Context. Australia harbours an immense diversity of reptiles, which are generally expected to have frequent and diverse trophic interactions with introduced mammalian carnivores. Nevertheless, the potential for predatory or competitive interactions is likely to be contingent on multiple processes, including the importance of reptiles in the diet of introduced predators, alongside overlaps in their body sizes and ecological niches that would influence the strength of their interactions. In Australia’s temperate and relatively productive mesic environments there is little understanding of how introduced mammalian predators affect reptile assemblages.
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21 January 2019
Variable reptile responses to introduced predator control in southern Australia
Yang Hu,
Graeme Gillespie,
Tim S. Jessop
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Wildlife Research
Vol. 46 • No. 1
February 2019
Vol. 46 • No. 1
February 2019
exotic pest
herpetofauna
skinks
varanid lizards