School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Activity and movement of small mammal tick hosts at the urban fringes of Sydney, Australia
Published 2023Context. Small mammals may traverse the urban fringe and use both natural and anthropogenic resources. In Australia, human commensal black rats (Rattus rattus) and native long-nosed bandicoots (Perameles nasuta) are important ...Open AccessArticle -
Carcass use by mesoscavengers drives seasonal shifts in Australian alpine scavenging dynamics
Published 2023Context. Carrion is a high-energy and nutrient-rich resource that attracts a diverse group of vertebrate scavengers. However, despite the carrion pool being highly seasonal in its availability, there is little understanding ...Open AccessArticle -
Dataset for Adams et al (2022). Commensal black rats (Rattus rattus) select wild vegetation over urbanised habitats
Published 2022-11-03Human commensal species are thought to depend so closely on resources provided by humans that they are effectively ‘natives’ of urban environments. However, while their adaptations to urban existence are well understood, ...Open AccessDataset -
Data for Manuscript by Parker et al. (2022). Title: Olfactory misinformation reduces wheat seed loss caused by rodent pests
Published 2022-07-07Alternatives to pesticides are urgently needed to meet sustainable agriculture goals but few options are available for many systems. Here we test how a form of olfactory misinformation on a newly sown wheat crop can prevent ...Open AccessDataset -
Factors affecting lamb birth weight, gestation length, survival and litter size in Poll Dorset sheep
Published 2022In NSW, lamb mortality ranges between 10–35% (Hinch and Brien 2014), but this figure varies according to season, location, litter size and breed. Improving the survival of lambs is essential for industry social license ...Open AccessConference paper