linked allocation of reproductive resources. Understanding how dioecious species vary as conditions become more or less favourable may affect conservation and revegetation efforts in arid environments. Our study investigated sex-related resource allocation
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Review of the Australian species in the Ptilodactylidae genus Byrrocryptus Broun (Insecta; Coleoptera) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-20 C.H.S. Watts
ABSTRACT The Australian members of the ptilodactylid genus Byrrocryptus Broun are revised based on material from Australian collections. Nine new species are recognized: Byrrocryptus amnigenous sp. nov., B. athertonensis sp. nov., B. bouloumba sp. nov., B. capeensis sp. nov., B. castratus sp. nov., B. lewisae sp. nov., B. monteithi sp. nov., B. murraensis sp. nov. and B. weiri sp. nov. The four species
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Formation of phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4) (PO3OH)2•4H2O, from struvite and its occurrence in Petrogale Cave, Western Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-07 Michael R. Snow, Peter Elliott
ABSTRACT The mineral unknown A reported by Bridge from the Petrogale Cave in Western Australia has been shown to be phoxite, a recently described mineral from the Rowley mine in Arizona, USA. This is only the second recorded occurrence of phoxite, and while at the type locality, it occurs with struvite, (NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O, at the Petrogale Cave, it occurs with weddellite, Ca(C2O4)·2H2O. Phoxite can
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Ochre, flint and violence: an Aboriginal history of the Ma:ko region (Overland Corner) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Amy L. Roberts, Rachel Popelka-Filcoff, Craig Westell, the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation
ABSTRACT This paper examines the Aboriginal history of the Ma:ko region (Overland Corner). Our exploration of the region includes a consideration of the archaeological record via fieldwork undertaken with traditional owners, an ethnohistorical investigation of the area’s traditional significance as well as a consideration of the effects of European invasion and settlement. Together the records reveal
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The genus Hemionchos Campbell & Beveridge, 2006 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in Australian manta rays (Batoidea: Mobulidae) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Ian Beveridge, Michael B. Bennett
ABSTRACT New species of Hemionchos (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) are reported from the spiral valve of the manta ray Mobula alfredi (Krefft) from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, representing the first record of this genus from Australian waters. Four undescribed species were identified from the spiral valve contents of a single ray. A relatively complete description is presented for H. australis sp
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A new genus of kangaroo (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the late Pleistocene of Papua New Guinea Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Isaac A. R. Kerr, Gavin J. Prideaux
ABSTRACT The extinct macropodine kangaroo, Protemnodon nombe, was first described in 1983 on the basis of two partial dentaries from a late Pleistocene deposit in Nombe Rockshelter, Papua New Guinea. As part of a review of Protemnodon, we noted that P. nombe differed from other members of the genus in several ways that pointed to a position outside of that genus and indeed all other known macropodine
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Effect of captivity and water salinity on culture-dependent frog skin microbiota and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Darislav Besedin, Brandon J. Turner, Permal Deo, Miguel De Barros Lopes, Craig R. Williams
ABSTRACT The world is undergoing a sixth mass extinction, and the drastic decline of amphibians in the last several decades is a major contributing factor. The spread of the deadly Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) fungus is a major causative agent, and captive breeding programs are under way to try and save endangered populations. However, how captivity affects Bd infection and the skin microbiota
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Dust emissions from Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre: a review Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-04-06 S.K. Marx, J-H May, T. Cohen, B.S. Kamber, H.A. McGowan, L. Petherick
ABSTRACT Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre (KT-LE) sits at the heart of Australia’s dust transport system. Satellite mapping demonstrates that the lower Channel Country/northern KT-LE represents a global dust hotspot – the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. This dust is transported widely, with two dominant plume pathways; southeast, across the Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean, and northwest
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Foreword: Revisiting Lake Eyre Basin landscapes Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Jan-Hendrik May, Trevor H. Worthy
(2022). Foreword: Revisiting Lake Eyre Basin landscapes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia: Vol. 146, No. 1, pp. 1-6.
