- Title
- The population density and trap-revealed home range of short-eared possums (Trichosurus caninus) in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
- Creator
- McRae, Lachlan J.; Griffin, Andrea S.; Tuckey, Kerstan; Hayward, Matt W.
- Relation
- ARC.LP200100261 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP200100261
- Relation
- Australian Mammalogy Vol. 45, Issue 1, p. 71-76
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AM21051
- Publisher
- C S I R O
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Investigating how the population density of a species changes over time is an integral step in determining whether that species is stable or needs assistance from conservation managers. The short-eared possum (Trichosurus caninus) is a species that has been poorly studied with only one previous population density estimate. Short-eared possums were live-trapped between August 2020 and January 2021 in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, to estimate their current density using a spatially explicit capture–recapture (SECR) model. The average density of short-eared possums was 0.46 possums/ha (95% CI: 0.32–0.66) in temperate rainforest and 0.13 possums/ha (95% CI: 0.06–0.28) in wet sclerophyll forest. No individuals were caught in dry sclerophyll forest. Trap-based home ranges were estimated to be 12.5 ha (95% CI: 8–19) for males and 5.5 ha (95% CI: 3–11) for females. This study provides a reference for determining trends in short-eared possum population density within the Northern Tablelands in the future. Adequate conservation of temperate rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest habitat is important to the conservation of the species.
- Subject
- abundance; arboreal; habitat; mammal; marsupial; Phalangeridae; SDG 15; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1494721
- Identifier
- uon:53865
- Identifier
- ISSN:0310-0049
- Language
- eng
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