Koala at risk for warm weather - TGCOM

Into 17:45 – The koala, animal symbol of Australia, is threatened by global warming. It is not enough to protect the vegetation of eucalyptus trees to protect it from extinction. At least according to the scholars of ‘ University of Sydney who monitored the cute animals via GPS and have published the results of Ecography .

trees-trees-food and shelter – According to researches, koalas make different choices during the day and at night. During daylight hours, to shelter from the heat and sleep, they stop on plants other than those on which they feed in the evening.

A conclusion to impose changes to management practices of their ecosystems, maintaining and replanting also trees where they find shelter from the heat – say researchers from the School of Biological Sciences of the University, who followed 40 koalas by GPS for three years, to study the habitat and feeding.

A cocktail to maintain – Mathew Crowther, head of research, said: “The koala banno need to survive a combination of the right species of trees and more fresh-food-trees shelter. We observed that most it is hot during the day, more koalas tend to look larger trees with denser foliage as a shelter from those temperatures. Koalas studied also showed a preference for trees in areas such as gorges and ravines, which are often cooler than in the plains or in the hills. “

The expert added:” Our research is the first to be considered with the same importance as the trees-trees-shelter and food in the livability of the habitat of koalas. Ignore the ‘ importance of trees-shelter would be worrying, given the increasing frequency of extreme weather events. “

Before the arrival of British settlers in 1788 the population of the ‘” teddy bear marsupial “was around 10 million, and is now reduced to about 43,000.

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