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

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: C. Webster, M. Massaro, D. R. Michael, D. Bambrick, J. L. Riley, D. G. Nimmo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2018
• Subjects: prey naïveté; predator–prey; invasive mammalian predators; olfaction; feral cat; red fox; Science; Q; Giganteus; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180136; https://doaj.org/article/f1e984fd5cbf43c7960978b1a9d1b2ec

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...