Last year I blogged about whether dingos were Australian, due to their (relatively) recent arrival in Australia from Asia. The Complete Book of Australian Mammals includes dingos (Canis lupus ssp. dingo) in the Introduced Mammals section [1]. The Introduced Species Summary Project of Columbia University also lists dingos, but describes them as “a near-native [...]
Posts Tagged ‘invasive species’
Dingo, Dingo
Posted in Australia, tagged Animals, dingoes, endangered, indigenous fauna, invasive species on 2 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bushfire in Kings Park
Posted in Perth, tagged fire tolerant, bushfire, banksia, reserves, invasive species, indigenous fauna, indigenous flora, Kings Park on 18 January 2009 | 3 Comments »
On Friday it was 41.8°C. It’s not usually quite that hot until February and the extreme weather didn’t help in controlling the fires which burnt in Perth and the south west [1].
The deliberately fire at Kings Park burnt 20ha of the Mt Eliza escarpment. Australia’s bush is resilient in regenerating after fire and the [...]
Weeding Star Swamp
Posted in Perth, tagged bushfire, History, indigenous flora, invasive species, Lazyst, reserves, Star Swamp on 21 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A month ago a Lupin Pull was held at Star Swamp Bushland Reserve. These are organized by the Friends of Star Swamp Bushland and happen in autumn and spring. I keep meaning to go, but never quite make it out of bed in time. I turned up at 11am, but by then it was pretty [...]
Is the dingo Australian?
Posted in Australia, tagged Animals, books, cats, dogs, extinction, indigenous fauna, indigenous flora, invasive species on 10 April 2008 | 5 Comments »
Are you thinking, “Of course the dingo is Australian, what else would it be?”
I just read Animal Nation: The True Story of Animals and Australia by Adrian Franklin (UNSW Press, 2006) and it got me thinking about dingoes, cats and Illyarri gum trees. Animal Nation is about Franklin’s research into our views on animals. [...]
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"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
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