Research Projects

Projects / Contracts

The specialised and diverse skills of the members of the Institute of Wildlife Research are made available on a consultancy or advisory basis. Consultancy programs have included submissions on endangered vertebrates in Queensland and New South Wales, research on the impacts of feral cats, fauna and flora surveys, mitigation for waste management systems, preparation of species recovery plans for New South Wales, and airfield wildlife management.

2008:
Silver Valley Minerals Tulloch Mine desktop assessment for Coffey Environments.
2007:
RTA proposed landscaping project review, General Holmes Drive, Sydney.
2007:
McDonalds Restaurant proposed landscaping review, General Holmes Drive, Sydney.
2007:
Avifauna management for proposed Multiplex development, King St Wharf, Sydney.
2006:
Park N Bark Remediation, Sydney Airport.
2005:
Review of the red fox in Tasmania.
2004:
Ecology of the spotted-tailed quoll, and its interactions with foxes and wild dogs.Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife.
2002:
New South Wales Royal National Park Mammal Survey Funding.NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
2002:
Competitive and predatory effects of the Red Fox on the Spotted-tailed Quoll. Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia Inc., Australian Academy of Science.
2001:
Fauna survey in Centennial Parklands.Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust.
2001:
Collation of current knowledge of fauna species.NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
2001:
Assessment of bait uptake by non-target animals during 1080 baiting programs for foxes and wild dogs.Environment Australia and Natural Heritage Trust.
2000:
Survey for turtles in the Bellinger River; Surveys for brush-tailed rock wallabies in the Kangaroo Valley area; Literature surveys on threatened fauna. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
2000:
Conserving tropical waterbirds. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
1999:
Submission on the Draft Fraser Island Dingo Management Strategy.
1999:
Research funds PhD on the Impacts of cattle grazing and associated burning regimes on the biodiversity of tableland eucalyptus forests, NSW.State Forests, NSW. Elizabeth Tasker.
1999:
Management of pest rodents in Taronga Zoo. Zoological Parks Board. Chris Dickman and Eric Dorfman.
1999:
Literature review of selected species of western zone vertebrates. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Alistair Glen and Chris Dickman.
1999:
Feeding ecology of the platypus.AMPControl. Tanya Rankin.
1998:
Survey of the terrestrial vertebrates of the Homebush Bay Olympic site.
1998:
Review of field programs, CSIRO Wildlife & Ecology (now Sustainable Ecosystems).
1998:
Management of pest rodents in south-east Asia.
1998:
Effect of habitat conditions and ecological processes on biodiversity.
1996:
Potential impacts on native Australian fauna of Rabbit Calicivirus Disease (RCD).
1996:
Ecology of introduced, exotic wildlife: fundamental and economic aspects.
1995:
Impact of feral cats on Australian native fauna.
1995:
Analysis and advice on predator scats and predator tracking. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and ACT Parks and Conservation Service. Peter Banks and Chris Dickman.
1994:
The effects of foxes on Murray River tortoises. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mike Thompson.
1994:
Survey of habitats of threatened desert mammals in south-western Queensland
1994:
Investigations of the impacts of foxes on vertebrates in the A.C.T. ACT Parks and Conservation Service. Peter Banks and Chris Dickman.
1991:
Review of native rodents in western New South Wales.
1991:
Review of all native mammals in western New South Wales.
1990:
Review of forestry operations in the north Washpool rainforest.
1990:
Review of dasyurid marsupials in western New South Wales.
1988:
Review of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of Mount Walton, western Goldfields, Western Australia.