Theme 4.0

Theme 4.0

Reintroductions and refugia

Species close to extinction require special effort in the hope that new opportunities to deal with threats in the wild may emerge and increase their chances of survival.

Intensive management of threatened species involving zoos, fenced enclosures, nest boxes, translocation of individuals and quarantine from disease is expensive. Research is urgently needed to improve the cost-effectiveness of conservation interventions.

This theme will focus on: 

  • 4.1 Translocation, reintroduction and conservation fencing for threatened fauna 
  • 4.2 Saving species on Australian islands 
  • 4.3 Increased security of threatened plants through translocation 
  • 4.4 Improved management of refugia in the landscape
Projects
Translocation, reintroduction and conservation fencing for threatened fauna

Translocation, reintroduction and conservation fencing for threatened fauna

4.1
This project will research the most feasible and cost-effective translocation strategies to boost the size and long-term viability of wild populations. This will include improved planning for, and implementation of, translocations of mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs.
Reintroductions inside and outside fences in the ACT

Reintroductions inside and outside fences in the ACT

4.1.2
This project is learning from, and providing strategic and technical support to a number of reintroduction programs within the ACT. This includes examining the feasibility of reintroducing a number of additional species to areas surrounded by a feral-proof fence, and a “beyond-the-fence” trial release of eastern bettong.
Learning from mammal translocations

Learning from mammal translocations

4.1.3
Australian Wildlife Conservancy is undertaking a major project to re-establish populations of 10 regionally-extinct mammals, including nine threatened species, at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Australia. The reintroductions will integrate monitoring and research activities in order to improve the conduct of future reintroductions in Australia.
Assisted colonisation of Australia’s rarest reptile: The western swamp turtle

Assisted colonisation of Australia’s rarest reptile: The western swamp turtle

4.1.4.1
In a world first, this project is field-testing the viability of introducing one of Australia’s rarest reptiles, the Critically Endangered western swamp turtle, to wetlands more than 300km south of its native range, in an effort to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change.
Optimising the timing for assisting the colonisation of threatened montane frogs

Optimising the timing for assisting the colonisation of threatened montane frogs

4.1.4.2
In this project, we are developing optimisation models for two Endangered species (the northern corroboree frog, and Spencer’s tree frog) to determine the ideal timeframe for when each species could be relocated to suitable habitats that are currently outside their natural range.
Improving conservation outcomes for critically endangered white-bellied frogs

Improving conservation outcomes for critically endangered white-bellied frogs

4.1.4.3
The Critically Endangered white-bellied frog has undergone continued population declines, despite careful management. This project will target knowledge gaps around factors contributing to population declines, as well as better resolve the specific habitat and hydrological requirements of this species.
A decision tool for evaluating whether ex situ management is appropriate for a threatened species

A decision tool for evaluating whether ex situ management is appropriate for a threatened species

4.1.5
Ex situ management (e.g., captive breeding) can be used to increase the viability of a species in the wild by supplementing or creating wild populations. This research project will create an accessible decision tool to aid decision-making and planning for ex situ management of threatened species.
Can assisted gene flow increase the resilience of terrestrial-breeding frogs to a drying climate?

Can assisted gene flow increase the resilience of terrestrial-breeding frogs to a drying climate?

4.1.6.1
This project will investigate whether assisted gene flow could enhance the resilience of two species of non-threatened amphibians from the south-west of Australia to increasingly dry conditions.
Genetic management and population modelling of translocated fauna

Genetic management and population modelling of translocated fauna

4.1.6.2
This project focuses on the genetic management of mammals translocated as part of a major restoration project underway on Dirk Hartog Island that is led by Western Australia’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). Focal species include the Shark Bay bandicoot, the banded hare-wallaby and the dibbler.
Genetic rescue of mountain pygmy possums and eastern barred bandicoots: Understanding the genomic consequences of genetic rescue

Genetic rescue of mountain pygmy possums and eastern barred bandicoots: Understanding the genomic consequences of genetic rescue

