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Hemmati-Weber, Minu. "Die Sozialisation von Menschen und Dingen, zum Beispiel im Büro." German Journal of Human Resource Management: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung 7, no. 1 (1993): 96–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/239700229300700108.
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Der Beitrag erläutert eine theoretische Konzeption der Beziehungen von Menschen und Dingen, i.e. Gebäuden, Räumen, Möbeln, Arbeitsmitteln usw., und bezieht sich v.a. auf die Situation in Büros. Aus verschiedenen theoretischen Perspektiven werde ich herausarbeiten, daß und wie die Dinge, von denen wir umgeben sind, uns beeinflussen. Dieser Einfluß ist sowohl sozialisatorisch als auch aktuell verhaltenssteuernd. Und: Die Einflüsse der Dingwelt sind ebenso wichtig wie soziale Einflüsse – obwohl die Bedeutung dinglicher Ambiente gemeinhin unterschätzt wird. Ausgehend von einer Definition der Personen als Sujet-Subjekte (Meyer-Drawe 1990) beschreibe ich die Dinge als Kultur-Objekte, die auf mehrfache Weise beeinflussende Funktionen haben, auch am Arbeitsplatz. Die Beziehungen von Menschen und Dingen definiere ich als transaktionale Relationen; dieses Relationskonzept erlaubt die begriffliche Fassung der wechselseitigen Bedingtheit und Verschränkung von Menschen und Dingen. Die Erläuterung der Abhängigkeit unserer Selbst- und Weltkonzepte von der dinglichen Umgebung verweist noch einmal auf die große Bedeutung der Dinge. Die genannten theoretischen Zugänge legen es jeweils nahe, den Einfluß der Dingwelt als fundamental und als letztlich nicht aufhebbar zu begreifen: Wir können diesen Einfluß ent-decken, nicht aber abstreifen. Der Beitrag schließt mit einigen Überlegungen zu der Frage, ob und wie Personen sich von organisationalen Zwängen, wie sie auch dinglich vermittelt werden, emanzipieren können – am Beispiel der Mitbestimmung bei der Gestaltung von Büroräumen. Die theoretischen Darstellungen werden anhand eines idealtypischen Fallbeispiels jeweils illustriert.
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Depner, Anamaria. "Potenzial und Ambivalenz persönlicher Alltagsdinge beim Übergang in institutionalisierte Wohnformen des Alter(n)s." Übergänge, herausgegeben von Simon Forstmeier 14, no. 2 (2017): 175–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.30820/1613-2637-2017-2-175.
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Basierend auf den Ansätzen der Material Culture Studies, welche die Dinge als physisch Anwesende, uns entgegengeworfene Entitäten betrachten, wird der Umzugsprozess Hochbetagter in Altenheime untersucht. Bei der Betrachtung des Umgangs mit den eigenen Dingen im Kontext dieses Überganges zeigen sich mehrere Aspekte: Unter veränderten Lebensumständen ihrer Besitzer können einst bedeutende Dinge oder Ding-Ensembles diesen (unbehaglich) bedeutungslos werden. Zugleich können Dinge gerade aufgrund ihrer hohen Bedeutung für ihre Besitzer weggeworfen oder gar zerstört werden. Die Möglichkeit, hinsichtlich der eigenen Dinge über die Weitergabe(form) oder das Ende ihrer Existenz zu entscheiden, ist relevant für die Senioren, überfordert diese aber zugleich. Die eigenhändige Entsorgung oder Zerstörung persönlicher, mitunter biografischer Objekte trägt selbstbestätigende und emanzipatorische Züge. Es gibt eine Vielzahl von Möglichkeiten, die hier skizzierte Untersuchung durch eine interdisziplinäre Betrachtungsweise für die Praxis fruchtbar zu machen, beispielsweise indem unerwartete Verhaltensweisen im Umgang mit den eigenen Dingen vom sozialen Umfeld verstanden und ernstgenommen werden.
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Kirsner, Inge. "„Woran dein Herz hängt, das ist dein Gott“." Praktische Theologie 49, no. 1 (2014): 37–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.14315/prth-2014-49-1-37.
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Zusammenfassung Zur Moderne gehört die - nicht zuletzt von Luther artikulierte - Überzeugung, die materiellen Dinge seien für Glauben und Lebensführung entweder irrelevant oder - im Fetischismus - sogar gefährlich. Diese ‚Abwendung von den Dingen‘ wird durch moderne Literatur wie durch aktuelle Filme in Frage gestellt; sie kann auch philosophisch und praktisch-theologisch bestritten werden. Die Dinge machen die Welt bewohnbar - auch und gerade für den Christusglauben.
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Unternährer, Markus. "Die Ordnung der Empfehlung." KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 73, S1 (2021): 397–423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11577-021-00753-z.
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ZusammenfassungEmpfehlungssysteme sind Ordnungstechnologien des Digitalen. Sie bestimmen, welche Filme, Songs oder Artikel uns in welcher Reihenfolge angezeigt werden. Oftmals scheinen Empfehlungen zu personalisieren: „Ich sehe etwas ganz anderes als du.“ Der Artikel zeigt, dass auf der algorithmischen Hinterbühne gerade nicht singularisiert, sondern relationiert wird. Ich beschreibe vier Typen von Empfehlungssystemen, die Nutzerinnen von Webseiten, Streamingdiensten oder Apps auf unterschiedliche Weisen mit anderen Nutzerinnen und Dingen (Filme, Songs, Artikel etc.) in Beziehung setzen. Popularitätsmetriken unterstellen eine pauschale Relevanz für alle; stereotypisierende Verfahren beruhen auf kategorialer Relationierung; inhaltsbasierte Verfahren und Collaborative Filtering relationieren Nutzerinnen und Dinge über Matchings, eine spezifische Variante des Vergleichs, die die paarweisen (Ähnlichkeits‑)Relationen von Nutzerinnen und Dingen vergleichen. In der digitalen Ökonomie dienen Empfehlungssysteme dazu, „good matches“ zwischen Unternehmen, Nutzerinnen, Dingen (und Dritten) zu generieren.
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Nohl, Arnd-Michael. "Das Materielle der Gefühle: Aufwachsen in familialen Dingwelten." Paragrana 20, no. 2 (2011): 103–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1524/para.2011.0037.
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ZusammenfassungSo wichtig materielle Dinge für die menschliche Sozialisation sind, so schwierig ist es, ihre Konstitution in der Erfahrungswelt von kleinen Kindern zu erklären. In diesem Beitrag wird mit dem philosophischen Pragmatismus (James, Mead, Dewey) die Dingkonstitution wie auch die emotionale Qualität der Dingerfahrung reflektiert. Anhand der Kindheitserinnerungen von Literaten und Literatinnen aus der Türkei und Deutschland werden diese theoretischen Einsichten exemplarisch vertieft. Deutlich wird dabei die hohe Relevanz von materiellen Dingen für die emotionale Grundierung des eigenen Weltbezugs.
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Braun, Roland. "Informationsmodellierung für Gebäudeautomatisierung – Praktische Anwendung." atp magazin 60, no. 04-05 (2018): 52–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17560/atp.v60i04-05.2333.
