ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF NATIVE VEGETATION CONDITION

What state of the world are we in? Targeted monitoring to detect transitions in vegetation restoration projects

Christopher Stuart Jones, Freya Mary Thomas, Damian Richard Michael, Hannah Fraser, Elliot Gould, Jim Begley, Jenny Wilson, Peter Anton Vesk, Libby Rumpff

2022-11-10

Monitoring vegetation restoration is challenging because monitoring is costly, requires long-term funding, and involves monitoring..

Permanent removal of livestock grazing in riparian systems benefits native vegetation

Christopher S Jones, David H Duncan, Libby Rumpff, Doug Robinson, Peter A Vesk

2022-01-01

Livestock grazing in riparian areas has significant impacts on waterway ecosystems. In Australia, livestock grazing is allowed on ..

Integrated models to support multiobjective ecological restoration decisions

Hannah Fraser, Libby Rumpff, Jian DL Yen, Doug Robinson, Brendan A Wintle

2017-12-01

Many objectives motivate ecological restoration, including improving vegetation condition, increasing the range and abundance of t..

The value of information for woodland management: updating a state-transition model

William K Morris, Michael C Runge, Peter A Vesk

2017-11-01

Value of information (VOI) analyses reveal the expected benefit of reducing uncertainty to a decision maker. Most ecological VOI a..

Classifying animals into ecologically meaningful groups: A case study on woodland birds

Hannah Fraser, Cindy E Hauser, Libby Rumpff, Georgia E Garrard, Michael A McCarthy

2017-10-01

Ecologists often classify species into binary groupings such as woodland or non-woodland birds. However, each ecologist may apply ..

Modelling spatial and temporal changes with GIS and Spatial and Dynamic Bayesian Networks

Yung En Chee, Lauchlin Wilkinson, Ann E Nicholson, Pedro F Quintana-Ascencio, John E Fauth, Dianne Hall, Kimberli J Ponzio, Libby Rumpff

2016-08-01

State-and-transition models (STMs) have been successfully combined with Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs) to model temporal changes..

Setting conservation management thresholds using a novel participatory modeling approach

PFE Addison, K de Bie, L Rumpff

2015-10-01

We devised a participatory modeling approach for setting management thresholds that show when management intervention is required ..

Empirically validating a dense woody regrowth 'problem' and thinning 'solution' for understory vegetation

Christopher S Jones, David H Duncan, Libby Rumpff, Freya M Thomas, William K Morris, Peter A Vesk

2015-03-15

In landscapes with a short history of intensive land use, woody plant regrowth on cleared land is often favorably received as a sh..

Consequences of inconsistently classifying woodland birds

Hannah Fraser, Georgia E Garrard, Libby Rumpff, Cindy E Hauser, Michael A McCarthy

2015-01-01

There is a longstanding debate regarding the need for ecology to develop consistent terminology. On one hand, consistent terminolo..

Modelling the benefits of habitat restoration in socio-ecological systems

Sacha Jellinek, Libby Rumpff, Don A Driscoll, Kirsten M Parris, Brendan A Wintle

2014-01-01

Decisions affecting the management of natural resources in agricultural landscapes are influenced by both social and ecological fa..

Practical solutions for making models indispensable in conservation decision-making

Prue FE Addison, Libby Rumpff, S Sana Bau, Janet M Carey, Yung En Chee, Frith C Jarrad, Marissa F McBride, Mark A Burgman

2013-05-01

Aim: Decision-making for conservation management often involves evaluating risks in the face of environmental uncertainty. Models ..