Density of Wallabia Bicolor (Desmarest) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in Eucalypt Plantations of Different Ages.

Abstract

Population densities were determined by counting faecal pellets of W. bicolor in wet sclerophyll forest and Eucalyptus grandis plantations, 1, 2 and 10 yr old, in New South Wales. Numbers were uniformly low in the 1-yr-old plantation and uniformly high in the 2-yr-old plantation. In the 10-yr-old plantation and the native forest numbers were low to moderate in the centres but high at the edges bordering on the 1-yr-old plantation. The different population densities are thought to result from differences in availability of cover and food. From author's summary.