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Wie in [1] ausgeführt ist durchgängige Konnektivität im Internet der Dinge sowie ein höherer Grad (teil-)autonomer Vernetzung von Dingen (Geräten) eine der Hauptherausforderungen. Am Beispiel Gebäudeautomatisierung – die eine hohe Innovationsgeschwindigkeit aufweist – wird aufgezeigt, wie eine gemeinsame funktionale Abstraktionsschicht über Technologien, Standards, Hersteller und Anwendungen erreicht werden kann. Das Fokus liegt dabei auf der Wiederverwendung von existierenden Ansätzen und Lösungen. Der Beitrag präsentiert ein Informationsmodell als Schnittstelle zum Gebäudeautomationssystem und beleuchtet Aspekte der Informationsmodellierung, mit deren Hilfe das Gebäudeautomatisierungssystem über den gesamten Lebenszyklus beherrschbar bleibt. Dabei stehen Fragen der Modellflexibilität und Erweiterbarkeit um konkrete Technologien im Vordergrund.
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Fröhlich, Gerrit. "The Barad's Tale, oder: Ist Doom ein Ding? Digitale Spiele aus der Perspektive des Neuen Materialismus." MedienJournal 45, no. 1 (2021): 24–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.24989/medienjournal.v45i1.1921.
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Sind digitale Spiele Dinge? Die Materialität des Digitalen wird in der Theorie insbesondere von hardware- und softwareorientierten Strömungen jeweils unterschiedlich aufgegriffen. Die umfassend aufgearbeitete Geschichte des Spiels Doom gibt dabei jedoch Hinweise darauf, dass die Frage nach seiner Dinghaftigkeit nicht allein wegen seiner multiplen Materialisierungen, sondern vor allem wegen seiner Fluidität und der nicht ziehbaren Grenzen seiner Produktions- und Rezeptionsgeschichte mit Verweis auf seine Soft- oder Hardware alleine nicht zu beantworten ist. Deshalb wird im vorliegenden Beitrag unter Berücksichtigung des Agentiellen Realismus nach Karen Barad der Vorschlag unterbreitet, die Produktion und das Spielen digitaler Spiele wie Doom als Teile eines Apparats zu verstehen. Dabei ist weder der Prozess des Schaffens digitaler Spiele noch der ihres Spielens als Interaktion digitaler Dinge mit menschlichen Akteuren zu verstehen; vielmehr gehen diese aus vielfältigen Intraaktionen in einem Möglichkeits- bzw. Unmöglichkeitsraum erst hervor und gewinnen hier ihre Differenz zueinander. Kreatives Schaffen sowie die Spielbarkeit selbst stellen Qualitäten dieser intraaktiven Beziehungen dar. Bei Spiele-Apparaten handelt es sich aus dieser Perspektive um nicht fest eingrenzbare Sets an materiell-diskursiven Verschränkungen, die sich fortwährend immer wieder in medialen Dingen niederschlagen.
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Lienau, Detlef. "Individualisierung von Religion?" Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 26, no. 1 (2018): 85–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zfr-2017-0003.
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ZusammenfassungAm Beispiel des Pilgerns wird die Annahme einer Individualisierung von Religion erörtert. Ergebnisse einer qualitativ-empirischen Studie zur religiösen Erfahrung von Pilgern werden in die für Individualisierung relevanten theoretischen Konzepte Subjektivität, Sozialität und Autonomie eingebracht. Religion wird als selbst gemachte Erfahrung, also subjektiviert, sichtbar. Autonomie wird zwar gegenüber sozialen Ansprüchen behauptet, zugleich aber aufgehoben im Sich-Ausliefern an und Aufgehen in den Dingen und Eindrücken. Die soziologischen Konzepte zu Privatisierung und Entscheidungscharakter von Religion bestätigen sich im Pilgern nicht. Die Frage nach der Individualisierung von Religion ist für das Pilgern mithin differenziert zu beantworten: Religion ereignet sich im je einzelnen Subjekt, das sich hinsichtlich der sozialen Einbindung pragmatisch verhält, während es eine gewissheitsstiftende ent-individualisierende Einbindung in scheinbar vorsoziale Dinge wie Natur und den eigenen Leib sucht.
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Gaderer, Rupert. "Der Knopf. Ding und Wahrheit in Bachmanns Ein Wildermuth." Sprache und Literatur 48, no. 2 (2020): 211–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.30965/25890859-04802006.
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Abstract Der Beitrag untersucht das Verhältnis zwischen Kulturtechniken, Dingen und Medien des Rechts in Ingeborg Bachmanns Erzählung Ein Wildermuth (1961). Dabei stellt sich die Frage, inwiefern dem Streit-Ding in der Erzählung eine Akteursbeschaffenheit und dem Recht eine Vernetzungsleistung von Menschen, Akten und Texten zugeschrieben wird. Die Erzählung thematisiert ein epistemologisches Problem, das von einem Streit-Ding ausgehend in unterschiedlichen Varianten durchgespielt wird: Wie ist es möglich, einen Zugang zur (juristischen) Wahrheit zu erlangen, wenn es bereits außerordentlich schwierig ist, etwas über die Identität eines Knopfes auszusagen? Bachmann bezieht sich auf literarische Diskurse der sprachlichen Urteilskraft über Dinge (H. v. Hofmannsthal) und verbindet diese mit der Frage nach juristischen Wahrheitsformen. Dabei zeigt sich die Wahrheitssuche als eine Recherche in den Abgrenzungen eines pädagogischen, juristisch-bürokratischen und sexuellen Dispositivs.
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Meek, P. D., and S. C. Brown. "It’s a dog eat dog world: observations of dingo (Canis familiaris) cannibalism." Australian Mammalogy 39, no. 1 (2017): 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am16018.
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Cannibalism in predators has been reported for a range of species throughout the world, including observations of dingoes (Canis familiaris) eating dingoes in Australia. Here, we report on camera trap observations of dingoes feeding on the carcasses of dingoes and showing aggressive behaviours towards live-trapped conspecifics. At this site, cannibalism and conspecific aggression by dingoes was not caused by food shortages, but was more likely a result of high dingo density in a focal area. We present the first camera trap image observations of dingoes eating dingoes and describe aggressive encounters between live animals.
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Smout, Felicity, Lee Skerratt, Christopher Johnson, James Butler, and Bradley Congdon. "Zoonotic Helminth Diseases in Dogs and Dingoes Utilising Shared Resources in an Australian Aboriginal Community." Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 3, no. 4 (2018): 110. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3040110.
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The impacts of free-roaming canids (domestic and wild) on public health have long been a concern in Australian Indigenous communities. We investigated the prevalence of zoonotic helminth diseases in dogs and sympatric dingoes, and used radio telemetry to measure their spatial overlap, in an Aboriginal community in the Wet Tropics of Australia. Samples collected from dingoes and dogs showed high levels of infection with the zoonotic hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum. Dingoes were also positive for A. ceylanicum infection (11.4%), but dogs were infection free. Whipworm, Trichuris vulpis, infection was far more prevalent in necropsies of domestic dogs (78.6%) than dingoes (3.7%). Dogs were free from Dirofilaria immitis infection, while dingoes recorded 46.2% infection. Eleven dingoes and seven free-roaming domestic dogs were fitted with Global Positioning System collars and tracked over an extended period. Dingo home-ranges almost completely overlapped those of the domestic dogs. However, dingoes and dogs did not utilise the same area at the same time, and dogs may have avoided dingoes. This spatial overlap in resource use presents an opportunity for the indirect spill-over and spill-back of parasites between dogs and dingoes. Tracking and camera traps showed that the community rubbish tip and animal carcasses were areas of concentrated activity for dogs and dingoes.
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Thomson, PC. "The behavioural ecology of dingoes in north-western Australia. III. Hunting and Feeding behaviour, and diet." Wildlife Research 19, no. 5 (1992): 531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9920531.
