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My name is Caitlin Mudge, I am a research assistant at Flinders University, South Australia working with the Global Ecology group (https://globalecologyflinders.com/)

I am working on building a traits database, SahulTraits, to collect ecological trait data for birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians across Sahul (Australia and New Guinea). As part of this database, I will be including predator-prey interaction data for two of Australia’s main groups of native predators, monitor lizards (Varanids) and carnivorous marsupials (Dasyurids).

The database will be used to predict the predator-prey interactions of extinct species and how the relationship between predators and prey across Australia changes in human-modified ecosystems.

I have asked for your help in particular as you are all the top observers for Australia and my two target groups on iNaturalist. Your help with this ...more ↓

Posted on June 29, 2023 07:54 AM by caitlinmudge caitlinmudge | 20 comments | Leave a comment

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This database aims to collect predator-prey interaction data for two of Australia’s main groups of native predators, monitor lizards (Varanids) and carnivorous marsupials (Dasyurids) across Australia.

The database will be used to predict these interactions in extinct species and how the relationship between predators and prey across Australia changes in human-modified ecosystems.

caitlinmudge created this project on June 21, 2023
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