scholarly journals Molecular determination of genetic variation in Pisolithus isolates from a defined region in New South Wales, Australia

1998 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. C. ANDERSON ◽  
S. M. CHAMBERS ◽  
J. W. G. CAIRNEY
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Molecular Determination

Palaeozoic and Mesozoic hemiptera (Insecta)

1956 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
JW Evans
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Family ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Family

New species of Triassic Homoptera and Heteroptera from the Brookvale series of New South Wales and Mt. Crosby, Queensland, are described, one homopteron from the Upper Permian of Warner's Bay, N.S.W., and Homoptera previously recorded from Palaeozoic and Mesozoic strata in Australia and elsewhere are reviewed. New illustrations, made from type specimens, are given for some Australian species. Representatives of the family Scytinopteridae, previously known only from Permian strata, are recorded from the Triassic. Two forewings of uncertain affinities, but having venational features similar to hylicids, are ascribed to species in genera placed in a new family, the Hylicellidae. For leaf-hoppers which are regarded as transitional between the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic faunas, a new family, the Stenoviciidae, is proposed, and another new family, the Chiliocyclidae, is proposed for a group of Mesozoic leaf-hoppers of wide distribution. A forewing from the Triassic of Queensland is identified as that of a eurymelid and another as a cicadellid. The earliest undoubted cercopid, so far recorded, is described from the Triassic; a new family, the Eoscarterellidae, is defined to comprise insects of probable cercopoid affinities, and the family Dysmorphoptilidae is transferred to the Cercopoidea. As the genus Palaeontina Butler is considered not to be a homopteron, a new family name, the Cicadomorphidae, is proposed for large Homoptera with cicada-like wings, previously recorded only from the Jurassic of Europe and which formerly have been included in the family Palaeontinidae. A new genus and species belonging to the Cicadomorphidae is described from the Triassic of New South Wales. The relationships of a new family, the Cicadoprosbolidae, and of the Mesogereonidae are discussed and both are considered to be allied to the Cicadidae. Two new psylloids are described and also an aphid, the latter being the first representative of the Aphidoidea to be recorded from Triassic strata. No new fulgoroids are described but problems associated with the determination of fulgoroid venation are discussed. The genus Actinoscytim Tillyard is transferred from the Homoptera to the Heteroptera and together with three new genera ascribed to a new family, the Actinoscytinidae. The family Ipsviciidae, formerly regarded as belonging to the Homoptera is also removed to the Heteroptera. The family Dunstaniidae is reviewed in the light of a re-examination of type specimens. Fossil fragments, poorly-preserved specimens, and wings of uncertain position which have at some time been referred to the Homoptera, are listed, and some are discussed. Possible derivations and interrelationships of the various major groups of Homoptera are indicated by means of a chart.

Age Determination of Obsidian Source Samples from North Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

1998 ◽  
pp. 305-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bonetti ◽  
A. Guglielmetti ◽  
F. Malerba ◽  
E. Migliorini ◽  
M. Oddone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Age Determination ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Obsidian Source

The Determination of Location in New South Wales

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Hodgkinson ◽  
Chris Nyland ◽  
Simon Pomfret
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

Lambing potential and mortality in Merino sheep as ascertained by ultrasonography

1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 311 ◽  
Author(s):  
RJ Kilgour
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Reproductive Potential ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
The State ◽  
Merino Sheep ◽  
South Wales

The results of commercial ultrasongraphic determination of fetal number in 47 648 autumn-joined and 7846 spring-joined Merino ewes on private properties in New South Wales were analysed to determine reproductive potential. Overall, about 12% of maiden ewes and 31% of adult ewes were diagnosed as carrying twins, with about 5% of ewes diagnosed as dry. Season of joining had no effect on these proportions, except for a slightly lower number of dry ewes among those spring-joined. This analysis indicates that the average flock gives birth to 121 lambs per 100 ewes joined, while the average number of lambs marked per 100 ewes is 80. This means that the State flock is achieving only two-thirds of its potential.

