Emeritus Professor Harry Recher

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Recent Publications (1995 - 2002)

Davis, W. E. and Recher, H. F. (2002) Mixed-species foraging flocks and other winter bird associations at Dryandra State Forest, Western Australia. Corella 26: 70-73.

Davis, W. E. and Recher, H. F. (2002) Winter mixed-species foraging flocks in Acacia woodlands of Western Australia. Corella 26: 74-78.

Recher, H. F., Davis, W. E. and Calver, M. (2002) Resource partitioning and the comparative foraging ecology of five species of ground-pouncing birds in Western Australian eucalypt woodlands. Ornithological Science 1:29-40.

Recher, H. F. (2002) Ethics editorial: veterinary conservation biology. Western Banders News No. 52 (April 2002), 7-8. (previously published as an editorial in Pacific Conservation Biology 7, 77-78)

Recher, H. F. (2002). The past, future and present of biodiversity conservation in Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 8: 8-11. (Originally appeared as : Recher, H. F. 2001. Pp. 11- 14 in Veterinary Conservation Biology: Wildlife Health and Management in Australasia. ed. by A. Martin and L. Vogelnest, Australian Veterinary Association Conference Organising Service, Kingston, ACT.)

Recher, H. F. (2002) Challenges for nature conservation. Australian Zoologist 32 (1): 112-116.

Recher, H. F. (2002) Scientists in the wilderness Australian Zoologist 32(1): 139-149.

Recher, H. F. and Davis, W. E. (2002) Foraging profile of a Salmon Gum woodland avifauna in Western Australia. J. Royal Society of Western Australia 85(2): 103-111

Recher, H. F. and Davis, W.E. (2000). A contribution to the Natural History of the Slender-billed Thonbill Acanthiza iredalei in Western Australia.

Davis, W. E. and Recher, H. F. (2000). False-brooding behaviour in the Red-capped Dotteral Charadrius ruficapillus. Australian Bird Watcher.18:248-9.

Recher, H. F., Date, E. M. and Ford, H. A. 1995. The Biology and Management of Rainforest Pigeons in New South Wales. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville. Species Management Report No. 16, pp. 1-64, i- viii.

Majer, J. and Recher, H. 1995. The nutrient-invertebrate-bird connection: An outline of the eucalyptus canopy project. What's up?: Canopy Research Newsletter 1 (3), 4-6.

Recher, H. F. 1995. The environment: is it too radical for Labor? The Australian Society of Labor Lawyers, 17th National Conference (Sydney, NSW). (unpublished conference paper)

Recher, H. F. 1995. Our backyard - millions of species under threat. Horizons of Science Forum, (UTS, Sydney) (unpublished conference paper)

Recher, H. F. (1995/96) Will Australia's birds survive the 21st century? Island No. 65 (summer), pp. 82 - 90.

Ford, H., Barrett, G. and Recher, H. (1995) Birds in a degraded landscape - safety nets for capturing regional biodiversity. pp. 43 - 50. in D. Saunders, J. Craig, and E. Mattiske (eds). Nature Conservation IV, The Role of Networks. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.

Ford, H., Lynch, J., Recher, H. and Saunders, D. (1995) The effect of habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation on bird communities in southern Australia. Project 141 for World Wide Fund for Nature, Australia, WWF, Sydney.

Date, E. M., Paull, D. C., Recher, H. F., and Ford, H. F. (1996) Changing logging, burning and grazing regimes on the northwest slopes of NSW to meet requirements of woodland species and assemblages. unpublished conference paper -Conservation Outside Nature Reserves - Brisbane, Feb. 4-7, 1996

Recher, H. F. (1996) Conservation and management of eucalypt forest vertebrates. pp. 339-88. in R. DeGraff and I. Miller (eds.) Conservation of Faunal Diversity in Forested Landscapes. Chapman and Hall, London.

Recher, H. F., Majer, J. D., and Ganesh, S. (1996) Seasonality of canopy invertebrate communities in eucalypt forests of eastern and western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 21, 64-80.

Majer, J., Recher, H., and Keals, N. (1996) Branchlet shaking: A method for sampling tree canopy arthropods under windy conditions. Australian Journal of Ecology 21, 229-34.

