Koalas Phascolarctos cinereus in Framlingham Forest, south-west Victoria : Introduction, translocation and the effects of a bushfire

Title: Koalas Phascolarctos cinereus in Framlingham Forest, south-west Victoria : Introduction, translocation and the effects of a bushfire
Creator: Wallis, Robert
Date: 2013
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/40203
Identifier: vital:5092
Identifier: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878625364&partnerID=40&md5=6d9314aa5cd44bde9721bdaa583359ed
Identifier: ISSN:0042-5184
Abstract: Koalas were introduced into Framlingham Forest, south-west Victoria, in 1971 and the population grew rapidly. By the 1990s the forest was suffering severe defoliation and many trees preferred by Koalas had been over-browsed. In 1998/99 around 1100 Koalas were captured, the males sterilised and animals translocated to other suitable habitats in western Victoria. Some habitat restoration was subsequently undertaken. In 2007 a deliberately lit fire destroyed most eucalypt foliage and many Koalas were killed or burned and removed by wildlife carers and DSE staff. A survey in 2011 found only two Koalas in the area. A Koala management plan for Framlingham Forest has been prepared.
Relation: Victorian Naturalist Vol. 130, no. 1 (2013), p. 37-40
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 05 Environmental Sciences; 06 Biological Sciences; Framlingham Forest; Indigenous protected area; Koala Phascolarctos cinereus; Management
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