Yookamurra Sanctuary

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Yookamurra Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) [1]
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Yookamurra Sanctuary
Location South Australia
Coordinates 34°30′33″S139°26′00″E / 34.5091°S 139.4332°E / -34.5091; 139.4332 [1]
Area50.55 km2 (19.52 sq mi) [1]
Governing body Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Website Official website

Yookamurra Sanctuary is a 50 km2 private protected area in the Murraylands region of South Australia, between the eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Murray River, 24 km north-east of the town of Sedan. It is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC).

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History

Yookamurra is a consolidation of several properties acquired by Earth Sanctuaries for wildlife conservation from the late 1980s to 1998, before being purchased by AWC in 2002. [2]

Landscape and climate

The reserve consists of gently undulating country with shallow soils overlying calcrete, at an altitude of 80-90 m. [3] It lies at the southern end of the semi-arid zone of South Australia and the climate is one of cool winters and hot summers. The average annual rainfall, mainly falling in winter, is 270 mm. [4]

Ecosystems

Most of Yookamurra's habitats are variations of mallee woodlands and shrublands. [5]

Fauna

Threatened fauna species include malleefowl, emu, southern hairy-nosed wombat, western grey kangaroo, red kangaroo, numbat, greater bilby, boodie, woylie and short-beaked echidna. [6] An attempted reintroduction of the greater stick-nest rat failed. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Terrestrial Protected Areas Detailed List in South Australia (2018) (refer 'Detailed List' tab )". CAPAD 2018. Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy. 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Yookamurra: History [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Australian Wildlife Conservancy: Yookamurra Sanctuary - General Description [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Australian Wildlife Conservancy: Yookamurra Sanctuary - Climate
  5. ↑ Yookamurra: Ecosystems Archived December 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Australian Wildlife Conservancy: Yookamurra Sanctuary - Wildlife Species
  7. ↑ Short, Jeff; Copley, Peter; Ruykys, Laura; Morris, Keith; Read, John; Moseby, Katherine (8 October 2019). "Review of translocations of the greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor): lessons learnt to facilitate ongoing recovery" . Wildlife Research. 46 (6): 455–475. doi:10.1071/WR19021. ISSN   1448-5494. S2CID   203389727.
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