The five most- and least-likely mammalian and bird prey for the red fox Vulpes vulpes in the Simpson Desert predicted by random forest (IMAGE)
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The five most- and least-likely mammalian and bird prey for the red fox Vulpes vulpes in the Simpson Desert predicted by random forest. Solid blue arrows indicate prey that were predicted and observed, dashed blue arrows show prey that were predicted but not observed (potentially indicating interactions that occur but have not yet been recorded), and red lines indicate species that were not predicted or observed as prey. The five most-likely prey according to the many-variable phylogenetic and ecomorphological model (run 100 times and trained on the modified training data) were the common wallaroo Osphranter robustus, long-haired rat Rattus villosissimus, red kangaroo Osphranter rufus, Eurasian coot Fulica atra, and sandy inland mouse Pseudomys hermannsburgensis. The five least-likely prey were the little eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides, brown goshawk Accipiter fasciatus, whistling kite Haliastur sphenurus, wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax and spotted harrier Circus assimilis.
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John Llewelyn, Flinders University.
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