Does coevolution or ecological context determine predator-prey coexistence?

Project Member(s): Ramp, D., Webb, J.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)
Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)

Start year: 2018

Summary: Does coevolution or ecological context determine predator-prey coexistence? This project aims to deliver the first robust evaluation of the evolutionary and ecological conditions that combine to enable introduced predators to drive extinctions of native mammals. The project will bring together disciplines of invasion biology and trophic cascades to model predator-prey systems in the presence and absence of apex predators. This globally unique study will provide an informed and transparent toolset for preventing decline of threatened species and will enhance Australian conservation policy by untangling contrasting perspectives of introduced predators and the conditions that lead to native species extinction.

Publications:

Wooster, E, Wallach, AD & Ramp, D 2019, 'The Wily and Courageous Red Fox: Behavioural Analysis of a Mesopredator at Resource Points Shared by an Apex Predator', Animals, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 907-907.
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FOR Codes: Invasive Species Ecology, Conservation and Biodiversity, Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales, Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology, Conservation and biodiversity , Terrestrial biodiversity

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