Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) extinction on the Australian mainland in the mid-holocene: Multicausality and ENSO intensification

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 49-57

  Brown, Oliver J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Extinction; Holocene; Multicausality; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 77649337906     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510609506855     Document Type: Review

References (68)

1. ALLAN, R. J., LINDESAY, J. & PARKER, D., 1996The El Niño southern oscillation & climatic variability. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic. 416 pp.
2. ARCHER, M. & BAYNES, A., 1972. Prehistoric mammal faunas from two small caves in the extreme southwest of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 55, 80-89.
3. BAIRD, R.F., 1991. The dingo as a possible factor in the disappearance of Gallinula mortierii from the Australian mainland. The Emu 91, 121-122.
4. BOSTANCI, A., 2005. A devil of a disease. Science 307, 1035.
5. BRADSHAW, C.J.A. & BROOK, B.W., 2005. Disease and the devil: density-dependent epidemiological processes explain historical population fluctuations in the Tasmanian devil. Ecography 28, 181-190.
6. BROOKER, M.G. & RIDPATH, M.G., 1980. The diet of the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax, in Western Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 7, 433-452.
7. BROWN, J.H. & ERNEST S.K.M., 2002. Rain and Rodents: Complex Dynamics of Desert Consumers. BioScience 52, 979-987.
8. BROWN, O.J.F., FIELD, J. & LETNIC, M., 2006. Variation in the taphonomic effect of scavengers in semi-arid Australia linked to rainfall and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 16, 165-176.
9. BUTLER, W.H. & MERRILEES, D., 1971. Remains of Potorous platyopus (Marsupilia: Macropodidae) and other mammals from Bremer Bay, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54, 53-58.
10. CALABY, J.H. & WHITE, C., 1967. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) in northern Australia in recent times. Australian Journal of Science 29, 473-475.
11. CATLING, P.C., 1988. Similarities and contrasts in the diets of foxes, Vulpes vulpes, and cats, Felis catus, relative to fluctuating prey populations and drought. Australian Wildlife Research 15, 307-317.
12. CORBETT, L., 1995. The dingo in Australia and Asia. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney. 200 pp.
13. CUPPER, M.L., DRINNAN, A.N. & THOMAS, I., 2000. Holocene palaeoenvironments of salt lakes in the Darling Anabranch region, south-western New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Biogeography 27, 1079-1094.
14. DAI, A. & WIGLEY, T.M.L., 2000. Global patterns of ENSOinduced precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters 27, 1283-1286.
15. DAWSON, L. 1982. Taxonomic status of fossil devils (Sarcophilus, Dasuryidae, Marsupialia) from late Quaternary eastern Australian localities. In Carnivorous Marsupials, M. ARCHER ed., Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 517-525.
16. DIDHAM, R.K., EWERS, R.M., & GEMMELL, N.J., 2005. Comment on "Avian extinction and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands". Science 307, 1412.
17. DODSON, J., FULLAGAR, R. & HEAD, L., 1992. Dynamics of environment and people in the forested crescents of temperate Australia. In The Naïve Lands: Prehistory and environmental change in Australia and the southwest Pacific, J DODSON ed., Longman & Cheshire, Melbourne, 115-159.
18. DPIWE, 2005a. Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD): disease management strategy. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (Tasmania). , accessed Aug 05 2005.
19. DPIWE, 2005b. Devil facial tumour disease update, April 2005. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (Tasmania). .
20. FLANNERY, T., 1994. The Future Eaters. Reed Books, Sydney. 432 pp.
21. FLOOD, J.,1995. Archaeology of the Dreamtime. Angus & Robertson, Sydney. 320 pp.
22. GAGAN, M.K., HENDY, E.J., HABERLE, S.G. & HANTORO, W.S., 2004. Post-glacial evolution of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool and El Nino-Southern Oscillation. Quaternary International 118-19, 127-143.