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Nursery function of mangrove creeks in temperate climates for estuarine fish Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Jessica Henkens, Sabine Dittmann, Ryan Baring
ABSTRACT Coastal habitats are recognised for their role as nurseries for fish. However, there are conflicting results on whether fish are using mangrove habitats primarily for shelter or feeding grounds, making it challenging to generalise their ecological value for fish. The objective of this study was to investigate whether fish communities use mangroves in temperate climates as feeding grounds.
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Towards understanding desert shorelines - coastal landforms and dynamics around ephemeral Lake Eyre North, South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Jan-Hendrik May, S.M. May, S.K. Marx, T.J. Cohen, M. Schuster, A. Sims
ABSTRACT While shorelines around playa lakes have traditionally played a key role for reconstructing late Quaternary megalakes in drylands, little attention has been given to recent shorelines associated with episodic filling events of modern ephemeral playa lakes such as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in central Australia. We here present results from geomorphic mapping around the playa margin of Lake Eyre
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Seed traits and fate support probable primary dispersal of a native hemi-parasitic vine Cassytha pubescens (Lauraceae) by Isoodon obesulus, an endangered marsupial, in southern Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-09 E.C Maciunas, J. R. Watling, J. M. Facelli, J.G. Packer
ABSTRACT Consumption of seeds by fruit-eating animals is one of the most effective dispersal mechanisms for plants, yet little is known about dispersal by marsupial vectors. In the face of habitat fragmentation and the recent extinction or decline of many marsupial species in southern Australia, addressing knowledge gaps on vertebrate vectors is critical to determine deficiencies in seed dispersal
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Topographic insights in the Frome-Callabonna system and the elevation of a newly surveyed highstand shoreline Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Tim J. Cohen, Laura Mogensen, Lee J. Arnold, Zhenhong Li, John D. Jansen, Jan-Hendrik May
ABSTRACT Lakes Frome, Callabonna, Blanche and Gregory are playa lakes on the eastern and northern sides of the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Between 2007 and 2019 we surveyed key topographic features of the lakes, including shorelines, lake floors and the alluvial sills that separate the lakes with differential GPS (DGPS). We combine these observations with the analysis of a hybrid DEM that blends
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The interplay of fluvial, lacustrine and aeolian deposition and erosion along the Neales Cliffs and its relevance to the evolution of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, central Australia, during the Quaternary Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Carmen B.E. Krapf, Simon C. Lang, Mario Werner
ABSTRACT A high-resolution record of fluvial, aeolian and lacustrine deposits of Late Pleistocene age is exposed along the Neales Cliff in the lower reaches of the Nappamurra-Neales River, western Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre (KT-LE). Five major stratigraphic units reflect a variety of changes in sedimentary processes, depositional environments and hence palaeo-lake level fluctuations. This detailed record
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Landscapes of the Lake Eyre Basin: the catchment-scale context that creates fluvial diversity Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-02-02 Gresley A. Wakelin-King
ABSTRACT Lake Eyre Basin (LEB) rivers are important but under-researched. This study integrates published and new information into a systematic geomorphological overview, subdividing the LEB into nine landscape zones: basin-margin Uplands with relatively high-energy rivers; Rocky Fringe, piedmont with short rivers and floodouts; Western Rivers, notable for neotectonism and stream capture; low-relief
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Sedimentology and geomorphology of Lake Yamma Yamma - A long-lived structurally controlled playa lake of the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Sandra J. Mann, Kathryn J. Amos
ABSTRACT Intraplate tectonism and continental climate change have important roles in the evolution of the arid Lake Eyre Basin, one of the world’s largest interior basins, and a place with economic, environmental, and cultural significance for many Australians. Just off one of the main rivers of the Basin, Cooper Creek, Lake Yamma Yamma – a 20 km by 40 km ephemeral feature – traps sediment ~750 km
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Encounter Bay, South Australia, an important aggregation and nursery area for the southern right whale, Eubalaena australis (Balaenidae: Cetacea) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 C. M. Kemper, E. Steele-Collins, A. Al-Humaidhi, T. Segawa Fellowes, O. Marsh, C. Charlton
ABSTRACT Endangered Australian southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, are vulnerable to threats from human activities, particularly at calving aggregation areas. As the population increases, new calving areas are being established, which are important to monitor. In the Encounter Bay/Lacepede Bay region, South Australia, distribution, relative abundance, residency and site fidelity were studied
