Tag: Stable isotopes

  • Marsupial carnivores: Feeding ecology and habitat use in Australia’s unique predators

    Marsupial carnivores: Feeding ecology and habitat use in Australia’s unique predators

    Decline and Extinction Threats to Australia’s Marsupial Carnivores In Tasmania, European settlement brought profound changes to the island’s native carnivores. Historically, Tasmania’s carnivore guild included the iconic thylacine, alongside three dasyurids: the Tasmanian devil, spotted-tailed quoll, and eastern quoll. Thylacines, distributed across the island apart from the southwest, faced rapid population declines. Despite clear signs…