
%0 Journal Article
%A Troy, S 
%A Coulson, G 
%T Home range of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1993/09/01
%V 20
%N 5
%P 571-575
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9930571
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR9930571 
%X Home range in the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor (Marsupialia : Macropodoidea) was examined using radio-tracking in a 150-ha remnant of mixed eucalypt forest at Healesville, Victoria. Three methods were used to calculate home-range size: minimum convex polygons, fourier transform MAP(O.95) and MAP(0.50) estimation, and harmonic mean 50% isopleths and 95% isopleths. The minimum convex polygon method produced the largest estimate of home-range area (16.01 +/-.45 ha). Each method required a different number of fixes before home-range area estimates reached an asymptote. These data showed that W. bicolor have small, overlapping home ranges and that the shape of the home range varied between individuals. Home-range area was larger than previously reported for this species, and there was no significant difference between the sexes in home-range size. 
