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R. J. Fensham, J. L. Silcock, J. Firn. 2014. Managed livestock grazing is compatible with the maintenance of plant diversity in semidesert grasslands. Ecological Applications 24:503–517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-0492.1

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.


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