Using camera traps to estimate spotted-tailed quoll densities

Title
Using camera traps to estimate spotted-tailed quoll densities
Publication Date
2022
Author(s)
Henderson, Tim
Fancourt, Bronwyn
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2969-1530
Email: Bronwyn.Fancourt@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:bfancou2
Rajaratnam, Rajanathan
( 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
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australasian Wildlife Management Society (AWMS)
Place of publication
Canberra, Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/54293
Abstract

The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is an endangered Australian mesopredator that is often associated with structurally complex contiguous forest, which have an abundance of suitable den sites and support high densities of prey. While recent studies have shown that quolls are known to occur in some fragmented forested 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 forested landscapes. In the Hunter Valley lowlands of New South Wales, quolls have been frequently recorded in landscapes that have been fragmented by mining, agriculture and urban development.

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AWMS 2022 Conference Abstracts

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