Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods is a guide to conducting wildlife research in Australia. It provides advice on working through applications to animal ethics committees, presents general operating procedures for a range of wildlife research methods, and details animal welfare considerations for all Australian taxa.
Compiled by over 200 researchers with extensive experience in field-based wildlife research, teaching and animal ethics administration, this comprehensive book supports best practice research methods and helps readers navigate the institutional animal care approval process.
Wildlife Research in Australia will help foster a national approach to wildlife research methods, and is an invaluable tool for researchers, teachers, students, animal ethics committee members and organisations participating in wildlife research and other activities with wildlife.
Certificate of Commendation, The Royal Zoological Society of NSW 2023 Whitley Awards: Zoology Resource
Edited by:
Bradley P. Smith,
Helen P. Waudby,
Corinne Alberthsen,
Jordan O. Hampton
Imprint: CSIRO Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 270mm,
Width: 210mm,
Spine: 40mm
Weight: 3.004kg
ISBN: 9781486313440
ISBN 10: 1486313442
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 01 July 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
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.
Reviews for Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods
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 *
