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JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
卷 83, 期 5, 页码 1254-1260出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21686
关键词
conservation; habitat use; occupancy modeling; Pseudocheirus occidentalis; threatened species; Western Australia; western ringtail possum
资金
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
- City of Albany
- Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management
- University of Western Australia
Although critically endangered western ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) have been recorded from a variety of vegetation types in southwestern Australia, the extent to which many of these vegetation types are occupied by the species remains unknown. We conducted spotlight surveys for western ringtail possums between March and April 2018 in Albany, southwestern Australia, to determine the species' occupancy in 2 vegetation types. Using occupancy models, we demonstrated that sheoak (Allocasuarina fraseriana) woodlands, previously unrecognized as providing western ringtail possum habitat, support the species, although the median probability of their occupancy was lower than in marri (Corymbia calophylla) and eucalypt (Eucalyptus marginata and E. staeri) woodlands. Use of trees and other habitat components by western ringtail possums varied within and between vegetation types. Sheoak woodlands are likely critical for western ringtail possums and given the apparent flexibility in vegetation types used by the species, investigation of the potential value of other vegetation types for this species has conservation merit. (c) 2019 The Wildlife Society.
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