Density estimates reveal that fragmented landscapes provide important habitat for conserving an endangered mesopredator, the spotted-tailed quolls

Title
Density estimates reveal that fragmented landscapes provide important habitat for conserving an endangered mesopredator, the spotted-tailed quolls
Publication Date
2022-09
Author(s)
Henderson, Timothy
Fancourt, Bronwyn A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2969-1530
Email: Bronwyn.Fancourt@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:bfancou2
Rajaratnam, R
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5932-7935
Email: rrajarat@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rrajarat
Vernes, Karl
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-9950
Email: kvernes@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:kvernes
Ballard, Guy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0287-9720
Email: gballar3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:gballar3
Abstract
Paper presented by Tim Henderson
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Mammal Society (AMS)
Place of publication
Perth, Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/54292
Abstract

Native predators are increasingly exposed to habitat loss and fragmentation globally. When developing conservation and management strategies, it is important to determine whether fragmented landscapes can still support similar predator densities to intact areas, and thereby constitute important habitat for these species. The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is an endangered Australian mesopredator that is often considered to be forest-dependent. While quolls are known to occur in some fragmented forest landscapes, it is unclear whether these areas represent sub-optimal habitat where quolls merely persist, or whether quolls can still thrive at densities similar to those observed in intact forest landscapes.

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Citation
p. 35-35
Start page
35
End page
35

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