Urban Wildlife: more than meets the eye

Edited by Daniel Lunney & Shelley Burgin
ISBN 0 9586085 7 1

A series of papers resulting from a 1 day forum held in October 2001 by the Royal Zoological Society. The chapters in this book are at the cutting edge of research into urban wildlife and collect as much information as is currently available on understanding and managing our urban wildlife. The stories and information contained will be invaluable to those who love to see animals in the city and those who have the job of managing creatures who have chosen to live with us.

Contents:

Urban wildlife management: an emerging discipline. D. Lunney & S.Burgin
The Kings Park Avifauna: keeping birds in the city. H.F. Recher
Birds, garden plants and suburban bushlots: where good intentions meet unexpected outcomes. C.P. Catterall
Urban bushland – stepping stones, living museums or cemeteries? P. Adam
Urban wildlife management – it’s as much about people! R.G. Davies, L.M. Webber & C.S. Barnes
A qualitative study of wildlife feeding in south-east Queensland. P. Howard & D.N. Jones
Ecology of Sydney’s urban fragments: has fragmentation taken the sting out of insect herbivory? D.F. Hochuli, H. Gibb, S.E. Burrows & F.J. Christie
Population viability analysis in urban wildlife management: modeling management options for Sydney’s quarantined bandicoots. P.B. Banks
Native snails in an urban environment – conservation from the ground up. S.A. Clark
Fish in urban environments. P.J. Gibbs
Conserving owls in Sydney’s urban bushland: current status and requirements. R.P. Kavanagh
Current status and future prospects of reptiles and frogs in Sydney’s urban-impacted bushland reserves. A.W. White & S. Burgin.
Insect biodiversity in three Sydney urban parklands with differing levels of human usage. T.J. Emery & D.L. Emery
Ecology and management of the Little Penguin Eudyptula minor in Sydney Harbour. J. Bourne & N.I. Klomp.
The Large Bent-wing Bant Miniopterus schreibersii in urban environments: a survivor? G. Hoye & J. Spence.
Ibis in urban Sydney: a gift from Ra or a Pharoah’s curse? G.A. Ross.
Silver Gulls: urban waste creates flying problems. I.D. Temby
Brushtail Possums: “Champion of the suburbs” or “Our tormentors”? A. Matthews, D. Lunney. K. Waples & J. Hardy.
Regulation of domestic cat ownership to protect urban wildlife: a justification based on the precautionary principle. J. Grayson & M. Calver.
Wild deer herds in Australia’s urban fringe: issues, management and politics. A.J. Moriaty.
Public artists working with nature in suburban Fairfield. J. Turpin & M. Crawford
The conservation of urban marine/estuarine wetlands-conflicts and resolutions. P. Hutchings
The impact of urbanisation on the mammals of Melbourne – do atlas records tell the whole story or just some of the chapters? R.van der Ree
Landscape issues for the macrofauna in temperate urban mangrove forests. M.N. Yerman & P.M.Ross
Bird interactions in Sydney gardens: some initial findings of the Birds in Backyards program. H.M. Parsons & R.E. Major
Green Web Sydney: a strategic approach to biodiversity conservation in the Sydney Region. K. Buckley.
A 2020 vision: urban wildlife in the backyards of the future. S. Burgin.
Plenary.
Urban wildlife management: forming an Australian synthesis. D. Lunney & S. Burgin.

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