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The main food for the mountain pygmy-possum’s spring/summer breeding season is the migratory bogong moth, but in 2017 and 2018 billions of bogong moths failed to arrive. Then the bushfires did.
Billions of bogong moths are setting out from Queensland, but not reaching Victoria. We need citizen scientists to help figure out where they’re ending up.
Giving female marsupials a sniff of prospective partners increases the chance of a successful love connection.
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Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, University of South Australia
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Professor in Evolution and Behaviour, The University of Melbourne
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Director Wildlife Conservation and Science, Zoos Victoria, The University of Melbourne
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Environmental Scientist - Fauna, Parks Victoria; Honorary Fellow, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
