Reintroducing the dingo: The risk of dingo predation to threatened vertebrates of western New South Wales

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-50

  Allen, B L ^a,c   Fleming, P J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

apex predator; Canis lupus dingo; mesopredator suppression; predation risk assessment; reintroduction; threatened fauna

Indexed keywords

CANID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; GRAZING; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PREDATION RISK; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPHIC CASCADE; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857822797     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11128     Document Type: Article

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