Use of motion-activated remote cameras to detect the endangered spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus): results from a pilot study
Chris M. McLean A B D , Angelica Vårhammar B C and Katarina M. Mikac B
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A Niche Environment and Heritage Pty Ltd, PO Box W36, Parramatta, NSW 2150, Australia.
B Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
C Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: chrismc@uow.edu.au
Australian Mammalogy 37(1) 113-115 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM14034
Submitted: 25 June 2014 Accepted: 4 December 2014 Published: 20 January 2015
Abstract
A survey of the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) was conducted in the Watagan Mountains of New South Wales using baited remote cameras. Nine individuals were detected, of which seven occurred at meat-baited sites and two at sites with a general mammal bait. This confirms the expectation that a meat-based bait increases the ability to detect this species using remote cameras.
Additional keywords: endangered, infrared camera, marsupial, tiger quoll, wet sclerophyll forest.
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