Protecting prey from predators using sensory tactics

该项目旨在开发新的方法，以防止受威胁的本地物种从入侵的捕食者，如老鼠，猪，猫和狐狸灭绝。许多本地物种很难看到，但很容易被具有强大嗅觉和听觉的捕食者发现。通过利用捕食者在狩猎时使用的猎物的感官线索，该项目预计将发现嗅觉和听觉技术，防止捕食者发现受威胁的物种。 在这样做的过程中，该项目旨在提供动物如何使用多种感官寻找食物的新视角，并在澳大利亚和全球范围内的捕食者仍然存在的地区领导受威胁物种的恢复。

This project aims to develop new approaches to prevent the extinction of threatened native species from invasive predators, such as rats, pigs, cats and foxes. Many native species are hard to see but vulnerable to being found by predators with powerful senses of smell and hearing. By harnessing the sensory cues of prey that predators use when hunting, this project expects to discover olfactory and auditory techniques that prevent predators finding threatened species. In doing so, the project intends to provide new perspectives on how animals find food using multiple senses, and lead the recovery of threatened species in areas where predators remain within Australia and globally.