23. GOLLAN, K., 1984. The Australian dingo: in the shadow of man. In Vertebrate zoogeography and evolution in Australia, M. ARCHER & G. CLAYTON eds., Hesperian Press, Perth, 921-927.
24. GILL, E.D., 1951. Aboriginal kitchen middens and emerged shell beds. Mankind 4, 249-254.
25. GILL, E.D., 1953. Distribution of the Tasmanian devil, the Tasmanian wolf and the dingo in S.E. Australia in Quaternary time. Victorian Naturalist 70, 86-90.
26. GILL, E.D., 1955. Aboriginal midden sites in western Victoria dated by radiocarbon analysis. Mankind 5, 51-5.
27. GILL, E.D., 1971. The Australian Aborigines and the Tasmanian Devil. Mankind 8, 59-63.
28. GLEN, A.S. & DICKMAN, C.R., 2005. Complex interactions among mammalian carnivores in Australia, and their implications for wildlife management. Biological Reviews 80, 1-15.
29. GOLLAN, K., 1984. The Australian dingo: in the shadow of man. In Vertebrate zoogeography and evolution in Australia, M. ARCHER & G. CLAYTON eds., Hesperian Press, Perth, 921-27.
30. GUARINO, F., 2001. Diet of a large carnivorous lizard, Varanus varius. Wildlife Research 28, 627-630.
31. GUILER, E.R., 1970a. Observations on the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). I Numbers, home range, movements, and food in two populations. Australian Journal of Zoology 18, 49-62.
32. GUILER, E.R., 1970b. Observations on the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). II Reproduction, breeding, and growth of pouch young. Australian Journal of Zoology 18, 63-70.
33. GUILER, E.R., 1992. The Tasmanian devil. St David's Park Publishing, Hobart. 20 pp.
34. HOLMGREN, M., SCHEFFER, M., EZCURRA, E., GUTIERREZ, J.R. & MOHREN, G.M.J., 2001. El Nino effects on the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems. Trends In Ecology & Evolution 16, 89-94.
35. HUME, I.D., 1999. Marsupial nutrition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 434 pp.
36. HUME, I.D., 2003. Nutrition of carnivorous marsupials. In Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials, M.E. JONES, C.R. DICKMAN & M. ARCHER eds, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood 221-228.
37. JAKSIC, F.M., SILVA, S.I., MESERVE, P.L., & GUTIERREZ, J.R., 1997. A long-term study of vertebrate predator responses to an El Nino (ENSO) disturbance in western South America. Oikos 78, 341-354.
38. JOHNSON, C.N & WROE, S., 2003. Causes of extinction of vertebrates during the Holocene of mainland Australia: arrival of the dingo, or human impact? The Holocene 13, 1009-1016.
39. JONES, M.E. & BARMUTA, L.A., 1998. Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition. Journal of Animal Ecology 67, 410-421.
40. JONES, M.E., PAETKAU, D., GEFFEN, E. & MORITZ, C., 2004. Genetic diversity and population structure of Tasmanian devils, the largest marsupial carnivore. Molecular Ecology 13, 2197-2209.
41. JONES, M.E., GRIGG, G.C., & BEARD, L.A., 1997. Body temperatures and activity patterns of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) and eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus) through a subalpine winter. Physiological Zoology 70, 53-60.
42. KERSHAW, P., MOSS, P. & VAN DER KAARS, S., 2003. Causes and consequences of long-term climatic variability on the Australian continent. Freshwater Biology 48, 1274-1283.
43. KINTER III, J.L., MIYAKODA, K., & YANG, S., 2002. Recent change in the connection from the Asian Monsoon to ENSO. Journal of Climate 15, 1203-1215.
44. LETNIC, M., TAMAYO, B. & DICKMAN, C.R., 2005. The responses of mammals to La Niña (ENSO)-associated rainfall, predation and wildfire in the Simpson Desert, Australia. Journal of Mammalogy 86, 689-703.
45. LETNIC, M. & DICKMAN, C.R., In press. Boom means bust: interactions between the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), rainfall and the processes threatening mammal species in arid Australia. Biodiversity and Conservation.
46. LAU, N. & NATH, M., 2000. Impact of ENSO on the variability of the Asian-Australian Monsoons as simulated in GCM experiments. Journal of Climate 13, 4287-4309.
47. LOUBERE, P., RICHAUD, M., LIU, Z. & MEKIK, F., 2003. Oceanic conditions in the eastern equatorial Pacific during the onset of ENSO in the Holocene. Quaternary Research 60, 142-148.
48. LOW, T., 2001. Feral Future: The untold story of Australia's exotic invaders. Penguin, Camberwell.
49. LUNDELIUS, E.L., 1963. Vertebrate remains from the Nullabor caves. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 46, 75-80.
50. MACINTOSH, N.W.G., 1971. Analysis of an Aboriginal skeleton and a pierced tooth necklace from Lake Nitchie, Australia. Anthropologie 9, 49-62.
51. MULVANEY, D.J., 1960. Archaeological excavations at Fromm's Landing on the lower Murray River, South Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 73, 53-85.
52. MULVANEY, J. & KAMMINGA, J., 1999. Prehistory of Australia. Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 480 pp.
53. NEWSOME, A.E., PARER, I. & CATLING, P.C., 1989. Prolonged prey suppression by carnivores: predator-removal experiments. Oecologia 78, 458-467.
54. NICOL, S.C., 1982. Physiology of the Tasmanian devil. In Carnivorous marsupials, vol. 1, M. ARCHER ed, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 273-278.
55. NICOL, S.C. & MASKREY, M., 1980. Thermoregulation, Respiration And Sleep In The Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae). Journal Of Comparative Physiology 140, 241-248.
56. OWEN, D & PEMBERTON, D., 2005. Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal. Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 225 pp.
57. PALTRIDGE, R., 2002. The diets of cats, foxes and dingoes in relation to prey availability in the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory. Wildlife Research 29, 389-403.
58. PARDOE, C., 1995. Riverine, biological and cultural evolution in southeastern Australia. Antiquity 69, 696-713.
59. PEMBERTON, D. & RENOUF, D., 1993. A field-study of communication and social-behavior of the Tasmanian Devil at feeding sites. Australian Journal of Zoology 41, 507-526.
60. ROBERTSON, G., 1986. The mortality of kangaroos in drought. Australian Wildlife Research 13, 349-154.
61. ROSHIER, D.A., WHETTON, P.H., ALLAN R.J. & ROBERTSON, A.I., 2001. Distribution and persistence of temporary wetland habitats in arid Australia in relation to climate. Austral Ecology 26, 371-384.
62. ROWLAND, M.J., 1999. Holocene environmental variability: have its impacts been underestimated in Australian pre-history? The Artefact 22, 11-48.
63. RUXTON, G.D., & HOUSTON D.C., 2004. Obligate vertebrate scavengers must be large soaring fliers. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 228, 431-436.
64. SANDWEISS, D.H., MAASCH, K.A., BURGER, R.L., RICHARDSON III, J.B. ROLLINS, H. B. & CLEMENT, A., 1996. Variation in El Niño frequencies: climate records and cultural consequences in ancient Peru. Geology 29, 603-606.
65. STENSETH, N.C., MYSTERUD, A., OTTERSENL, G., HURRELL, J.W, CHAN, K.S. & LIMA, M., 2002. Ecological effects of climate fluctuations. Science 297, 1292-1296.
66. VÁZQUEZ-DOMÍNGUEZ, E., CEBALLOS, G., & CRUZADO, J., 2004. Extirpation of an insular subspecies by a single introduced cat: the case of the endemic deer mouse Peromyscus guardia on Estanque Island, Mexico. Oryx 38, 347-350.
67. WROE, S., 2005. On little lizards and the big extinction game. Quaternary Australasia 23, 8-11.
68. WROE, S., MCHENRY, C., & THOMASON, J., 2005. Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B - Biological Sciences 272, 619-625.