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Aplin, C H, QX16718
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/368878Surname: APLIN
Given Name(s) or Initials: C H
Military Service Number or Last Known Location: QX16718
Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 48896178920
Item: [2016.0049.01205] "Aplin, C H, QX16718
Predicting missing field boundaries to increase per-field classification accuracy
No full textWith the emergence of very high spatial resolution satellite images, the spatial resolution gap which existed between satellite images and aerial photographs has decreased. A study of the potential of these images for tree species in" monoculture stands" identification was conducted. Two Ikonos images were acquired, one in June 2000 and the other in October 2000, for an 11- by 11-km area covering the Sonian Forest in the southeastern part of the Brussels-Capital region (Belgium). The two images were orthorectified using a digital elevation model and 1256 geodetic control points. The identification of the tree species was carried out utilizing a supervised maximum-likelihood classification on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Classifications were performed on the orthorectified data, NDVI transformed data, and principal components imagery. In order to decrease the intraclass variance, a mean filter was applied to all the spectral bands and neo-channels used in the classification process. Training and validation areas were selected and digitized using detailed geographical databases of the tree species. The selection of the relevant bands and neo-channels was carried out by successive addition of information in order to improve the classification results. Seven different tree species of one to two different age classes were identified with an overall accuracy of 86 percent. The seven identified tree species or species groups are Oaks (Quercus sp.), Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea), Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), Corsican Pine (Pinus nigra Arn. subsp. laricio (Poir.) Maire var. corsican), and Larch (Larix decidua Mill.)
Phascolarctomorphia Aplin and Archer 1987
No full textPhascolarctomorphia Aplin and Archer, 1987 CONTENTS: † Litokoala, † Nimiokoala, and Phascolarctos (fig. 44). STEM AGE: 32.4 Mya (95% HPD: 29.1–36.4 Mya). CROWN AGE: 25.3 Mya (95% HPD: 19.6–30.3 Mya). UNAMBIGUOUS CRANIODENTAL SYNAPOMORPHIES: Extracranial course of mandibular nerve traverses a bony canal in the roof of the hypotympanic sinus (char. 52: 1→2; ci = 0.231); postgenoid vein emerges from the postglenoid foramen in the posteromedial corner of the glenoid fossa, medial or anteromedial to the postglenoid process (char. 77: 0→1; ci = 0.250); and additional cuspid labial to m1 protoconid present, forming a cusplike protostylid (char. 165: 0→1; ci = 0.286). COMMENTS: Phascolarctidae is consistently recovered in our molecular, morphological and total-evidence analyses (figs. 27–33) as sister to the remaining vombatiforms, which collectively comprise Vombatomorphia (note that we consider † Thylacoleonidae to be Diprotodontia incertae sedis and not a member of Vombatiformes; see above). Aplin and Archer (1987) placed Phascolarctidae in its own infraorder, Phascolarctomorphia (coordinate to Vombatomorphia), and it remains the only known phascolarctomorphian family; thus, the craniodental synapomorphies of Phascolarctidae apply equally to Phascolarctomorphia. Known phascolarctids are craniodentally distinctive (Sonntag, 1922; Archer, 1984a, 1984c; Aplin, 1987, 1990; Lee and Carrick, 1989; Springer and Woodburne, 1989; Black and Archer, 1997b; Louys et al., 2009; Black et al., 2014a), and monophyly of this clade is supported by three unambiguous craniodental synapomorphies in our analysis, although all show some degree of homoplasy. Perhaps the most striking of these is the extracranial course of the mandibular nerve, which traverses a bony canal in the roof of the hypotympanic sinus in all three of our phascolarctid terminals († Litokoala, † Nimiokoala and Phascolarctos; Aplin, 1987; 1990; Louys et al., 2009), a feature that (as far as we are aware) occurs in no other metatherians. 34 In contrast to Black et al. (2012a), we found † Nimiokoala, rather than † Litokoala, to be more closely related to Phascolarctos, with the † Nimiokoala + Phascolarctos clade supported by a single unambiguous synapomorphy (see file S 3 in the online supplement): maxillary and frontal bones in contact on medial orbital wall (char. 13 0→1; ci = 0.143). Like other vombatiform families, the oldest record of Phascolarctidae is from late Oligocene sites in Australia (Archer et al., 1999; Long et al., 2002; Archer and Hand, 2006; Black et al., 2012b, 2014b).Published as part of Beck, Robin M. D., Voss, Robert S. & Jansa, Sharon A., 2022, Craniodental Morphology And Phylogeny Of Marsupials, pp. 1-353 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2022 (457) on pages 228-230, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.457.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/697135
Microhydromys argenteus Helgen & Leary & Aplin 2010, n. sp.
