Effect the density and habitat use of the mountain pygmy

It is expected that density and habitat use of the mountain pygmy-possums will be strongly correlated with high snow cover, and is expected to change with the season. It is also expected that a slight increase in temperature in the Alps bioregions will be strongly collated with the marginalization of the mountain pygmy possums’ natural habitat. Consequently, a null and alternate hypothesis can be developed from the above discussion:

• H0: The predicted loss of snow cover due to climate change will not affect the density and habitat use of the mountain pygmy-possum populations in the Australian Alps
• H1: The predicted loss of snow cover due to climate change will affect the density and habitat use of the mountain pygmy-possum populations in the Australian Alp