Research and Publications
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The Myall Lakes Dingo/Dapin project is a scientific research project focused on informing evidence-based management. It aims to further our understanding of dingo social ecology and the impact(s) of dingoes on humans and other species in the ecosystem, and vice versa.
MLDP research projects tend to focus on aspects of dingo ecology or the impacts of dingoes that may be applied to wildlife management. This includes the development and testing of potential coexistence tools and strategies.
As dingo social ecology has arguably been overlooked in the literature to date, another major aim of the MLDP is to deepen our collective understanding of dingo social behaviour and ecology, which we tackle by following the fates and fortunes of individual dingoes in several known packs over the long-term.
Graduate student research projects form the bulk of the research outputs to date, and a list of research publications can be found below.
Student theses:
-听Wood,听P. (2025).鈥Coexistence is relationships: Rethinking how conservation research studies human-wildlife relation.听PhD thesis, 91色情片听Canberra.听- Alting, B. F. (2025). Ecology and interactions of dingoes in a human-modified landscape. PhD thesis, 91色情片 Sydney.
- Gamage, D. (2024). Ultrasonic playbacks deter wild dingoes: implications for threatened species conservation. Honours thesis, 91色情片 Sydney.
- Cheung, J. (2024). Characterising dingo and fox diets using DNA metabarcoding within the Myall Lakes region. Honours thesis, 91色情片 Sydney.
Research papers and book chapters:
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-听Alting, B. F., Pitcher, B. J., Campbell鈥怶ard, M. L., & Jordan, N. R. (2025).听Estimating canid territories and pack compositions: Camera traps provide comparable metrics to an intense radio鈥恈ollaring programme on dingoes.听Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 6(4), e70129.听
-听Alting, B. F., Pitcher, B. J., & Jordan, N. R. (2025).听Dingo visitation patterns and behaviour at long-term scent-marking sites suggests a role in mate competition.听Behavioral听Ecology and Sociobiology, 79(10), 92.听
-听Alting, B. F., Pitcher, B. J., Campbell-Ward, M., & Jordan, N. R. (2025).听Dingo movement depends on sex, social听status听and litter size. Royal Society Open Science, 12(7), 250255.
-听Bruce, T., Amir, Z., Allen, B. L., Alting, B. F., Amos, M.,听Augusteyn, J., Ballard, G. A.,听Behrendorff, L. M., Bell, K., &听Bengsen, A. J.听et al.听(2025).听Large鈥恠cale and long鈥恡erm wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis. Biological Reviews.听
-听Mifsud, J. C., Harvey, E., Van Brussel, K., Olsson, A., Pitcher, B. J., Hall, J., Fenton, H., Alting, B. F., Sadiq, S., & Holmes, E. C. (2025).听Diverse viral pathogens in Australian canines: limited geographic structure and the first detection of an RNA virus in dingoes. Virus Evolution, 11(1), veaf042.听
- Alting, B. F., Pitcher, B. J., Rees, M. W., Ferrer-Paris, J.R. & Jordan, N. R. (2024). Population density and ranging behaviour of a generalist carnivore varies with human population. Ecology and Evolution听
- Walker, B. J., Letnic, M., Bucknall, M. P., Watson, L., & Jordan, N. R. (2024). Male dingo urinary scents code for age class and wild dingoes respond to this information. Chemical Senses听
- Jordan, N. R., Campbell-Ward, M., Vandersteen, J., Colman, N., Alting, B., Gamage, D., Cairns, K.M., Bell, M., Altuna, J. & Pitcher, B. J. (2023). Inferring interspecific killing of Red Fox by Dingo from wounds and inter-canine distance measures鈥揳nd a call for more data. Australian Zoologist, 43(2), 276-280.听
- Gorta, S. B., Alting, B., Claridge, A., & Henderson, T. (2021). Apparent piebald variants in quolls (Dasyurus): examples of three recent cases in the spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus. Australian Mammalogy, 43(3), 373-377.听
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Other reports and outputs:
Credit: Alex Dibnah. A dingo in a campground.
