Sustained predation pressure may prevent the loss of anti-predator traits from havened populations.

ABSTRACT: Conservation havens free of invasive predators are increasingly relied upon for fauna conservation, although havened populations can lose anti-predator traits, likely making them less suitable for life 'beyond the fence'. Sustaining low levels of mammalian predator pressure inside havens may prevent the loss of anti-predator traits from havened populations. We opportunistically compared behavioural and morphological anti-predator traits between four woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi) populations- one haven isolated from all mammalian predators, one haven containing a native mammalian predator (chuditch; Dasyurus geoffroii), and their respective non-havened counterparts (each containing both chuditch and invasive predators). Havened woylies existing without mammalian preda

SUBMITTER: Harrison ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11236428 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature