Jolly, Chris J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5234-0897
Webb, Jonathan K.
Gillespie, Graeme R.
Hughes, Nelika K.
Phillips, Ben L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
Australian Research Council (LP150100722)
Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (1)
Article History
Received: 5 April 2019
Revised: 3 August 2019
Accepted: 14 August 2019
First Online: 21 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: All applicable international, national and/or institutional guidelines for the use of animals were followed. We obtained permission to access Indian Island and to trap melomys from Indigenous Traditional Owners as part of on-going monitoring of a northern quoll population on the island (Permit to enter & remain on Aboriginal land or sea adjoining Aboriginal land (Research) from Northern Land Council, NT). We obtained permits allowing us to trap melomys from the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory (Permit to Undertake Scientific Research on Wildlife). The University of Melbourne Animal Ethics Committee approved the experimental design (ID number: 1814518).