
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Short, J 
A1  - Grigg, GC 
T1  - The Abundance of Kangaroos in Suboptimal Habitats: Wheat, Intensive Pastoral, and Mallee
JF  - Wildlife Research
JO  - Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1982
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SP  - 221
EP  - 227
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9820221 
N2  - The densities of red and grey kangaroos in western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia were assessed by aerial survey. Much of the 133000-km2 area surveyed was farmed intensively for wheat and sheep but a significant proportion was largely unaltered mallee woodland or mallee heath. Of the total area, 85% had a density of less than one kangaroo per square kilometre, and 32% had a density of less than 0.01 km-2, values considerably lower than those reported for pastoral areas in New South Wales and South Australia. Low densities in settled areas are attributed to intensive agricultural practices, small landholdings and lack of tree cover. Low densities in mallee may be due to the lack of palatable grasses and the absence of permanent watering points. 
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