Wildlife Australia - Spring 2017

SPRING 2017 – VOLUME 54 NO.

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In this issue

WILD WORLD

2 The littlest things

Saving the Endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroo means

giving remote PNG communities that have very little a lot

more consideration: Steve Winderlich & Anne O’Dea.

11 Citizen science that squirms

Many hands make light work of assessing invertebrate

biodiversity: Geoff Baker

15 Rise of the guardians

More than just ‘bandicoot bodyguards’ Maremma are

successfully protecting stock and wildlife: Linda van Bommel

25 Brisbane’s bayside treasure chest

Why Moreton Bay Marine Park deserves

World Heritage listing.

34 Swipe right for science

The digital revolution behind wildlife identification:

Geoff Norton, Matt Taylor, Damian Barnier

37 Can’t see the forest for the screens

It’s never been easier to explore nature without leaving

your comfort zone, but how will virtual reality affect wildlife

conservation? Karin Cox

38 Back to basics: bush kindy

Putting ‘nature play’ back into early childhood education

creates a natural vehicle for STEM learning: Janelle Ward

CONSERVATION WATCH

6 Rattling the cage

More than just an experience, cage-diving is teaching

tourists to appreciate the white shark as an apex predator:

Kirin Apps

10 Red Hot List: Flagship 4, Imperilled but resilient

Flora of the Victorian volcanic plains has suffered centuries

of neglect: Jen Silcock

19 Seek and you might find

Even habitat we think of as unsuitable might yield

endangered or elusive species: Martin Schulz

29 Love at low tide

The future of our waterways rests upon citizens forming ‘love

affairs’ with mangrove communities: Norm Duke

40 De-extinction: conservation or curiosity?

We’re on the cusp of being able to ‘de-extinct’ species like

the thylacine or moa, but should we? Helen Taylor

NEWS & VIEWS

48 Dispatches

Keep up with news and research: Christine Donkin,

Tim O’Hara, Martin Gomon, Melanie Mackenzie, Dianne Bray

43 Review

Community Organising: Carol Booth

44 Review

A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia: Owen Seeman

46 Review

A Guide to Stag Beetles of Australia: Tim Low

Efforts are underway to secure World Heritage listing for Moreton Bay

Marine Park. PAGE 25. Photo: Ian Cochrane [CC].

Maremma guardian dogs are successfully protecting little penguins on

Middle Island, Victoria, but they’re also proving a great success as ‘proxy’

top-level predators and staunch defenders of stock.

PAGE 15. Photo: Vas Smilevski http://www.vsimages.com.au

Working with remote communities in the YUS Conservation Area of PNG
to protect Matschie’s tree kangaroo. PAGE 2. Photo: Ellen van Yperen

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