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Observations from aerial radio-tracking were used together with analysis of scat and stomach samples to investigate the feeding ecology of dingoes, Canis familiaris dingo, on the lower Fortescue River in Western Australia. Between 1977 and 1984, 1948 records of hunting and feeding were obtained, and 352 scats and 119 stomachs were collected. Dingoes preyed predominantly on kangaroos, Macropus robustus and M. rufus, the most abundant and widely distributed of the larger native mammals in the area. In one site dingoes partially switched to alternative food (smaller prey and cattle carrion) when kangaroo abundance declined. However, they continued to hunt and kill kangaroos even when easyto- obtain cattle carrion was available. The increased utilisation of smaller prey by dingoes coincided with changes in sociality (disintegration of packs and an increased number of solitary dingoes). In a sheepgrazing area, sheep were 'easy' prey and dingoes killed sheep and kangaroos in excess of their needs for food, although kangaroo remained a major component of their diet. Dingoes cooperating in groups were more successful than solitary dingoes in hunting large prey (kangaroos, calves). Cooperative effort was not required for dingoes to catch or kill sheep.
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Forsyth, David M., A. David M. Latham, Naomi E. Davis, et al. "Interactions between dingoes and introduced wild ungulates: concepts, evidence and knowledge gaps." Australian Mammalogy 41, no. 1 (2019): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am17042.
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The dingo (Canis dingo or C. familiaris, including hybrids with feral dogs) is the apex carnivore on mainland Australia. Fifteen non-native ungulate species have established wild populations in Australia. Dingoes are managed to reduce impacts on domestic ungulates, and introduced wild ungulates are managed to reduce impacts on natural ecosystems and to minimise competition with domestic ungulates. There is speculation about the extent to which (1) dingoes limit the abundances of introduced wild ungulates, and (2) introduced wild ungulates sustain dingo populations. We reviewed the literature to identify potential ecological interactions between dingoes and introduced wild ungulates, and to synthesise evidence for interactions between dingoes and each ungulate species (including the percentage frequency occurrence (%FO) of ungulates in dingo diets). Eleven of the 15 ungulate species were recorded in the diet of dingoes, with the highest %FO occurrences reported for feral goats (73%) and cattle (60%). Two studies concluded that dingoes reduced ungulate abundances (feral goat (Capra hircus) and feral donkey (Equus asinus)), and two studies concluded that dingoes did not regulate feral pig (Sus scrofa) abundances. A fifth study concluded that dingoes exhibited a Type III functional response to increasing sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) abundances. A sixth study concluded that dingoes made relatively little use of hunter-shot sambar deer carcasses. We propose that interactions between dingoes and introduced wild ungulates depend on the sex–age classes vulnerable to dingo predation, dingo pack sizes, the availability of escape terrain for ungulates and the availability of alternative foods for dingoes. The interplay between environmental conditions and the population growth rate of ungulates, and hence their ability to sustain losses from predation, could also be important. We predict that dingoes will have most impact on the abundance of smaller ungulate species and neonates.
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Marquardt, N. "Das Regieren von Emotionen in Räumen des betreuten Wohnens." Geographica Helvetica 70, no. 3 (2015): 175–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gh-70-175-2015.
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Abstract. Der Aufsatz schlägt die Verbindung und Erweiterung von Analysen des (neoliberalen) Regierens mit nicht-subjektzentrierten und affekttheoretischen Ansätzen vor. Anhand einer Analyse des sozialpolitischen und sozialarbeiterischen Umgangs mit Wohnungslosen wird nachvollzogen, welcher Gewinn sich aus der Verbindung von gouvernementalen und affekttheoretischen Perspektiven ergeben kann. Aus einer gouvernementalen Perspektive wird zunächst nachgezeichnet, wie Affekte und Emotionen in Räumen des betreuten Wohnens für Wohnungslose zum Gegenstand fürsorglicher Intervention werden. Im betreuten Wohnen kommen Mikrotechniken zum Einsatz, die auf eine "ausgewogene" emotionale Bindung an Wohnräume und ihr Inventar hinarbeiten. Das betreute Wohnen ist von Problematisierungen durchzogen, die Wohnungslosigkeit als emotionale Haltung der Rastlosigkeit und Unruhe, als einen Mangel an Verbundenheit mit Orten und Dingen deuten. Gleichzeitig wird den Untergebrachten häufig auch eine übersteigerte affektive Bindung an Dinge unterstellt, die sogenannte "Horder" und "Messies" an einer sozial unauffälligen Haushaltsführung hindere. Eine gouvernementale Analyse kann die therapeutische Rationalität sichtbar machen, die diesen Problematisierungen zugrunde liegt. Eine gouvernementale Analyse allein bietet gleichwohl keine Möglichkeit, alternative Erzählungen über die Bedeutung affektiver Beziehungen für das Wohnen zu entwickeln. Mithilfe unterschiedlicher affekttheoretischer Ansätze geht der Aufsatz daher auch der Frage nach, wie sich jenseits therapeutisierender Perspektiven über das Wohnen und die Bedeutung von Bindungen an Orte und Dinge nachdenken lässt. Nicht-subjektzentrierte Konzepte von Affektivität ermöglichen solche alternativen Erzählungen und eröffnen neue Fluchtlinien der Kritik: Wohnen wir sichtbar als immer schon "betreut", eingelassen in ein Netz von intersubjektiven und interobjektiven Beziehungen.
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Jarman, PJ, and SM Wright. "Macropod studies at Wallaby Creek. IX Exposure and responses of eastern grey kangaroos to dingoes." Wildlife Research 20, no. 6 (1993): 833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9930833.
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Kangaroos at Wallaby Creek lived with the persistent presence of dingoes in the valley, there being no place, time of year or of day when kangaroos could be free of risk. An adult kangaroo might encounter dingoes a few hundred times in its life. Dingoes appeared not to be selective for the sizes of groups of kangaroos that they contacted. Large adult males and females with medium pouch young were overrepresented in the samples of kangaroos contacted by dingoes. No kangaroos ignored the detected presence of dingoes; all became alert, and most fled. The distances at which they became alert to a dingo group depended upon the kangaroo group's size, larger groups never being surprised by dingoes at short range as were some smaller groups. On average larger groups fled when the dingoes were further away. Among classes of kangaroos, large adult males fled least far, and tended to react to dingoes less strongly (in terms of alertness or flight) than other classes. They also exhibited two forms of defence, taking to water when pursued and warding off attack, that other classes did not show.
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Allen, Benjamin L. "Do desert dingoes drink daily? Visitation rates at remote waterpoints in the Strzelecki Desert." Australian Mammalogy 34, no. 2 (2012): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am12012.
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Dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) are water-limited apex predators in Australian terrestrial systems, but observations of dingoes in arid areas far removed from water suggest that dingoes may not always need access to free water to persist. Data from GPS-collared dingoes in the Strzelecki Desert were used to measure waterpoint visitation rates of eight dingoes from four adjacent territories. Each dingo regularly went 3–5 days without visiting waterpoints in all seasons, and individuals of the same pack visited waterpoints at different frequencies and at different times of the day. The longest period without visiting a waterpoint was 22 days in summer and winter from two different individuals. These results have implications for places where dingo baiting occurs, and suggest that diet may play an important role in the use of waterpoints by dingoes.
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Appleby, Rob, Bradley Smith, Jess Mackie, Lilia Bernede, and Darryl Jones. "Preliminary observations of dingo responses to assumed aversive stimuli." Pacific Conservation Biology 23, no. 3 (2017): 295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc17005.
