Zoos Victoria

Where are my dragon scats? Victorian grassland earless dragon scat persistence and detection dog-handler team search efficiency

Context Reptile species are declining globally, but low detection success is a challenge for reptile monitoring. The Victorian grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla; VGED) is the most imperilled reptile in Australia and faces immediate threats from habitat destruct...

Context-dependent movement or methodological artefact in freshwater ecosystems? Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) movement dampens under flow regulation but expands in urbanised freshwater environments

Abstract Understanding how freshwater species move through changing environments is critical for conservation, yet movement in riverine systems is shaped by interacting hydrological, landscape and biological processes that are difficult to disentangle across studies. For semi-aqu...