Native reptiles alter their foraging in the presence of the olfactory cues of invasive mammalian predators

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Webster, C., Massaro, M., Michael, D. R., Bambrick, D., Riley, J. L., Nimmo, D. G.
• Other Authors: Australian Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2018
• Subjects: Giganteus; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180136; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.180136; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.180136

Invasive mammalian predators are linked to terrestrial vertebrate extinctions worldwide. Prey naïveté may explain the large impact invasive predators have on native prey; prey may fail to detect and react appropriately to the cues of novel predators, which results in high levels of depredation. In A...