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Occasionally, interactions between dingoes (Canis dingo) and people on Fraser Island result in serious injury, and, in one case, death. The risk to human safety from such interactions may be mitigated if people could carry a suitably defensive repellent, similar in principle to bear (Ursus spp.) repellent spray advocated in North America. In the first step towards searching for suitable stimuli that might be used as repellents with dingoes, we observed the responses of nine dingoes to three stimuli during interactions with a researcher on Fraser Island. Two treatment stimuli were assumed to be potentially aversive (an air horn blast and a water jet from a motorised water pistol), and one was considered unlikely to be aversive and therefore suitable as a control (a whistle being blown). Responses to the stimuli varied. All nine dingoes were initially presented with the whistle; however, only one adult male responded as if the whistle was aversive. Seven of the nine dingoes were later presented with a whistle and treatment stimuli together. None of the seven dingoes were repelled during any air horn treatment trials; however, six of seven dingoes (all juveniles) were repelled by the water pistol stimulus. Although a water pistol was effective at repelling young dingoes on many occasions, responses between individuals were inconsistent. Results from this pilot study suggest that a water pistol stimulus may offer some protection as a repellent to close approaches by young dingoes, particularly if enhanced with a mild irritant.
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Smith, Bradley P., and Robert G. Appleby. "Promoting human–dingo co-existence in Australia: moving towards more innovative methods of protecting livestock rather than killing dingoes (Canis dingo)." Wildlife Research 45, no. 1 (2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr16161.
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Existing methods of reducing livestock depredation are heavily biased towards lethal control. However, criticism regarding the efficacy of such practices is rising. In Australia, over 200 years of lethal control has done little to resolve the conflict between dingoes (Canis dingo) and livestock producers. That is, killing dingoes does not necessarily prevent livestock losses. Rather than continuing with lethal control programs, there is an opportunity to shift to more innovative, effective and ethical non-lethal measures of protecting livestock from attacks. Traditionally, buffer zones (areas surrounding livestock enterprises or national parks where attempts are made to eradicate all dingoes entering that zone) have been put in place as a means to limit conflict. Although seen as more strategic than indiscriminately baiting over large areas, targeting dingoes in buffer zones does not necessarily remove problem animals. In addition, dingoes from outside baited zones eventually fill any territorial voids created. In order to break this cycle, we propose amending the traditional approach, so that instead of killing dingoes in these sensitive zones, they are excluded from production areas or otherwise discouraged from interacting with livestock (what we term ‘living buffer zones’). This can, in principle, be achieved through adoption of a suite of non-lethal management approaches, including aversive conditioning, which to-date has not been widely examined. In turn, resident dingoes conditioned to avoid livestock and/or livestock areas will maintain territories that largely exclude non-resident dingoes. Occasional ingress by transient dingoes will be met by the same exclusion and aversive strategies and are likely to quickly move on if harassed by resident dingoes. Such a strategy takes advantage of our ever-increasing knowledge of dingo biology and behaviour and leverages well established principles of animal learning. By funnelling funds currently spent on killing dingoes into experimental investigations of non-lethal approaches, we conclude that significantly more livestock will actually be saved.
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Allen, Lee, Mark Goullet, and Russell Palmer. "The diet of the dingo (Canis lupus dingo and hybrids) in north-eastern Australia: a supplement to the paper of Brook and Kutt (2011)." Rangeland Journal 34, no. 2 (2012): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj11092.
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Dingoes and other wild dogs (Canis lupus dingo and hybrids) are generalist predators that consume a wide variety of different prey species within their range. Little is known, however, of the diets of dingoes in north-eastern Australia where the potential for impacts by dingoes exists. Recently new information has been provided on the diets of dingoes from several sites in Queensland, Australia, significantly adding to the body of published knowledge on ecosystems within this region. Further information on the diet of dingoes in north-eastern Australia is added from 1460 scats collected from five sites, representing tropical savannahs, tropical offshore islands (and a matched mainland area), dry sclerophyll forests and peri-urban areas on the fringe of Townsville. Macropods, possums and bandicoots were found to be common prey for dingoes in these areas. Evidence suggested that the frequency of prey remains in scats can be an unreliable indicator of predation risk to potential prey and it was found that novel and unexpected prey species appear in dingo diets as preferred prey become unavailable. The results support the generalisation that dingoes prefer medium- to large-sized native prey species when available but also highlight the capacity for dingoes to exploit populations of both large and small prey species that might not initially be considered at risk from predation based solely on data on scats.
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Woodall, PF, P. Pavlov, and LK Tolley. "Comparative Dimensions of Testes, Epididymides and Spermatozoa of Australian Dingoes (Canis-Familiaris-Dingo) and Domestic Dogs (Canis-Familiaris-Familiaris) - Some Effects of Domestication." Australian Journal of Zoology 41, no. 2 (1993): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo9930133.
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The dimensions of testes, epididymides and spermatozoa of Australian dingoes (Canis familiaris dingo) and a sample of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris familiaris), chosen to lie within the range of dingo body weights, were compared. There were no significant differences for body weight or testis weight but total epididymal weight, the caput + corpus weights and sperm numbers in the cauda epididymidis were significantly larger in dogs. Dimensions of the spermatozoa were similar for dogs and dingoes except for a small but significantly larger head length in dingoes. Seminiferous tubule diameters were significantly larger in dingoes and epididymal tubule diameters were similar in dogs and dingoes except for significantly wider tubules in the cauda of dogs. The estimated length of tubules in the total epididymis and in the cauda was significantly greater in dogs than in dingoes. Greater size of the epididymis and especially of the cauda epididymidis probably reflect selection for larger sperm stores in free-ranging domestic dogs where there is a greater chance of intermale sperm competition. Two possible hybrids (determined by skull morphometry) were intermediate between dogs and dingoes for some of these dimensions.
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Purcell, Brad V. "A novel observation of dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) attacking a swimming eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)." Australian Mammalogy 32, no. 2 (2010): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am10001.
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The dingo (Canis lupus dingo) is a keystone species in Australian ecosystems. The current study reports four dingoes observed attacking a swimming eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) in the Wollondilly River, New South Wales. It is proposed that kangaroos need to stand at a certain depth of water to escape an attack by dingoes. If dingoes can continue attacking from opposing directions without threat of injury from the kangaroo, such as in shallow water where dingoes can stand or deep water where kangaroos cannot stand, then the attack may continue until the predator(s) kill the prey or the prey escapes. Further research on such behaviours is needed to understand the functional role of dingoes and the importance of pack structure in development of hunting strategies.
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Thomson, PC. "The behavioural ecology of dingoes in north-western Australia. IV. Social and spatial organistaion, and movements." Wildlife Research 19, no. 5 (1992): 543. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9920543.
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Dingoes, Canis familiaris dingo, were studied on the lower Fortescue River during a period when minimal natural or artificial disturbances occurred. From 1975 to 1978, 34 radio-collared dingoes were tracked and observed from aircraft for 2-36 months (mean 11 months). Tracking yielded 9179 daytime and 2229 night-time locations. In all, 25% of dingoes sighted were alone, 21% were in pairs, and 54% were in groups of three or more. Most dingoes were members of five discrete packs (mean monthly pack size 3-12 members) that occupied long-term essentially non-overlapping territories. Territory size (44.5-113.2km*2) was not correlated with pack size. Between-pack encounters were extremely rare. Members of packs were most often seen in smaller groups of variable size (mean 2.2, range 1-12); the largest observed groups of pack members were associated with feeding and hunting activities involving large prey. Dingoes were most gregarious during the prebreeding season. Lone dingoes (n = 3) displayed no pack affiliations, occupied large ranges that overlapped the mosaic of pack territories, and avoided encounters with packs. Dingoes utilised some habitats more heavily than others, with activity often being centred on riverine areas. The greatest seasonal influence on movement patterns occurred during the nursing period when breeding females were mostly confined to den areas. Implications for the control of dingoes, including the strategy of confining control work to buffer zones, are discussed.