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A new species of carrion-breeding “golden blowfly” from south-eastern Australia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-11-21 Nikolas P. Johnston, James F. Wallman
ABSTRACT The adults and third instar larva of Calliphora pryori sp. nov., a new species of Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy endemic to south-eastern Australia, are described for the first time. This species breeds in carrion and is very closely allied to C. hilli, with which it is found sympatrically. However, it is less frequently encountered and has only been recorded from southern parts of both South
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A likely association of damselflies with the habitat heterogeneity provided by the freshwater swamp lily, Ottelia ovalifolia, in Eyre Peninsula granite rock-holes, with a review of potential threats to this ephemeral habitat Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-11-09 Brock A. Hedges, Andy D. Austin, John G. Conran, Gary S. Taylor, Chris P. Madden, Philip Weinstein
ABSTRACT The granite rock-holes (sometimes called gnammas) across northern Eyre Peninsula (EP), South Australia, are a unique but poorly studied ephemeral freshwater habitat containing a complex invertebrate community. Macroinvertebrate predator occurrence is often sporadic, both spatially and temporally. We aimed to determine if environmental conditions might predict predator occurrence in EP rock-holes
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The gastrointestinal helminths of Rattus spp. from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia with comments on the genera Cyclodontostomum (Chabertiidae) and Spirosprattus (Spirocercidae) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-10-14 L. R. Smales
ABSTRACT Two individuals of Rattus elaphinus Sody, 1941, one R. feliceus Thomas, 1920 and three R. tanezumi Temminck, 1844 collected from the Moluccas, Maluku Province, Indonesia were examined and 11 nematodes identified at least to genus were recovered. Those from R. feliceus and R. elaphinus were new host and locality records, and those from R. tanezumi new locality records. Eleven individuals of
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From loop-holes to labour: Aboriginal connections to Calperum and Chowilla pastoral stations, South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-11-11 Amy Roberts, Heather Burke, Megan Tutty, Craig Westell, the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC)
ABSTRACT This paper examines Aboriginal connections to pastoral properties on the western central Murray River, with a focus on Calperum and Chowilla Stations. Station histories are presented, oral histories are explored and archaeological sites and material culture from the period are considered. The range of histories, interactions and “zones of encounter” are then compared to relevant interpretive
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Invasion, retaliation, concealment and silences at Dead Man's Flat, South Australia: A consideration of the historical, archaeological and geophysical evidence of frontier conflict Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Amy Roberts, Jessica Barnard-Brown, Ian Moffat, Heather Burke, Craig Westell, the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation
ABSTRACT This article presents the results of historical research, as well as archaeological and geophysical surveys, in order to explore a number of frontier conflict events at Dead Man’s Flat in South Australia (SA). The historical records reveal the cruelty and complexity of the period and expose the concealments, contradictions, euphemistic language, denials and silences that are typical of the
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Was the Amadeus Basin of Central Australia a crucible for pre-Ediacaran macro-biotic evolutionary trials? Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-22 Phillip S. Plummer
ABSTRACT Vertical burrowing is a biological activity deemed to have evolved during the earliest Cambrian, the older soft-bodied fossils of the Ediacaran Period, that thrived between 575 and 541 Ma, seemingly being restricted to occupying the seafloor/ocean interface. Yet at two levels within the pre-Ediacaran sequence of the Amadeus Basin, central Australia, are vertical tubular features that have
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Additional instances of snake mite (Ophionyssus natricis) parasitism on sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa) in South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-18 Gerrut Norval, Bruce Halliday, Robert D. Sharrad, Michael G. Gardner
ABSTRACT The snake mite, Ophionyssus natricis (Acari: Macronyssidae) is an ectoparasite of veterinary significance because infestations can cause abnormal shedding and anaemia in its hosts. The snake mite has also been implicated in the transmission of pathogens. In this study, 59 sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa) were caught at a study site in the vicinity of Mt. Mary in the Mid North region of South
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Water quality parameters and population characteristics for the Flinders Ranges Gudgeon Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-04-14 Martin Caon, Raymond Hickman, Robert Gabb, Robert Brandle
