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Rocky landform specialists of the Mount Isa Inlier: camera trapping reveals seasonal occupancy and habitat associations of a unique faunal assemblage in an ancient landscape
Australian Journal of Zoology, Vol.73(2), pp.1-16
2025
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Abstract
Rocky landforms offer a complex and persistent habitat for a diverse range of fauna. The Mount Isa Inlier bioregion of north-west Queensland is dominated by such landforms, but the faunal assemblage inhabiting them has received scant attention. We conducted a 13-month camera trap study at 60 camera stations, totalling 21,965 camera days, aimed at detecting the faunal assemblage present on these landforms. We categorised each identified taxon as either a rocky landform specialist or non-specialist. We identified 15 specialists and implemented a multiseason community occupancy model for 12 of these to assess how they utilised rocky landforms over the course of a year, and according to a suite of environmental characteristics. Rates of use of rocky landforms increased in November and decreased in April. At the community level we found higher rates of use of south and west slopes than north slopes, higher rates of use of rocky hills than jumpups, and higher rates of use of metamorphic and igneous geologies than sedimentary ones. We provide the first evidence of this unique community’s use of the landscape through both space and time and highlight broad site characteristics of candidate areas in which to focus future management and conservation initiatives.
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- Title
- Rocky landform specialists of the Mount Isa Inlier: camera trapping reveals seasonal occupancy and habitat associations of a unique faunal assemblage in an ancient landscape
- Authors
- Jarrad Barnes (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringElizabeth Brunton - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringMark G. Sanders - EcoSmart EcologyChristofer Clemente - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Publication details
- Australian Journal of Zoology, Vol.73(2), pp.1-16
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1071/ZO24030
- ISSN
- 1446-5698; 0004-959X
- Copyright note
- © 2025 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Data Availability
- The data that support this study are not publicly available but may be shared upon reasonable request to the corresponding author if appropriate
- Grant note
- Funding and in-kind support was provided by EcoSmart Ecology, MMG Ltd and Chinova Resources Pty Ltd.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991107745802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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