Journal article
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
Biological Conservation | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Monitoring is an essential component of adaptive management, and a carefully designed program is needed to ensure high-quality data and inferences over realistic time scales. Co-operation among agencies and incorporating citizen science may help enhance learning while reducing the financial costs of monitoring. We seek to realise this potential while conserving the Australian malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata). An established network of citizen scientists provide low-cost, sustainable annual monitoring data, yet the most effective actions for conserving malleefowl remain highly uncertain. The continent-wide species' distribution presents significant challenges, including multiple environmental str..
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Awarded by Parks Victoria
Funding Acknowledgements
This research project has been funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage grant (LP120100490) in partnership with Parks Victoria, the Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group and Iluka Resources Ltd., and received additional support from the Department of the Environment and Energy, Australian Government through the National Environmental Research Program Environmental Decisions Hub and the National Environmental Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub. We are grateful for the ongoing support of the National Malleefowl Recovery Team, the knowledge shared by experts in our elicitation workshops and the enthusiasm of the broader malleefowl conservation community.