The Common Brushtail Possum
Life history variation and reproductive success in the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula
... Abstract Life history theory aims to describe and explain patterns in the life cycles of organisms and relate these patterns to intrinsic and extrinsic influences. The life history of an organism is commonly defined as a ...
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Life history variation and reproductive success in the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula
... brushtail possum, to prescribed fire (Submitted for publication [Oryx]) Abstract Changed fire regimes have been implicated as an important factor in the recent rapid decline of many Australian mammals and, ...
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Exploring the influence of disturbance history and forest type on an Arboreal Marsupial, the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus Vulpecula), using a Multi disciplinary Approach
... A BST R A C T The effects of forest type and disturbance on specific reproductive traits are unknown for many forest-dwelling mammals. We assessed whether differences in forest type and disturbance influenced key ...
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Endogenous Type D Retrovirus in a Marsupial, the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
... Subsequently, the provirus from which the RNA was derived was detected, by PCR, in the genomic DNA of all possums tested and was assumed to be an endogenous possum retrovi- rus. Using a variety of PCR and RT-PCR ...
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Exploring social interactions and olfactory communication in the common brushtail possum : implications for management : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conservation Biology, Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
... a possum approached the testing area from the side, investigated the one piece of gauze that was on the same side of the tree, then turned around and left the ...a possum which, if this had been the case, ...
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Food Preferences of the Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
... The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) has been reported to eat vegetation, fruit, invertebrates, and occasionally fungi, eggs and ...
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Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a north Westland mixed beech (Nothofagus) forest
... respectively) but were absent at other times. Wood and fungi ranged from highs of 10.5% and 10% of diet respectively, to complete absences. Unidentified seeds and Coleopteran larvae, although minor diet components in ...
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Divergence of a mammal along a habitat gradient: a study of the coppery brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula johnsonii
... two brushtail possum subspecies? Chapter Two answers the first of these questions by firstly testing the hypothesis that there are distinct morphological groups of brushtail possums, and then by ...
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Diet and impacts of brushtail possum populations across an invasion front in South Westland, New Zealand
... and common bird species were monitored, and vegetation composition and condition were ...since possum colonisation, rather than simply reflecting local differences in ...
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Secretagogues stimulate electrogenic HCO3– secretion in the ileum of the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula: evidence for the role of a Na+/HCO3– cotransporter
... the possum ileum does not involve Cl – secretion, and proposed that it involves HCO 3 – secretion (Bartolo et ...the possum ileum, discriminating between the transport of HCO 3 – across the basolateral ...
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Pathogenesis of tuberculosis in the brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... most common sites for pulmonary lesions due to infection with M tuberculosis are the apical lobes, which are the less well vascularised and ventilated areas of the ...
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Exploitation of Brushtail Possum Populations in Theory and Practice
... the possum, the observed increase in the proportion of young animals caught therefore suggests that the actual mechanism of regulation, not explicitly considered by the logistic model (see ...
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The Sensitivity of the Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) to 1080 Poison
... One of the basic facts that should be determined before any poisoning campaign is carried out is the pest's sensitivity to the poison. Without this know- ledge a campaign may be a 'hit or miss' affair, pos- sibly ...
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Assessment of health, condition and the effects of parasites in the mountain brushtail possum
... In this thesis, the mountain brushtail possum, Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby), was used as a case study to examine the effects of parasites on host health and condition[r] ...
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Evaluation of non-toxic bait interference for indexing brushtail possum density
... Keywords: brushtail possums; Trichosurus vulpecula; population ...by brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) is currently used by local authorities to monitor the effectiveness of control operations ...
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Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) social interactions and their implications for bovine tuberculosis epidemiology
... N = Number of nodes in the network The number of total collared possums on the individuals trapping grid. Bc i = Betweenness centrality of node i An estimate of the probability that t[r] ...
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Ecology of a brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) population at Castlepoint in the Wairarapa, New Zealand
... Abstract: Brushtail possums at a 21 ha site at Castlepoint in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, were studied with capture-mark-recapture from August 1989 to August ...
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Home range characteristics of the Australian brushtail possum in New Zealand: Is density a driver?
... Australian brushtail possum transmits bovine tuberculosis (bTB) to livestock in some ...in possum home range characteristics, in three sites over five ...high-density possum population, which ...
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The sternal integument and scent marking in the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula : gender and seasonal differences
... Reproductive differences in sternal integument morphology, histology and sternal gland scent marking behaviour: a summary for mature female brushtail possums.. Anoestrus Oestrus With[r] ...
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Assessing the food preference of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecular) using fixed-ratio schedules
... 24 Running Response Rate Running response rates were calculated at each FR value by dividing the total number of responses by the run time (total time available to respond minus post-reinforcement pause) and were ...
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