Does coevolution or ecological context determine predator-prey coexistence?

该项目旨在首次对进化和生态条件进行强有力的评估，这些条件结合在一起，使引进的捕食者能够推动本土哺乳动物的灭绝。该项目将把入侵生物学和营养级联的学科结合起来，在有和没有顶级捕食者的情况下模拟捕食者-猎物系统。这项全球独特的研究将为防止濒危物种的减少提供一个知情和透明的工具集，并将通过理清引入捕食者和导致本地物种灭绝的条件的对比观点来加强澳大利亚的保护政策。

This project aims to deliver the first robust evaluation of the evolutionary and ecological conditions that combine to enable introduced predators to drive extinctions of native mammals. The project will bring together disciplines of invasion biology and trophic cascades to model predator-prey systems in the presence and absence of apex predators. This globally unique study will provide an informed and transparent toolset for preventing decline of threatened species and will enhance Australian conservation policy by untangling contrasting perspectives of introduced predators and the conditions that lead to native species extinction.