Quantifying daily activity patterns of the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) using camera trap data from a stronghold population in south-eastern New South Wales

Jones, Stephanie; Mikac, Katarina M.

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“…All cameras were placed half a metre off the ground, facing a standard olfactory chicken/sardine lure to attract quolls and other ground dwelling mammal species (Courtney Jones & Mikac 2018). All cameras were serviced (i.e.…”

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Ground dwelling mammal response to fire: A case study from Monga National Park after the 2019/2020 Clyde Mountain fire

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Ground dwelling mammal communities are documented six months before and after the Clyde Mountain Wildfire of 2019/2020 in Monga National Park. Across eight sites before fire, approximately 12 ground dwelling mammal species were recorded. Survey effort post‐fire increased to 40 sites, spanning three fire severity classes (low, moderate and extreme), revealed 16 ground dwelling mammal species. Species consist of small, medium and large native (one threatened species) and introduced mammals, though consistent with previous findings of ground dwelling mammal diversity in the area. Overall a greater number of species were found in low, compared to moderate and severe fire severity classes. Recovery and detection of mammals occurred in a shorter time period, again, in sites that experienced low, followed by moderate and extreme fire severity.

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Ground dwelling mammal response to fire: A case study from Monga National Park after the 2019/2020 Clyde Mountain fire

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The importance of species-specific survey designs: prey camera trap surveys significantly underestimate the detectability of endangered spotted-tailed quolls

2022

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The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is an endangered marsupial carnivore that is often surveyed using camera traps. Camera trap surveys targeting quolls typically use meat-based lures and specific camera setups tailored to increase the probability of quoll detection. However, where quolls occur, they can also be incidentally detected as non-target species in camera surveys targeting small to medium-sized herbivorous or omnivorous mammals (‘prey’ surveys). We investigated whether quoll detectability using traditional ‘prey’ camera surveys could sufficiently approximate quoll detectability using targeted ‘quoll’ surveys, potentially enabling quoll data from prey surveys to be used in lieu of undertaking additional quoll-specific surveys. We used 50 Reconyx HC600 cameras to quantify and compare quoll detectability between prey and quoll surveys at each of two different sites. The number of quoll detections, number of individual quolls detected and the probability of quoll detection at both sites were significantly higher in quoll surveys than in prey surveys. Our findings suggest that prey surveys substantially underestimate quoll detectability, resulting in incomplete datasets. We therefore caution against using quoll detection data from prey camera trap surveys for anything other than incidental presence observations, to avoid misleading survey and management outcomes.

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The influence of bait and camera type on detection of a spectrum of medium-sized Australian mammals

Goldingay

2024

Aust. Mammal.

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Camera-trapping programs are most effective when informed by knowledge of the influence of components of the camera setup such as bait and camera type. I investigated the influence of two baits and three camera types on detection of eight species of medium-sized mammals across a 10-month survey. The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) was the only species that favoured a meat bait (sardines) over a peanut-butter bait. The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), Parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma), long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) and swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) favoured the peanut-butter bait over the meat bait. The northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), mountain brushtail possum (Trichosurus caninus) and feral cat (Felis catus) showed no preference. Camera type influenced weekly detection in three species. The long-nosed bandicoot had lower detection at a Reconyx white-flash (WF) camera compared with a Reconyx infra-red flash (IR) and a Swift wide-angle (Sw) camera. The mountain brushtail possum had higher detection at a Sw compared with WF and IR. The feral cat had higher detection at a WF compared with IR and Sw. The findings have implications in relation to selection of bait and camera type that can lead to more effective monitoring, whether a program is directed at one of these species or the spectrum of species.

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Quantifying daily activity patterns of the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) using camera trap data from a stronghold population in south-eastern New South Wales

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

Ground dwelling mammal response to fire: A case study from Monga National Park after the 2019/2020 Clyde Mountain fire

Ground dwelling mammal response to fire: A case study from Monga National Park after the 2019/2020 Clyde Mountain fire

The importance of species-specific survey designs: prey camera trap surveys significantly underestimate the detectability of endangered spotted-tailed quolls

The influence of bait and camera type on detection of a spectrum of medium-sized Australian mammals

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