Quantifying the relative contributions of habitat modification and mammalian predators on landscape-scale declines of a threatened river specialist duck.

Habitat modification and introduced mammalian predators are linked to global species extinctions and declines, but their relative influences can be uncertain, often making conservation management difficult. Using landscape-scale models, we quantified the relative impacts of habitat modification and...

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Main Authors: Amy L Whitehead, John R Leathwick, Douglas J Booker, Angus R McIntosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277820