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# Reintroduced bilbies did not yet redraw the soil fungal map
- URL: https://intelligence.wildlandseco.com/2026-11-01-bilby-rewilding-soil-fungi-null/
- Published: 2026-11-01T14:35:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-01T14:35:48.000Z
- Description: After roughly three years, an Australian restoration site found no detectable soil fungal shift despite fungal DNA in bilby scats.
- Author: Benjamin Worlund
- Tags: Wildlife, Land, Methods, #ecological-intelligence, #brief-2026-11-01, #counter-signal, #peer-reviewed, #geo-oceania

Evidence

Peer-reviewed

Geography

Wild Deserts arid restoration, New South Wales, Australia

System

Dryland rewilding, mammal soil engineering and fungal communities

## WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS

Soil eDNA surveys inside and outside a restored reserve did not find differences in fungal richness or composition after native digging mammals returned. Bilby scats contained fungal taxa present in the environment.

## WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ

Restoration activity, molecular traces and recovery of microbial ecosystem function are different outcomes; monitoring timescale matters.

## CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY

Limited field sites and only 25 scats constrain power. Fungal DNA does not show viable spore dispersal, and a three-year null does not rule out later effects.

## SOURCE

Austral Ecology — Hogan et al. (14 Oct 2026)  
[View original evidence ↗](https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70299?ref=intelligence.wildlandseco.com)

From the Morning Brief · 2026-11-01

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