No full text<i>Microhydromys argenteus</i>, n. sp. (3 localities) <p> <b>5.</b> Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Province: Mt. Sisa (<i>5</i> Mt. Haliago, circa 06 <i>°</i> 09 <i>9</i> S, 142 <i>°</i> 45 <i>9</i> E), southern slopes, 1450 m (AM M14166, skin and skull). Dwyer (1990) and Leary and Seri (1997) provided a map and other relevant information for Mount Sisa; see also Dwyer (1983, 1984) and Plowman (1983) for commentary regarding this site’s ecological context.</p> <p> <b>6.</b> Papua New Guinea, Gulf Province: 10 km northeast of the village of Faia (7 <i>°</i> 08 <i>9</i> S, 143 <i>°</i> 37 <i>9</i> E), 380 m, Darai Plateau (UPNG 4310, fluid specimen). See below and Leary (2004) for more detailed discussion about this site.</p> <p> <b>7.</b> Papua New Guinea, Central Province: Sirinumu Dam (Lake Sirinumu), 550 m, Sogeri Plateau (BBM-NG 60202, skin and skull). This is the type locality of <i>M. argenteus,</i> n. sp. Lake Sirinumu is a manmade reservoir (Chambers, 1987); for other information on the area see also Aplin et al. (in review) and Berra et al. (1975).</p>Published as part of <i>Helgen, Kristofer M., Leary, Tanya & Aplin, Kenneth P., 2010, A Review of Microhydromys (Rodentia: Murinae), with Description of a New Species from Southern New Guinea, pp. 1-22 in American Museum Novitates 3676</i> on page 5, DOI: 10.1206/632.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5358232">http://zenodo.org/record/5358232</a>
Planigale tealei Aplin, Cooper, Travouillon & Umbrello 2023, sp. nov.
No full textPlanigale tealei Aplin, Cooper, Travouillon & Umbrello sp. nov. (Fig. 11, 15–17, Tables 2, 4) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: ABF8285C-BD8F-4FEE-BE79-0CE5B7995486 Formerly referred to as ‘ Planigale sp. Mt Tom Price’ by the following authors: Blacket et al. (2000) and Westerman et al. (2016), and as ‘ Planigale sp. 2 ’ by Gibson & McKenzie (2009) and Umbrello et al. (2020). Holotype. WAM M47923 adult male; Millstream, Western Australia, 21°17’14” S, 117°15’51” E. Collected by W. Manson, 2 nd July 1997. Spirit and skull. Specimen located in the Western Australian Museum Mammal collection, Welshpool, Western Australia. Paratypes. WAM M47841, adult female; Tom Price, Western Australia 22°48’26” S, 117°45’00” E. Collected by S. Anstee and N. K. Cooper, 12 th November 1997. Spirit and skull. Liver tissue ABTC161752; pouch young from M47841 stored at ‒80 °C at WAM. WAM M47683, adult female; Tom Price, Western Australia 22°48’25” S, 117°47’03” E. Collected by S. Anstee, 15 th May 1997. Spirit and skull, note specimen selected due to intact skull, spirit specimen is in poor condition. WAM M55123, adult male; Roy Hill, Western Australia 22°25’12” S, 119°45’34” E. Collected by R. J. Teale et al., 5 th July 2004. Spirit specimen with liver and heart tissue stored at ‒80 °C at WAM. Etymology. Named in honour of Roy Teale, who has supported the work of the Western Australian Museum over many decades and collected many of the specimens used in this study. Material examined. Refer to Table 1 for a list of all P. tealei specimens examined in this study, labelled as Planigale sp. Mt Tom Price in Table 1. Diagnosis. Planigale tealei is considerably smaller in all external and cranial dimensions than each of P. kendricki, P. maculata, P. novaeguineae and P. gilesi. It further differs from each of these taxa in having a more depressed cranium and differs from P. gilesi in retaining upper and lower third premolars. It is slightly smaller than P. tenuirostris and further differs from this species in having a considerably more depressed cranium with a shorter rostrum. It is most similar in size and craniodental morphology to P. ingrami, but it differs from this taxon in having a longer snout and proportionally larger pes, and in lacking a distinct eye ring. The cranium differs from that of all named forms of P. ingrami in having a broadly rounded rather than square posterior nasal suture, a broader interorbital region, more rounded and elongate alisphenoid tympanic process that makes broad contact with the rostral tympanic process of the petrosal, a less flattened occiput and proportionally larger premolars.Published as part of Umbrello, Linette S., Cooper, Norah K., Adams, Mark, Travouillon, Kenny J., Baker, Andrew M., Westerman, Mike & Aplin, Ken P., 2023, Hiding in plain sight: two new species of diminutive marsupial (Dasyuridae: Planigale) from the Pilbara, Australia, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 5330 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/824888
Investigating the ‘Doorstep crimes’ of Distraction Burglary and Rogue Trader
No full textDistraction Burglary and Rogue Trader fraud are crimes involving the systematic and disproportionate repeat victimisation of older people on their ‘doorstep’ and inside their homes. This chapter delineates the distinctions and overlaps between such ‘artifice’ crimes. Under reporting and under recording of these incidents as ‘crimes’ is prevalent in which some officers breach National Crime Recording Standards (NCRS). Narrative scripts include promoting the perception these crimes are “civil disputes”, as well as suggesting perpetrators are bona fide ‘legitimate’ tradespersons. The competency of the victim is also questioned where seemingly ‘confused’ burglary victims “consent” to perpetrators entering their home. Another iterative theme is of no property being stolen, which is often combined with an assertion that no offender(s) entered the property, thereby negating the ‘trespass’. Such scripts are utilised by officers to deconstruct and decriminalise the crime event, thereby justifying a ‘no crime’ decision and no requirement for further investigation.
