The Koala: Natural History, Conservation and ManagementPerhaps the most long-awaited new edition in the Australian Natural History Series, this is a substantially different book from the previous edition by Tony Lee and Roger Martin. The contents cover the history of the koala; its distribution and abundance; nutrition; behaviour, sociality and life cycle; predators, parasites and pathogens; population biology; and conservation and management. Illustrations are widely used including eight pages of colour plates. The book places a strong emphasis on conservation and management issues, and candidly addresses issues of koala overpopulation in such. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The need for a natural history of koalas | 7 |
BEHAVIOUR SOCIALITY | 8 |
Mythological history | 14 |
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE | 28 |
Current distribution of the koala 29 Changes in koala | 36 |
The constraints of herbivory 43 The koala digestive system | 46 |
LIFE CYCLE | 51 |
Scent marking 54 The call of the koala 56 The breeding | 62 |
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