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Thomson, PC. "The behavioural ecology of dingoes in north-western Australia. II. Activity patterns, breeding season and pup rearing." Wildlife Research 19, no. 5 (1992): 519. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9920519.
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This paper reports aspects of a long-term study (1975-84) of the ecology, social organisation and behaviour of dingoes, Canis familiaris dingo, on the lower Fortescue River in Western Australia. In all, 170 dingoes were fitted with radio-collars and tracked from aircraft. Dingoes were sighted during 59% of the 13 618 occasions that they were being radio-tracked during the day. Radio-tracking yielded 31 229 daytime and 3016 night-time locations of radio-collared dingoes. The average duration of radio contact with 146 dingoes was 9 months (range 1-35 months). Dingoes were most active around sunrise and sunset, moderately active during the night, and least active during the heat of the day. Travelling (local meandering and more purposeful movement) was the most commonly witnessed activity. Levels of scent-marking (raised-leg urination and ground-scratching), howling and general activity increased over the 2-3 months prior to the mating period, suggesting that dingoes may have a long pro-oestrus (1-2 months). Whelping took place from mid-May to mid-August (mean date 18 July). The characteristics of natal dens are described. The pattern of activities associated with pup-rearing, including alloparental behaviour, closely followed that of related canids.
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Wang, Yiwei, and Diana O. Fisher. "Dingoes affect activity of feral cats, but do not exclude them from the habitat of an endangered macropod." Wildlife Research 39, no. 7 (2012): 611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr11210.
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Context The loss of large predators has been linked with the rise of smaller predators globally, with negative impacts on prey species (mesopredator release). Recent studies suggest that the dingo, Australia’s top terrestrial predator, inhibits predation on native mammals by the invasive red fox, and therefore reduces mammal extinctions. Feral cats also have negative effects on native mammals, but evidence that dingoes suppress cats remains equivocal. Aims We sought to examine whether dingoes might spatially or temporally suppress the activity of feral cats at a site containing the sole wild population of an endangered macropod subject to feral cat predation (the bridled nailtail wallaby). Methods We used camera traps to compare coarse and fine-scale spatial associations and overlaps in activity times of mammals between August 2009 and August 2010. Key results Dingoes and cats used the same areas, but there was evidence of higher segregation of activity times during wet months. Potential prey showed no spatial avoidance of dingoes. Peak activity times of dingoes and their major prey (the black-striped wallaby) were segregated during the wetter time of year (December to March). We did not find evidence that cats were spatially excluded from areas of high prey activity by dingoes, but there was low overlap in activity times between cats and bridled nailtail wallabies. Conclusions These findings support the contention that fear of dingoes can sometimes affect the timing of activity of feral cats. However, cats showed little spatial avoidance of dingoes at a coarse scale. Implications Control of dingoes should not be abandoned at the site, because the potential moderate benefits of reduced cat activity for this endangered and geographically restricted wallaby may not outweigh the detrimental effects of dingo predation.
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Smith, Bradley P., Teghan A. Lucas, Rachel M. Norris, and Maciej Henneberg. "Brain size/body weight in the dingo (Canis dingo): comparisons with domestic and wild canids." Australian Journal of Zoology 65, no. 5 (2017): 292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo17040.
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Endocranial volume was measured in a large sample (n = 128) of free-ranging dingoes (Canis dingo) where body size was known. The brain/body size relationship in the dingoes was compared with populations of wild (Family Canidae) and domestic canids (Canis familiaris). Despite a great deal of variation among wild and domestic canids, the brain/body size of dingoes forms a tight cluster within the variation of domestic dogs. Like dogs, free-ranging dingoes have paedomorphic crania; however, dingoes have a larger brain and are more encephalised than most domestic breeds of dog. The dingo’s brain/body size relationship was similar to those of other mesopredators (medium-sized predators that typically prey on smaller animals), including the dhole (Cuon alpinus) and the coyote (Canis latrans). These findings have implications for the antiquity and classification of the dingo, as well as the impact of feralisation on brain size. At the same time, it highlights the difficulty in using brain/body size to distinguish wild and domestic canids.
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Smith, Bradley P., Anne-Louise Vague, and Robert G. Appleby. "Attitudes towards dingoes (Canis dingo) and their management: a case study from a mining operation in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia." Pacific Conservation Biology 25, no. 3 (2019): 308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc18049.
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This study provides insight into the attitudes and perceptions of people who live alongside dingoes in a remote Australian mining town. A mixed-methods, self-administered questionnaire was circulated, targeting employees across 11 departments (n=160). Overall, employees saw dingoes favourably (60.5%), and believed that humans and dingoes should be able to coexist (75.8%). Dingoes were not considered to be causing unacceptable damage or to be overabundant, despite being seen almost daily at both the village and work sites. A total of 31.4% of employees had felt threatened or scared because of a dingo on more than one occasion, and 16.5% had experienced a dingo being aggressive towards them at least once. Yet, only 21.0% of employees considered dingoes dangerous to people, and few worried about their safety at the village or work site (9.5% and 11.4% respectively), or the safety of others in general (21.6%). There was a dichotomy of views regarding the dingo’s presence: employees were supportive of dingoes living in close proximity at the mine, as long as they were not directly being problematic (i.e. representing a personal threat, or causing property damage). Half of the employees surveyed (50.4%) felt that management decisions relating to dingoes were personally important to them, highlighting the need to ensure that employees are consulted, and that dingo management strategies are well communicated. These findings have implications for improving the success rates of management approaches to human–carnivore conflict at mine sites and other situations where predators are perceived to threaten human safety.
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Sharp, Francis Michael, Ernst Jandl, and Michael Hamburger. "Dingfest / Thingsure." World Literature Today 72, no. 3 (1998): 610. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40154097.
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Probyn-Rapsey, Fiona. "Eating Dingoes." Australian Zoologist 39, no. 1 (2017): 39–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/az.2016.026.
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Wolters, Gereon. "Hugo Dingler." Science in Context 2, no. 2 (1988): 359–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s026988970000065x.
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Hugo Dingler lived from 1881 to 1954. During the academic years 1901–2 and 1903–4 he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Munich. He spent the intervening year (and then the summer of 1906) in Göttingen, where he studied mathematics with David Hilbert and Felix Klein as well as – for the first time – philosophy (with Edmund Husserl). In 1907 Dingler completed his doctorate in Munich with Aurel Voss with a dissertation on general surface deformation. His Habilitation followed in 1912, also at the University of Munich, but only for the prospectless field of “Method, Didactics and History of Mathematical Sciences.”
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Healy, Stephen. "Deadly Dingoes." Social Studies of Science 37, no. 3 (2007): 443–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306312706070746.
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Parker, Merryl. "The Cunning Dingo." Society & Animals 15, no. 1 (2007): 69–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853007x169351.
