At first I was afraid…or was I? How native Australian mammals respond to predators

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Edwards, Meg. 2022. "At first I was afraid…or was I? How native Australian mammals respond to predators." 2022 Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching Conference . Melbourne, Australia 26 - 28 Jul 2022 Australia.

Paper/Presentation Title	At first I was afraid…or was I? How native Australian mammals respond to predators
Presentation Type	Presentation
Authors	Edwards, Meg
Journal Citation	pp. 23-24
Number of Pages	2
Year	2022
Place of Publication	Australia
ISBN	9780987465764
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings	https://anzccart.adelaide.edu.au/ua/media/673/2022-proceedings.pdf
Conference/Event	2022 Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching Conference
Event Details	2022 Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching Conference 2022 ANZCCART Conference Delivery Online Event Date 26 to end of 28 Jul 2022 Event Location Melbourne, Australia
Abstract	In Australia, introduced predators such as cats (Felis catus) and foxes (Vulpes vulpes) have been implicated in the reduction and extinction of many species from their native ranges. It is suggested that one reason for this devastating extinction record is that as Australia’s native wildlife exhibit varying degrees of naivety to the threat that mammalian predators pose. We used a variety of methods to determine how native Australian mammals, such as bandicoots and possums, react to predators or their cues (such as faeces). Bandicoots appeared to have some antipredator responses towards dogs, but not other predator species. Other native mammal species appeared to display no antipredator responses towards cat or quoll cues. Therefore, innovative methods of predator control accounting for this naivety should be trialled, such as predator avoidance training, to reduce the impact of predators on our native wildlife.
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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	410407. Wildlife and habitat management
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Byline Affiliations	University of Southern Queensland

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