Experimental Evaluation of Koala Scat Persistence and Detectability with Implications for Pellet-Based Fauna Census

Table 7

Comparison of the percentage of predicted scat recovery in two extreme vegetation communities based on observed detectability and decay rates.

Habitat	% detected	% scats remaining due to decay				% scats found due to both biases
		3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months
		No rain	Rain	No rain	Rain	No rain	Rain	No rain	Rain
Wetland	83.9	40.0	40.0	18.3	10.0	33.6	33.6	15.4	8.4
Simple litter rehab	100.0	73.3	50.0	68.3	42.9	73.3	50.0	68.3	42.9