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Environmental variables influence patterns of mammal co-occurrence following introduced predator control

Kanishka, Aurelie M ; Blanchard, Wade ; Lavery, Tyrone H ; Robinson, Natasha M ; Dexter, Nick ; Dickman, Chris R ; MacGregor, Christopher ; Lindenmayer, David B Silva, Daniel de Paiva

PloS one, 2023-11, Vol.18 (11), p.e0292919-e0292919 [Periódico revisado por pares]

San Francisco, CA USA: Public Library of Science

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  • Título:
    Environmental variables influence patterns of mammal co-occurrence following introduced predator control
  • Autor: Kanishka, Aurelie M ; Blanchard, Wade ; Lavery, Tyrone H ; Robinson, Natasha M ; Dexter, Nick ; Dickman, Chris R ; MacGregor, Christopher ; Lindenmayer, David B
  • Silva, Daniel de Paiva
  • Assuntos: Biology and Life Sciences ; Ecology and Environmental Sciences ; Environmental protection ; Evaluation ; Research and Analysis Methods
  • É parte de: PloS one, 2023-11, Vol.18 (11), p.e0292919-e0292919
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    THL, ND and CRD also contributed equally to this work.
    Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
  • Descrição: Co-occurring species often overlap in their use of resources and can interact in complex ways. However, shifts in environmental conditions or resource availability can lead to changes in patterns of species co-occurrence, which may be exacerbated by global escalation of human disturbances to ecosystems, including conservation-directed interventions. We investigated the relative abundance and co-occurrence of two naturally sympatric mammal species following two forms of environmental disturbance: wildfire and introduced predator control. Using 14 years of abundance data from repeat surveys at long-term monitoring sites in south-eastern Australia, we examined the association between a marsupial, the common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula, and a co-occurring native rodent, the bush rat Rattus fuscipes. We asked: In a fox-controlled environment, are the abundances of common brushtail possums and bush rats affected by environmental disturbance and each other's presence? Using Bayesian regression models, we tested hypotheses that the abundance of each species would vary with changes in environmental and disturbance variables, and that the negative association between bush rats and common brushtail possums was stronger than the association between bush rats and disturbance. Our analyses revealed that bush rat abundance varied greatly in relation to environmental and disturbance variables, whereas common brushtail possums showed relatively limited variation in response to the same variables. There was a negative association between common brushtail possums and bush rats, but this association was weaker than the initial decline and subsequent recovery of bush rats in response to wildfires. Using co-occurrence analysis, we can infer negative relationships in abundance between co-occurring species, but to understand the impacts of such associations, and plan appropriate conservation measures, we require more information on interactions between the species and environmental variables. Co-occurrence can be a powerful and novel method to diagnose threats to communities and understand changes in ecosystem dynamics.
  • Editor: San Francisco, CA USA: Public Library of Science
  • Idioma: Inglês
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