Integrating plant‐and animal‐based perspectives for more effective restoration of biodiversity

C McAlpine, CP Catterall, RM Nally… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration of modified and degraded landscapes is an important challenge for
the 21st century, with potential for major gains in the recovery of biodiversity. However, there …

Improving restoration programs through greater connection with ecological theory and better monitoring

D Lindenmayer - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Millions of hectares of land worldwide is in urgent need of restoration. However, many past
landscape and ecosystem restoration efforts are likely to have been less than effective …

Protecting and constructing ecological corridors for biodiversity conservation: A framework that integrates landscape similarity assessment

G Ding, D Yi, J Yi, J Guo, M Ou, W Ou, Y Tao… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological corridors are crucial for preserving biodiversity in human-impacted areas, but
previous work has focused on landscape connectivity rather than ensuring that connected …

The value of scattered trees for wildlife: Contrasting effects of landscape context and tree size

DS Le Roux, K Ikin, DB Lindenmayer… - Diversity and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The biodiversity value of scattered trees in modified landscapes is often overlooked in
planning and conservation decisions. We conducted a multitaxa study to determine how …

Outcomes from 10 years of biodiversity offsetting

P Gibbons, A Macintosh, AL Constable… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We quantified net changes to the area and quality of native vegetation after the introduction
of biodiversity offsetting in New South Wales, Australia—a policy intended to “prevent broad …

Single large or several small? Applying biogeographic principles to tree-level conservation and biodiversity offsets

DS Le Roux, K Ikin, DB Lindenmayer, AD Manning… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Land development contributes to the clearance of large trees that are sometimes offset with
many smaller trees as compensatory wildlife habitat. But are many smaller trees a valid …

Contemplating the future: acting now on long‐term monitoring to answer 2050's questions

DB Lindenmayer, EL Burns, P Tennant… - Austral …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In 2050, which aspects of ecosystem change will we regret not having measured? Long‐
term monitoring plays a crucial part in managing A ustralia's natural environment because …

A Bayesian method for assessing multi-scale species-habitat relationships

EF Stuber, LF Gruber, JJ Fontaine - Landscape Ecology, 2017 - Springer
Context Scientists face several theoretical and methodological challenges in appropriately
describing fundamental wildlife-habitat relationships in models. The spatial scales of habitat …

Declining but not (yet) threatened: a challenge for avian conservation in Australia

AF Bennett, A Haslem, ST Garnett, RH Loyn… - Emu-Austral …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Threatened species receive much attention in conservation science and practice. Species
currently declining, but not yet listed as threatened, also deserve consideration to reduce …

Creating past habitat maps to quantify local extirpation of Australian threatened birds

M Ward, JEM Watson, HP Possingham… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Habitat loss is driving the extirpation of fauna across Earth. Many species are now absent
from vast areas where they once occurred in inhabited continents, yet we do not have a …