The dingo and biodiversity conservation : response to Fleming et al. (2012)

Several authors have recently argued that dingoes could be used to help conserve biodiversity in Australia. Fleming et al. (2012) [Australian Mammalogy 34, 119-131] offer the alternative view that restoration of dingo predation is unlikely to help native species, and is more likely to do harm. We th...

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Main Authors: C Johnson, Euan Ritchie
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Ecology
Zoology
Canis lupus
ecological restoration
feral cat
mesopredator release
red fox
trophic cascade
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30055274
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Summary:Several authors have recently argued that dingoes could be used to help conserve biodiversity in Australia. Fleming et al. (2012) [Australian Mammalogy 34, 119-131] offer the alternative view that restoration of dingo predation is unlikely to help native species, and is more likely to do harm. We think many of the arguments used by Fleming et al. to reach that conclusion are either unsound or beside the point, and we explain why.

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