Date, E. M., Recher, H. F. Ford, H. A., and Stewart, D. A. (1996) Conservation biology of rainforest pigeons in northern New South Wales. Pacific Conservation Biology 2, 299-308.

Recher, H. F. and Majer, J. (1996) One humble gum tree: home to 1,000 species. GEO 18 (6), 20-9.

Recher, H. F., Majer, J. D., and Ganesh, S. (1996) Eucalypts, arthropods and birds: On the relation between foliar nutrients and species richness. Forest Ecology and Management 85, 177-96.

Davis, W. E. Jr and Recher, H. F. (1996) A leucino Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis in Western Australia. Australian Birdwatcher 16, 303-4.

Recher, H. F. (1996) An overview of the range of impacts of prescribed burning on natural ecosystems. unpublished conference paper presented at the seminar on 'The Impacts of Prescribed Burning on the Biodiversity of the South West Region', Bunbury, WA., 9 November 1996.

Keast, J. A. and Recher, H. F. (1997) The adaptive zone of the genus Gerygone (Acanthizidae) as shown by morphology and feeding habits. Emu 97, 1-17.

Recher, H. F. and W. E. Davis. (1997) Observations on the foraging ecology of a mulga bird community. Wildlife Research 24, 27-43.

Recher, H. F. (1997) The environmental debate: Is there a role for science? Planet 3 No. 9, p. 2 (The Catholic Earthcare Commission, Adelaide, SA).

Recher, H. F. (1997) Do we really need more people? unpublished paper presented at the Inaugral World Population Day Public Meeting, 11th July, Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population, Perth, W.A.

Majer, J. D., Recher, H. F., Wellington, A. B., Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Yen, A. L. (1997) Invertebrates of eucalypt formations pp. 278-302 in J. Williams and J. Woinarski (eds) Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Woinarski, J. C. Z., Recher, H. F., and Majer, J. D. (1997) Vertebrates of eucalypt formations. pp. 303-41 in J. Williams and J. Woinarski (eds). Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Woinarski, J. C. Z. and Recher, H. F. (1997) Impact and Response: A Review of the Effects of Fire on the Australian Avifauna. Pacific Conservation Biology 3, 183-205

Recher, H. F. (1997) The Human Dilemma. unpublished conference paper presented at the Human Genetics: Diversity and Disease conference, Perth, W.A., 21 July 1997.

Recher, H. F. (1997) Australia's biodiversity and its conservation into the 21st Century. published by the Community Biodiversity Network (Sydney) on its Earth Alive web site.

Recher, H. F. (1997) Costing the environment: Agriculture and community responsibility. pp. 154-162 in M. Leybourne (ed). Proceedings RGC Mineral Sands Limited State Landcare Conference 1997, Soil and Land Conservation Council, W.A.

Recher, H. F. (1997) Impact of wildfire on the avifauna of Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia. Wildlife Research 24, 745-61.

Oliver, D., Ford, H. and Recher, H. (1998). The ecology and conservation of the endangered regent honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia) in northern New South Wales. pp. 15-22 in , R. J. Banens and R. Lehane (eds), 1996 Riverine Environment Forum, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra.

Recher, H. F. (1998) Parks for biodiversity: an old and tarnished vision. pp. 128-139 in P. Prineas (ed). National Parks: New Visions for a New Century, Proceedings of the Paddy Pallin Conference , Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales, Sydney.

Lindenmayer, D. B. and Recher, H. F. (1998) Aspects of ecologically sustainable forestry in temperate eucalypt forests - beyond an expanded reserve system. Pacific Conservation Biology 4, 4-10.

Recher, H. F. (1998) Public and political: the challenge for ecologists. pp. 9-15 in Ecology for Everyone: Communicating Ecology to Scientists, the Public and the Politicians. R. Wills and R. Hobbs (eds), Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.

Recher, H. F., Hutchings, P. A., Rosen, S. and Attenbrow, V. (1998) Human settlement of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment: Impact on the biota. pp. 21-38 in The Improvers' Legacy: Environmental Studies of the Hawkesbury, J. Powell (ed), Deerubbin Press, Berowra Heights, NSW.

Recher, H. F. (1998) Impact of prescribed burning on terrestrial ecosystems: An overview. pp 62-67 in The Impacts of Prescribed Burning on the Biodiversity of the South West of WA: Submission to EPA's 1997 Review of CALM. edited and published by Friends of the Chuditch, Inc., Balingup, W.A.

