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Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article cites historical material containing outdated and highly offensive terminology when referring to First Nations people. Quotations are reproduced in their historical context for the purpose of critical...
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Conserving Australian lizards and snakes: an update on progress since 2017
The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017 summarised results from the first comprehensive assessment of the Australian squamate fauna by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), updating a more precursory assessment in 1993. This review outlines the...
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DNA metabarcoding improves detection of rare and volant prey in the diet of feral cats (Felis catus)
Context Cats (Felis catus) have contributed to the extinctions of more than 60 vertebrates and continue to be a major conservation threat globally. Conservation managers traditionally record the diet of cats from morphological (manual) searches of stomach or scat samples. However...