Maternal protectiveness in feral horses: responses to intraspecific and interspecific sources of risk
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.10.018
Abstract: In most mammalian species, mothers must protect offspring from multiple sources of risk. In Australia, feral horses, Equus ferus caballus, have naturalized in many ecosystems, and foals are at risk from both predation by dingoes… read more here.
Keywords: risk; dingo; maternal protectiveness; interspecific sources ... See more keywords
Feral-horse impacts on corroboree frog habitat in the Australian Alps
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DOI: 10.1071/wr18093
Abstract: Context Introduced herbivores can have a substantial impact on native plants and animals, particularly in ecosystems that do not share a recent evolutionary history with similar herbivore species. The feral horse, Equus caballus, has a… read more here.
Keywords: feral horse; habitat; australian alps; horse ... See more keywords