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

Presentation TypePresentation
AuthorsEdwards, Meg
Journal Citationpp. 23-24
Number of Pages2
Year2022
Place of PublicationAustralia
ISBN9780987465764
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedingshttps://anzccart.adelaide.edu.au/ua/media/673/2022-proceedings.pdf
Conference/Event2022 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 2020410407. Wildlife and habitat management
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