Gardiner, Riana http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7782-8664
Terraube, Julien
Frere, Celine
Cristescu, Romane
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Government
Sunshine Coast Council
Redlands City Council
Noosa Council
Toowoomba Regional Council
Moreton Bay Regional Council
Fraser Coast Council
Gympie Council
University of the Sunshine Coast
Article History
Received: 18 March 2022
Revised: 15 September 2022
Accepted: 19 October 2022
First Online: 30 October 2022
Declarations
:
: The authors have no competing or conflicting interests to report.
: Authors RG, JT and CF have no financial interests. CF and RC obtained the grant with the Department of Transport and Main Roads- this paid for RC salary as a post doctoral fellow between 2015 and 2020 at USC and assisted with the recruitment of a detection dog.
: The authors conducted the study with approved animal ethics (ANA18128, ANS1752, ANA21181) to utilise detection dogs and survey for koala presence. Approval was obtained from the University of the Sunshine Coast Animal Ethics Committee.
: This was not required as the study did not involve human participants.
: All authors consent to the publication of this study.