
%0 Journal Article
%A Coulson, G 
%T The Effect of Drought on Road Mortality of Macropods
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1989/01/01
%V 16
%N 1
%P 79-83
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9890079
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR9890079 
%X Road-kills of eastern grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus, and swamp wallabies, Wallabia bicolor, were monitored during and after the severe 1981-83 drought in central Victoria, Australia. These were compared with a survey of the same area prior to the drought. The frequency of road-kills of both species during the drought was higher than pre-drought and post-drought levels, and over 9 years the seasonal frequency of kangaroo road-kills was inversely related to the rainfall of the previous season. Road-kills of kangaroos were predominantly males, and almost half were juveniles. 
