Net-avoidance behaviour in platypuses

作者：Griffiths Josh^*; Kelly Tom; Weeks Andrew

来源：Australian Mammalogy, 2013, 35(2): 245-247.

DOI：10.1071/AM12051

• acoustic telemetry
• conservation
• mark-recapture
• Ornithorhynchus anatinus
• population size

It has been suggested that platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) may avoid nets following capture, compromising abundance estimates using mark-recapture models. Here, we present the first direct evidence of net avoidance behaviour by the platypus. Using acoustic telemetry, we record a platypus bypassing several nets following capture. Understanding variation in capture probabilities will lead to better estimation of platypus abundance, which is currently lacking.

• 出版日期2013