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Towards adaptive management of an avian predator to protect ecotourism of an iconic species

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posted on 2023-08-08, 00:52 authored by Laura Xin Lu Tan
This study investigated options for managing predation on Phillip Island's famous Little Penguins by ravens. Genetic and molecular methods investigated which ravens preyed on penguins, skill transmission among ravens, and quantified the degree of risk such predation poses to this economically and ecologically significant, iconic, population of penguins.

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182 p.

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English

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Doctorate

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Ph.D.

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Mike Weston, Wouter van Dongen, Peter Dann, Duncan Sutherland

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Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

Thesis school

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

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