Expansion of Australian reserves for fairy possums might be at expense of other species

Current nature reserves are not very suitable for the critically endangered Critically Endangered Leadbeater’s Possum, but expansion of nature reserves might come at the expense of other Australian forest species, according to a study published January 25, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Chris Taylor and Natasha Cadenhead from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues.