ContextThe success of conservation fences at protecting reintroduced populations of threatened mammals from introduced predators has prompted an increase in the number and extent of fenced exclosures. Excluding introduced species from within conservation fences could also benefit components of insitu faunal assemblages that are prey for introduced predators, such as reptiles and small mammals. Conversely, reintroduced mammals may compete with smaller mammals and reptiles for resources, or even prey on them. AimsIn a 10-year study from 2008, we examine how small terrestrial vertebrates respond to the exclusion of introduced predators, the feral cat (Felis catus) and red fox (Vulpes Vulpes), introduced herbivores and the reintroduction of regionally extinct mammal species. MethodsDifferences in the yearly relative abundance of reptiles and mammals according to habitat type and whether sites were fenced or not, were tested using multivariate generalised linear models. Next, we calculated univariate P-values to identify individual species that showed significant relationships, positive and negative, with any of the explanatory variables. Key resultsTotal captures of reptiles were lower inside the conservation fence in all years, whereas total captures of small mammals were markedly higher inside the fenced area, notably in dasyurids. ConclusionOur results showed that conservation fences can deliver benefits for some fauna (but not all) beyond facilitating the reintroduction of highly threatened mammals. ImplicationsOur results demonstrated the consequential impacts of introduced predators on the Australian small mammal fauna, and showed that predator-exclusion fences can be an effective conservation intervention for this guild.

Captive breeding and translocation, whereby selected individuals are used to supplement or re‐establish failing populations, are powerful tools for conserving threatened fauna. These tools, however, are rarely successful at establishing self‐sustaining populations that can survive without ongoing human assistance. The maintenance of genetic diversity and demographic security in captivity, or following wildlife translocation events, is important for improving the long‐term effectiveness of threatened species recovery efforts around the world. Routine population monitoring using hypervariable genetic markers represents a promising technique for evaluating the effect of established management practices on population structure and genetic diversity across various spatial and temporal scales. In this study, we employed a data set of 1,068 single nucleotide polymorphisms to conduct a comprehensive survey of population structure and genetic diversity in greater bilbies (Macrotis lagotis) held at 13 zoos and wildlife sanctuaries across Australia between August 1996 and December 2016. We observed significant genetic structuring across the study sites, consistent with the limited exchange of animals between independently managed facilities. The majority of variation, however, still occurred at the level of individual bilbies (75%, P < 0.001). We also uncovered evidence for an ongoing loss of genetic diversity in some conservation‐fenced populations, despite a slight excess of heterozygosity across the sampling sites as a whole. Maintaining the genetic health of bilbies in captivity or following translocation will therefore require stakeholders to focus on reducing individual mortality, and maintaining genetic connectivity across all existing populations through the regular exchange of selected individuals. As such, admixture is expected to play an increasingly important role in future conservation programs. © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Wildlife Management published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Wildlife Society.

Females had home ranges of 28.3 ± 6.8 ha and males 96.6 ± 18.2 ha, which leads to an 43 estimated sustainable population or carrying capacity of 413-502 at Scotia. Captive bred 44 animals from Perth Zoo had a high mortality rate upon reintroduction at Scotia due to raptor 45 predation and starvation. The habitat preferences for mallee with a shrub understory appear 46 to be driven by termite availability, and other reintroduced ecosystem engineers appear to

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Four of 28 wild boodies or burrowing bettongs, Bettongia lesueur (Quoy et Gaimard) passed oocysts of species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875. The boodies are surviving on off-shore islands and in large predator-proof sanctuaries on the mainland where they were reintroduced. The boodie is a potoroid marsupial extinct from the mainland of Australia due to predation from red foxes and feral cats. Comparison with other species of the genus Eimeria indicates that the coccidium found represents a new species. Sporulated oocyst of Eimeria burdi sp. n. are pyriform, 21.0-24.0 µm (mean 22.6 µm) by 14.0-16.0 µm (14.9 µm), with a length/width ratio 1.31-1.71 (1.52) and 1-µm-thick yellowish bilayered wall. Micropyle is present at the thinner apex end filled with hyaline body. Polar granules are absent. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal, 10.0-13.5 µm (11.8 µm) by 7.0-8.5 µm (7.4 µm), shape index is 1.42-1.89 (1.63) and a very thin, poorly defined unilayered sporocyst wall is 0.2 µm thick with a domelike almost indistinct Stieda body. Substieda body is indistinct.