Adaptive Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems

Grant number: LP120100490 | Funding period: 2012 - 2015

Completed

Abstract

Australia’s arid zones contain some of the world’s most threatened ecosystems. Management must begin immediately, but our understanding of these fragile species and ecosystems is currently very limited. This project will develop and apply new research in Adaptive Management (“learning by doing”) to ensure the persistence of these rare places.

Related publications (3)

Adaptive management informs conservation and monitoring of Australia's threatened malleefowl

CE Hauser, D Southwell, JJ Lahoz-Monfort, L Rumpff, J Benshemesh, T Burnard, R van Hespen, J Wright, B Wintle, M Bode

2019-05-01

Monitoring is an essential component of adaptive management, and a carefully designed program is needed to ensure high-quality dat..

Designing a camera trap monitoring program to measure efficacy of invasive predator management

R Van Hespen, CE Hauser, J Benshemesh, L Rumpff, JJL Monfort

2019-01-01

Context: Evaluating predator management efficacy is difficult, especially when resources are limited. Carefully designing monitori..

Revealing beliefs: using ensemble ecosystem modelling to extrapolate expert beliefs to novel ecological scenarios

M Bode, CM Baker, J Benshemesh, T Burnard, L Rumpff, CE Hauser, JJ Lahoz-Monfort, BA Wintle

2017-08-01

Ecosystem-based management requires predictive models of ecosystem dynamics. There are typically insufficient empirical data avail..

University of Melbourne Researchers

Brendan Wintle

Libby Rumpff