Flaked stone assemblage variability across the Weipa region of western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Shiner, Justin; Holdaway, Simon; Fanning, Patricia

doi:10.25120/qar.21.2018.3636

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“…1). Prior to that, the northern quoll had not been recorded in the Weipa region since 1985 (Winter and Atherton 1985). The area of occupancy and number of northern quoll populations elsewhere across Cape York Peninsula are not known.…”

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Habitat structure facilitates coexistence of native and invasive mesopredators in an Australian tropical savanna

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Context. The introduction of the cat (Felis catus) to Australia has been a key driver of the decline and extinction of the continent's endemic mammals. Currently, there is no clear long-term solution to controlling feral populations of cats at a landscape scale. As such, understanding how environmental conditions and habitat attributes can mediate the coexistence between introduced predators and native mammals can improve management outcomes for threatened species. Aim. We sought to compare the differences in habitat use by feral cats and a remnant population of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) to understand what environmental variables allow these two mesopredators to coexist in tropical savanna of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Methods. We deployed grids of motion-activated cameras three times per year over a 3-year period, across Eucalyptus tetrodonta-dominated plateaux known to be inhabited by feral cats and northern quolls. We modelled the spatial variation in the frequencies of detection of feral cats and northern quolls (referred to as 'habitat use'), as a function of biotic and abiotic environmental variables by using a generalised linear model for consistent variables and a generalised linear mixed-effect model for fluctuating variables. Key results. Habitat use by feral cats was most frequent in areas with high fire frequencies and low tree basal area, whereas habitat use by northern quolls was most frequent in areas of high basal area of E. tetrodonta (a commonly used den tree species), topographic ruggedness, and long-unburnt savanna. Conclusions. Frequent fires in tropical savanna promote habitat use by feral cats and can result in a reduction of critical habitat for northern quolls. Implications. We postulate that remnant populations of northern quolls on Cape York Peninsula occur in less frequently burnt refugia, primarily on top of plateaux that support high-biomass tropical savanna dominated by E. tetrodonta. Our findings highlighted that threatened mammals can persist alongside introduced predators in tropical savanna but are dependent on the maintenance of structurally complex habitat.

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Habitat structure facilitates coexistence of native and invasive mesopredators in an Australian tropical savanna

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“…The volume ratio was proposed by Phillipps (2012), and developed by Phillipps andHoldaway (2016), andDitchfield et al (2014) as an alternative or supplement to the cortex ratio (see: Davies, Holdaway, and Fanning 2018;Dibble et al 2005;Ditchfield 2016aDitchfield , 2016bDouglass and Holdaway 2011;Douglass 2010;Douglass et al 2008Douglass et al , 2021Holdaway and Davies 2019;Fanning 2012, 2013;Holdaway, Fanning, and Rhodes 2008;Holdaway, Wendrich and Phillipps 2010;Dibble 2015, 2016;Parker 2011;Shiner, Holdaway and Fanning 2018). The volume ratio is a method similar to the cortex ratio but utilises volume rather than cortex and surface area to calculate the amount of material removed from an assemblage.…”

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Experimental Improvements to the Volume Ratio and Quantifying Movement Using Stone Artefact Analysis

Middleton

Phillipps

2022

Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology

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Many conceptual frameworks of archaeological assemblages have assumed that stone artefact assemblages include all products of manufacture, use, and discard, although recent studies have indicated this is not always the case. The volume ratio is a method that examines the potential for the removal or addition of stone artefacts to an assemblage after manufacture. As humans transport material, and the movement of material effects the composition of assemblages, the alteration of an assemblage through the addition or removal of material can act as a proxy for mobility. This research uses three experimental assemblages to test the effect that different methods of volume quantification and reconstruction have on the calculation of the volume ratio. Results suggest observed assemblage volume is accurately and efficiently calculated using a standardised density of 2.46 g/cm 3 , while the modelled assemblage volume is relatively accurately calculated using either the Volumetric Reconstruction Method (VRM) or the Flake Volumetric Reconstruction Method (FVRM) with the potential for future research to further improve this methodology.

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Flaked stone assemblage variability across the Weipa region of western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Cited by 2 publications

References 20 publications

Habitat structure facilitates coexistence of native and invasive mesopredators in an Australian tropical savanna

Habitat structure facilitates coexistence of native and invasive mesopredators in an Australian tropical savanna

Experimental Improvements to the Volume Ratio and Quantifying Movement Using Stone Artefact Analysis

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