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Friday Seminar – 15 May 2009
Managing
the ecology of the Tibetan plateau
Interactions between livestock grazing,
plateau pikas and avian biodiversity
Tony Arthur, CSE
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm, Caughley Seminar Room, Gungahlin Homestead (location
details below)
Abstract – Friday Seminar – 15
May
Managing the ecology of the Tibetan
plateau: Interactions between livestock grazing, plateau pikas and avian
biodiversity
Tony Arthur, CSE
Significant and potentially irreversible
erosion is increasing on the grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. There is some
acknowledgment that overgrazing by livestock has contributed to this, but there
is also a strong belief by local people that plateau pikas make a significant
contribution to the problem. Pikas are also thought to compete with
livestock for forage. In this seminar I present results from a study
designed to assess: (1) whether the current method of pika control is
effective; (2) whether current livestock grazing practices affect pika
populations and their control; and (3) relationships between livestock grazing,
pikas and other native biodiversity.
About the speaker:
Dr Tony Arthur is a quantitative
ecologist with CSE who specialises in understanding the drivers of animal
populations and the implications this has for their management. A
large body of his worked has focussed on interactions between wildlife and
agricultural systems.
About CSE seminars at
Gungahlin
Seminar presentations usually run for
approximately 45 minutes, followed by 10-15 minutes question/discussion time.
Venue: Caughley Seminar Room, Gungahlin
Homestead
Location details: The entrance to Gungahlin Homestead is from Bellenden Street
(off Barton Highway,
approx 500m north of Gungahlin
Drive overpass). The visitor car park is to the
right of entrance near front of the Homestead
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ph 6242 1608, or phone Gungahlin reception - ph 6242 1600. On
arrival, all visitors are asked to sign in at reception (located in the Homestead).
Free parking. Café on site.
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