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Table 6 Study site and sample size details

From: Intraguild relationships between sympatric predators exposed to lethal control: predator manipulation experiments

Site

Surveys

Period

Location

Land system

Combined size of treatment and nil-treatment areas

Dingo control history (previous 10 yrs)

Experimental design (rank of inference)

Mean annual rainfall (mm)

Plot-nights

Number of predator tracks observed

 

Baited areas

Unbaited areas

         

Baited

Unbaited

Dingo

Fox

Cat

Goanna

Dingo

Fox

Cat

Goanna

Barcaldine

23

8/03 to 7/06

23.38′S, 145.37′E

Dry wood/grassland

5000 km2

Treatments intact for over 10 years

Quasi-experiment type l (5)

503

3015

3131

110

5

79

22

115

5

94

48

Blackall

23

8/03 to 7/06

24.23′S, 145.37′E

Dry woodland

5000 km2

Treatments intact for over 10 years

Quasi-experiment type l (5)

536

809

3271

28

1

18

18

145

18

52

16

Cordillo

7

7/08 to 11/10

26.21′S, 140.48′E

Sandy/stony desert

5300 km2

Both treatments previously exposed to opportunistic shooting only

Unreplicated experiment (3)

167

900

900

113

1

1

3

317

84

3

11

Lambina

6

6/09 to 12/10

26.54′S, 134.30′E

Sandy/stony desert

3800 km2

Opportunistic shooting and periodic baiting in both treatments

Classical experiment (1)

180

750

750

21

10

10

5

89

5

8

12

Mt Owen

19

5/94 to 7/98

25.51′S, 147.36′E

Dry woodland

800 km2

Opportunistic shooting in both treatments, no baiting in previous three years

Unreplicated experiment (3)

575

4389

4350

1240

16

425

217

2884

9

421

207

Quinyambie

14

4/08 to 8/11

30.33′S, 140.42′E

Sandy desert

4500 km2

Both treatments previously exposed to opportunistic shooting only

Unreplicated experiment (3)

160

1400

1400

447

47

3

2

297

103

8

0

Strathmore

9

7/95 to 9/98

17.37′S, 142.40′E

Tropical savannah

9000 km2

Opportunistic shooting and periodic baiting in both treatments

Unreplicated experiment (3)

772

2066

2186

291

0

250

110

509

0

291

152

Tambo

16

3/04 to 8/06

24.51′S, 146.36′E

Dry woodland

5000 km2

Treatments intact for over 10 years

Quasi-experiment type l (5)

532

1352

2130

357

0

63

52

464

3

123

23

Todmorden

11

8/08 to 11/10

27.80′S, 134.45′E

Sandy/stony desert

7200 km2

Opportunistic shooting and periodic baiting in both treatments

Classical experiment (1)

180

1300

1300

51

7

17

18

254

20

7

15

Total

128

31

9

5

45,600 km 2

  

160-772

15981

19418

2607

80

849

429

5450

222

1000

469

  1. Descriptions of experimental designs and rank of inference (1 = highest, 16 = lowest) are found in [35].