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Can Kangaroos Survive In The Wheatbelt?, Graham Arnold
Can Kangaroos Survive In The Wheatbelt?, Graham Arnold
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
One of the costs of agricultural development in Western Australia over the past 100 years has been the loss of most of the native vegetation and, consequently, massive reductions in the numbers of most of our native fauna. Thirteen mammal species are extinct and many bird and mammal species are extinct in some areas. These losses will increase as remnant native vegetation degrades under the impact of nutrients washed and blown from farmland, from the invasion by weeds and from grazing sheep.
Even kangaroos are affected. Unless the community manages remnant vegetation to minimise degradation and enhance the regeneration of …
Introduction Of The Red-Browed Finch To Western Australia, John L. Long
Introduction Of The Red-Browed Finch To Western Australia, John L. Long
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE Red-browed Finch (Estrilda temporalis) has been established probably since 1958 in orchard clearings in Darling Range gullies east of Perth.
Although some concern has been shown at the introduction of a new species to Western Australia, it appears to be of little economic importance.