Bibliography for Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)

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• Burnett, G.T. 1830. Illustrations of the Quadrupeda, or Quadrupeds; being the arrangement of the true four-footed beasts indicated in outline. Quarterly Journal of Science II 1829: 336-353
• Bush, M. Graves, J.A.M., O'Brien, S.J. & Wilde, D.E. 1990. Dissociative anaesthesia in free ranging male koalas and selected marsupials in captivity. Australian Veterinary Journal 67: 449-451
• Canfield, P.J., Gee, D.R. & Wigney, D.I. 1989. Urinalysis in captive koalas. Australian Veterinary Journal 66: 376-377
• Canfield, P.M., O'Neill, M.E. & Smith, E.F. 1989. Haemotological and biochemical reference values for the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Veterinary Journal 66: 324-326
• Cleva, G.M., Stone, G.M. & Dickens, R.K. 1994. Seasonal changes in haematocrit in captive koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Journal of Zoology 42: 233-236
• Cleva, G.M., Stone, G.M. & Dickens, R.K. 1994. Variation in reproductive parameters in the captive male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Reproduction, Fertility and Development 6: 713-720
• Cocciolone, R.A. & Timms, P. 1992. DNA profiling of Queensland koalas reveals sufficient variability for individual identification and parentage determination. Wildlife Research 19: 279-287
• Cork, S.J. 1986. Foliage of Eucalyptus punctata and the maintenance nitrogen requirements of koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus. Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 17-23
• Cork, S.J. 1990. Digestive physiology of koalas. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society 21: 95-104
• Cork, S.J., Hume, I.D. & Dawson, T.J. 1983. Digestion and metabolism of a natural foliar diet (Eucalyptus punctata) by an arboreal marsupial, the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 153: 181-190
• Cork, S.J. & Hume, I.D. 1983. Microbial digestion in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus, Marsupialia), an arboreal folivore. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 152: 131-136
• Cork, S.J. & Warner, A.C.I. 1983. The passage of digesta markers through the gut of a folivorous marsupial, the koala Phascolarctos cinereus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 152: 43-52
• Cronin, L. (ed.) 1987. Koala: Australia's endearing marsupial. French's Forest : Reed Books 135 pp.
• Davidson, C.V. & Young, W.G. 1990. The muscles of mastication of Phascolarctos cinereus (Phascolarctidae: Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 227-240
• Degabriele, R. 1983. Nitrogen and the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): some indirect evidence. Australian Journal of Ecology 8: 75-76
• de Miguel, C. & Henneberg, M. 1998. Encephalization of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus. Australian Mammalogy 20: 315-320
• Desmarest, A.G. 1820. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Livr. 89. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Premiere partie, contenant les ordres des bimanes, des quadrumanes et des carnassiers. Paris : V. Agasse 1-276 pp. suppl. pls 1-14.
• Ellis, W.A.H., Melzer, A., Green, B., Newgrain, K. Hindell, M.A. & Carrick, F.N. 1995. Seasonal variation in water flux, field metabolic rate and food consumption of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 231-240
• Ellis, W.A.H., Sullivan, B.J., Lisle, A.T. & Carrick, F.N. 1998. The spatial and temporal distribution of koala faecal pellets. Wildlife Research 25: 669-676
• Ellis, W.A.H., White, N.A., Kunst, N.D. & Carrick, F.N. 1990. Response of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) to re-introduction to the wild after rehabilitation. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 421-426
• Ellis, W.A.H. & Carrick, F.N. 1992. Total body water and the estimation of fat in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Veterinary Journal 69: 229-231
• Every, K.R. 1986. Evaluation of a decline in population of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss) in Ventnor Reserve, Phillip Is., Victoria, by means of a triple count technique. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 517-525
• Faulks, J. 1991. A preliminary investigation of the distribution of koalas and their potential habitat in the Tweed Shire, and implications for management. The Australian Zoologist 27: 1-13
• Goldfuss, G.A. 1817. In Schreber, J.C.D. von (1774–1855). Die Säugethiere, in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Fortgesetzt von A. Goldfuss. 65e cahier.
