The large‐scale capture of eastern grey kangaroos (<i>Macropus giganteus</i>) and red kangaroos (<i>Osphranter rufus</i>) and its application to a population management project

Colgan, SA; Perkins, NR; A. Green, Lindsay

doi:10.1111/avj.12886

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The large‐scale capture of eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) and red kangaroos (Osphranter rufus) and its application to a population management project

Published in Australian Veterinary Journal • Nov 19, 2019

Authors:

SA Colgan

NR Perkins

Lindsay A. Green

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: A large-scale capture method was developed to enable sterilisation of a macropod population in western Sydney from 2005 to 2018. METHODS: Until March 2007, free ranging eastern grey kangaroos and red kangaroos were herded into purpose-built 15 m diameter capture yards (CYs) for darting wi...

Subject

Population

Mark and recapture

Fishery

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