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Northern Australia’s saltwater crocodiles under investigation following dramatic rise in population
A predatorial population boom has taken place across northern Australia in the past half century — and scientists are now set to look at the ecosystem impacts of the increase in estuarine crocodile numbers.
Key points:
- The study will look at the ecological role of crocs
- They will look at crocs’ eating habits
- The CDU study will span three years
Researchers from Charles Darwin University (CDU) will lead the project, examining the results of the population recovery since saltwater crocodiles were declared a protected species in 1971.
The numbers are fairly well-known — the estimate has gone from 3,000 in the 1970s to over 100,000 crocodiles in the Northern Territory today.
But ecologist Keller Kopf from CDU’s Research Institute for the…
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