• Gordon, G. 1991. Estimation of age of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from tooth wear and growth. Australian Mammalogy 14: 5-12
• Gordon, G., Brown, A.S. & Pulsford, T. 1988. A koala (Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss) population crash during drought and heatwave conditions in south-western Queensland. Australian Journal of Ecology 13: 451-461
• Gray, J.E. 1827. In Griffith, E., Smith, C.H. & Pidgeon, E. (1825–1835). The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France, &c. with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. London : G.B. Whittaker Vol. 5. [Vol. 5 subtitled Synopsis of the species of the Class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organisation, by Cuvier, and other naturalists. With specific characters, synonyma &c. &c]
• Haight, J.R. & Nelson, J.E. 1987. A brain that doesn't fit its skull: A comparative study of the brain and endocranium of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae). pp. 331-352 in Archer, M. (ed.). Possums and Opossums: studies in evolution. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons with the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2 vols lxxii 788 pp.
• Hajdul, P., Copland, M.D. & Schultz, D.A. 1992. Effects of capture on haematological values and plasma cortisol levels of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28: 502-506
• Harding, H.R., Carrick, F.N. & Shorey, C.D. 1987. The affinities of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) on the basis of sperm ultrastructure and development. pp. 353-364 in Archer, M. (ed.). Possums and Opossums: studies in evolution. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons with the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2 vols lxxii 788 pp.
• Hemsley, S., Govendir, M., Canfield, P.J. & Connolly, J.H. 1998. Diabetes mellitus in a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Veterinary Journal 76: 203-208
• Hindell, M.A. & Lee, A.K. 1987. Habitat use and tree preferences of koalas in a mixed eucalypt forest. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 349-360
• Hindell, M.A. & Lee, A.K. 1988. Tree use by individual koalas in a natural forest. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 1-7
• Hirst, L.W., Brown, A.S., Kempster, R., Hall, J. & Woolcock, J.B. 1992. Keratitis in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on Magnetic Island, Townsville. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28: 424-427
• Hirst, L.W., Brown, A.S., Kempster, R. & Winney, N. 1992. Opthalmic examination of the normal eye of the koala. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28: 419-423
• Houlden, B.A., England, P. & Sherwin, W.B. 1996. Paternity exclusion in koalas using hypervariable microsatellites. Journal of Heredity 87: 149-151
• Houlden, B.A., England, P.R., Taylor, A.C., Greville, W.D. & Sherwin, W.B. 1996. Low genetic variability of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus in south-eastern Australia following a severe population bottleneck. Molecular Ecology 5: 269-281
• Hume, I.D. & Esson, C. 1993. Nutrients, antinutrients and leaf selection by captive koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 379-392
• Hyman, R. 1993. Check the fine print, mate. International Wildlife Jan-Feb 1993: 21-23 [foot prints for individual identification]
• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122
• Johnston, S.D., McGowan, M.R., Carrick, F.N. & Tribe, A. 1993. Preliminary investigations into the feasibility of freezing Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) semen. Australian Veterinary Journal 70: 424-425
• Kratzing, J.E. 1984. The anatomy and histology of the nasal cavity of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Anatomy 138: 55-66
• Krockenberger, A.K. 1996. Composition of the milk of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, an arboreal folivore. Physiological Zoology 69: 701-718
• Krockenberger, A.K., Hume, I.D. & Cork, S.J. 1998. Production of milk and nutrition of the dependent young of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Physiological Zoology 71: 45-56
• Lanyon, J.M. & Sanson, G.D. 1986. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) dentition and nutrition. I. Morphology and occlusion of cheek teeth. Journal of Zoology, London A 209: 155-168
• Lanyon, J.M. & Sanson, G.D. 1986. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) dentition and nutrition II. Implications of tooth wear in nutrition. Journal of Zoology, London 209: 169-181
• Lee, A.K. 1988. Life histories of marsupials, with particular reference to the life history of the koala. pp. 613-621 in Anon. (ed.). Australian Wildlife. The John Keep refresher course for veterinarians. Sydney : Postgraduate Committee in Veterinary Science. University of Sydney.