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AbstractThe Australian dingo, like the dog, descends from the wolf. However, although dogs have undergone a lengthy taming process that allows them to fit into human society, dingoes retain many wolf characteristics. Like the wolf and unlike the dog, dingoes do not bark. Dingoes howl; they come into season once a year, and they can dislocate their powerful jaws to seize prey. Since the arrival of settlers and their farming practices in Australia 200 years ago, dingoes have killed sheep, and dogs have learned to protect and control those sheep. Medieval texts admire dogs for their intelligence while denigrating wolves as "cunning"—a word defined as deceitful, crafty, and treacherous. A study of Australian colonial texts reveals a popular representation of the dingo as cowardly, promiscuous, vicious—and cunning. This study compares the representation of dingoes (who by killing sheep worked against the settlers) with the representation of dogs (who protected the farmers' economic interests). Finally, the paper examines those colonial writers who, either deliberately or unintentionally, allowed the dingo to escape the denigrating representation of cunning.
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Thomson, PC, K. Rose, and NE Kok. "The behavioural ecology of dingoes in north-western Australia. VI. Temporary extraterritorial movements and dispersal." Wildlife Research 19, no. 5 (1992): 585. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9920585.
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Between 1975 and 1984, 105 radio-collared dingoes, Canis familiaris dingo, were tracked and observed from aircraft on the Fortescue River in Western Australia. Dingoes maintained strong site fidelity and seldom travelled far beyond their territories. In total, 81 forays (moves > 2km beyond territory boundaries) were identified from 6598 independent locations of pack members; 80 were < 10km from territory boundaries. Forays involved individuals as well as small groups; 68.2% of 22 confirmed individual forays were made by males. Forays occurred in all seasons and years. Some forays appeared to be related to subsequent dispersal. A total of 25 dingoes dispersed as solitary individuals. Mean dispersal distance beyond known pack territories was 20.1km (n = 19, range = 1-184 km). Males tended to disperse further than females and had a higher incidence of dispersal. Five groups of pack members and one entire pack also dispersed. The incidence of dispersal was highest when population density was high and food supply was low. Dispersal was facilitated by the availability of vacant areas. Humans caused much of the mortality of dispersing dingoes. The patterns of dispersal by individuals and groups, and the factors that influence them are similar for dingoes and the related canid, the wolf, Canis lupus. Control work in buffer zones must provide a satisfactory dispersal sink to minimise the risk of incursions by dingoes into livestock-grazing areas.
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Brink, Henry, Brad V. Purcell, Mike Letnic, Hugh S. Webster, Robert G. Appleby, and Neil R. Jordan. "Pets and pests: a review of the contrasting economics and fortunes of dingoes and domestic dogs in Australia, and a proposed new funding scheme for non-lethal dingo management." Wildlife Research 46, no. 5 (2019): 365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr19030.
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Carnivore conservation and management is complex and expensive, and significant ongoing management costs may inhibit the development of new tools and any subsequent transition away from lethal control. We review and compare the economic costs and benefits of dingoes and domestic dogs in Australia and suggest that public affinity for domestic dogs may be co-opted into yielding more positive management outcomes for dingoes. Whereas Australians spend over AU$10 billion annually on purchasing and maintaining 4.2 million domestic dogs, landowners and government spend at least AU$30 million attempting to limit the density and distribution of dingoes, feral dogs, and their hybrids. These contrasting investments highlight the dual response of society towards domestic and wild members of the Canis genus. We suggest that a modest conservation levy on the sale of pet dogs or dog food, or both, could secure long-term funding to support efficacious non-lethal management of dingo impacts. A modest levy could generate AU$30 million annually, funding the development of non-lethal dingo-management tools without compromising existing management practices while new tools are investigated. Ultimately, a transition away from controlling dingoes through culling or exclusion fencing, to managing the negative impacts of dingoes could result in both more successful and sustainable management outcomes of dingoes and support the ecological, cultural and economic benefits they confer as Australia’s apex predator.
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Sharp, Francis Michael. "“Meine Welt beginnt bei den Dingen”: Rainer Maria Rilke und die Erfahrung der Dinge by Bernhard Marx." Journal of Austrian Studies 49, no. 3-4 (2016): 123–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/oas.2016.0062.
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Thomson, PC. "The Effectiveness of Aerial Baiting for the Control of Dingoes in North-Western Australia." Wildlife Research 13, no. 2 (1986): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9860165.
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Radiotracking was used to evaluate the effectiveness of aerial baiting in controlling populations of wild dingoes, Canisfamiliaris dingo. Four baitings were carried out in the West Pilbara region of Western Australia, using fresh-meat baits or factory-produced baits, poisoned with compound 1080. In one trial fresh-meat baits killed all 18 radio-collared dingoes; in another, factory baits killed 63% of radio-collared dingoes; in a third, 62% were killed by factory and fresh-meat baits. The factors considered to be most important in influencing the results of these trials included the number and distribution of baits dropped, bait type, and the age and social status of dingoes. Aerial baiting was shown to be an efficient and cost-effective dingo control technique under the conditions existing during the study. The long-term effects on the dingo population are discussed.
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Newsome, AE, and LK Corbett. "The Identity of the Dingo III.* The Incidence of Dingoes, Dogs and Hybrids and their Coat Colours in Remote and Settled Regions of Australia." Australian Journal of Zoology 33, no. 3 (1985): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo9850363.
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Dingoes Canis familiaris dingo, dogs C.J: familiaris, and their hybrids were classified on skull morphology as the following percentages in remote, inland Australia: 97.5,O.1 and 2.4; and in settled south-eastern Australia as 55.3, 10.8 and 33.92%. Canonical analyses of 1184 skulls from the former area and 407 from the latter indicate that mixed populations can be expected wherever close human settlement exists and wild canids remain, but that hybrids are rare in remote regions. The skulls were collected variously between 1966 and 1979; 15 equations were used to allow for differential damage to skulls. The levels of hybridization indicated by the skulls were confirmed by coat colours. The accepted colours for dingoes, (ginger, black-and-tan, and all white) were in the following percentages in inland Australia: 88.6, 3.8 and 1.9; in south-eastern Australia they were 45.9, 19.1 and 0.2%. Broken colorations, ginger with white, black or bluish patches, all black, brown or bluish, black and white, and brindle stripes, were also more numerous in the latter region (34 8%) than in the former (5.7%). Many of these variations arose in cross-breeding experiments with ginger dingoes and variously coloured domestic dogs. Historical reports recorded black dingoes but did not mention tan coloration. That may have been an oversight; if not, it may be a further indication of cross-breeding. The incidence of coat colours was not significantly different in classified dingoes, dogs and hybrids in south-eastern Australia, but ginger coats were less common in classified dogs. Those taxa and the various colorations were not more numerous near farmland than elsewhere in the forests there. A new, basic calibrating equation incorporating the length rather than the volume of auditory bulla is presented. The equation corrects also for mis-measurement of one skull variable in some of the calibrating series of dingoes. Corrigenda are presented. They do not change the general conclusions of the earlier Parts I and II of this series, but wild dingoes raised from pups in captivity did not develop foreshortened snouts as indicated earlier. The possibility remains that some may have developed wider maxillae than wild dingoes.
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Ouwendorp, C. "Het Probleem Van Het Universele en Individuele." Philosophia Reformata 59, no. 1 (1994): 26–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116117-90000072.