4.1.6.3
Genetic rescue strategies are becoming more important in many threatened species conservation programs. However, an understanding of genomic consequences of a genetic rescue is currently lacking. In this project we will dissect the genomics of genetic rescue in two Australian threatened species, the mountain pygmy-possum and the Victorian eastern barred bandicoot.
Enhancing ecosystem function by reintroductions of digging mammals

Enhancing ecosystem function by reintroductions of digging mammals

4.1.7
Many of Australia’s threatened species, such as bettongs and bandicoots, are considered ecosystem engineers due to the important functional role they provide in landscapes. This project examines what happens to ecosystem processes at sites where digging mammals have been reintroduced.
Understanding genomic variation in the western ringtail possum for adaptive conservation

Understanding genomic variation in the western ringtail possum for adaptive conservation

4.1.8
The western ringtail possum is Critically Endangered. It faces numerous threats that have resulted in highly fragmented populations, including habitat loss, predation by introduced predators and climate change in the south-west of Australia.
Genetic analysis of the Norfolk Island morepork and green parrot

Genetic analysis of the Norfolk Island morepork and green parrot

4.1.9
The Norfolk Island morepork (or boobook), Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata, and the Norfolk Island green parrot, Cyanoramphus cookii, are both endemic to Norfolk Island and are listed as Endangered under the EPBC Act. Both are priority species under the Threatened Species Strategy and a priority for management by Norfolk Island National Park.
Re-establishing critical weight range mammals in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia: Reintroductions to a safe haven free of introduced predators

Re-establishing critical weight range mammals in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia: Reintroductions to a safe haven free of introduced predators

4.1.11
Introducing threatened mammals to feral predator-free safe havens (islands and fenced reserves) has made an important contribution to their conservation, and the establishment of additional safe havens is a key action of the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy.
Reintroduction plan to rescue the northern eastern bristlebird

Reintroduction plan to rescue the northern eastern bristlebird

4.1.12
The ecologically unique northern population of the eastern bristlebird is among the most threatened Australia birds. This project will develop an emergency action plan that will guide on-the-ground actions to stop the decline, increase the wild population and directly improve long-term persistence.
Saving species on Australian islands

Saving species on Australian islands

4.2
This project will help shape on-ground actions on Australian islands – which are havens for threatened species. It will develop information to more effectively protect Australia’s island biodiversity and create safe refuges for species at risk.
Creation and analysis of a national database of threatened species on Australian islands

Creation and analysis of a national database of threatened species on Australian islands

4.2.1
This project is establishing a national database of threatened species across all of Australia’s islands, which is helping fill these knowledge gaps, as well as beginning the process of understanding how to best conserve our island-based plants, animals and ecosystems.
Actions for saving threatened species on priority islands

Actions for saving threatened species on priority islands

4.2.2
Although islands are havens for biodiversity, more species extinctions have occurred on Australia’s islands than on its mainland. This project looked at case study islands, focusing on eradicating cats and managing other invasive species to improve threatened species conservation on Stradbroke Island, Maria Island and Bruny Island.
Optimising feral animal control to benefit threatened species on South East Queensland Islands

Optimising feral animal control to benefit threatened species on South East Queensland Islands

4.2.2.1
This research project aims to support invasive species (red fox, feral cat) eradication planning on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island). By gathering relevant local knowledge about eradication strategies, feasibility, community values and time preferences, the project will better inform management objectives.
Post-eradication monitoring on Macquarie Island

Post-eradication monitoring on Macquarie Island

4.2.3
Sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island has been the object of Australia’s most ambitious and expensive eradication program ending in 2014, with cats, rats, mice and rabbits eradicated. This project will examine different aspects of species and ecosystem recovery on the island following the eradication program
Norfolk Island threatened species conservation

Norfolk Island threatened species conservation

4.2.4
This research seeks to examine the mechanisms driving native plant recruitment, along with an assessment of flora–fauna interaction networks, particularly native plant interactions with invasive weeds, rats and chickens on Norfolk Island. It will identify and quantify key threats and barriers to recruitment of native plant species.
Protecting threatened quolls and other biodiversity on Kimberley islands from cane toads

