Kangaroos: Their Ecology and Management in the Sheep Rangelands of AustraliaGraeme Caughley, Neil Shepherd, Jeff Short The management of kangaroos is one of the most controversial issues in Australian wildlife management today - kangaroos are 'in plague proportions' or 'on the verge of extinction' depending on whom you spoke to last. This book examines the ecology and management of kangaroos and shows how they interact with their own environment and with that shaped by sheep grazing and the wool industry. It presents the results of intensive and detailed studies of feeding behaviour, movement and habitat utilisation, body condition and population dynamics, weather and plant growth. These are then synthesised to produce a clear picture of how kangaroos cope so successfully with the climatic extremes of the arid zone, how they and the sheep jointly affect each other's fortunes, and what the options are for the future management of kangaroos both within the national parks and on the sheep rangelands. |
Contents
The environment of the Australian sheep | 14 |
Plant dynamics | 50 |
222 | 64 |
The diet of herbivores in the sheep rangelands | 69 |
20 | 135 |
Ecological relationships | 159 |
42 | 169 |
Options for management of kangaroos | 188 |
43 | 193 |
Appendices to Chapter 8 | 220 |
5 | 227 |
| 246 | |
Other editions - View all
Kangaroos: Their Ecology and Management in the Sheep Rangelands of Australia Graeme Caughley,Neil Shepherd,Jeff Short No preview available - 1987 |
Kangaroos: Their Ecology and Management in the Sheep Rangelands of Australia Graeme Caughley,Neil Shepherd,Jeff Short No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
aerial survey animals annual rainfall Atriplex Australia average Bayliss body condition Caughley centripetality Chapter chenopod chenopod shrubs chenopod sub-shrubs correlation culling Darling River decline density of kangaroos dieback diet drought dynamics ecological effect Enneapogon estimate feedback females floodplain fluctuations food intake forbs functional response grasses and forbs grazing by kangaroos grazing pressure habitat harvesting herbivores home range juveniles kangaroo density kangaroo populations kangaroos and sheep kangaroos on Kinchega Kinchega and Tandou Kinchega National Park Kinchega reds km² long-term Maireana Maireana aphylla mean Menindee months mortality numerical response offtake pastoral conditions pasture biomass pasture growth perennial sub-shrubs period pes length plant biomass pouch young prickly wattle rabbits rain rate of increase red and western red kangaroos regression relationship reproduction samples sandplain seasonal sheep rangelands shrubland shrubs South Australia South Wales species composition study area sub-shrubs summer Table trend variables western grey kangaroos Wildlife