Conservation gone to the dogs: when canids rule the beach in small coastal reserves

TA Schlacher, MA Weston, D Lynn… - Biodiversity and …, 2015 - Springer
On most developed coastlines, dunes backing ocean beaches constitute an urbanised
landscape mosaic containing remnant pockets of small conservation areas. Urbanised …

Only the strictest rules apply: Investigating regulation compliance of beaches to minimize invasive dog impacts on threatened shorebird populations

GS Maguire, KK Miller, MA Weston - Impacts of invasive species on …, 2019 - Springer
In many countries domesticated dogs occur abundantly on coasts, where they may co-occur
with and pose a threat to coastal wildlife such as threatened shorebirds. Dogs on beaches fit …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial ecology meets eradication of feral cats on Auckland Island

M Rodríguez-Recio, RL Sagar, L Chan… - New Zealand Journal …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Restoration initiatives of ecosystems transformed by human actions require optimisation of
eradication measures of introduced species, particularly in fragile insular ecosystems. We …

My dog, my beach! Attitudes towards dog management on Victorian beaches

SJ Guinness, GS Maguire, KK Miller… - Australasian Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Controversy surrounds domestic dog Canis familiaris access to beaches in much of the
developed world, where achieving a balance between dog walking and nature …

Research challenges and conservation implications for urban cat management in New Zealand

KH Kikillus, GK Chambers… - Pacific Conservation …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Over the past 20 years, conservation efforts in New Zealand have moved from being
concentrated in rural and isolated island locations, where exotic mammalian predators are …

Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) as a predator and disturbance agent of wildlife in Tasmania

B Holderness-Roddam… - Australasian Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Domestic dogs are potentially a threat to the wellbeing of Tasmania's native wildlife in urban
reserves, possibly comparable to cats. Dogs disrupt feeding and breeding in wildlife. Greater …

Do wild dogs exclude foxes? Evidence for competition from dietary and spatial overlaps

BD Mitchell, PB Banks - Austral Ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The management of wild canids (wild dogs/dingoes and foxes) presents a conservation
dilemma for land managers across Australia. These canids are predators of wildlife and …

Regulations fail to constrain dog space use in threatened species beach habitats

TJ Schneider, GS Maguire, DA Whisson… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The management of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) in natural areas is controversial and
more effective policy and management is required. We examine the occurrence and space …

Prevalence of threatened native species in canid scats from coastal and near-coastal landscapes in south-eastern Australia

AW Claridge, DJ Mills, SC Barry - Australian Mammalogy, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Predator scat analysis was used to infer the potential impact of wild dogs (Canis lupus
dingo, C. l. familiaris and hybrids of the two) on threatened native terrestrial mammals in …

Birds and beaches, dogs and leashes: Dog owners' sense of obligation to leash dogs on beaches in Victoria, Australia

KJH Williams, MA Weston, S Henry… - Human Dimensions of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Domesticated dogs threaten the conservation of beach-nesting birds in Australia through
disturbance, and destruction of eggs and chicks. Leashing of dogs can improve …