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The Australian Feral Camel Management Project – a model for managing the impacts of large feral herbivores at the landscape scale
Author
Edwards, G.
Digby, D.
Bryan, R.
Schwartzkopff, K.
Hart, Q.
Bubb, A.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2015
Body

The feral camel is an established pest animal in Australia. The species occurs across an area of about
3.3 million km2 encompassing parts of Queensland (Qld), South Australia (SA), the Northern Territory
(NT) and Western Australia (WA) (Saalfeld and Edwards 2010). Across this area, the density of
camels varies considerably with the highest densities being recorded in recent times in the vicinity of
the SA/NT/WA tri-state border region and in the Simpson Desert (Saalfeld and Edwards 2010). In
recent years there have been concerns about . . . . .

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
Additional Information
It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Conference Name
18th Biennial Conference, Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 12-16 April 2015
Keywords
Australia
feral herbivore
landscape scale
partnerships