Journal article
Counting plants: The extent and adequacy of monitoring for a continental-scale list of threatened plant species
T Lavery, D Lindenmayer, W Blanchard, A Carey, E Cook, P Copley, NA Macgregor, R Melzer, C Nano, L Prentice, BC Scheele, S Sinclair, D Southwell, S Stuart, M Wilson, J Woinarski
Biological Conservation | Elsevier | Published : 2021
Abstract
Monitoring of threatened species is a critical part of conserving biodiversity. It is needed to understand population trajectories, threatening processes, and the type and effectiveness of management responses needed to ensure persistence and recovery. Characteristics of some plant species (e.g. immobility) should render them amenable to monitoring, whereas other characteristics (e.g. ephemeral life histories) will make plant monitoring challenging. We evaluated monitoring adequacy and extent for a large sample (839 taxa) of Australia's threatened plants (1336 taxa) and compared this assessment with a similar evaluation for threatened vertebrates. We found 37.2% of threatened plants are moni..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The preparation of this paper was supported by the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program (Threatened Species Recovery Hub). We acknowledge the many botanists and conservation managers who contribute to monitoring of threatened plants in Australia. In particular, thank you to M. Duncan, A. Grigg, T. Jury, J. Mehrtens, A. Moorrees, S. Novello, M. Perri, S. Smith and R. Thomas for providing or coordinating the provision of data related to the monitoring of Australia's threatened plants. Thank you also to P. Latch for helpful comments on a draft manuscript.