ABSTRACT The Flinders Ranges Gudgeon (Mogurnda clivicola) in South Australia, is restricted to permanent spring-fed pools of two creeks in the Northern Flinders Ranges. Consequently, the fish is classified as critically endangered. Regular monitoring of selected water chemistry and fish population characteristics has been conducted since 2018 by a “Friends of Parks” group in an ongoing project contributing
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New host and locality records for gastrointestinal helminths of five reptile species from the Mid North region of South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-04-13 Gerrut Norval, Charles R. Bursey, Stephen R. Goldberg, Robert D. Sharrad, Kirstin E. Ross, Michael G. Gardner
ABSTRACT Parasites in wildlife tend to be poorly studied in spite of the ecological roles they play, and even basic information such as the geographic distribution of the parasites and the hosts they infect or infest are not well known. For parasites that live within the host, part of the reason for this lack of information is that the hosts must be killed and dissected to determine which endoparasites
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The gastrointestinal nematodes of Chiruromys forbsei Thomas and C. lamia (Thomas) (Rodentia: Muridae) with the description of a new species of Helgenema (Heligmonellidae) and a new species of Protospirura (Spiruridae) from Papua New Guinea Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-03 L. R. Smales
ABSTRACT The cestode, Bertiella musasabi Yamaguti, 1942 Yamaguti, S. (1942). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan, part 42 cestodes of mammals (Vol. 11). S. Yamaguti. [Google Scholar] and four nematodes identified to at least genus level and adult specimens assignable to the Nippostrongylinae were recovered from nine of 20 individuals of Chiruromys forbsei Thomas, 1888 Thomas, M. O. (1888). Description
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Microscopic analysis of ovarian stages of the western king prawn Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus Kishinouye 1896 Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-05-25 Nadine Hackett, Cameron Dixon, Sabine Dittmann, Shane Roberts, Graham Hooper, Toby Bolton
ABSTRACT The determination of ovarian stages is essential for an understanding of reproductive biology and informing sustainable management of commercially caught marine organisms. This research developed improved microscopic assessment criteria for the prawn, Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus, by reviewing microscopic criteria used in the literature and assessing cell composition of ovary tissue from
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A needle in the haystack-Looking for the lost Wells tree Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-04-19 Andrew Frost, Mark Lethbridge
ABSTRACT In 1891, three members of the Elder Scientific Expedition, led by Lawrence Wells O.B.E., undertook two exploratory traverses while the main party was travelling through the Far North West of South Australia. Following the common practice of the day at the southern apex of each traverse, Wells blazed his initials and date on a tree. One of these trees is known, with the westernmost having not
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Camel breed morphometrics: current methods and possibilities Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2021-02-27 Bader H. Alhajeri, Hasan Alhaddad, Randa Alaqeely, Huda Alaskar, Zainab Dashti, Tasneem Maraqa
ABSTRACT Camel populations can be found in large parts of the arid regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. In this broad distribution, they exhibit large phenotypic variation, which so far has mostly been examined using traditional distance based morphometric approaches. The main pitfalls of previous studies include (1) the relatively few and ambiguously defined morphometric measurements, which often
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Endemic macrophyte is more plastic than two cosmopolitan species in fluctuating water levels and nutrient-enriched conditions Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Jasmin G. Packer, George Ganf, Cristoph Kueffer, José M. Facelli, Petr Pyšek
ABSTRACT Plant communities within many of the world’s waterways are losing diversity where flows are stabilised for security and enriched from land-use intensification. Understanding the phenotypic plasticity of plant species that protect and/or store their below-ground biomass during floods may help to promote them if problematic, overabundant species – like Phragmites australis and Typha domingensis
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High diversity of native plants and vegetation types in the Morialta Conservation Park and the threat of invasive species Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 J. Anderson, G. Keppel, S.-M. Thomson, J. Gibbs, G. Brunetti
Morialta Conservation Park is a scenic protected area that contains important vegetation remnants of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Here we investigate the vegetation ecology, soils and plant diversity of the park. Using a stratified, quantitative survey of woody vegetation and topsoils throughout the park within forty-five 10 × 10 m plots, we identified ten distinct vegetation types, nine being native and
