INTRODUCTION: Recent studies at sites in northern Australia have reported severe and
rapid decline of several native mammal species, notwithstanding an environmental context …

Long-term monitoring programs are fundamental to understanding the natural environment
and managing major environmental problems. Yet they are often done very poorly and …

One of the biggest considerations when designing a threatened species monitoring program
is deciding how to survey populations across space and time. Too little effort invested in …

Carbon markets afford potentially useful opportunities for supporting socially and
environmentally sustainable land management programs but, to date, have been little …

Understanding where species occur and how difficult they are to detect during surveys is
crucial for designing and evaluating monitoring programs, and has broader applications for …

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 …

Fire is an integral part of savanna ecology and changes in fire patterns are linked to
biodiversity loss in savannas worldwide. In Australia, changed fire regimes are implicated in …

An unprecedented rate of global environmental change is predicted for the next century. The
response to this change by ecosystems around the world is highly uncertain. To address this …

Northern Australian biomes hold high biodiversity values within largely intact vegetation
complexes, yet many species of mammals, and some other taxa, are endangered. Recently …

This chapter assesses monitoring activity for Australian mammal taxa of conservation
concern. This assessment largely focuses on 167 Australian terrestrial mammals, but also …