Herbivore management for biodiversity conservation: A case study of kangaroos in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

Iain Gordon; Melissa Snape; Don Fletcher; Brett Howland; Graeme Coulson; Marco Festa-Bianchet; Peter Caley; Sue McIntyre; Tony Pople; Claire Wimpenny; Greg Baines; Doug Alcock

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Herbivore management for biodiversity conservation: A case study of kangaroos in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

Iain Gordon^*, Melissa Snape, Don Fletcher, Brett Howland, Graeme Coulson, Marco Festa-Bianchet, Peter Caley, Sue McIntyre, Tony Pople, Claire Wimpenny, Greg Baines, Doug Alcock

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Populations of macropods are higher than estimated pre-European densities in many parts of Australia. To achieve appropriate densities of macropods in the Australian Capital Territory's nature reserves, multi-tenure kangaroo management units are used to tailor management of kangaroos and total grazing pressure to achieve conservation objectives. An adaptive management framework is recommended that monitors the state of the ground-layer vegetation and alters the cull accordingly. This case study may provide insights for kangaroo management in other temperate areas of Australia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-137
Number of pages	14
Journal	Ecological Management and Restoration
Volume	22
Issue number	S1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12443
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021

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Gordon, I., Snape, M., Fletcher, D., Howland, B., Coulson, G., Festa-Bianchet, M., Caley, P., McIntyre, S., Pople, T., Wimpenny, C., Baines, G., & Alcock, D. (2021). Herbivore management for biodiversity conservation: A case study of kangaroos in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Ecological Management and Restoration, 22(S1), 124-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12443

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