Habitat selection by the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) in disturbed environments: Implications for the conservation of a ‘common’ species

Roger, Erin; Laffan, Shawn W.; Ramp, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.03.001

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“…On the other hand, they may have been limited to more open spaces within these forest environments, for example, along watercourses. At the present day V. ursinus often preferentially select burrow and mound sites along watercourses and in areas away from dense leafy vegetation (e.g., Roger et al, 2007). In this case, however, this is due to the grazing requirements of this species as well as its need to find suitable friable soils in which to excavate complex burrows.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 80%

A new species of Miocene wombat (Marsupialia, Vombatiformes) from Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia, and implications for the evolutionary history of the Vombatidae

Brewer

Archer

Hand

et al. 2018

Palaeontol Electron

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A new species of Miocene wombat (Marsupialia, Vombatiformes) from Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia, and implications for the evolutionary history of the Vombatidae

Brewer

Archer

Hand

et al. 2018

Palaeontol Electron

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“…However, a recent study (Roger et al 2007) challenges this status, suggesting that road mortality and disease is affecting the persistence of wombat populations. Their distribution appears to have contracted southwards since European settlement (McIlroy 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

Links between riparian characteristics and the abundance of common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) burrows in an agricultural landscape

Borchard

McIlroy²,

McArthur

2008

Wildl. Res.

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Agricultural riparian zones are often vulnerable to weed invasion and degradation of the physical streambank character through the trampling of livestock. Riparian zone restoration seeks to improve habitat biodiversity, minimise streambank erosion and improve water quality. In order for this to be effective land managers need to broadly understand the connections between riparian systems and adjoining agricultural ecosystems and to understand the habitat requirements of wildlife species adapted to the evolving riparian landscape. Common wombats (Vombatus ursinus) are abundant in the riparian agricultural landscapes of south-eastern Australia, but there is concern about their persistence in other landscapes. To understand the importance of riparian characteristics for wombats, we examined five physical and five vegetative characteristics associated with abundance of wombat burrows in the riparian zone of an agricultural landscape in south-eastern New South Wales, using two independent datasets. The abundance of wombat burrows increased substantially with increasing shrub cover in both datasets. There was weaker but consistent support for an association between wombat burrows and stream order and vegetation width. There were more burrows per metre by high than low order streams and burrows were most abundant at an intermediate vegetation width. In one of the two datasets, burrow abundance declined as the proportion of native shrubs in the shrub layer increased. As wombats are generally limited to riparian buffers in agricultural landscapes, these results are important as a first step toward managing and restoring the riparian zone. Restoration strategies, for example, may need to consider retaining patches of shrubs, even if they are weeds, whereas native shrubs are established in interspersed patches along larger rivers, in order to maintain suitable wombat habitat.

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“…Clearly, the environmental impacts of roaded networks are a global problem. Roads have direct effects including animal mortality (Haines et al, 2006;Ramp et al, 2005;Roe et al, 2006;Roger et al, 2007), habitat loss (Ewers et al, 2006;Nielsen et al, 2006), habitat degradation (Nyströ m et al, 2007), and fragmentation (Mata et al, 2005), as well as indirect effects on ecological patterns and processes, including barrier effects (Bhattacharya et al, 2003), loss of connectivity (Clevenger and Wierzchowski, 2006), and reduced permeability (Spellerberg, 2002;Bissonette and Storch, 2003;Forman et al, 2003; 0006-3207/$ -see front matter Published by Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.10.019 Altrichter and Boaglio, 2004). Both direct and indirect effects impact animal movement (Jaeger et al, 2005).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Restoring habitat permeability to roaded landscapes with isometrically-scaled wildlife crossings

Bissonette

Adair

2008

Biological Conservation

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Habitat selection by the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) in disturbed environments: Implications for the conservation of a ‘common’ species

Cited by 50 publications

References 53 publications

A new species of Miocene wombat (Marsupialia, Vombatiformes) from Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia, and implications for the evolutionary history of the Vombatidae

A new species of Miocene wombat (Marsupialia, Vombatiformes) from Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia, and implications for the evolutionary history of the Vombatidae

Links between riparian characteristics and the abundance of common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) burrows in an agricultural landscape

Restoring habitat permeability to roaded landscapes with isometrically-scaled wildlife crossings

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