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Responses Of Small Mammals And Lizards To Cattle Grazing And Cattle Removal In Arid Australia
Author
Frank, A.S.K.
Dickman, C.R.
Wardle, G.M.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2008
Body

Arid Australia covers more than 70 percent of the Australian continent. As this vast region harbours more than half of Australia’s endangered fauna and one third of its mammals are already extinct, it is a very important region for conservation (James et al. 1999). Pastoralism is not only the main landuse in arid Australia, it is also believed to be one of the biggest threats to the maintenance of biodiversity in arid Australia (Bastin et al. 1993) and to biota of the Simpson Desert  (Shephard 1994). ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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Anderson, L., van Klinken, R. D., and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: 'A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Conference Name
15th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Charters Towers Queensland
Keywords
biodiversity conservation
D. cristicauda
Dasycercus blythi
Simpson Desert
Triodia basedowii