Increasing sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) recruitment in regional Western Australia through mammal conservation.

这种极具价值的檀香木是该行业的基础，该行业雇用了100多名员工，每年在西澳地区创造1200万美元的出口收入。檀香木的自然采集量很低。该项目将建立在默多克大学和森林产品委员会进行的研究基础上，该研究表明，在藏有种子的本地鼠袋鼠的存在下，树的自然招募大大增强。这个项目将通过一个以行业为基础的项目来培训一名APA(I)研究生，该项目将评估本地哺乳动物捕杀增加檀香的招聘。这些哺乳动物中的许多都依赖于自然保护或面临灭绝的威胁。

The highly prized sandalwood is the basis of an industry that employs over 100 people and generates $12 million export income annually in regional WA. Natural recruitment of sandalwood is poor. This project will build on research, conducted by Murdoch University and the Forest Products Commission, that indicates natural recruitment of the tree is greatly enhance in the presence of native rat-kangaroos who cache the seeds. This project will train an APA(I) postgraduate through an industry based project that will evaluate increased recruitment of sandalwood by native mammal caching. Many of these mammals are Conservation Dependent or Threatened with extinction.