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The Red Kangaroo in Central Australia - An Early Account by A.E. Newsome (Paperback)
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The Red Kangaroo in Central Australia - An Early Account by A.E. Newsome (Paperback)
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The red kangaroo is at the heart of Australia's ecological
identity. It is Australia's largest terrestrial land mammal, the
largest extant marsupial, and the only kangaroo truly restricted to
Australia's arid interior. Almost nothing was known about the
ecology of the red kangaroo when a young Alan Newsome began to
study it in 1957. He discovered how droughts affect reproduction,
why red kangaroos favour different habitats during droughts from
those after rains, and that unprecedented explosions in red
kangaroo numbers were caused by changes to the landscape wrought by
graziers. Most importantly, he realised the possibilities of
enriching western science with Indigenous knowledge, a feat
recognised today as one of the greatest achievements of his career.
First drafted in 1975 and now revised and prepared for publication
by his son, The Red Kangaroo in Central Australia captures Alan's
thoughts as a young ecologist working in Central Australia in the
1950s and 1960s. It will inspire a new generation of scientists to
explore Australia's vast interior and study the extraordinary
adaptations of its endemic mammals. It will also appeal to readers
of other classics of Australian natural history, such as Francis
Ratcliffe's Flying Fox and Drifting Sand and Harry Frith's The
Mallee Fowl, The Bird that Builds an Incubator.
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