The Bobuck Underground: Infrared Camera Survey of Bobucks, Trichosurus cunninghami, in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

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First stop: Bobucks on Wikipedia.

Say what you like about it - so long as one checks up on what Wikipedia's articles assert, I find it's a useful introduction to most subjects.

Bobuck Survey 2007-2008:
published papers, reports and media coverage

Gippsland Bobucks paper #1: first discovery (PDF, 4.1MB)
Gippsland Bobucks 'Note' #1 (PDF, 2.3MB)
Bobuck Paper #3: abstract. (PDF. Not yet in print.)
Bobucks discovered at Candowie Reservoir.
Report to Westernport Water (PDF, 2.0MB)
Regional media coverage of the Bobuck Survey (PDF, 1.1MB)
Final Report of the Bobuck Survey.
Submitted to the DSE, 2007, in fulfillment of the project's
permit requirements (PDF, 1.4MB)

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Special thanks to The Victorian Naturalist for taking a scientific interest in my work.

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Bobuck Citations and Previous Research

Burchfield, E., N. S. Agar, et al. (2005). Effects of terpenes and tannins on some physiological and biochemical parameters in two species of phalangerid possums (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 53(6): 395-402.
Claridge, A. W. and D. B. Lindenmayer (1998). Consumption of hypogeous fungi by the mountain brushtail possum (T. caninus) in eastern Australia. Mycological Research 102: 269-272.
Collins, B. B. (2003). Phylogeography of brushtail possums (T.). Townsville, James Cook University. Honours Thesis
Fahrig, L. (2003). Effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics 34: 487-515.
Hynes D. and Cleeland M. (2005), Presence of Bobucks (T. caninus) in The Gurdies on Westernport Bay, Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist v122 (3), 141-145.
Hynes D. (2006), The Gurdies Bobucks: How Are they Faring? The Victorian Naturalist v123(2)
Hynes, D. and Cleeland, M. (2010). Extended range of bobucks Trichosurus cunninghami in south-west Gippsland, Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist, v127(1): 15-19
Kavanagh, R. P. (1984). Seasonal changes in habitat use by gliders and possums in southeastern New South Wales. Possums and Gliders. A. P. Smith and I. D. Hume. Chipping Norton, Surrey Beatty & Sons: 527-543.
Kerl A (2001), Possums: the Brushtails, Ringtails and Greater Glider. UNSW Press, Sydney NSW.
Kutt AS and Yugovic JW (1996), Fauna of the Grantville Gravel Reserve, with Reference to Vegetation and Conservation Significance. The Victorian Naturalist 113, 58-57.
Lindenmayer, D. B., R. B. Cunningham, et al. (1990). Habitat requirements of the mountain brushtail possum and the greater glider in the montane ash-type eucalypt forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria. Australian Wildlife Research 17(5): 467-478.
Lindenmayer, D. B., J. Dubach, et al. (2002). Geographic dimorphism in the mountain brushtail possum T. caninus: the case for a new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 50(4): 369-393.
Martin, J. K., K. A. Handasyde, et al. (2004). Aspects of the ecology of the bobuck T. caninus in the Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria. The biology of Australian possums and gliders. R. L. Goldingay and S. M. Jackson. Chipping Norton, Surrey Beatty & Sons: 484-489.
Martin, J. K. (2006). Den-use and home-range characteristics of bobucks, T. cunninghami, resident in a forest patch. Australian Journal of Zoology 54(4): 225-234.
Martin, JK & Handasyde, KA (2007) Comparison of bobuck demography in two habitat types in the Strathbogie Ranges, Australian Journal of Zoology 271: 375-385.
Menkhorst P and Knight F (2001), A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia, Oxford University Press 2001.
Saunders, D. A., R. J. Hobbs, et al. (1991). Biological consequences of ecosystem fragmentation - a review. Conservation Biology 5(1): 18-32.
Seebeck, J. H., Warneke, R. M., and Baxter, B. J. (1984). Diet of the bobuck, T. caninus (Ogilby) (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae) in a mountain forest in Victoria. In ‘Possums and Gliders’. (Eds A. P. Smith and I. D. Hume.) pp. 145–154. (Surrey Beatty and Sons: Sydney.)
Tyndale-Biscoe, H. (2005). Life of marsupials. Collingwood, CSIRO Publishing.
Wilson CG (1990), Mammals of The Gurdies, a proposed Flora and Fauna Reserve. The Victorian Naturalist 107, 52-57.
The Current, Spring Issue 2006, pg 2. Tales of the Bobuck, Maureen Sherrin.
South Gippsland Sentinel Times, June 27, 2006, pg. 25. Discovery of an Unknown Possum.

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