Can kangaroos survive in the wheatbelt?

Authors

Graham Arnold

Keywords

Kangaroos, Survival, Land clearance, Nature conservation, Western Australia

Disciplines

Biodiversity | Environmental Monitoring | Other Animal Sciences

First Page Number

14

Last Page Number

17

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

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 native plants, kangaroos and some other native species will disappear from much of the Western Australian wheatbelt over the next 100 years.

Recommended Citation

Arnold, Graham (1990) "Can kangaroos survive in the wheatbelt?," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 31: No. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol31/iss1/4