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Long-term genetic consequences of mammal reintroductions into an Australian conservation reserve
Sustaining genetic diversity is critical for the long-term survival of wildlife populations. This study found that, 18 years after the first translocations, the genetic diversity of the Reserve's stick-nest rats, bandicoots, bilbies and bettongs were all close to, or exceeding the levels measured in the founding animals.
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Too much of a good thing: successful reintroduction leads to overpopulation in a threatened mammal
In 17 years, the Reserve's burrowing bettong population rose from 30 individuals to a density 10x higher than wild populations. This paper documents an increase in damage to palatable plant species and decline in greater stick-nest rat abundance as bettong abundance increased.
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Interactions between a Top Order Predator and Exotic Mesopredators in the Australian Rangelands
This study investigated whether dingoes can suppress cat and fox populations. All three species were GPS collared and released into a 37 square km exclosure. In 17 days, the dingoes killed every fox. All cats died in 3 months, with dingoes responsible for at least half of the deaths. This provides evidence that dingoes can suppress both species, particularly foxes.
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Predator exposure improves anti‐predator responses in a threatened mammal
Burrowing bettongs are naive to the threat of feral cats, and this has led to their extinction outside feral-free havens. This study exposed bettongs in a 26 square km exclosure to low densities of feral cats. After 18 months, cat-exposed bettongs had improved their anti-predator behaviours.
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The efficacy of feral cat, fox and rabbit exclusion fence designs for threatened species protection
The integrity of feral-free reserves is only as strong as its fence. This study tested a range of fence designs to exclude feral cats, foxes and rabbits.
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Reversing the effects of evolutionary prey naivete through controlled predator exposure
After two years of exposure to low densities of feral cats, bilbies developed better predator-avoidance behaviours and survived better than naive bilbies when both were translocated to an area with higher densities of feral cats.
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Peer Reviewed Publications
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H.McGregor, K.Moseby, C.N. Johnson . S.Legge. (2019) The short-term response of feral cats to rabbit population decline: Are alternative native prey more at risk
McGregor et al. 2019_Feral cats, rabbits and prey switching
September 1, 2020
K. K. Berris , W. G. Breed , K. E. Moseby & S. M. Carthew. Female reproductive suppression in an Australian arid zone rodent, the spinifex hopping mouse. Journal of Zoology
Berris et al. 2020_hopping mouse breeding
August 31, 2020
Read, J.L. (2019). Among the Pigeons: Why our cats belong indoors. Wakefield Press, Adelaide, Australia. https://www.johnlread.com/.
June 12, 2019
Sato, C.F., Westgate, M.J, Barton, P.S., Foster, C.N., O’Loughlin, L.S., Pierson, J.C., Balmer, J., Chapman, J., Catt, G., Detto, T., Hawcroft, A., Kavanagh, R.P., Marshall, D., McKay, M., Moseby, K., Perry, M., Robinson, D., Schroder, M., Tuft, K. and Lindenmayer, D.B. (2019). The use and utility of surrogates in biodiversity monitoring programmes. Journal of Applied Ecology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13366.
June 7, 2019
Ross, A. Letnic, M., Blumstein, D. and Moseby, K.E. (2019). Reversing the effects of evolutionary prey naivete through controlled predator exposure. Journal of Applied Ecology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13406.
May 16, 2019
Decker, O., Eldridge, D.J., and Gibb, H. (2019). Restoration potential of threatened ecosystem engineers increases with aridity: broad scale effects on soil nutrients and function. Ecography, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04259.
May 1, 2019
Read, J.L., Bowden, T., Hodgens, P., Hess, M., McGregor, H., and Moseby, K. (2019). Trap specificity of the Felixer grooming “trap”. Wildlife Society Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.942 .
Butler, K., Paton, D. and Moseby, K. (2018). One-way gates successfully facilitate the movement of burrowing bettongs (Bettongia lesueur) through exclusion fences around reserve. Austral Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12664.
Foster, C.N., O’Loughlin, L.S., Sato, C.F., Westgate, M.J., Barton, P.S., Pierson, J.C., Balmer, J.M., Catt, G., Chapman, J., Detto, T., Hawcroft, A., Jones, G., Kavanagh, R.P., McKay, M., Marshall, D., Moseby, K.E., Perry, M., Robinson, D., Seddon, J.A., Tuft, K. and Lindenmayer, D.B. (2018). How practitioners integrate decision triggers with existing metrics in conservation monitoring. Journal of Environmental Management, 230: 94-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.067
Legge, S., Woinarski, J.C.Z., Burbidge, A.A., Palmer, R., Ringma, J., Radford, J.Q., Mitchell, N., Bode, M., Wintle, B., Baseler, M., Bentley, J., Copley, P., Dexter, N., Dickman, C.R., Gillespie, G.R., Hill, B., Johnson, C.N., Latch, P., Letnic, M., Manning, A., McCreless, E.E., Menkhorst, P., Morris, K., Moseby, K., Page, M., Pannell, D. and Tuft, K. (2018). Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators. Wildlife Research, https://doi.org/10.1071/WR17172.
Moseby, K.E. (2018). The desert dweller: forging a career in arid zone ecology. Pacific Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18022.
Moseby, K.E., Blumstein, D.T., Letnic, M. and West, R. (2018). Choice or opportunity: are post-release social groupings influenced by familiarity or reintroduction protocols?. Oryx, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318000054.
Moseby, K.E., Copley, P., Tuft, K. and Read, J.R. (2018). Reintroduction of the Western Barred Bandicoot to inland Australia. In: Soorae, P.S (ed). Global Reintroduction Perspectives 2018; case studies from around the globe. IUCN Reintroduction Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland.
Moseby, K.E., and Read, J.R. (2014). The use of camera traps to monitor poison bait uptake. In: Meek, P.D., Ballard, A.G., Banks, P.B., Claridge, A.W., Fleming, P.J.S., Sanderson, J.G. and Swann, D.E. (eds). Camera Trapping in Wildlife Research and Management, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
Hayward, M., Moseby, K.E., and Read, J.R. (2014). The role of predator exclosures in the conservation of Australian fauna. In: Glen, A. and Dickman, C. (eds). Carnivores of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Moseby, K.E., Copley, P., Paton, D.C. and Read, J.R. (2018). Arid Recovery; a successful conservation partnership. In: Garnett, S., Latch, P., Lindenmayer, D. and Woinarski, J. (eds.). Recovering Australian Threatened Species – A Book of Hope. CSIRO Publishing, Canberra, Australia.
Moseby, K.E., Crowther, M.S. and Letnic, M. (2018). Ecological role of an apex predator revealed by a reintroduction experiment and Bayesian statistics. Ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0269-6.
Moseby, K.E., Letnic, M., Blumstein, D.T. and West, R. (2018). Designer prey: Can controlled predation accelerate selection for anti-predator traits in naïve populations?. Biological Conservation, 217: 213-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.022.
Moseby, K.E., Letnic, M., Blumstein, D.T. and West, R. (2018). Understanding predator densities for successful co-existence of alien predators and threatened prey. Austral Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12697.
Moseby, K.E., Lollback, G.W. and Lynch, C.E. (2018). Too much of a good thing: successful reintroduction leads to overpopulation in a threatened mammal. Biological Conservation, 219: 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.006.
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