| Description |
1 online resource (450 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future explores Australia's unique predator communities from pre-historic, historic and current perspectives. It covers mammalian, reptilian and avian carnivores, both native and introduced to Australia. It also examines the debate surrounding how best to manage predators to protect livestock and native biodiversity"-- Publisher's Web site. |
| Contents |
1. The importance of predators -- 2. The rise and fall of large marsupial carnivores -- 3. Giant terrestrial reptilian carnivores of Cenozoic Australia -- 4. The arrival and impacts of the dingo -- 5. The new guard : the arrival and impacts of cats and foxes -- 6. Management of wild canids in Australia : free-ranging dogs and red foxes -- 7. When is a dingo not a dingo? Hybridisation with domestic dogs -- 8. Measuring and managing the impact of cats -- 9. Australia's surviving marsupial carnivores : threats and conservation -- 10. Micro-carnivores : the ecological role of small dasyurid predators in Australia -- 11. Reptilian predators : the forgotten majority? -- 12. Fur, feathers and scales : interactions between mammalian, reptilian and avian predators -- 13. Strongly interactive carnivore species : maintaining and restoring ecosystem function -- 14. Protecting livestock while conserving ecosystem function : non-lethal management of wild predators -- 15. The role of predator exclosures in the conservation of Australian fauna -- 16. Concerns over management intensity : a framework for threatened species and predator management -- 17. Olfaction and predator-prey interactions amongst mammals in Australia -- 18. Carnivore communities : challenges and opportunites for conservation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Carnivora -- Australia.
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Carnivora. |
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Australia. |
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Carnivorous animals -- Australia.
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Carnivorous animals. |
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Predation (Biology) -- Australia.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals. |
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Predation (Biology) |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals. |
| Added Author |
Glen, A. S. (Alistair S.), editor.
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Dickman, C. R. (Chris R.), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: (DLC) 2014472096 (OCoLC)879327836 |
| ISBN |
9780643103177 (electronic book) |
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0643103171 (electronic book) |
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9780643103184 |
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064310318X |
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9780643103108 |
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0643103104 |
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