Kangaroos in Outback Australia: Comparative Ecology and Behavior of Three Coexisting Species

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Dale McCullough Yvette McCullough

Kangaroos in Outback Australia

Comparative Ecology and Behavior of Three Coexisting Species

Dale McCullough, Yvette McCullough

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Columbia University Press
08 September 2000

Animal behaviour; Animal ecology; Marsupials & monotremes

A topic of perpetual fascination, the kangaroos of Australia have been the focus of myriad books and documentaries. Kangaroos in Outback Australia focuses on Yathong Nature Reserve, where three species of kangaroo-red, eastern grey, and western grey-overlap and create a unique opportunity for ecological study.

Dale and Yvette McCullough spent fifteen months in Yathong examining the comparative ecology and behavior of the different species. The McCulloughs used systematic counts, radio telemetry, direct observations, and other techniques to characterize and compare the different species' population sizes, home ranges and movements, activity patterns, habitat selection, feeding behavior, and social organization.

The researchers' previous work on the kangaroos' closest ecological counterparts in North America, the white-tailed and the mule deer, serves as a subject for comparison and enlarges the overall scope of the work.

By: Dale McCullough, Yvette McCullough
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780231119177
ISBN 10: 0231119178
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 08 September 2000
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dale R. McCullough is professor of wildlife biology in the College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley. He is an acknowledged expert on North American deer populations. Yvette McCullough teaches science at Martin Luther King Middle School, Berkeley, California.