Can predator avoidance training improve reintroduction outcomes for the greater bilby in arid Australia?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1011-1021

  Moseby, Katherine E ^a   Cameron, Amber ^b   Crisp, Helen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Arid Recovery   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cat; Felis catus; Greater bilby; Macrotis lagotis; Na vety; Predator avoidance; Training

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ARID REGION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BURROW; CANID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; MOVEMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MACROTIS; MACROTIS LAGOTIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84858748012     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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