Editing Taunton National Park (section)

==Environmental threats==
Taunton National Park and the biodiversity it supports are subjected to various threatening processes, particularly in regard to predation or competition with introduced [[feral species]] and [[invasive plants]].<ref name=Demography /><ref name=Conservation />  Bridled nailtail wallabies are regular prey of the dingo, which preferentially targets adult individuals and is recognised as posing a significant threat to the species long-term survival.<ref name=Demography /><ref name=Ferals /><ref name=PestArrest>{{cite journal|author=Melzer, R. I. |author2=Twyford, K. L. |author3=Rowston, C. |author4=Augsteyn, J. D. |title=Pest Arrest in Central Queensland: conserving biodiversity through pest management.|journal=Australasian Journal of Environmental Management|year=2009|volume=16|issue=4|pages=227–235|doi=10.1080/14486563.2009.9725238|s2cid=110572828}}</ref>  Contrastingly, feral cats appear to target juvenile wallabies, effectively reducing the number of individuals which survive long enough to contribute to the breeding population, thereby contributing further to declining numbers.<ref name=Ferals />

Invasive plant species pose increasing threats to the parks biodiversity.  Particularly notorious weeds invading the park include; giant rats tail grass (''[[Sporobolus]] spp.''), [[Mother of Millions]] (''Bryophyllum spp.''), buffel grass, harissia cactus (Eriocereus martini),  parthenium (''[[Parthenium hysterophorus]]'') and the rubber vine (''[[Cryptostegia grandiflora]]'').<ref name=DERM />  In particular, advancing encroachment of the pastoral buffel grass is significant due to its capacity to alter the structure of the shrub [[understorey]] in the native vegetation, and its capacity for vigorous growth and drought resistance can result in the creation of impenetrable walls of grass which also hinders through-movement by smaller mammals.<ref name=Conservation /><ref name=buffelgrass>{{cite journal|author1=Butler, B. D. W. |author2=Fairfax, R. J. |title=Buffel grass and fire in a gidgee and brigalow woodland: a case study from central Queensland.|journal=Ecological Management and Restoration|year=2003|volume=4|issue=2|pages=120–125|doi=10.1046/j.1442-8903.2003.00146.x}}</ref>  Buffel grass is also highly competitive with herbaceous species such as legumes, native grasses and forbs; which reduces native food availability and biodiversity.<ref name=Conservation /><ref name=Herbs>{{cite journal|last=Jackson|first=J.|title=Is there a relationship between herbaceous species richness and buffel grass (''Cenchrus ciliaris'')?|journal=Austral Ecology|year=2005|volume=30|issue=5|pages=505–517|doi=10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01465.x}}</ref>  Fire threats compound the issue, as Buffel grass growth is stimulated by burning, which not only raises the risk and severity of fires by increasing fuel availability, but also burns at higher temperatures than the Acacia overstorey can tolerate, which reduces and degrading the natural habitat.<ref name=Conservation /><ref name=buffelgrass />