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Cover; Contributors; Preface; Part I Genetics, reproduction and development; 1 Mapping genes on tammar wallaby target chromosomes; 2 Genetic architecture of the macropodid immune system; 3 Marsupials as models for mammalian pre-natal development: the tammar wallaby; 4 Population genetic studies of t...

8 Strong matrilineal structuring in the brush-tailed rock-wallaby confirmed by spatial patterns of mitochondrial DNAPart II Morphology and physiology; 9 Energetic characteristics of macropodoid locomotion; 10 Development of endothermy and non-shivering thermogenesis in the Tasmanian bettong: a revie...

13 Functional pedal morphology of the extinct tree-kangaroo Bohra (Diprotodontia: Macropodidae)Part III Ecology; 14 Mycophagy in a community of macropodoid species; 15 Determining the diet of tammar wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia, using stable isotope analysis; 16 Ecology and conserva...

19 Impact of human disturbance on the population dynamics and ecology of tammar wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia20 Habitat partitioning among sympatric grey kangaroos and swamp wallabies in box-ironbark remnants; 21 Diversity and distribution of helminth parasites in macropodoid marsupi...

24 Roads as drivers of change for macropodids25 Speed limit, verge width and day length: major factors in road-kills of tammar wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia; 26 Flight response as a causative factor in kangaroo-vehicle collisions; 27 Advances in fertility control technologies for man...

31 Changes in vegetation condition following kangaroo population management in Wyperfeld National Park.