Dingoes at the Doorstep: Home Range Sizes and Activity Patterns of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs around Urban Areas of North-Eastern Australia

Top-predators around the world are becoming increasingly intertwined with humans, sometimes causing conflict and increasing safety risks in urban areas. In Australia, dingoes and dingo×domesticdoghybridsarecommoninmanyurbanareas,andposeavarietyofhumanhealth and safety risks. However, data on urban di...

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Published in:Animals
Main Authors: Alice McNeill, Luke Leung, Mark Goullet, Matthew Gentle, Benjamin Allen
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
Subjects:
adaptive kernel
Canis lupus dingo
habitat use
human–carnivore conflict
predator management
stray dog
urban ecology
Canis lupus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani6080048
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spelling ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2076-2615/6/8/48/ 2023-08-20T04:05:47+02:00 Dingoes at the Doorstep: Home Range Sizes and Activity Patterns of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs around Urban Areas of North-Eastern Australia Alice McNeill Luke Leung Mark Goullet Matthew Gentle Benjamin Allen agris 2016-08-16 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/ani6080048 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Wildlife https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani6080048 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Animals; Volume 6; Issue 8; Pages: 48 adaptive kernel Canis lupus dingo habitat use human–carnivore conflict predator management stray dog urban ecology Text 2016 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/ani6080048 2023-07-31T20:56:08Z Top-predators around the world are becoming increasingly intertwined with humans, sometimes causing conflict and increasing safety risks in urban areas. In Australia, dingoes and dingo×domesticdoghybridsarecommoninmanyurbanareas,andposeavarietyofhumanhealth and safety risks. However, data on urban dingo ecology is scant. We GPS-collared 37 dingoes in north-easternAustraliaandcontinuouslymonitoredthemeach30minfor11–394days. Mostdingoes were nocturnal, with an overall mean home range size of 17.47 km2. Overall mean daily distance travelled was 6.86 km/day. At all times dingoes were within 1000 m of houses and buildings. Home ranges appeared to be constrained to patches of suitable vegetation fragments within and around human habitation. These data can be used to reallocate dingo management effort towards mitigating actual conflicts between humans and dingoes in urban areas. Text Canis lupus MDPI Open Access Publishing Animals 6 8 48
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topic adaptive kernel
Canis lupus dingo
habitat use
human–carnivore conflict
predator management
stray dog
urban ecology
spellingShingle adaptive kernel
Canis lupus dingo
habitat use
human–carnivore conflict
predator management
stray dog
urban ecology
Alice McNeill
Luke Leung
Mark Goullet
Matthew Gentle
Benjamin Allen
Dingoes at the Doorstep: Home Range Sizes and Activity Patterns of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs around Urban Areas of North-Eastern Australia
topic_facet adaptive kernel
Canis lupus dingo
habitat use
human–carnivore conflict
predator management
stray dog
urban ecology
description Top-predators around the world are becoming increasingly intertwined with humans, sometimes causing conflict and increasing safety risks in urban areas. In Australia, dingoes and dingo×domesticdoghybridsarecommoninmanyurbanareas,andposeavarietyofhumanhealth and safety risks. However, data on urban dingo ecology is scant. We GPS-collared 37 dingoes in north-easternAustraliaandcontinuouslymonitoredthemeach30minfor11–394days. Mostdingoes were nocturnal, with an overall mean home range size of 17.47 km2. Overall mean daily distance travelled was 6.86 km/day. At all times dingoes were within 1000 m of houses and buildings. Home ranges appeared to be constrained to patches of suitable vegetation fragments within and around human habitation. These data can be used to reallocate dingo management effort towards mitigating actual conflicts between humans and dingoes in urban areas.
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Mark Goullet
Matthew Gentle
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Matthew Gentle
Benjamin Allen
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title Dingoes at the Doorstep: Home Range Sizes and Activity Patterns of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs around Urban Areas of North-Eastern Australia
title_short Dingoes at the Doorstep: Home Range Sizes and Activity Patterns of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs around Urban Areas of North-Eastern Australia
title_full Dingoes at the Doorstep: Home Range Sizes and Activity Patterns of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs around Urban Areas of North-Eastern Australia
title_fullStr Dingoes at the Doorstep: Home Range Sizes and Activity Patterns of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs around Urban Areas of North-Eastern Australia
title_full_unstemmed Dingoes at the Doorstep: Home Range Sizes and Activity Patterns of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs around Urban Areas of North-Eastern Australia
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