Protecting threatened quolls and other biodiversity on Kimberley islands from cane toads

4.2.5
This research will use existing data to predict future invasion by cane toads of Australian islands, particularly the Kimberley islands. This information is important for prioritizing surveillance action on these islands in order to conserve toad-sensitive species such as the endangered Northern Quoll.
Threatened plant translocations

Threatened plant translocations

4.3
Translocations are being increasingly used in threatened plant recovery programs. The outcomes of past translocation programs have often been poorly documented or unpublished. This makes it hard to learn from the past experiences, to adapt and improve techniques in response to outcomes or to determine if investments have been worthwhile.
Identifying and managing refuges from threats

Identifying and managing refuges from threats

4.4
Refuges are important to many species, as they allow many species to survive environmentally stressful times, like droughts, fires and disease outbreaks. While fixed refuges like mountain tops can be easy to identify, many species rely on temporary refuges which move in time and space.
Threatened bird conservation in Murray-Darling Basin wetland and floodplain habitat

Threatened bird conservation in Murray-Darling Basin wetland and floodplain habitat

4.4.7
This project is designed to build a better understanding of how threatened bird species use the wetland and floodplain environments of the Murray–Darling Basin.
Mapping distributions, threats and opportunities to conserve the greater glider

Mapping distributions, threats and opportunities to conserve the greater glider

4.4.8
This project will inform landscape management actions and recovery planning for the greater glider across its whole range by mapping threats and opportunities for management, and improving predictions of species’ persistence and range changes.
Modelling distributions of species under environmental change

Modelling distributions of species under environmental change

4.4.10
This project informs and updates Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE)’s current practices for species distribution modelling under future climate change.
Using detection dog techniques to conserve Queensland’s Endangered montane species

Using detection dog techniques to conserve Queensland’s Endangered montane species

4.4.11
Three Endangered species survive only in tiny populations in small areas of particular mountain ranges in Queensland: two mammals ranked in the top 20 Australian mammals most likely to go extinct (the carnivorous marsupials black-tailed dusky antechinus,
A national approach to the integration of koala spatial data to inform conservation planning

A national approach to the integration of koala spatial data to inform conservation planning

