Search Results - "Calver, M C"

Diet and bite force in red foxes: ontogenetic and sex differences in an invasive carnivore by Forbes‐Harper, J. L., Crawford, H. M., Dundas, S. J., Warburton, N. M., Adams, P. J., Bateman, P. W., Calver, M. C., Fleming, P. A.

“…Bite force is often used as a predictive indicator of an animal's feeding ecology, although the premise that there is a direct link between diet and cranial…”
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Subsidised by junk foods: factors influencing body condition in stray cats (Felis catus) by Crawford, H M, Calver, M C, Fleming, P A

“…Abstract Domestic cats (Felis catus) are one of the most widely distributed and successful carnivores globally. While cats are popular pets, many unowned,…”
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Prevalence of desexed cats in relation to age in a convenience sample of Western Australian cats by Johnson, J, Calver, MC

“…BACKGROUND: Desexing percentages for pet cats in Australia are nearly 95%, but the high numbers of unwanted kittens surrendered to animal shelters suggest that…”
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The abundance of a threatened arboreal marsupial in relation to anthropogenic disturbances at local and landscape scales in Mediterranean-type forests in south-western Australia by Wayne, A.F., Cowling, A., Lindenmayer, D.B., Ward, C.G., Vellios, C.V., Donnelly, C.F., Calver, M.C.

“…This study investigated associations between the relative abundance of the threatened ngwayir (western ringtail possum, Pseudocheirus occidentalis) and…”
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Field survey, isolation, identification and pathogenicity of Phytophthora species associated with a Mediterranean‐type tree species by Croeser, L., Paap, T., Calver, M. C., Andrew, M. E., Hardy, G. E. St J., Burgess, T. I.

“…Summary Corymbia calophylla (marri), a keystone tree species in the global biodiversity hot spot of southwestern Australia, is suffering decline and mortality…”
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Australasian Plant Pathology: an analysis of authorship and citations in the 21st century by Calver, M. C., O’Brien, P. A., Lilith, M.

“…To better inform editorial planning, we analysed Australasian Plant Pathology’ s ( APP ) authorship and readership 2001–2010. Authors came from Australia…”
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Laboratory Trials of the Efficacy of the Crown Weevil Mortadelo horridus (Coleoptera: Curculionoidae) for the Biological Control of Slender Thistles Carduus pycnocephalus and C. tenuiflorus in Southwestern Australia by Wenziker, K.J, Calver, M.C, Woodburn, T.L

“…The hypothesis that larval crown weevil (Mortadelo horridus Alonso-Zarazaga and Sanchez-Ruiz) can suppress vegetative growth, seed set and viability in the…”
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Temperature and inoculation method influence disease phenotypes and mortality of Eucalyptus marginata clonal lines inoculated with Phytophthora cinnamomi by Hüberli, D., Calver, M. C., Tommerup, I. C., Colquhoun, I. J., Hardy, G. E. St J.

“…Survival of l-year-old plants of three clonal lines of Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah), two ranked as resistant (RR1 and RR2) and one as susceptible (SS1) to…”
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Immunological determination of digestive rates in the syntopic scorpions Urodacus armatus Pocock and Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters by Quinlan, T G, Calver, M C, Smith, G T

“…Scorpions have lengthy periods of inactivity, which may be caused either by a long physiological digestion time or predator avoidance or both. We used a…”
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Ecological blunders and conservation: the impact of introduced foxes and cats on Australian native fauna by Calver, M. C., King, D. R., Short, J.

“…Many vertebrate extinctions followed the introduction of the exotic predators, the fox and the cat, to Australia. While experiments have confirmed the case…”
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Computer-aided learning and distance education in veterinary clinical pathology by McConnell, M. F., Calver, M. C.

“…Since 1990, Murdoch University in Western Australia has offered a Master of Veterinary Studies (Small Animal Medicine and Surgery) degree by distance education…”
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A Simple Simulation for Teaching Capture-Recapture Methods of Population Estimation by Calver, M. C

“…The assumptions common to all capture-recapture models for estimating population size are reviewed. A simulation using either a playing board, counters, and…”
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Comparisons of the food niches of three native and two introduced fish species in an Australian river by PEN, L. J, POTTER, I. C, CALVER, M. C

“…The breadth, correspondence and overlap of the diets of the small and large size classes of the three native species (Galaxias occidentalis, Bostockia porosa…”
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A non-destructive laboratory exercise for teaching some principles of predation by Calver, M. C., Wooller, R. D.

“…The functional response is the relationship between an individual predator's consumption rate (defined as the number of prey eaten), and the density of its…”
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Does intraspecific variation in the energy value of a prey species to its predators matter in studies of ecological energetics? A case study using insectivorous vertebrates by Brooks, Stephen J., Calver, Michael C., Dickman, Christopher R., Meathrel, Catherine E., Bradley, J. Stuart

“…This study tested the assumption that variation in the energy value of different instars of a hemimetabolous insect makes no ecologically significant…”
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In-flight and ground testing of single event upset sensitivity in static RAMs by Johansson, K., Dyreklev, P., Granbom, O., Calver, M.C., Fourtine, S., Feuillatre, O.

“…This paper presents the results from in-flight measurements of single event upsets (SEU) in static random access memories (SRAM) caused by the atmospheric…”
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Temperature and inoculation method influence disease phenotypes and mortality of clonal lines inoculated with by D. Hüberli, M. C. Calver, I. C. Tommerup, I. J. Colquhoun

“…Survival of 1-year-old plants of three clonal lines of Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah), two ranked as resistant (RR1 and RR2) and one as susceptible (SS1) to…”
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Immunological determination of digestive rats in the syntopic scorpions Urodacus armatus Podock and Urodacus novaehollandiae Peters by QUINLAN, T. G, CALVER, M. C, SMITH, G. T

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Towards resolving conflict between forestry and conservation in Western Australia by Calver, M.C, Dickman, C.R, Feller, M.C, Hobbs, R.J, Horwitz, P, Recher, H.F, Wardell-Johnson, G

“…There is widespread agreement that the indigenous forests of south-western Australia are an important refuge for wildlife in an otherwise extensively cleared…”
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Update. Beyond Alexis St. Martin: Contemporary Techniques for Studying the Functioning of the Gastrointestinal Tract by Richardson, K. C, Calver, M. C

“…Reviews a range of developments in methodology for studying digestive physiology including comparative anatomy, fistulas and canals, imaging, electromyography,…”
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