II. On the affinities of thylacoleo

1883 ◽  
Vol 35 (224-226) ◽  
pp. 19-19
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Natural Size ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Carnivorous Marsupial

Since the communication of the paper “On Thylacoleo,” in the “Philosophical Transactions” for 1871, further explorations of the caves and breccia-fissures in Wellington Valley, New South Wales, have been made, by a grant for that purpose from the Legislature of the Colony, and carried out by E. B. Ramsay, Esq., F. L. S., Curator of the Museum of Natural History, Sydney. The present paper treats of the fossils contributing to the further restoration of the great carnivorous Marsupial ( Thylacoleo carnifex , Ow.). They exemplify the entire dentition in situ of the upper and lower jaws of a nature individual: the bones of the fore-limb, of which those of the antibrachium and the ungual phalanges are described, are compared with those of other Marsupials, and of placental, especially feline, Carnivora . An entire lower jaw with the articular condyles adds to the grounds for determination of the habits and affinities of the extinct Marsupial. Figures of these fossils of the natural size accompany the paper.

Children's Services, Wages and Workchoices

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Michael Lyons ◽  
Meg Smith
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
The Past ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Workplace Relations ◽  
Significant Area ◽  
Childcare Workers ◽  
Federal Workplace

IN MARCH 2006 the Industrial Relations Commissions of New South Wales and Queensland utilised their equal-remuneration wage-fixing principles to address the gender undervaluation of childcare work. In doing so the tribunals explicitly rejected employer arguments used in the past to limit increases in award rates of pay for childcare workers. While these decisions were thought to have a wide ranging impact on a significant area of feminised work, their influence is likely to be short-lived. The introduction of the Howard Government's new federal workplace relations system under the WorkChoices legislation provides employers with the opportunity to reargue the NSW and Queensland equal-remuneration cases. This opportunity is facilitated by the operation of the award ‘rationalisation’ process and the determination of minimum wages and classification scales by the new Australian Fair Pay Commission. Some employers are utilising these opportunities to argue for cuts to the award wages of childcare workers, both in nominal and real terms. In this context it is difficult to conclude that the federal WorkChoices wage-fixing system is a fair system.

Integrating demographic and genetic studies of the Greater Glider Petauroides volans in fragmented forests: predicting movement patterns and rates for future testing

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. Lindenmayer ◽  
R. C. Lacy ◽  
H. Tyndale-Biscoe ◽  
A. C. Taylor ◽  
K. L. Viggers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
National Parks ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Genetic Structuring ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
Eucalypt Forest ◽  
South Wales

Habitat loss and habitat fragmentation can have major effects on the distribution and abundance of species (Saunders et al. 1987), often in unpredictable ways (Klein 1989; Tilman et al. 1994; Lacy and Lindenmayer 1995; Cunningham and Moritz 1998). An understanding of responses of species, which lead to persistence or extinction in such disturbed systems, is important for the effective management of many taxa in fragmented multi-use landscapes. One way to examine population dynamics in fragmented systems is to analyse the genetic characteristics of subpopulations in remnant habitat patches (Sarre 1995), borrowing from the population genetics literature for the interpretation of key effects. For example, it is well established that a small, completely isolated population will lose genetic variation rapidly due to genetic drift (Lacy 1987). However, loss of genetic variation within, and increasing differentiation between, subpopulations will be counteracted by inter-population dispersal. Theoretical models of metapopulation structure which describe connectivity and stability can be examined using various demographic input parameters. Importantly, such models can also produce predictions for genetic structuring, making the combined use of modelling and empirical genetic data an extremely powerful tool in examining the effects of habitat fragmentation. On this basis, we have recently commenced a series of integrated demographic and genetic studies of the Greater Glider Petauroides volans at Tumut in southern New South Wales. The study area near Tumut in southeastern New South Wales is characterized by an array of remnant patches of eucalypt forest (0.2?125 ha in size) that were created 15?65 years ago by the establishment of an extensive (50 000 ha) plantation of exotic softwood, Radiata Pine Pinus radiata and known as the Buccleuch State Forest (Routley and Routley 1975). Large areas of continuous native eucalypt forest occur at the boundaries of the plantation (Fig. 1), including those within the Brindabella and Kosciuszko National Parks, and the Bondo and Bungongo State Forests.

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