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Appendix A. Grazing history for exclosure sites as determined by landholder interview.
Table A1. Grazing history for exclosure sites as determined by landholder interview. The equivalence conversion between adult sheep and 450-kg steer (cattle equivalent) is assumed to be 0.11 (Chilcott et al., 2005). Kangaroo densities range from low (~7 / km²) to high (~18 / km²) as extrapolated from densities reported in Clancy et al. (1994). The equivalence conversion between kangaroo and adult sheep is assumed to be 0.35 (Munn et al. 2009).
Site
Long-term
stocking densities
(cattle equivalents. ha1)Stock type
Kangaroo densities
Alva Downs I
0.10
Sheep prior to 2004, cattle since
Low
Alva Downs II
0.10
Sheep prior to 2004, cattle since
Low
Alva Downs III
0.10
Sheep prior to 2004, cattle since
Low
Cassilis I
0.12
Cattle
Low
Cassilis II
0.12
Cattle
Low
Cassilis III
0.12
Cattle
Low
Kilterry I
0.10
Cattle
Low
Kilterry II
0.10
Cattle
Low
Kilterry III
0.10
Cattle
Medium
Loongana I
0.07
Mostly sheep
Medium
Loongana II
0.07
Mostly sheep
Medium
Loongana III
0.07
Mostly sheep
High
Verastan I
0.08
Mostly sheep
Medium
Verastan II
0.08
Mixed
Medium
Verastan III
0.08
Sheep
High
Whitehill I
0.10
Mostly cattle
Medium
Whitehill II
0.10
Mostly cattle
Medium
Whitehill III
0.10
Mostly cattle
Medium
Literature cited
Chilcott, C., J. Hamilton, G. Whish, C. J. Paton, and P. W. Johnston. 2005. Grazing Land Management – Mulga workbook. Meat and Livestock Australia Limited, Brisbane, Australia.
Clancy, T. F., G. P. Edwards, A. R. Pople, and G. W. Maag. 1994. The 1993 surveys of the commercially harvested species of Macropod in Queensland. Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Conservation Strategy Branch research Report.
Munn, A. J., T. J. Dawson, S. R. McLeod, D. B. Croft, M. B. Thompson, and C. R. Dickman. 2009. Field metabolic rate and water turnover of red kangaroos and sheep in an arid rangeland: an empirically derived dry-sheep-equivalent for kangaroos. Aust. J. Zool. 57:23–28.