Journal article
Digging and soil turnover by a mycophagous marsupial
Journal of Arid Environments, Vol.56(3), pp.569-578
2004
Abstract
The woylie Bettongia penicillata is a small (1 kg) kangaroo-like marsupial that digs to obtain the fruiting bodies of fungi. The number of woylies in a 60 ha area of sclerophyll woodland in south-western Australia was estimated using mark-recapture at 3 month intervals over 3 successive years. The number of new diggings by woylies, determined at the same intervals, allowed an assessment of the rate of digging per individual. This varied three-fold from 38 to 114 diggings per individual per night, with no consistent seasonality. On average, each woylie displaced 4.8 tonnes of soil annually.
Details
- Title
- Digging and soil turnover by a mycophagous marsupial
- Authors/Creators
- M.J. Garkaklis (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityJ.S. Bradley (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityR.D. Wooller (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Arid Environments, Vol.56(3), pp.569-578
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Identifiers
- 991005545997307891
- Copyright
- © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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