4.4.12
The koala populations of New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory are listed as threatened under the EPBC Act. This project will work with these jurisdictions to ensure the national recovery plan for koalas aligns with state/territory strategies, plans and legislation, with the outcome of a coordinated and collaborative national approach to koala conservation.
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Theme Leader
Brendan Wintle
Prof Brendan Wintle
The University of Melbourne
Project Leaders
Adrian Manning
Adrian Manning
Australian National University
Andrew Baker
Andrew Baker
Queensland University of Technology
Andrew Weeks
Andrew Weeks
The University of Melbourne
Ary Hoffmann
Ary Hoffmann
The University of Melbourne
Brendan Wintle
Brendan Wintle
The University of Melbourne
Casey Visintin
Casey Visintin
University of Melbourne
Daniel White
Daniel White
University of Western Australia
David Coates
David Coates
WA State Gov - Department Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions
Diana Fisher
Diana Fisher
The University of Queensland
Eve McDonald-Madden
Eve McDonald-Madden
The University of Queensland
Hugh Possingham
Hugh Possingham
The University of Queensland, The Nature Conservancy
John Kanowski
John Kanowski
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Jonathan Rhodes
Jonathan Rhodes
Applied Ecologist - The University of Queensland
Justine Shaw
Justine Shaw
The University of Queensland
Kat Selwood
Kat Selwood
Zoos Victoria
Kym Ottewell
Kym Ottewell
WA Department of Parks and Wildlife
Martine Maron
Martine Maron
The University of Queensland
Michael Kearney
Michael Kearney
The University of Melbourne
Michael Smith
Michael Smith
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Natalie Briscoe
Natalie Briscoe
The University of Melbourne
Nicola Mitchell
Nicola Mitchell
The University of Western Australia
Richard J Hobbs
Richard J Hobbs
The University of Western Australia
Salit Kark
Salit Kark
The University of Queensland
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge
The University of Queensland and The Australian National University
Tabitha Rudin-Bitterli
Tabitha Rudin-Bitterli
The University of Western Australia
Tracy Rout
Tracy Rout
Senior Research Fellow - University of Queensland
Project Team
Adrian Gleiss
Adrian Gleiss
Murdoch University
Adrian Wayne
Adrian Wayne
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Alex Kutt
Alex Kutt
Bush Heritage Australia
Alexandra Bouma
Alexandra Bouma
The University of Western Australia
Alice Reaveley
Alice Reaveley
DBCA
Andrew Rogers
Andrew Rogers
Threatened Species Recovery Hub
Andrew Weeks
Andrew Weeks
The University of Melbourne
Anna Hopkins
Anna Hopkins
Edith Cowan University
April Reside
April Reside
The University of Queensland
Bec Campbell
Bec Campbell
UWA - Ecosystem Restoration and Intervention Ecology (ERIE)
Bec Dillon
Bec Dillon
Department of Parks & Wildlife/The University of Adelaide
Ben Scheele
Ben Scheele
The Australian National University
Brendan Wintle
Brendan Wintle
The University of Melbourne
Bryony Palmer
Bryony Palmer
UWA
Carolyn Hogg
Carolyn Hogg
The University of Sydney
Cathryn Ryan
Cathryn Ryan
UWA
Cathy Lambert
Cathy Lambert
Perth Zoo
Chantelle Jackson
Chantelle Jackson
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Cheryl Lohr
Cheryl Lohr
WA DBCA
Chris Pavey
Chris Pavey
CSIRO Land and Water
Christine Taylor
Christine Taylor
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Claire Runge
Claire Runge
Colleen Sims
Colleen Sims
Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Dale Nimmo
Dale Nimmo
Charles Sturt University
Daniel Bohorquez Fandino
Daniel Bohorquez Fandino
UWA
David Keith
David Keith
University of NSW
David Lindenmayer
David Lindenmayer
The Australian National University
David Roshier
David Roshier
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Deanne Cummins
Deanne Cummins
The University of Western Australia
Diana Fisher
Diana Fisher
The University of Queensland
Don Fletcher
Don Fletcher
ACT Government
Emily Belton
Emily Belton
Woodlands and Wetlands Trust - Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary
Emily Hoffmann
Emily Hoffmann
The University of Western Australia
Erin McCreless
Erin McCreless
The University of Queensland
Euan Ritchie
Euan Ritchie
Deakin University
Eve McDonald-Madden
Eve McDonald-Madden
The University of Queensland
Gabrielle Beca
Gabrielle Beca
UWA
Geoff Lundie-Jenkins
Geoff Lundie-Jenkins
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service
Gerald Kuchling
Gerald Kuchling
WA DBCA
Hannah Wauchope
Hannah Wauchope
Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
Harry Hines
Harry Hines
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Hernan Caceres
Hernan Caceres
The University of Queensland
Hugh Possingham
Hugh Possingham
The University of Queensland, The Nature Conservancy
Ian Gynther
Ian Gynther
Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Jack Nesbitt
Jack Nesbitt
Canines for Wildlife
James Todd
James Todd
DELWP
Jen Silcock
Jen Silcock
The University of Queensland
Jenny Newport
Jenny Newport
Australian National University
Jenny Pierson
Jenny Pierson
ACT Government, ACT Parks and Conservation Service
Jessica Guidotti
Jessica Guidotti
The University of Queensland
Jez Bird
Jez Bird
The University of Queensland
John Dwyer
John Dwyer
CSIRO
John Kanowski
John Kanowski
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy
John Woinarski
John Woinarski
Charles Darwin University
John Wright
John Wright
Parks Victoria
Jon Evans
Jon Evans
The University of Western Australia
Joslin Moore
Joslin Moore
Monash University
Katinka Ruthrof
Katinka Ruthrof
DBCA & Kings Park Science
Kym Ottewell
Kym Ottewell
WA Department of Parks and Wildlife
Lachlan Francis
Lachlan Francis
Arthur Rylah Institute, Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Leah Dann
Leah Dann
The University of Queensland
Leonie Monks
Leonie Monks
WA Department of Parks and Wildlife
Leonie Valentine
Leonie Valentine
The University of Western Australia
Lesley Gibson
Lesley Gibson
Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute
Liz Gould
Liz Gould
Healthy Land and Water
Lorna Hernandez-Santin
Lorna Hernandez-Santin
The University of Queensland
Lucy Commander
Lucy Commander
UWA
Lydia Guja
Lydia Guja
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Lynn Baker
Lynn Baker
Canines for Wildlife
Marc Freestone
Marc Freestone
ANU
Margaret Byrne
Margaret Byrne
WA Department of Parks and Wildlife
Matt Hipsey
Matt Hipsey
University of Western Australia
Matt McKinney
Matt McKinney
The University of Queensland
Matt West
Matt West
The University of Melbourne
Matthew Gentle
Matthew Gentle
Pest Animal Research Centre, Biosecurity Queensland, Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries
Matthew Webb
Matthew Webb
Melinda Wilson
Melinda Wilson
Norfolk Island National Park
Melinda Wilson (1)
Melinda Wilson (1)
Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden
Melissa Houghton
Melissa Houghton
The University of Queensland
Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison
Icon Water (ACT)
Michael Kearney
Michael Kearney
The University of Melbourne
Michael Smith
Michael Smith
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Michaela Plein
Michaela Plein
The University of Queensland
Michelle Waycott
Michelle Waycott
The University of Adelaide
Moshe Jasper
Moshe Jasper
The University of Melbourne
Nick Rodriguez
Nick Rodriguez
University of Western Australia
Nicola Mitchell
Nicola Mitchell
The University of Western Australia
Nicola Palmer
Nicola Palmer
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Nigel Swarts
Nigel Swarts
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, The University of Tasmania
Noam Levin
Noam Levin
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Noushka Reiter
Noushka Reiter
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Penny Olsen
Penny Olsen
Australian National University - Division of Ecology and Evolution
Peter Baxter
Peter Baxter
University of Queensland
Peter Copley
Peter Copley
SA Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Peter Vesk
Peter Vesk
The University of Melbourne
Rachael Collett
Rachael Collett
The University of Queensland
Reid Tingley
Reid Tingley
The University of Melbourne
Richard J Hobbs
Richard J Hobbs
The University of Western Australia
Rod Fensham
Rod Fensham
The University of Queensland, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
Romane Cristescu
Romane Cristescu
Detection Dogs for Conservation
Rowan Mott
Rowan Mott
Quantitative and Applied Ecology Group at The University of Melbourne
Rujiporn Thavornkanlapachai
Rujiporn Thavornkanlapachai
The University of Melbourne
Salit Kark
Salit Kark
The University of Queensland
Sarah Comer
Sarah Comer
Western Australia's Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge
The University of Queensland and The Australian National University
Saul Cowen
Saul Cowen
DBCA
Siobhan Paget
Siobhan Paget
University of Western Australia
Stephane Batista
Stephane Batista
Queensland University of Technology
Stephen Garnett
Stephen Garnett
Charles Darwin University
Steve Austin
Steve Austin
Steve Austin Canine Training and Behaviour
Stewart Macdonald
Stewart Macdonald
The University of Western Australia
Tabitha Rudin-Bitterli
Tabitha Rudin-Bitterli
The University of Western Australia
Tim Chaseling
Tim Chaseling
Icon Water
Tim Doherty
Tim Doherty
Deakin University
Timothy Portas
Timothy Portas
Toby Travers
Toby Travers
The University of Tasmania
Tony Auld
Tony Auld
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Tracey Regan
Tracey Regan
Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning in Victoria
Tracy Rout
Tracy Rout
Senior Research Fellow - University of Queensland
Zahra Aysia
Zahra Aysia
