Systematics, dental specializations and paleoecology of Silvenator gen. nov., a small carnivorous metatherian (Mammalia, Sparassodonta) from the Paleogene …

CC Rangel, LM Carneiro, ÉV Oliveira - Journal of South American Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Itaboraí fauna has preserved two of the oldest known sparassodonts in South America,
Patene simpsoni and Nemolestes brasiliensis. Of these, Nemolestes brasiliensis has been …

Catastrophic cat predation: a call for predator profiling in wildlife protection programs

KE Moseby, DE Peacock, JL Read - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduced predators have been implicated in the decline of many fauna populations around
the world and are the main factor responsible for the failure of numerous fauna …

Use of carrion fly iDNA metabarcoding to monitor invasive and native mammals

K Fernandes, PW Bateman, BJ Saunders… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Severely fragmented habitats increase the risk of extirpation of native mammal populations
through isolation, increased edge effects, and predation. Therefore, monitoring the …

[图书][B] Secret lives of carnivorous marsupials

A Baker, C Dickman - 2018 - books.google.com
Most living carnivorous marsupials lead a secretive and solitary existence. From tiny insect
eaters to the formidable Tasmanian Devil, Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials offers rare …

Intensive monitoring, the key to identifying cat predation as a major threat to native carnivore (Dasyurus geoffroii) reintroduction

KE Moseby, P Hodgens, D Peacock, P Mooney… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Successful fauna reintroductions occur when the original causes of decline are addressed.
When these causes are unclear, intensive post-release monitoring could help identify …

More than one way to eat a mouse: Skull shape variation within a monophyletic group of mammals (Marsupialia; Dasyurinae)

NM Warburton, PC Withers, M Martin - Journal of Zoology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Functional requirements for different diets have a strong selective pressure leading to
convergent adaptations across different groups of mammals. As body size has an influence …

When the 'native cat'would 'plague': historical hyperabundance in the quoll (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and an assessment of the role of disease, cats and foxes in its …

D Peacock, I Abbott - Australian Journal of Zoology, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Since the European settlement of Australia in 1788, 25 mainland terrestrial mammal species
have become extinct, more than on any other continent during this period. To determine if …

A trial reintroduction of the western quoll to a fenced conservation reserve: implications of returning native predators

RS West, L Tilley, KE Moseby - Australian Mammalogy, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
While fenced reserves provide sanctuary for many threatened prey species, few projects
have reintroduced native threatened predators, despite their potential role in regulating prey …

Delayed release improves site fidelity but has little effect on survival or breeding success of reintroduced western quolls (Dasyurus geoffroii)

MA Jensen, DC Paton, KE Moseby - Austral Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reintroductions of threatened species can fail due to a lack of site fidelity and dispersal of
individuals away from the release site. Delayed‐release techniques are commonly used in …

Dietary flexibility and high predator efficacy facilitate coexistence in a novel predator interaction

KE Moseby, MA Jensen, J Tatler - Journal of Mammalogy, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Predator diet can be influenced by competition and intraguild predation, leading to resource
partitioning and/or avoidance. For sympatric, endemic predators, these processes form as …