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High diversity of native plants and vegetation types in the Morialta Conservation Park and the threat of invasive species Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 J. Anderson, G. Keppel, S.-M. Thomson, J. Gibbs, G. Brunetti
ABSTRACT Morialta Conservation Park is a scenic protected area that contains important vegetation remnants of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Here we investigate the vegetation ecology, soils and plant diversity of the park. Using a stratified, quantitative survey of woody vegetation and topsoils throughout the park within forty-five 10 × 10 m plots, we identified ten distinct vegetation types, nine being
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Cloacina celata n. sp. and a new record of C. io Beveridge, 1998 (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) parasitic in the black-striped wallaby, Notamacropus dorsalis (Gray) from Queensland Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Ian Beveridge
ABSTRACT Cloacina celata n. sp. (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) is described from the stomach of the black-striped wallaby, Notamacropus dorsalis (Gray) from Queensland. It differs from congeners in possessing bosses lining the anterior region of the oesophagus, a dorsal oesophageal denticle, an inflated cervical cuticle and the excretory pore opening posterior to the oesophageal junction. Cloacina io Beveridge
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Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of the red kangaroo, Osphranter rufus (Desmarest) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) and their regional distribution Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Ian Beveridge
ABSTRACT Gastrointestinal parasites of 106 red kangaroos, Osphranter rufus (Desmarest), are reported from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Previous studies have been restricted to New South Wales and Queensland. The current study increases the geographical range of studies of the parasites of O. rufus and presents evidence for regional
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The “petrified” man of Naracoorte, South Australia. An early example of nineteenth century tourist interests in Indigenous subjects Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Philip Clarke
ABSTRACT During the 1840s European colonists found the naturally preserved body of an Aboriginal man deep within the Naracoorte Caves of South Australia, which were to become a major tourist destination. As an example of a so-called “petrified Aborigine”, the calcified body became a key attraction for nineteenth century tourists to the region, prior to its theft and incorporation into a museum exhibit
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Myxomycetes associated with arid habitats in northeastern South Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Steven L. Stephenson, Gurpreet Kaur, Nazrana Payal, Todd F. Elliott, Karl Vernes
ABSTRACT The myxomycetes associated with samples of dead plant material collected from arid habitats in northeastern South Australia were investigated with the use of the moist chamber culture technique. Since myxomycetes are usually associated with relatively moist conditions, one would not anticipate them to be very common in arid areas. However, 69% of the cultures prepared yielded some evidence
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Obituary: Michael James Tyler AO, MSc, DSc, 1937–2020 Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Margaret Davies
Michael Tyler and friend, the Magnificent Tree Frog, Litoria splendida. Photograph courtesy of Ella P. Tyler. Michael James Tyler (Mike) was born in Britain on 27 March 1937. On leaving school, he ...
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Index to the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol 134 to 143 Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-01
(2020). Index to the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol 134 to 143. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia: Vol. 144, No. 1, pp. 109-137.
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An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-01-02 Trevor H. Worthy, Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen
ABSTRACT A complete annotated checklist of all species of birds based on fossil material known as of 2019 from continental Australia is presented. Taxa range from Cretaceous to Holocene in age. It includes synonyms with full bibliographic details and specifics of the type material in all cases, such as specimen or locality data, source local fauna and geological age. Nomina based on fossil material
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The musculoskeletal system and natural history of Barygenys maculata (Anura, Microhylidae) a burrowing frog of New Guinea Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2020-01-02 James Ian Menzies
ABSTRACT The complete skeleton and muscular systems of the burrowing microhylid frog, Barygenys maculata, are described and are compared to that of the morphologically similar burrowing African frog, Hemisus marmoratus. Based on morphological similarities it is assumed that their burrowing methods are similar though no direct observations have been made on Barygenys in life. What little is known about