Australia's Outback

Science Daily: Feral animals pose major threat to Outback, climate change study finds - Australia has lost about 30 mammal species since European arrival

summary - A study of changing rainfall and wildfire patterns over 22 years in Australia's Simpson Desert has found - in addition to a likely climate-induced decrease in cover of the dominant plant spinifex - introduced cats and foxes pose a major threat to seed-eating rodents.