Extinction of Northern Quoll. Euan Ritchie ACEAS Grand 2014

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Understanding current mechanisms of extinction using population models for the northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus across tropical Australia. Euan Ritchie and Diana Fisher ACEAS Grand 2014

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Euan Ritchie, Deakin University, e.ritchie@deakin.edu.au @EuanRitchie1

Diana Fisher, University of Queensland, d.fisher@uq.edu.au

Reflections on northern quolls and data

A rare and endangered species

Scale and geographic representation

Data mismatches

Different study objectives = data missing

Source: Department of Parks and Wildlife, W.A.

Different survey methods and approaches

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What has been achieved?

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• Population-level datasets and estimates from 15 locations spanning northern Australia

• >4500 individual records of northern quolls for distribution modeling

• Life history data assembled from a subset of populations