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Macropods: The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies, and Rat-Kangaroos
Editor(s): Graeme Coulson; Mark Eldridge
Print Publication Date: 2010
https://doi.org/10.1071/9780643098183
ISBN: 9780643098183
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1.
Contributors
CHAPTER 2.
Preface
G. Coulson , M. D. B. Eldridge
CHAPTER 3.
1 Mapping Genes on Tammar Wallaby Target Chromosomes
J. E. Deakin , J. A. M. Graves
CHAPTER 4.
2 Genetic Architecture of the Macropodid Immune System
H. V. Siddle , C. E. Sanderson , J. E. Deakin , K. Belov
CHAPTER 5.
3 Marsupials as Models for Mammalian Pre-natal Development: the Tammar Wallaby
D. Hickford
CHAPTER 6.
4 Population Genetic Studies of the Macropodoidea: a Review
M. D. B. Eldridge , M. P. Piggott , S. L. Hazlitt
CHAPTER 7.
5 Sex Chromosome Microsatellites: New Tools for Macropodoid Population Ecology
A. J. MacDonald , S. D. Sarre , N. N. FitzSimmons
CHAPTER 8.
6 Sperm Competition in the Macropodoidea: a Review of Evidence
J. Z. Paplinska , R. Bencini , D. O. Fisher , G. R. Newell , A. W. Goldizen , S. L. Hazlitt , D. P. Sigg , G. R. Finlayson , A. J. Munn , B. K. Chambers , D. A. Taggart
CHAPTER 9.
7 Dominance and Paternity in the Tammar Wallaby
E. J. Miller , M. D. B. Eldridge , C. A. Herbert
CHAPTER 10.
8 Strong Matrilineal Structuring in the Brush-Railed Rock-Wallaby Confirmed by Spatial Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA
S. L. Hazlitt , M. D. B. Elridge , A. W. Goldizen
CHAPTER 11.
9 Energetic Characteristics of Macropodoid Locomotion
T. J. Dawson , K. N. Webster
CHAPTER 12.
10 Development of Endothermy and Non-Shivering Thermogenesis in the Tasmanian Bettong: a Review
R. W. Rose
CHAPTER 13.
11 Mechanistic Explanations for Drought-Related Mortality of Juvenile Red Kangaroos: Implications for Population Dynamics and Modelling
A. J. Munn , T. J. Dawson
CHAPTER 14.
12 Mesial Drift and Mesial Shift in the Molars of Four Species of Wallaby: the Influence of Chewing Mechanics on Tooth Movement in a Group of Species with an Unusual Mode of Jaw Action
R. G. Lentle , I. D. Hume
CHAPTER 15.
13 Functional Pedal Morphology of the Extinct Tree-Kangaroo Bohra (Diprotodontia: Macropodidae)
N. M. Warburton , G. J. Prideaux
CHAPTER 16.
14 Mycophagy in a Community of Macropodoid Species
K. Vernes
CHAPTER 17.
15 Determining the Diet of Tammar Wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia, using Stable Isotope Analysis
A. McMillan , G. Coupland , B. K. Chambers , H. R. Hills , R. Bencini
CHAPTER 18.
16 Ecology and Conservation of the Antilopine Wallaroo: an Overview of Current Knowledge
E. G. Ritchie
CHAPTER 19.
17 Effect of Habitat Type, Sex and Time of Day on Space use by the Swamp Wallaby
J. Di Stefano , M. Swan , A. Greenfield , G. Coulson
CHAPTER 20.
18 Reassessing the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Kangaroo Populations
A. R. Pope , G. C. Grigg , S. R. Phinn , N. Menke , C. McAlpine , H. P. Possingham
CHAPTER 21.
19 Impact of Human Disturbance on the Population Dynamics and Ecology of Tammar Wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia
B. K. Chambers , R. Bencini
CHAPTER 22.
20 Habitat Partitioning Among Sympatric Grey Kangaroos and Swamp Wallabies in Box-Ironbark Remnants
B. Schmidt , G. Coulson , J. Di Stefano
CHAPTER 23.
21 Diversity and Distribution of Helminth Parasites in Macropodoid Marsupials
I. Beveridge , D. M. Spratt , P. M. Johnson
CHAPTER 24.
22 Returning the Rat-Kangaroos: Translocation Attempts in the Family Potoroidae (superfamily Macropodoidea) and Recommendations for Conservation
G. R. Finlayson , S. T. Finlayson , C. R. Dickman
CHAPTER 25.
23 Cross-Fostering and Short-Term Pouch Young Isolation in Macropodoid Marsupials: Implications for Conservation and Species Management
D. A. Taggart , D. J. Schultz , T. P. Fletcher , J. A. Friend , I. G. Smith , W. G. Breed , P. D. Temple-Smith
CHAPTER 26.
24 Roads as Drivers of Change for Macropodids
D. Ramp
CHAPTER 27.
25 Speed Limit, Verge Width and Day Length: Major Factors in Road-Kills of Tammar Wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia
B. K. Chambers , R. Dawson , J. Wann , R. Bencini
CHAPTER 28.
26 Flight Response as a Causative Factor in Kangaroo–Vehicle Collisions
E. Lee , D. B. Croft , D. Ramp
CHAPTER 29.
27 Advances in Fertility Control Technologies for Managing Overabundant Macropodid Populations
C. A. Herbert , M. B. Renfree , G. Coulson , G. Shaw , T. E. Trigg , D. W. Cooper
CHAPTER 30.
28 Darting Eastern Grey Kangaroos: a Protocol for Free-Ranging Populations
M. W. Roberts , L. E. Neaves , R. Claassens , C. A. Herbert
CHAPTER 31.
29 Monitoring the Fate of Translocated Eastern Grey Kangaroos at the Gold Coast
K. Higginbottom , S. Page
CHAPTER 32.
30 Managing a Kangaroo Population by Culling to Simulate Predation: the Wyperfeld Trial
D. G. Morgan , P. Pegler
CHAPTER 33.
31 Changes in Vegetation Condition Following Kangaroo Population Management in Wyperfeld National Park
S. A. Gowans , M. S. Gibson , M. E. Westbrooke , P. Pegler
CHAPTER 34.
32 Using Harvest Statistics to Monitor Temporal Variation in Kangaroo Density and Harvest Rate
A. R. Pople , M. Evams , L. Farroway , J. Gilroy , G. C. Grigg , G. Lundie-Jenkins , N. Payne
CHAPTER 35.
Appendix: Macropod Species List
Mark D. B. Eldridge
CHAPTER 36.
Species Index
CHAPTER 37.
Subject Index
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