Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia
Abstract. The diet of sympatric dingoes and feral cats was studied in the semiarid southern rangelands of Western Australia. A total of 163 scats were collected over a period of 19 months. Rabbit remains were the most common food item in cat scats, followed by reptiles, small mammals and birds. Macr...
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ftdeakinunifig:oai:figshare.com:article/20885341 2023-05-15T15:49:36+02:00 Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia Tim Doherty 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082532 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Dietary_overlap_between_sympatric_dingoes_and_feral_cats_at_a_semiarid_rangeland_site_in_Western_Australia/20885341 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082532 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Dietary_overlap_between_sympatric_dingoes_and_feral_cats_at_a_semiarid_rangeland_site_in_Western_Australia/20885341 All Rights Reserved Ecology Zoology Canis lupus dingo diet Felis catus prey Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine NEW-SOUTH-WALES INTRAGUILD INTERACTIONS EASTERN AUSTRALIA FEEDING-BEHAVIOR SMALL MAMMALS FELIS-CATUS CANIS-LUPUS PREDATORS FOXES Text Journal contribution 2015 ftdeakinunifig 2022-11-17T21:02:55Z Abstract. The diet of sympatric dingoes and feral cats was studied in the semiarid southern rangelands of Western Australia. A total of 163 scats were collected over a period of 19 months. Rabbit remains were the most common food item in cat scats, followed by reptiles, small mammals and birds. Macropod remains were the most common food item in dingo scats, followed by rabbits and birds. Dingo scats did not contain small mammal remains, and infrequently contained arthropod and reptile remains. Cat and dingo scats contained remains from 11 and six mammal species, respectively. Of the small mammals, cat scats contained rodent remains more frequently than those of dasyurids. Dietary diversity of cats was higher than for dingoes and dietary overlap between the two species was relatively low. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus DRO - Deakin Research Online |
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Ecology Zoology Canis lupus dingo diet Felis catus prey Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine NEW-SOUTH-WALES INTRAGUILD INTERACTIONS EASTERN AUSTRALIA FEEDING-BEHAVIOR SMALL MAMMALS FELIS-CATUS CANIS-LUPUS PREDATORS FOXES |
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Ecology Zoology Canis lupus dingo diet Felis catus prey Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine NEW-SOUTH-WALES INTRAGUILD INTERACTIONS EASTERN AUSTRALIA FEEDING-BEHAVIOR SMALL MAMMALS FELIS-CATUS CANIS-LUPUS PREDATORS FOXES Tim Doherty Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia |
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Ecology Zoology Canis lupus dingo diet Felis catus prey Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine NEW-SOUTH-WALES INTRAGUILD INTERACTIONS EASTERN AUSTRALIA FEEDING-BEHAVIOR SMALL MAMMALS FELIS-CATUS CANIS-LUPUS PREDATORS FOXES |
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Abstract. The diet of sympatric dingoes and feral cats was studied in the semiarid southern rangelands of Western Australia. A total of 163 scats were collected over a period of 19 months. Rabbit remains were the most common food item in cat scats, followed by reptiles, small mammals and birds. Macropod remains were the most common food item in dingo scats, followed by rabbits and birds. Dingo scats did not contain small mammal remains, and infrequently contained arthropod and reptile remains. Cat and dingo scats contained remains from 11 and six mammal species, respectively. Of the small mammals, cat scats contained rodent remains more frequently than those of dasyurids. Dietary diversity of cats was higher than for dingoes and dietary overlap between the two species was relatively low. |
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Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia |
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Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia |
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Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia |
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Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia |
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Dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in Western Australia |
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dietary overlap between sympatric dingoes and feral cats at a semiarid rangeland site in western australia |
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