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Wildlife in Focus
with Consultant Ecologist Kurtis Lindsay
Do you still have plenty of birds
visiting your local area?
Have you ever wondered where have all the birds gone?
Woodlands and grassland covers about three-quarters of the Australian
continent. No surprises then that these areas provide habitat for the majority
of Australian land bird species.
These habitats, especially temperate
and tropical woodlands and grasslands, also provide much of the country's
agricultural land, which has greatly modified them. Who wins out?
Listen to this!
From the Department of Environment ,
www.environment.gov.au, about one-third of the major
woodland type, eucalypt woodlands, and 80 per cent of temperate woodlands have
been cleared (McIntyre et al 2002, Lindenmayer et al 2005).
Much of the remainder is thinned,
degraded and deteriorating, and often in poorer country—steep, rocky, wet or
with less fertile soils.
Little grassland has been formally cleared, but
ploughing, grazing, introduced pastures and weeds, changed burning regimes, and
other disturbances have caused major, widespread change.
It’s been shown that revegetation of
woodlands has reversed the trend.
Now it’s up to the private landholders to
take action.
Why not look up Australian wildlife
conservancy to see what they do?
If you have any questions about
woodland birds, why not drop us a line by sending in your question to realworldgardener@gmail.com or by post to 2RRR P.O. Box 644
Gladesville NSW 1675, and I’ll send you a copy of the Garden Guardians in
return..