Recher, H. F. and Majer, J. D. (1998) Forest Non-plant Biodiversity: A Report to the Word Bank. Unpublished report to the World Bank, Washington D. C., U.S.A.

Recher, H. F. and Davis, W. E. (1998) Foraging profile of a wandoo woodland avifauna during spring. Australian Journal of Ecology 23, 514-28.

Calver, M. C., Dickman, C. R., Feller, M. C., Hobbs, R. J., Horwitz, P., Recher, H. F., and Wardell-Johnson, G. (1998) Towards resolving conflict between forestry and conservation in Western Australia. Australian Forestry 61, 258-66.

Recher, H. F. (1998). The enigma of biodiversity. Unpublished Conference Paper, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Biobusiness Conference, Perth, W. A., 23-27 November.

Davis, W. E. and Recher, H. F. (1998) 'Teaching' or 'teasing'? - indirect feeding of food-begging birds by an adult butcherbird and sittella. Western Australian Naturalist 22, 135-6.

Bae, T. W., Majer, J. D. and Recher, H. F. (1998) Canopy arthropod faunas in fragmented agricultural landscapes: patterns in the distribution of beetles. Research Bull. Instit. Agricultural Resources (Dong-A University, South Korea) 12, 431-44.

Majer, J. D. and Recher, H. F. (1999) Are eucalypts Brazil's friend or foe? An entomological viewpoint. Annals of Brazilian Entomological Society 28, 185 - 200.

Majer, J. D. and Recher, H. F. (1999) The insects in the trees: are they important?. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Development of Agricultural Life Science and Technology: Toward the 21st Century, Miryang National University, Miryang, Kyong Nam, Korea. (also published in The Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Entomology and The Entomological Society of Korea)

Recher, H. F. (1999) The state of Australia's avifauna: a personal opinion and prediction for the new millennium. Australian Zoologist 31, 11 - 27.

Doupe', R. G. and Recher, H. F. (1999) Gene pool management of hatchery Barramundi Lates calcarifer for production and stock augmentation programs. Pacific Conservation Biology 5, 73 - 75.

Recher, H. F. and Lavery, P. (1999). Do we really want more people. Environment SA 7, No. 4 pp. 44-45.

Horwitz, P., Recher, H. , and Majer, J. (1999) Putting Invertebrates on the Agenda: Political and Bureaucratic Challenges. pp. 1-9 in The Other 99 Percent: Invertebrate Biodiversity. W. Ponder and P. Hutchings (eds). Royal Zoological Society of NSW

Majer, J. D., Recher, H., and Keals, N. (1999) Canopy arthropod faunas in fragmented agricultural landscapes.

Recher, H. F. and Holmes, R. T. (in press) The foraging ecology of eucalypt forest and woodland birds, I. Differences between males and females. Emu

Majer, J. and Recher, H. (in press) The lone tree. Nature Australia

Majer, J. D., Recher, H. F. and Ganesh, S. (submitted) Diversity patterns of eucalypt canopy arthropods in eastern and western Australia.

Davis, W. E. and Recher, H. F. (ms) Mixed species foraging flocks and other winter bird associations at Dryandra State Forest, Western Australia.

Evelegh, N. C., Majer, J. D. and Recher, H. F. (ms) The effects of reducing bird predation on canopy arthropods of Marri Eucalyptus calophylla saplings on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia.

Recher, H. F. and Davis, W. E. (ms) Resource partitioning and the comparative foraging ecology of four species of ground-pouncing birds in Western Australian eucalypt woodlands.

Recher, H. F. (ms) Biodiversity and human survival in Australia.

Recher, H. F. (ms) The post-RFA future: Science, social harmony and biodiversity conservation

Wilson, K. and Recher, H. F. (ms) Foraging ecology and habitat selection of the Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus ornatus in a Western Australian woodland.

Ford, H. A., Barrett, G., Saunders, D. A. and Recher, H. F. (ms) Why have birds in the woodlands of southern Australia declined? Biological Conservation

* Book reviews, radio & television presentations, seminars & lectures, letters to editors, editorials, and newspaper articles are not listed. 29 August 1999

Harry F. Recher, DETYA Category Publications (1995-99)*