The University of Western Australia
Zoe Stone
Zoe Stone
The University of Queensland
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Journal articles
All the eggs in one basket: Are island refuges securing an endangered bird?
Findings factsheets
Aboriginal plant translocations: The intentional propagation and dispersal of plants in Aboriginal Australia - Factsheet
Findings factsheets
Australia’s World Heritage islands: Overview of natural values and threats
Findings factsheets
Post-eradication monitoring on Macquarie Island
Project scope factsheet
Shark Bay Bandicoot Management (Preliminary report subject to further sensitivity testing)
Reports
Protecting Australian mammals from introduced cats and foxes: Australia’s haven network
Findings factsheets
Understanding genomic variation in the western ringtail possum for adaptive conservation
Project scope factsheet
Restoring islands and identifying source populations for introductions
Journal articles
All the eggs in one basket: Are island refuges securing an endangered passerine?
Journal articles
Threatened plant translocation in Australia: A review
Findings factsheets
Genetic management and population modelling of translocated fauna
Project scope factsheet
Creation and analysis of a national database of threatened species on Australian islands
Project scope factsheet
Optimising feral animal control to benefit threatened species on South East Queensland Islands
Project scope factsheet
Norfolk Island threatened species conservation
Project scope factsheet
The ghosts of digging mammals past
Popular articles
Gimme shelter: Conserving hollow-nesting birds
Popular articles
Droughts, heatwaves, fires and floods
Popular articles
Persistence through tough times: Fixed and shifting refuges in threatened species conservation - Factsheet
Findings factsheets
Why do tiny frogs persist or perish on a tiny scale?
Popular articles
Norfolk Island's threatened flora
Popular articles
Using detection dog techniques to conserve Queensland’s Endangered montane species
Project scope factsheet
Movers and stayers: novel assemblages in changing environments
Journal articles
Enduring Quenda - persistence on the Swan Coastal Plain
Popular articles
Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity
Journal articles
A decision tool for evaluating whether ex-situ management is appropriate for a threatened species
Project scope factsheet
Protecting Australian mammals from introduced cats and foxes: The current status and future growth of predator-free havens
Reports
Prey productivity and predictability drive different axes of life-history variation in carnivorous marsupials
Journal articles
Degrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial non-volant mammal species to predation by the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes and feral cat Felis catus
Journal articles
Mapping distributions, threats and opportunities to conserve the greater glider
Project scope factsheet
Threats to Australia’s imperilled species and implications for a national response
Findings factsheets
Race against time for Endangered leek orchids
Popular articles
Plant Translocation - New guidelines a game changer
Popular articles
Getting strategic with havens
Popular articles
Threatened bird conservation in Murray-Darling Basin wetland and floodplain habitat
Project scope factsheet
Optimising the timing for assisting the colonisation of threatened montane frogs
Project scope factsheet
Guidelines for the translocation of threatened plants in Australia, Third Edition
Tools and guides Reports
Effectiveness of biodiversity offsets: An assessment of a controversial offset in Perth, Western Australia
Journal articles
Reintroduction plan to rescue the northern eastern bristlebird
Project scope factsheet
Ecology and predator associations of the northern quoll in the Pilbara
Reports
Assisted colonisation of Australia's rarest reptile: The western swamp turtle
Project scope factsheet
Threatened plant translocations
Project scope factsheet
Enhancing ecosystem function by reintroductions of digging mammals
Project scope factsheet
Protected areas for threatened species conservation: Are they enough?
Findings factsheets
Feral cat predation on Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) and observations of arboreal hunting at nest boxes
Journal articles
Estimating the benefit of well-managed protected areas for threatened species conservation
Journal articles
From genes to saving species
Popular articles
The what, where and how of refuges for threatened animals
Popular articles
Demographic evaluation of translocating the threatened northern quoll to two Australian islands
Journal articles
Identifying and managing refuges from threats
Project scope factsheet
Surface reflectance drives nest box temperature profiles and thermal suitability for target wildlife
Journal articles
Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced predators
