Dr Dorian Moro
FULL PUBLICATION LIST
Book chapters
(In press) Morris, K, Johnson, B, Orell, P, Gaikorst, G, Wayne, A, and Moro, D.. Recovery of a threatened dasyurid: the Chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii Dasyuridae). In Carnivorous Marsupials. C Dickman, M Jones (Eds).
Moro, D.(2002). Comparison of baits and bait stations for the selective control of wild house mice on Thevenard Island, Western Australia. In: Eradication of Island Invasives, D.C. Veitch & MN Clout (Eds). Invasive Species Specialist Group, Auckland, New Zealand. Pp. 213-18.
Journals
(In press) Moro D. and Spencer PBS . Microsatellite
primers for the Western Pebble-mound Mouse
(Pseudomys chapmani) that show cross amplification for other
species of Australian rodent. Mol. Ecol. Notes
(In press) Miller, S., Mills, H., Bencini, R. and Moro, D. Diet of the dibbler on Boullanger Island and Whitlock Island, Western Australia. Aust. J. Zool.
(In press) Moro, D. Macquarie Island mice. Australian Geographic. Accepted 17 June 2002
In press (2003) Moro, D. Translocation of marsupial dibblers to islands, Western Australia. Biol. Conserv.
Moro, D. and Bradshaw, S. D.(2002). Diets and predictions of feeding rate of house mice and short-tailed mice inhabiting an arid-zone island in Western Australia. Aust. J. Zool. 50: 249-65.
Moro, D. (2001). Evaluation and cost benefits of controlling house mice Mus domesticus on islands: an example from Thevenard Island, Western Australia. Biological Conservation
Moro, D. and Stanley, F. (2001) Pearls of the Pilbara: isalnds off the north-west coasts of Australia. Landscope 16:34-40.
Morris, KD, Johnson, B, Orell, P, Gaikorst, G., and Moro, D. (2001). Conservation and recovery of the Chuditch (Dasyurus geofroyii) in Western Australia. Carnivorous Marsupials Vol 1 (in press).
Moro, D. (2000). Kidney structure in two species of arid zone rodent: Lakeland Downs Short-tailed mouse, L. lakedownensis and the house mouse M. domesticus. Australian Mammalogy (in press).
Moro, D. and Morris, K. D. (2000). Population structure and dynamics of sympatric house mice and short-tailed mice on Thevenard Island, Western Australia. Wildlife Research 27, 257-68.
Moro, D. and Morris, K. D. (2000). Movements and refugia of short-tailed mice, Leggadina lakedownensis, and house mice, Mus domesticus, on Thevenard Island, Western Australia. Wildlife Research 27, 11-20.
Moro, D., and Bradshaw, S. D. (1999). Water and sodium balances and metabolic physiology of house mice (Mus domesticus) and short-tailed mice (Leggadina lakedownensis) under laboratory conditions. Journal of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 169: 538-548.
Moro, D., and Bradshaw, S. D. (1999). Water and sodium requirements of field populations of house mice (Mus domesticus) and short-tailed mice (Leggadina lakedownensis) on Thevenard Island, in the arid Pilbara region of Western Australia. Journal of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 169: 419-428.
Moro, D., Lloyd, M., Smith, A., Shellam, G., and Lawson, M. (1999). Murine viruses in an island population of introduced house mice and endemic short-tailed mice in Western Australia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35: 301-310.
Moro, D., Campbell, N.J.H., Elphinstone, M.S., and Baverstock, P.R. (1998). The Thevenard Island mouse: historic and conservation implications from mitochondrial DNA sequence-variation. Pacific Conservation Biology 4: 1-10.
Moro, D. (1997). Removal of a feral cat from Serrurier Island. The Western Australian Naturalist 21: 153-56.
Moro, D. (1997). The House mouse versus science: is selective control possible? Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Minerals Council of Australia Environmental Workshop, Adelaide, South Australia. pp.39-55.
Moro, D. (1996). Thevenard Island mouse: translocation to Serrurier Island, Western Australia. Re-introduction News 12: 21-22.
Moro, D. (1996). The Thevenard Island mouse - is its safety secure? WAPET World 25: 5.
Moro, D. (1995). Endangered: The Thevenard Island Mouse. Landscope 11: 20.
Moro, D. (1991). The distribution of small mammal species in relation to heath vegetation near Cape Otway, Victoria. Wildlife Research 18: 605-18.
Brunner, H., Moro, D., Wallis, R. and Andrasek, A. (1991). Comparison of the diets of foxes, dogs and cats in an urban park. Victorian Naturalist 108: 34-7.
Conference Papers
Moro, D. and Lawson, M.(2003) Pathogen study of house mice on islands reveals insights into viral persistence in isolated populations. In Rats, Mice and people: rodent biology and management, GR Singleton, LA Hinds, CJ Krebs, DM Spratt (Eds). ACIAR Monograph No. 96, pp. 51-54.
Other literature
Moro, D. (2001)Translocation of Thevenard Island mice to Serrurier Island, Western Australia: success and excess. Re-introduction News 20: 17-18.
Moro, D, and Stanley, F.(2001) Pearls of the Pilbara: islands off the north-west coast of Australia. Landscope 16: 34-40.
Moro, D. (2000). Living with chuditch. Information pamphlet prepared for the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth, Western Australia.
Moro, D. (1998). Serrurier Island Nature Reserve. Information pamphlet prepared for the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth, Western Australia.
Moro, D. (1991). A proposed conservation reserve for Altona Meadows. Information pamphlet prepared for the Department of Conservation and Environment, Melbourne Region.
Moro, D. (1990). Survey work on the Striped Legless Lizard (Delma impar) in the Derrimut Native Grassland Reserve: On-going research project - Summer 1990 results. Report to the Department of Conservation and Environment, Melbourne Region.
Moro, D. (1990). Prescriptions to monitor changes in the population of the Eltham Copper Butterfly. Report to the Department of Conservation and Environment, Melbourne Region.
Moro, D. (1990). A review on the effects of fire and logging on soil and litter invertebrates. Review submitted to the Faculty of Applied Science, Victoria College (Rusden Campus).
Moro, D. (1990). A review on the effects of fire and logging on birds, reptiles and amphibians in Australia. Review submitted to the Faculty of Applied Science, Victoria College (Rusden Campus).
Websites
2002 Threatened species profiles for Western Austrlia. Released on CALM Naturebase website (http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/index.html)