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    Assessing the palatability of threatened plant species to possums

    Hickling, Graham J.; Mallinson, F. J.
    Abstract
    The introduction of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) into a country previously without arboreal mammals has had a pervasive impact on New Zealand's indigenous ecosystems (Green 1984). Possums selectively browse palatable plant species, eliminating some while favouring those that are unpalatable. This results in a progressive change in the species composition of browsed vegetation associations. Measuring diet preferences of free-ranging animals is fraught with problems (Norbury & Sanson 1992), especially when the species concerned are rare or threatened. However, it is particularly important to establish the palatability of such species to possums, as this will help direct their future conservation management. In this report, we propose a method for assessing the palatability of selected threatened plant species using captive possums.... [Show full abstract]
    Keywords
    brushtail possum; Trichosurus vulpecula; palatability; threatened species
    Fields of Research
    050103 Invasive Species Ecology
    Date
    1993
    Type
    Report (Commissioned Report)
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