Spatial patterns of kangaroo density across the South Australian pastoral zone over 26 years: Aggregation during drought and suggestions of long distance movement

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1068-1079

  Pople, Anthony R ^a   Phinn, Stuart R ^a   Menke, Norbert ^a   Grigg, Gordon C ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Geostatistics; Interpolation; Kangaroos; Long term survey

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DISPERSION; DROUGHT; IMMIGRATION; MARSUPIAL; MOVEMENT; PASTORALISM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFUS;

EID: 34548436226     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01344.x     Document Type: Review

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