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掠食者手中灭绝，如老鼠、猪、猫和狐狸。许多本地物种很难看到，但很容易被嗅觉和听觉强大的捕食者发现。通过利用捕食者在捕猎时使用的猎物的感官线索，该项目希望发现嗅觉和听觉技术，以防止捕食者发现受威胁的物种。在此过程中，该项目旨在为动物如何利用多种感官寻找食物提供新的视角，并在澳大利亚和全球范围内的食肉动物仍然存在的地区引领濒危物种的恢复。

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.