• Lee, A.K., Handasyde, K.A. & Sanson, G.D. (eds) 1991. Biology of the koala. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty 336 pp. [Includes research papers on all aspects of koala biology]
• Lesson, R.P. 1827. Manuel de Mammalogie, ou histoire naturelle des mammifères. Paris : Roret xvi 442 pp.
• Martin, R. 1989. Draft management plan for the conservation of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Victoria. Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Technical Report Series No 99. 64 pp.
• Martin, R.W. 1985. Overbrowsing, and decline of a population of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, in Victoria I. Food preference and food tree defoliation. Australian Wildlife Research 12: 355-365
• Martin, R.W. 1985. Overbrowsing, and decline of a population of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, in Victoria II. Population condition. Australian Wildlife Research 12: 367-375
• Martin, R.W. 1985. Overbrowsing and decline of a population of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, in Victoria. III. Population dynamics. Australian Wildlife Research 12: 377-386
• Martin, R.W. & Handasyde, K.A. 1995. Koala Phascolarctos cinereus. pp. 196-198 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
• Martin, R.W. & Lee, A. 1984. The koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, the largest marsupial folivore. pp. 463-467 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.
• McOrist, S. & Thomas, K.W. 1984. Levels of trace elements in the liver and diet of free-living koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 20: 220-225
• Melzer, A. & Lamb, D. 1994. Low density populations of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in central Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 104: 89-93
• Munks, S.A., Corkrey, R. & Foley, W.J. 1996. Characteristics of arboreal marsupial habitat in the semi-arid woodlands of Northern Queensland. Wildlife Research 23: 185-195
• Nagy, K.A. & Martin, R.W. 1985. Field metabolic rate, water flux, food consumption and time budget of koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) in Victoria. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 655-665
• Obendorf, D.L. 1983. Causes of mortality and morbidity of wild koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 19: 123-131
• Osawa, R. 1993. Dietary preference of koalas Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia : Phascolarctidae) for Eucalyptus spp. with a specific reference to their simple sugar contents. Australian Mammalogy 16: 85-87
• Osawa, R., Bird, P.S., Habrow, D.J., Ogimoto, K. & Seymour, G.J. 1993. Microbiological studies of the intestinal microflora of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus. I. Colonisation of the caecal wall by tannin-protein-complex-degrading enterobacteria. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 599-609
• Osawa, R., Blanshard, W.H. & O'Callaghan, P.G. 1993. Microbiological studies of the intestinal microflora of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus. II. Pap, a special maternal faeces consumed by juvenile koalas. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 611-620
• Ough, K., Handasyde, K.A., Martin, R.W. & Lee, A.K. 1988. Koalas in tea-tree. Victorian Naturalist 105: 17-18
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• Phillips, B. 1990. Koalas: The little Australians we'd hate to lose. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 104 pp.
• Rezakhani, A., Atwell, R.B. & Webster, J.D. 1986. The electrocardiogram of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Veterinary Journal 63: 264-266
• Robinson, A.C., Spark, R. & Halstead, C. 1989. The distribution and management of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in South Australia. South Australian Naturalist 64: 4-24
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• Smith, P. & Smith, J. 1990. Decline of the urban koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) population in Warringah Shire, Sydney. The Australian Zoologist 26: 109-129
• Spencer, A.J. & Canfield, P.J. 1994. Age-related changes in the haematology of young koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) up to one year old. Comparative Haematology International 4: 146-151
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• Thomas, K.W., McOrist, S., Hudson, R.E. & McCaughan, C.J. 1986. Copper metabolism in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) as indicated by a ceruloplasmin stimulation test. Physiological Zoology 59: 29-34
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