Newsome, Thomas M.
Spencer, Emma E.
Dickman, Christopher R.
Cairncross, Rhys J.
Meisuria, Niraj Y.
Finnerty, Patrick B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5762-6272
Funding for this research was provided by:
Australian Alps Co-Operative Management Program
Australia and Pacific Science Foundation
Australian Geographic
Ecological Society of Australia - Holsworth Wildlife Endowment Fund
Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program
Article History
Received: 13 August 2025
Accepted: 22 November 2025
First Online: 12 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. The work is all original research carried out by the authors.
: All appropriate ethics and other approvals were obtained for the research - the carcasses were procured from an existing culling program under scientific licenses/permits (SL 101901) and approved by the University of Sydney Animal Ethics Committee (Project number: 2017/1173).
: All authors agree with the contents of the manuscript and its submission to the journal. No part of the research has been published in any form elsewhere. The manuscript is not being considered for publication elsewhere while it is being considered for publication in this journal.