Author:
Kinnear J. E.,Onus M. L.,Sumner Neil R.
Abstract
Five remnant populations of rock-wallabies
(Petrogale lateralis) in the Western Australian
wheatbelt have been the subjects of an experiment designed to assess the
impact of fox predation on the population dynamics of this species. The effect
of a fox-control programme, initiated in 1982 at two rock-wallaby sites, was
first assessed in 1986 along with three other sites not subject to fox
control. It was concluded that fox predation was the principal factor limiting
the size and distribution of P. lateralis populations.
In 1990 after a further four years of fox control, the experiment was
reassessed and a comprehensive statistical analysis of the data set confirmed
this conclusion. These results reinforce the need for conservation authorities
across Australia to implement fox-control programmes to assure the survival of
rock-wallaby populations (and other likewise-threatened species).
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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