干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Proactive management of kangaroos for conservation and ecosystem restoration

Arid

DOI	10.1111/emr.12456
	Proactive management of kangaroos for conservation and ecosystem restoration - Wild Deserts, Sturt National Park, NSW
	Pedler, Reece; Read, John; Moseby, Katherine; Kingsford, Richard; West, Rebecca
通讯作者	Pedler, R (corresponding author), UNSW Sydney, Ctr Ecosyst Sci, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
来源期刊	ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION
ISSN	1442-7001
EISSN	1442-8903
出版年	2021
卷号	22 页码:90-98
英文摘要	Kangaroo populations have increased significantly across Australia's arid rangelands where the Dingo (Canis dingo) is excluded, with some of the highest concentrations in western New South Wales. Novel adaptive management tools are needed to conserve kangaroo (Macropus and Osphranter spp.) populations and avoid negative impacts to biodiversity, agricultural production and animal welfare associated with their overabundance. Kangaroo densities within the Wild Deserts ecosystem restoration project within Sturt National Park in western New South Wales exceeded 100/km(2) in mid-2016, during an 18-year regional population high. Following mass population declines attributed to emigration, an estimated 7,700 (+/- 2,100 SE) kangaroos died within the 350-km(2) Wild Deserts site over an 8-month period during drought (December 2017-August 2018). Population trends recorded at Wild Deserts were similar to population declines recorded during annual aerial survey counts across western New South Wales over the same period. With New South Wales (NSW) National Parks and Wildlife Service, Wild Deserts developed a kangaroo management plan to avoid future catastrophic mortality from starvation and mitigate associated ecosystem impacts. Conservation management centred upon a 104-km(2) Adaptive Management Zone, fenced to trial adaptive management of sustainable kangaroo populations and restore habitats for the reintroduction of locally extinct mammals. Kangaroos were removed from two 20-km(2) exclosures, adjacent to the Adaptive Management Zone, to provide baselines against which kangaroo populations could be assessed under variable environmental conditions. To effect this management, we assessed the effectiveness of one-way weldmesh spear and flap gates to provide passive unidirectional movement through fences. Of 171 approaches by adult Red Kangaroos to spear gates, 57 resulted in successful exits, while none of 51 approaches resulted in return movements, supporting the utility of spear gates as a practical and effective tool for directional exits of kangaroos through fences.
英文关键词	Kangaroo sustainable management fence drought mortality
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000713767700016
WOS关键词	NEW-SOUTH-WALES ; BARRIER FENCE ; AUSTRALIA ; DECADES
WOS类目	Ecology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/367800
作者单位	[Pedler, Reece; Read, John; Moseby, Katherine; Kingsford, Richard; West, Rebecca] UNSW Sydney, Ctr Ecosyst Sci, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; [Read, John] Univ Adelaide, Ecol Horizons, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; [Read, John] Univ Adelaide, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; [Moseby, Katherine] Ecol Horizons, Sydney, NSW, Australia; [Moseby, Katherine; Kingsford, Richard] UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pedler, Reece,Read, John,Moseby, Katherine,et al. Proactive management of kangaroos for conservation and ecosystem restoration - Wild Deserts, Sturt National Park, NSW[J],2021,22:90-98.
APA	Pedler, Reece,Read, John,Moseby, Katherine,Kingsford, Richard,&West, Rebecca.(2021).Proactive management of kangaroos for conservation and ecosystem restoration - Wild Deserts, Sturt National Park, NSW.ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION,22,90-98.
MLA	Pedler, Reece,et al."Proactive management of kangaroos for conservation and ecosystem restoration - Wild Deserts, Sturt National Park, NSW".ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION 22(2021):90-98.