Land use and dingo baiting are correlated with the density of kangaroos in rangeland systems

• Published in: Integrative zoology Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 299 - 315
• Main Authors: DAWSON, Stuart J., KREPLINS, Tracey L., KENNEDY, Malcolm S., RENWICK, Juanita, COWAN, Mark A., FLEMING, Patricia A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Abundance; Aerial surveying; Agricultural land; Agriculture; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Australia; Baiting; Density; Dry matter; Feral populations; Goats; Grazing; Herbivores; Herbivory; Land degradation; Land tenure; Land use; Landscape; Livestock; Macropodidae; macropods; overgrazing; Precipitation; Predator control; Predators; Rainfall; Rangelands; total grazing pressure; Vegetation; Australia; overgrazing; total grazing pressure; herbivores; rangelands; macropods; livestock

Rangelands worldwide have been subject to broadscale modification, such as widespread predator control, introduction of permanent livestock water and altered vegetation to improve grazing. In Australia, these landscape changes have resulted in kangaroos (i.e. large macropods) populations increasing...