
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dexter, Nick 
A1  - Meek, Paul 
A1  - Moore, Steve 
A1  - Hudson, Matt 
A1  - Richardson, Holly 
T1  - Population responses of small and medium sized mammals to fox control at Jervis Bay, southeastern Australia
JF  - Pacific Conservation Biology
JO  - Pac. Conserv. Biol.
Y1  - 2007
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SP  - 283
EP  - 292
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PC070283 
N2  - At Jervis Bay, strategic pest programmes to control the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes have been in place on the Beecroft Weapons Range (BWR) Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales since 1995 and Booderee National Park (BNP) Bherwerre Peninsula, Jervis Bay Territory since 1999. As an integral component of the BWR plan, monitoring terrestrial and arboreal mammals has been carried out and demonstrated a significant increase in the abundance of Common Ringtail Possum Pseudochelrus peregrinus, Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta, and Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes. There was no significant change in the abundance of Brown Antechinus Antechinus stuartii, Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps or Black Rat (R. raltus). At BNP changes in population abundance of mammals were not monitored, but a comparison of the abundance of terrestrial mammals between the fox baited BNP and the adjacent un-baited Jervis Bay National Park (JBNP) showed Long-nosed Bandicoots, Bush Rat and Brown Antechinus to be in higher abundance in BNP than JBNP. Scat analysis further supported this finding (Roberts et aI, 2006), We assert that these combined findings are evidence that terrestrial native fauna have responded positively to continued fox control on both peninsulas, thus proving that measuring prey responses are a positive measure of success for strategic pest control programmes. 
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