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DOI10.1111/1365-2664.12369
Dingoes can help conserve wildlife and our methods can tell
Nimmo, Dale G.1; Watson, Simon J.2; Forsyth, David M.3; Bradshaw, Corey J. A.4,5
通讯作者Nimmo, Dale G.
来源期刊JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
ISSN0021-8901
EISSN1365-2664
出版年2015
卷号52期号:2页码:281-285
英文摘要

1. Management of apex predators is among the most controversial wildlife management issues globally. In Australia, some ecologists have advocated using the dingo, Canis dingo, as a tool for conservation management, due to evidence that they suppress invasive mesopredators.


2. Hayward & Marlow (Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 2014 and 835) questioned the capacity of dingoes to provide benefits to native biodiversity due to their inability to eradicate foxes and cats. They also argued that indices of abundance commonly used in studies of mesopredator release by dingoes (namely, track-based indices) invalidate the conclusions of the studies. Hayward & Marlow caution conservation practitioners against incorporating dingoes into conservation programmes.


3. Counter to their claims, we summarise research showing that the suppression of invasive mesopredators (cf. eradication) can enhance populations of native species and is therefore a meaningful conservation objective. We highlight literature supporting the hypothesis that dingoes suppress mesopredator abundance and activity, which in turn benefits native biodiversity.


4. We show that Hayward & Marlow overlook many studies of carnivores that show track indices capture a large amount of the variation in the density of medium-and large-sized carnivores.


5. Synthesis and applications. Practitioners cannot afford to wait to act given the perilous state of Australia’s mammal species, and we argue that the evidence is sufficiently strong to justify managing dingoes for biodiversity conservation.


英文关键词abundance indices apex predator Canis dingo conservation biology dingo mesopredator release trophic cascades Vulpes vulpes
类型Article
语种英语
国家Australia
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000352138100001
WOS关键词EXPLOITATION ECOSYSTEMS ; ARID AUSTRALIA ; RED FOX ; PREDATOR ; ABUNDANCE ; MESOPREDATOR ; COMMUNITIES ; POPULATIONS ; MANAGEMENT ; LANDSCAPE
WOS类目Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology
WOS研究方向Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/188224
作者单位1.Deakin Univ, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Ctr Integrat Ecol, Burwood, Vic 3125, Australia;
2.La Trobe Univ, Dept Zool, Bundoora, Vic 3086, Australia;
3.Arthur Rylah Inst Environm Res, Dept Environm & Primary Ind, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia;
4.Univ Adelaide, Inst Environm, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia;
5.Univ Adelaide, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Nimmo, Dale G.,Watson, Simon J.,Forsyth, David M.,et al. Dingoes can help conserve wildlife and our methods can tell[J],2015,52(2):281-285.
APA Nimmo, Dale G.,Watson, Simon J.,Forsyth, David M.,&Bradshaw, Corey J. A..(2015).Dingoes can help conserve wildlife and our methods can tell.JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY,52(2),281-285.
MLA Nimmo, Dale G.,et al."Dingoes can help conserve wildlife and our methods can tell".JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 52.2(2015):281-285.
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