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Forest investigation:
Dynamics of forest animals in the hinterland of Seal Rocks, NSW, Australia
Changes over time in the number of Foxes
in relation to the abundance of Dingoes:
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Note the vertical yellow bars are the summer months (blue boxes = winter months).
Key findings (Dec'16):
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Fox numbers peaked in any season and the size of the peaks varied greatly between years.
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Three obvious peaks in the number of foxes (Autumn 2013, Winter 2014 and Summer 2015-16) clearly ended once peaks in dingo abundance developed.
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Following on from above, it is clear from the two plots that there is a negative relationship between numbers of foxes and dingoes.
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Accordingly, there is strong evidence that pulses in the abundance of dingoes negatively affect fox numbers.
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