The websites and articles on this web page have been chosen from authoritative and reliable sources such as government websites.
Threatened species and ecological communities in Australia (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, n.d).
Rabbits are weeds too! (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, n.d)
Feral animals in Australia (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, n.d)
Food Webs (National Geographic Society, 2021)
BBC Bite size – Food Chains and Food Webs (page 4 is excellent – looks at changes to food webs) (BBC, 2021)
Threatened ecological communities (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, n.d)
Alien plants may pose risk for flying foxes (Fuge, 2021) Article from the Cosmos magazine
This 3-minute video is entitled 'food webs: Crash Course Kids #21.2 (Crash Course Kids, 2015)
European Red Fox (Brisbane City Council, 2020)
Red Fox (Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, 2021)
European Foxes (Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, 2021)
Fox (The State of Queensland, 2021)
This is a 1 minute video is entitled 'fox management' (Sunshine Coast Council, 2017)
How European Rabbits took over Australia (National Geographical Society, 2021)
Myxomatosis to Control Rabbits (SIROpedia, 2011)
Rabbits Introduced (The National Museum of Australia, 2020)
The following article is located within our online databases which the library subscribes to. To access the databases you will need to enter the case-sensitive password LibDat. If you have forgotten the password or need assistance please contact library staff (library@redlands.qld.edu.au). When using the library databases remember the key is to work smarter not harder. Therefore, use the suggested keywords on the 'research ready' webpage. Once you locate a suitable resource, make sure you look at the suggested/related items as they can lead you to other resources. If an article or book has a list of references, be sure to scan the titles as this too can lead you to more resources.
This article is available from the database Gale ebook (Gale database password = redcol): Rabbits in Australia (Regenstein, 2011)
This 10-minute video is entitled '160 year battle against one of Australians worst invasives' (ABC Australia, 2020)
*WARNING: This video contains images that some viewers may find disturbing*
Feral pig (The State of Queensland, 2021)
Feral Pigs (Department of Agriculture, Water, and the Environment, n.d)
Pig (Feral or Wild) (Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, 2021)
Feral Pigs (Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, 2021)
Feral pig biology and distribution (Department of Primary Industries, n.d)
This 4-minute video is entitled 'feral pigs in Australia- Part 1: Introduction' (Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, 2012)
Prickly pear (erect) (Department of jobs, precincts, and regions, 2021)
Prickly Pear Eradication (National Museum of Australia, 2020)
Prickly Pear (Seabrook and McAlpint, 2021)
A prickly problem: Dr Jean White-Haney and the prickly pear (State Library of Queensland, 2012)
This 9-minute video is entitled 'Australia's cactus attack' (Ticket to Know, 2020)
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Please see library staff if you require assistance locating these books.
If searching for information on a .com, .org, or .net website, be sure to use the following C.R.A.A.P evaluation criteria.
Is the website Current? Most websites will have when they were last updated at the bottom of the page.
Is the website Relevant? Does it address your topic effectively? Is it age-appropriate for your research? Is the language appropriate?
Is the website Authoritative? Who is the author? Are there advertisements suggesting it is a commercial site and therefore not a reliable source of information for research purposes?
Is the website Accurate? Is it reliable, correct, biased, or are there grammatical errors?
What is the website's Purpose? Is it selling to you or informing you? What are the author's intentions?