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Een belangrijke en steeds terugkerende vraag in de geschiedenis van het wijsgerig denken met betrekking tot het probleem van het universele en individuele is: hoe is het mogelijk dat in een wereld van individuele dingen (particularia) gezegd kan worden dat de dingen uniek zijn en nochtans gelijkenis met elkaar vertonen en dus kennelijk niet volstrekt uniek zijn. Hoe kunnen we één en dezelfde eigenschap toeschrijven aan onderscheiden dingen. Of zoals door sommigen bij voorkeur geformuleerd: Hoe kunnen we één en hetzelfde prediceren van vele onderscheiden dingen. Sommigen menen dat dit naast het accepteren van particularia ons noopt te spreken over universalia. Naast het spreken over individuele mensen, paarden, bomen, stenen, rode dingen enz. bestaat er ook iets universeels, zoals mens-zijn, paard-zijn, boom-zijn, steen-zijn, roodheid enz., kortom datgene wat mensen, paarden, bomen, stenen, rode dingen enz. gemeenschappelijk hebben. De realisten zeggen, ondanks alle verschillen, dat universalia niet gereduceerd, niet herleid kunnen worden, tot particularia. De nominalisten aanvaarden, ondanks alle verschillen, alleen individuele dingen in de werkelijkheid, terwijl het universele slechts bestaat in de menselijke geest als woorden (nomina) of als concepten (conceptualisten).
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Behrendorff, Linda, Grant Belonje, and Benjamin L. Allen. "Intraspecific killing behaviour of canids: how dingoes kill dingoes." Ethology Ecology & Evolution 30, no. 1 (2017): 88–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2017.1316522.
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Allen, B. L., and P. J. S. Fleming. "Reintroducing the dingo: the risk of dingo predation to threatened vertebrates of western New South Wales." Wildlife Research 39, no. 1 (2012): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr11128.
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Context The reintroduction of dingoes into sheep-grazing areas south-east of the dingo barrier fence has been suggested as a mechanism to suppress fox and feral-cat impacts. Using the Western Division of New South Wales as a case study, Dickman et al. (2009) recently assessed the risk of fox and cat predation to extant threatened species and concluded that reintroducing dingoes into the area would have positive effects for most of the threatened vertebrates there, aiding their recovery through trophic cascade effects. However, they did not formally assess the risk of dingo predation to the same threatened species. Aims To assess the risk of dingo predation to the extant and locally extinct threatened vertebrates of western New South Wales using methods amenable to comparison with Dickman et al. (2009). Methods The predation-risk assessment method used in Dickman et al. (2009) for foxes and cats was applied here to dingoes, with minor modification to accommodate the dietary differences of dingoes. This method is based on six independent biological attributes, primarily reflective of potential vulnerability characteristics of the prey. Individual-attribute scores were used to derive an overall risk score. Key results Up to 75 (94%) of the 80 extant species were predicted to be at risk of dingo predation (71% at high risk) regardless of any effect dingoes might have on foxes or cats. Up to 17 of the 21 (81%) locally extinct species were predicted to be at high risk of dingo predation using this approach. The re-establishment of even low-density dingo populations may have negative effects on at least 22% of extant threatened vertebrates. Conclusions The generic risk-assessment method was insensitive, and experienced difficulty in describing the true nature of canid predation risk. Despite this weakness, however, it is clear that several threatened vertebrates are susceptible to dingo predation. Prior to the re-establishment of dingoes, we recommend that dingo predation risks to all vertebrates (threatened or otherwise) be assessed using more sensitive and descriptive techniques, and we strongly caution against the positive management of dingoes under current ecological conditions. Implications The results of this study imply that dingoes present similar levels of direct risk to threatened species as foxes and feral cats, and dingo predation of threatened species should be formally considered in any proposal encouraging dingo populations in western New South Wales.
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Behrendorff, Linda, Luke K. P. Leung, and Benjamin L. Allen. "Utilisation of stranded marine fauna washed ashore on K’gari (Fraser Island), Australia, by dingoes." Australian Journal of Zoology 66, no. 2 (2018): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo18022.
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Stranded marine fauna have been identified as a potentially significant food resource for terrestrial carnivores, but how such subsidisation influences terrestrial species ecology is not well understood. We describe the dietary and behavioural responses of dingoes (Canis familiaris) to the occurrence of large-animal marine strandings (e.g. dead cetaceans, marine turtles and pinnipeds) between 2006 and 2016 on K’gari (Fraser Island), Australia, to better understand the trophic links between marine and terrestrial systems. A total of 309 strandings were recorded during this period (~3.1 strandings per month), yielding an annual average of 30.3 tons of available carrion to the 100–200 dingoes present on the island. Carcass monitoring with camera traps showed that dingoes used carcasses almost daily after a short period of decomposition. Whole packs of up to seven dingoes of all age classes at a time were observed visiting carcasses for multiple successive days. These data demonstrate that large-animal marine subsidies can be a common, substantial and important food source for dingoes, and that the estimated daily dietary needs of roughly 5–10% of the island’s dingo population were supported by this food source. Our data suggest that marine subsidisation can influence terrestrial carnivore diet, behaviour and abundance, which may produce cascading indirect effects for terrestrial ecosystems in contexts where subsidised carnivores interact strongly with other species.
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Thomson, PC, K. Rose, and NE Kok. "The behavioural ecology of dingoes in north-western Australia. V. Population dynamics and variation in the soical system." Wildlife Research 19, no. 5 (1992): 565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9920565.
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Between 1975 and 1984, 105 radio-collared dingoes, Canis familiaris dingo, were tracked and observed from aircraft on the Fortescue River in Western Australia. The majority of dingoes were members of 18 territorial packs, including four pairs. Five packs were monitored for more than three years. Most bitches became pregnant, including those 9-10 months old, although not all litters were raised. Packs raised an average of 1.1 litters per year. Instances of packs raising the litters of two bitches in a year were recorded. The area (up to 400km*2) was covered initially (1975-78) by a mosaic of stable pack territories. Little emigration occurred and population density rose to a peak of 22.2 dingoes per 100km*2 in 1978 due to an increase in pack size. Perturbations to the social system, including disintegration of some packs, an increase in emigration, shifts of pack territories and contraction of territories into the most favoured areas, coincided with high population density and a reduced food supply. After aerial baiting in 1980 killed all the dingoes from the study site, immigrants from surrounding areas established a new population. The increase in density was moderated by the formation of new pairs or packs that occupied surrounding vacant areas. The dispersal strategy of pack members was a major factor affecting the population density of dingoes in the study area.
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Philpotts, Matthew. "'Aus so prosaischen Dingen wie Kartoffeln, Strassen, Traktoren werden poetische Dinge!': Brecht, Sinn und Form, and Strittmatter's Katzgraben." German Life and Letters 56, no. 1 (2003): 56–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0483.00243.
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Pople, A. R., G. C. Grigg, S. C. Cairns, L. A. Beard, and P. Alexander. "Trends in the numbers of red kangaroos and emus on either side of the South Australian dingo fence: evidence for predator regulation?" Wildlife Research 27, no. 3 (2000): 269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr99030.
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Most of Australia’s sheep rangelands are enclosed by a dingo-proof fence. Within these rangelands, where dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) are rare, red kangaroos (Macropus rufus) are considered to be food limited because their numbers respond to fluctuations in pasture biomass that are driven by highly variable rainfall. Outside this region, where dingoes are common, kangaroo densities are generally substantially lower, suggesting that dingoes are an important limiting factor. However, it is unclear whether dingoes can regulate kangaroo populations. In this study, red kangaroo and emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) numbers were monitored for varying periods during 1978–92 by aerial survey on both sides of the dingo fence in three areas in the north of the South Australian pastoral zone. Densities of red kangaroos and emus were lower outside the fence, although the disparity varied between areas and over time. The similarity in the environments on both sides of the fence and the marked step in kangaroo density at the fence are consistent with dingoes strongly limiting these prey populations. In the north-east of the pastoral zone, where kangaroo and emu densities are greatest, the contrast in density across the fence was most pronounced. Furthermore, the trends in density over time differed across the fence. Outside the fence, red kangaroos and emus remained at low densities following drought as dingo numbers increased. Inside the fence, red kangaroo and emu populations showed a ‘typical’ post-drought recovery. The data therefore suggest that, in some situations, dingoes may not simply limit red kangaroo and emu populations, but also regulate them. For this to occur, predation rate would need to be density dependent at low prey densities. The availability of alternative prey, and the reduction in the numbers of all prey during drought may provide the mechanism.