Although rogue trader is equally traumatic for victims, as well as more financially lucrative for perpetrators, fraud is treated as a lesser crime and deemed a low policing priority; which is a surprise given that fraud constitutes 41% of all recorded crime in England and Wales (House of Commons, 2023)
Planigale kendricki Aplin, Cooper, Travouillon & Umbrello 2023, sp. nov.
No full textPlanigale kendricki Aplin, Cooper, Travouillon & Umbrello sp. nov. (Fig. 10–13, Tables 2, 4) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DCFFF2D7-37E8-4DB1-BE82-E4DC10ADCF2D Formerly referred to as ‘ Planigale 1’ by the following authors: Blacket et al. (2000) and Westerman et al. (2016), and Planigale sp. 1 by Gibson & McKenzie (2009) and Umbrello et al. (2020). Holotype. WAM M41812: subadult male with incompletely erupted P 3; Barlee Range Nature Reserve, Western Australia, 23°23’21” S, 115°53’12” E. Collected by P. Kendrick, 13 th June 1994. Spirit and skull. Liver tissue, ABTC61747. Specimen located in the Western Australian Museum Mammal collection, Welshpool, Western Australia. Paratypes. WAM M15160: adult male, Mt Bruce, Western Australia, 22°38’15” S, 118°08’00” E (note: this location is now the Marandoo mine site). Collected by J. Burt, 2 nd February 1976. Spirit and skull. WAM M25773, adult female, Karlamilyi National Park, Western Australia, 22°18’51” S, 122°03’19” E. Collected by R. Hart, 18 April 1986. Spirit and skull. WAM M51581: adult female, Mandora, Western Australia, 19°47’52” S, 121°26’52” E. Collected by P. Kendrick, 18 th October 1999. Spirit and skull. Liver tissue, ABTC97502; ABTC161754. Etymology. Named in honour of Dr Peter Kendrick, in recognition of his major contribution to the understanding of the vertebrate fauna of north-western Australia. Material examined. See Table 1 for a list of all Planigale kendricki specimens examined in this study, referred to as Planigale 1 in the table. Diagnosis. Planigale kendricki (Fig. 10) is more rufous than all other members of the genus except perhaps some individuals of P. ingrami. It is substantially larger than each of P. ingrami, P. tenuirostris and P. sp. Mt Tom Price, and smaller than P. novaeguineae and P. gilesi. It is most similar in body size to some populations of P. maculata but differs from all populations of this taxon in its brighter dorsal and facial patterning. Craniodentally, it differs from all other Planigale species except P. tenuirostris in having more elongate nasals that invade deeply between the frontals. It further differs from typical P. maculata, and P. novaeguineae in having a more depressed cranium, a longer and narrower snout, and larger entoconids on M 1–3. It further differs from P. gilesi in having three upper premolars (reduced to two in P. gilesi). It also differs from P. tenuirostris in having less reduced M 1–4 protocones and less reduced entoconids on M 1–3 (usually absent on M 1–2 in P. tenuirostris).Published as part of Umbrello, Linette S., Cooper, Norah K., Adams, Mark, Travouillon, Kenny J., Baker, Andrew M., Westerman, Mike & Aplin, Ken P., 2023, Hiding in plain sight: two new species of diminutive marsupial (Dasyuridae: Planigale) from the Pilbara, Australia, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 5330 (1) on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/824888
Sub-pixel land cover mapping for per-field classification
No full textA method was developed to transform a soft land cover classification into hard land cover classes at the sub-pixel scale for subsequent per-field classification. First, image pixels were segmented using vector boundaries. Second, the pixel segments (ranked by area) were labelled with a land cover class (ranked by class typicality). Third, a hard per-field classification was generated by examining each polygon (representing a land cover parcel, or field) in its entirety (by grouping the fragments of the polygon contained within different image pixels) and assigning to it the modal land cover class. The accuracy of this technique was considerably higher than that of both a corresponding hard per-pixel classification and a per-field classification based on hard per-pixel classified imager
Spatial variation in land cover and choice of spatial resolution for remote sensing
No full textPrior to acquiring remotely sensed imagery with which to map land cover investigators may wish to select an appropriate spatial resolution. Previously, statistics such as the local variance and scale variance have been used to facilitate this goal. However, where such statistics vary locally over the region of interest, their use in selecting a single spatial resolution may be undermined. The variogram and scale variance (plotted as a function of spatial resolution) were predicted for airborne multispectral imagery with a spatial resolution of 4 m of St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK and of Arundel, Sussex, UK. The remotely sensed response in the red and near-infrared wavelengths was found to vary appreciably both within and between broad land categories (such as urban, agricultural and semi-natural areas). These differences mean that where the subject of interest is a general region rather than a specific feature or object the mean local variance or scale variance over that region may be unhelpful in selecting a single spatial resolution. Further, differences observed between the red and near-infrared wavelengths have implications for users who wish to select a single spatial resolution for multispectral imagery
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