First use of a microchip-automated nest box in situ by a brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa)
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Article Title | First use of a microchip-automated nest box in situ by a brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) |
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ERA Journal ID | 2836 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Watson, Shania J. (Author), Hoy, Julia M. (Author), Edwards, Megan C. (Author) and Murray, Peter J. (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Mammalogy |
Journal Citation | 44 (1), pp. 139-142 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | CSIRO Publishing |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0310-0049 |
1836-7402 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1071/AM20046 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.publish.csiro.au/am/AM20046 |
Abstract | Microchip-automated devices have the potential to provide individual free-living animals with safe nesting areas and act as a method of targeted food delivery, while excluding competitors and predators. Wildlife have been successfully trained to use such devices in captivity but never in the wild. Bringing animals into captivity may not always be feasible or appropriate due to the high cost, likely increased stress on the animals, and potential biosecurity risk. Therefore to demonstrate proof of concept that wildlife could be trained in situ to use commercially available microchipautomated devices, a brush-tailed phascogale in the wild was exposed to a microchip-automated door attached to a nest box. The phascogale was successfully trained within 15 days to use the microchip-automated door. |
Keywords | automation, behaviour, microchip, RFID, wildlife management |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410299. Ecological applications not elsewhere classified |
310301. Behavioural ecology | |
400999. Electronics, sensors and digital hardware not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
University of Queensland | |
University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6359/first-use-of-a-microchip-automated-nest-box-in-situ-by-a-brush-tailed-phascogale-phascogale-tapoatafa
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