Anthropogenic and environmental factors associated with koala deaths due to dog attacks and vehicle collisions in South-East Queensland, Australia, 2009–2013

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 14275
• Main Authors: Dissanayake, Ravi Bandara, Stevenson, Mark, Astudillo, Viviana Gonzalez, Allavena, Rachel, Henning, Joerg
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.08.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/1144; 692/499; 704/158; Animal attacks; Animal bites; Anthropogenic factors; Environmental factors; Habitat fragmentation; Human population density; Human populations; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Population density; Risk factors; Risk reduction; Roads; Roads & highways; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Urbanization

Populations of the iconic Australian koala are under constant decline. Their deaths are associated with rapid and extensive urbanization and the fragmentation of habitat areas. Using citizen science data on reported koala mortalities, we quantified the association between anthropogenic and environme...