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Letnic, Mike, Mathew S. Crowther, Christopher R. Dickman, and Euan G. Ritchie. "Demonising the dingo: How much wild dogma is enough?" Current Zoology 57, no. 5 (2011): 668–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/57.5.668.
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Abstract The roles that top predators play in regulating the structure and function of ecosystems have long been controversial. This is particularly the case when predators pose adverse risks for human life and/or economic interests. The critique of literature on dingoes and their ecological roles in Australia provided by Allen et al. (2011) shows that top predators remain a potentially polarising issue. In opposition to Allen et al. we argue that these widespread patterns of species’ abundances, attributed to the effects of dingoes and evident at scales ranging from the foraging behaviour of individuals through to continental scale patterns of species abundances, constitute strong support for the mesopredator release hypothesis and provide evidence that dingoes benefit biodiversity conservation by inducing community wide trophic cascades. Harnessing the positive ecological effects of dingoes while at the same time minimising their impacts on agriculture is a major socio-political challenge in Australia [Current Zoology 57 (5): 668–670]. A response to Benjamin L. ALLEN et al. 2011 [Current Zoology, 57 (5): 568–583]
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Robertshaw, JD, and RH Harden. "The Ecology of the Dingo in Northeastern New-South-Wales .4. Prey Selection by Dingoes, and Its Effect on the Major Prey Species, the Swamp Wallaby, Wallabia-Bicolor (Desmarest)." Wildlife Research 13, no. 2 (1986): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9860141.
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Prey selection and its effect on the major prey species was examined between 1979 and 1980 by comparing the diet of dingoes and the biology of the swamp wallaby at two sites where the relative numbers of dingoes and wallabies differed. Selection of prey by dingoes was not opportunistic but demonstrated a preference for larger native species, and was similar to that found in the same area between 1972 and 1974. In particular, dingoes had a strong preference for swamp wallaby, the occurrence of which in the diet was disproportionate to its observed numbers; and switching was not observed even when numbers of swamp wallaby were reduced and alternative macropod prey present. Contrary to Optimal Foraging Theory predictions that the predator should become more catholic in prey selection, this species was more frequent in the diet when its availability was lower. At one site the major effect of this predation was the disruption of the breeding cycle, as a result of the loss of large pouch young because of the harassment of their mothers.
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Dingler, Hugo, Henri Poincaré, and Oliver Schlaudt. "Correspondance Dingler–Poincaré." Philosophia Scientae, no. 18-2 (June 15, 2014): 63–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/philosophiascientiae.938.
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BRUMM, ADAM. "Dingoes and domestication." Archaeology in Oceania 56, no. 1 (2021): 17–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/arco.5226.
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Brookes, Victoria J., Chris Degeling, Lily M. van Eeden, and Michael P. Ward. "What Is a Dingo? The Phenotypic Classification of Dingoes by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Residents in Northern Australia." Animals 10, no. 7 (2020): 1230. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10071230.
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Dingo classification and management is complicated by hybridisation with domestic dogs. Northern Australia is a relatively high-risk zone for a rabies incursion, and in the event of an incursion, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who reside in this region would prioritise the protection of dingoes. Therefore, the classification of dingoes in this context is important. Twelve pictures of canids with features associated with both dingoes and domestic dogs from camera traps in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA), northern Queensland, were shown to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rangers (n = 3), biosecurity officers (n = 2), environmental health workers (n = 2), and residents (n = 39) in the NPA. Nearly all pictures (10/12) were classified as dingo or domestic dog (none as hybrid) and two were inconclusive (no overall agreement). Dingoes were consistently identified as medium to large-framed dogs, with a long nose, pointed ears, narrow abdomen, a bushy or feathered tail, and smooth coats of a single base colour. Some hybrid features were acceptable, including sable coats, lack of white tail tip or feet, and curled tail. These findings are a preliminary guide for identifying canids in the NPA region for whom management might be controversial. Building on this approach via further consultation with residents is needed to inform rabies response policy. Our approach using locally acquired camera trap pictures could also be extended to other regions in which dingoes have value but their management is controversial.
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Paltridge, Rachel. "The diets of cats, foxes and dingoes in relation to prey availability in the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory." Wildlife Research 29, no. 4 (2002): 389. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr00010.
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In most areas of Australia, mammals constitute the staple diets of cats, foxes and dingoes. In central Australia the abundance of mammals is often too low to meet the dietary requirements of these carnivores and yet populations of cats, foxes and dingoes persist. To investigate alternative feeding strategies of cats, foxes and dingoes in arid environments, their diets were monitored in relation to prey availability in two areas of the Tanami Desert where rabbits do not occur. Dietary information was obtained by analysing predator scats collected between 1995 and 1997. Prey availability was monitored by track counts, pitfall trapping, Elliott trapping, and bird counts along walked transects. In contrast to dietary studies elsewhere in Australia, it was found that reptiles were an important component of the diets of predators in the Tanami Desert, and should be classified as seasonal staples. Birds increased in importance in the diets of cats and foxes during the winter, when reptiles were less active. There was considerable overlap between the diets of all three predators, although dingoes ate more large prey items (e.g.�macropods) than the other two predators. Results highlight the opportunistic feeding habits of cats, foxes and dingoes and show that, although mammalian prey are less important in central Australia than has been found elsewhere, species that are vulnerable to extinction, such as the bilby (Macrotis lagotis), mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) and marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops), are also consumed by these predators.
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van Eeden, Lily M., Bradley P. Smith, Mathew S. Crowther, Chris R. Dickman, and Thomas M. Newsome. "‘The dingo menace’: an historic survey on graziers’ management of an Australian carnivore." Pacific Conservation Biology 25, no. 3 (2019): 245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc18031.
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Studies of environmental history provide an important lens through which to analyse our contemporary thinking and practices. Here we consider historic management of the conflict caused by dingo predation on livestock. We present unpublished findings of a comprehensive national survey of graziers’ attitudes, knowledge and interactions with dingoes that was conducted by Professor N.W.G. Macintosh in the 1950s. By analysing the 137 responses from this survey, we sought to determine the factors that shaped graziers’ attitudes and management decisions. The four most popular management methods employed to protect livestock from dingoes were trapping (80%), ground-baiting (68%), fencing (44%), and shooting (34%). Whether a respondent had sheep or not was the strongest determinant of which management methods were used, with sheep graziers less likely to use ground-baiting and shooting and more likely to use trapping and fencing. While some patterns among responses were evident, the study reveals the complex nature of graziers’ experiences with dingoes and suggests that, given the lack of scientific evidence available to them at the time of Macintosh’s survey, their decisions, observations, and attitudes were influenced by contextual factors. We use this analysis to consider how history has shaped contemporary dingo management. While the economic, social and environmental context has changed since Macintosh’s survey over 60 years ago, some historical attitudes and practices surrounding dingoes have endured and attacks on livestock by dingoes continue to be regarded as a major threat to graziers.