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To save koalas from fire, we need to start putting their genetic material on ice

faunaRA FAUNA Bank, Saving Koalas, The Conversation January 20, 2020November 2, 2020

Unprecedented fires are devastating koalas along Australia’s east coast. These sudden drops in population put the survivors at risk of inbreeding. Read more via The Conversation!

Authors: Dr. Ryan Witt, Chad Beranek, A/Prof. John Clulow, E/Prof. John Rodger, Lachlan Howell, Robert Scanlon

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  • Increased house mouse (Mus musculus) abundance in wetlands in response to Typha sp. flowering: implications for understanding wetland occupancy patterns of the eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris) →

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