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  • Ecology and Conservation of the Spotted-Tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus) in Southern Queensland

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    Meyer-Gleaves, Stephanie R.
    Primary Supervisor
    Jones, Darryl
    Other Supervisors
    Kitching, Roger
    Year published
    2010
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    The south east mainland sub-species of spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus) was the subject of the present research with a focus on populations persisting in southern Queensland and the northern section of the New England Tableland bioregion. D. m. maculatus is the largest marsupial carnivore remaining on the mainland of Australia. The sub-species is listed as Endangered under national legislation and since European settlement has experienced a range retraction of 50-90%. Estimates indicate that only 10,000 or fewer individuals are now surviving in the wild. To contribute to the growing body of knowledge of ...
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    The south east mainland sub-species of spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus) was the subject of the present research with a focus on populations persisting in southern Queensland and the northern section of the New England Tableland bioregion. D. m. maculatus is the largest marsupial carnivore remaining on the mainland of Australia. The sub-species is listed as Endangered under national legislation and since European settlement has experienced a range retraction of 50-90%. Estimates indicate that only 10,000 or fewer individuals are now surviving in the wild. To contribute to the growing body of knowledge of wild spotted-tailed quoll populations the study investigated the distribution, detection, diet and population dynamics of quolls using hair funnels, live trapping and scat analysis. Population viability analysis modelling was used to predict the fate of a population. A search for quoll populations in the Southern Downs region of southern Queensland confirmed that the sub-species is now largely absent from the area with only one thriving population located at Cullendore. Extension of the search area into northern New South Wales indicated that a widely dispersed metapopulation potentially survives in the New England Tableland bioregion with its northern limits in southern Queensland and its southern limits south of Armidale. An initial assessment of the comparative abundance of quolls and introduced carnivores indicated that competitive and predatory interactions may outweigh benefits quolls derived from the presence of extensive areas of high quality habitat.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    Griffith School of Environment
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/932
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    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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    Subject
    Spotted-tailed quoll
    Dasyurus maculatus maculatus
    Spotted-tailed quoll habitat
    Spotted-tailed quoll ecology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367322
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