Continental patterns in the diet of a top predator: Australia's dingo

TS Doherty, NE Davis, CR Dickman… - Mammal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving large carnivores is controversial because they can threaten wildlife, human
safety, and livestock production. Since large carnivores often have large ranges, effective …

Causes and consequences of lags in basic and applied research into feral wildlife ecology: The case for feral horses

PN Boyce, JD Hennig, RK Brook… - Basic and Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
The biomass of feral wildlife is eclipsing that of native wildlife in many parts of the world.
Consequently, feral species are playing an increasingly important role in ecological …

Seasonal and daily activity of non-native sambar deer in and around high-elevation peatlands, south-eastern Australia

S Comte, E Thomas, AJ Bengsen, A Bennett… - Wildlife …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Of the six species of non-native deer present in Australia, the sambar deer is the
largest and has been identified as a major threat to high-elevation peatlands in south …

Australia's recently established predators restore complexity to food webs simplified by extinction

EIF Wooster, OS Middleton, AD Wallach, D Ramp… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Since prehistory, humans have altered the composition of ecosystems by causing
extinctions and introducing species. However, our understanding of how waves of species …

An Australian perspective on rewilding

OF Sweeney, J Turnbull, M Jones, M Letnic… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rewilding is increasingly recognized as a conservation tool but is often context specific,
which inhibits broad application. Rewilding in Australia seeks to enhance ecosystem …

Interspecific variation in the diet of a native apex predator and invasive mesopredator in an alpine ecosystem

ER Thompson, DA Driscoll, SE Venn… - Austral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carnivores have key ecological roles in structuring and regulating ecosystems through their
impacts on prey populations. When apex‐and meso‐predators co‐occur in ecosystems …

Ecological interactions involving feral horses and predators: Review with implications for biodiversity conservation

PN Boyce, PD McLoughlin - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For many ecosystems, feral horses are increasingly becoming an important if not dominant
component of ungulate biomass and hence influence on community dynamics. Yet we still …

Diet of the Dingo in Subtropical Australian Forests: Are Small, Threatened Macropods at Risk?

D McLean, R Goldingay, M Letnic - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Carnivores play an important part in maintaining ecosystem health by
limiting the population sizes of their prey. However, their feeding habits can also place …

An overview of molecular markers for identification of non-human fecal pollution sources

T Zlender, M Rupnik - Frontiers in microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Identifying primary sources of fecal pollution is important for assessing public health risks
and implementing effective remediation strategies. To date, one of the main molecular …

Distinctive diets of eutherian predators in Australia

PA Fleming, AM Stobo-Wilson… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Introduction of the domestic cat and red fox has devastated Australian native fauna. We
synthesized Australian diet analyses to identify traits of prey species in cat, fox and dingo …