• To test for the possible
role of such a component, we have divided the dataset into the five broad
classes of vertebrates: mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, and fish.
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PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR IN ENDANGERED SPECIES PRESERVATION
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• There is mounting evidence that small mammal populations
in northern Australia – a region that is considered to contain the largest area
of intact tropical savanna left in the world – are in rapid decline (Woinarski
et al., 2011).
• Australia supported a wide range of native
mammal species that were once widespread and abundant (Bilney et al., 2009), a
number of which are now either extinct or are rare and occupy less than 1–5% of
their former range (Dickman, 2007).
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