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Resilience to agricultural habitat fragmentation in an arboreal marsupial

Shaun W. Molloy A B and Robert A. Davis A
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A School of Natural Sciences, Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.

B Corresponding author. Email: shaunecologist@gmail.com

Australian Mammalogy 39(2) 185-196 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM16012
Submitted: 22 March 2016  Accepted: 24 September 2016   Published: 31 October 2016

Abstract

The impact of habitat fragmentation on arboreal mammals is poorly understood and potentially greater than for ground-dwelling mammals. We investigated the influence of landscape fragmentation on a generalist arboreal marsupial, the koomal (Trichosurus vulpecula hypoleucus), a geographically isolated subspecies of the common brushtail possum endemic to south-western Australia. Since European settlement this taxon has undergone a significant reduction in range and population. We describe a year-long trapping study, incorporating radio-tracking, of a koomal population in a fragmented agricultural landscape to determine how agriculture and habitat fragmentation affect populations. In all, 61 free-ranging individuals were captured. Mark–recapture modelling estimated the population of 28.8 per trapping event with a total population size of 69 individuals having been present in the test landscape during the course of the study. Population demographics were comparable with populations found in relatively continuous landscapes. Mean home-range size was 8.8 ha of remnant vegetation for males and 7.9 ha for females. Home ranges usually incorporated several patches. Utilisation of shrublands, wetlands, and areas infested with Phytophthora dieback was not observed. Individuals required access to a selection of suitable denning trees and distances between patches <100 m did not appear to impair movement, with gaps <400 m regularly crossed.

Additional keywords: dispersal, home range, Phytophthora dieback, population biology, Trichosurus vulpecula.


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