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The red kangaroo in central Australia : an early account by A. E. Newsome / Thomas Newsome and Alan Newsome.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Newsome, Thomas, author.
Newsome, Alan Eric, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aboriginal Australians--Australia, Central.
Aboriginal Australians.
Red kangaroo--Australia, Central.
Red kangaroo.
Kangaroos--Australia, Central.
Kangaroos.
Australia, Central--Social life and customs.
Australia, Central.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (177 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Clayton South, Australia : CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2016.
Summary:
A unique insight into one of Australia's most iconic land mammals.
Contents:
Cover
Contents
Foreword
Colour plates
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Landforms, climate and vegetation
Landforms
Climate
Vegetation
Chapter 3 Distribution and abundance
Chapter 4 Reproduction
Field studies
The effects of drought on female reproduction
Female reproduction - entering anoestrus
Female reproduction - breeding after rain
Male reproduction
Chapter 5 Food and water
Food
Water
Chapter 6 Sociology
Group size
Chapter 7 Ecomythology
Footnotes/glossary
References
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 14, 2016).
ISBN:
9781486301560
1486301568
OCLC:
932259894

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