Charity protecting threatened species (including Bilbies and Bettongs) in a predator-proof reserve in Outback #SouthAustralia. Driving conservation research
Roxby Downs, South Australia
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What happens to small mammals when you take cats and foxes out of the desert? Read the results of 26 years of small mammal surveys inside and outside the Reserve, on our website: lnkd.in/gAMP6mae, or the full paper here: lnkd.in/gpVC2U45
Listen to Arid Recovey Chief Executive Kath Tuft and Conservation Land Management Officer Nathan Manders talk to Professor Andrew Lowe on his podcast, the Ecofuturist. creators.spotify.com/pod/sho…
Meet the kowari: a pint-sized predator on the fast track to extinction theconversation.com/meet-the… via @ConversationEDU
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Australia is pretty much one giant sand pit. No surprise then that lots of critters have shovel-like adaptations to dig out a living beneath the soil surface. Take for instance the narrow-banded shovel-nosed snake (Brachyurophis fasciolatus) which can teleport into soil with ease – at Roxby Downs, South Australia
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Welcome, @AridRecovery. ALCA members are united by a vision of a future where nature thrives Australia wide, and through ongoing membership expansion we seek to more fully represent the diversity of private land conservation in Australia.
Ducks in the desert: transient oases in a sunburnt country - new bog by our ecologist @GenevieveLHayes aridrecovery.org.au/ducks-in…
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Phenomenal week demonstrating for @UofA_SET second year ecology students @AridRecovery - overwhelming consensus of the most they’ve ever learnt at uni.
Thanks again to Arid for hosting such a great camp to kick start these young ecologists careers! 🦎🐭🪶
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Top people helping out on the survey this year, as always. 26 years of data now from pitfall trapping small reptiles & mammals at @AridRecovery
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Young reptiles out in force this year, breeding off good seasons. This is a baby netted dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis) @AridRecovery
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This inappropriate goanna shat on the bench and everted his hemipenes in front of everybody. On #InternationalWomen’sDay no less! Pitfall trapping @ @AridRecovery
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Those cheeks! 😘
Plains mouse during annual pitfall trapping @AridRecovery
Bumper year for the threatened species in the cat-free reserve after good seasons
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Dozens of threatened Australian species are back from the brink, but many are reliant on fenced-off safe havens.
💬 "We should not rely on [safe havens] to take species off the threatened list," write @katherinemoseby (@UNSW) + John Read (@UniofAdelaide). bit.ly/41yFf2z
New podcast! @BiolSocSA interviews Arid Recovery Chief Executive @KatherineTuft on desert ecosystems & threatened species… and what it takes to get hard-won wins in conservation.
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Still a long road to real recovery for Australia’s threatened species. Safe havens are great, but just a stop-gap. Important to recognise in the debate about de-listing species. @AridRecovery co-founders @KatherineMoseby & John Read in @ConversationEDU
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Hugh McGregor talks about the ideal meal for a #feralcat being about 200g, which is half a quoll, six hopping mice or 1/4 of a bilby. at @AridRecovery they were hunting along outside the predator proof fence "cat food farm" #WAFeralCat23
Dead plants are essential for productivity in the arid zone. In the "brown food web" nutrients cycle from dead plants➡️termites ➡️small predators like geckoes. Overgrazing by kangaroos disrupts the web.
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