Journal articles
The turtle, the fox and the bandicoot - One problem solved another created
Popular articles
Australia's mammal fauna requires a strategic and enhanced network of predator-free havens
Journal articles
Enhancing island conservation outcomes: the policy and legal context, need, and options.
Book chapters
Australia's World Heritage Islands
Book chapters
Australian islands as arks for biodiversity
Book chapters
Protecting threatened quolls and other biodiversity on Kimberley islands from cane toads
Project scope factsheet
Improving conservation outcomes for critically endangered white-bellied frogs Project Summary
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Western sanctuary - Learning from translocations
Popular articles
Watching an island transform - Monitoring Macquarie Island after a massive intervention
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Sustaining Life
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Mammals on 'arks'
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Keeping tabs on Plants going places in Australia
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Can assisted gene flow increase the resilience of terrestrial-breeding frogs to a drying climate?
Project scope factsheet
Learning from mammal translocations
Project scope factsheet
Comparing the thermal suitability of nest-boxes and tree-hollows for the conservation-management of arboreal marsupials
Journal articles
Modelling species responses to extreme weather provides new insights into constraints on range and likely climate change impacts for Australian mammals.
Journal articles
Reintroductions inside and outside fences in the ACT
Project scope factsheet
The northern quoll in the Pilbara
Findings factsheets
Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic
Journal articles
The ‘Goldilocks Zone’ of predation: the level of fox control needed to select predator resistance in a reintroduced mammal in Australia
Journal articles
Low desiccation and thermal tolerance constrains a terrestrial amphibian to a rare and disappearing microclimate niche
Journal articles
Burrowing by translocated boodie (Bettongia lesueur) populations alters soils but has limited effects on vegetation
Journal articles
Using DNA metabarcoding to detect burrowing seabirds in a remote landscape
Journal articles
Bottom-up effect of eradications: The unintended consequences for top-order predators when eradicating invasive prey
Journal articles
A rocky heart in a spinifex sea: occurrence of an endangered marsupial predator is multiscale dependent in naturally fragmented landscapes
Journal articles
Variation in fur properties may explain differences in heat-related mortality among Australian flying-foxes
Journal articles
Mapping distributions, threats and opportunities to conserve the greater glider by integrating biophysical and spatially-explicit population models
Reports
Genetic and mating system assessment of translocation success of the long-lived perennial shrub Lambertia orbifolia (Proteaceae)
Journal articles
Threatened plant translocation in Australia: A review - Journal
Journal articles
Evaluating persistence in threatened plant translocations: Genetic diversity and mating systems as measures of success
Findings factsheets
A decision tool for evaluating whether ex-situ management is appropriate for a threatened species Report
Reports
PACES Tool - Mahogany glider Excel workbook
Tools and guides Reports
Trialling camera traps to determine occupancy and breeding in burrowing seabirds
Journal articles
Wild-born versus captive-bred: a comparison of survival and refuge selection by translocated numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
Journal articles
The ecosystem effects of burrowing by translocated boodies
Findings factsheets
Large-scale refuge and small-scale rocky refuges for Australian biodiversity
Findings factsheets
Predicting heat stress of flying-foxes using a biophysical model
Findings factsheets
The conservation ecology of burrowing petrels on Macquarie Island
Thesis
New evidence of seed dispersal identified in Australian mammals
Journal articles
Invertebrate monitoring as measure of ecosystem change
Thesis
Adaptive potential of terrestrial-breeding amphibians in a drying climate
Thesis
Assisted migration of the Western Swamp Turtle (Pseudemydura umbrina): Using eco-energetics to Inform translocation decisions under climate change
Thesis
Uncertainty in population estimates: A meta-analysis for petrels
Journal articles
Ecosystem roles and conservation status of bioturbator mammals
Journal articles
Fitness consequences of targeted gene flow to counter impacts of drying climates on terrestrial-breeding frogs
Journal articles
Determining the Goldilocks Zone to allow threatened small mammal populations to survive outside fenced reserves on mainland Australia: An experimental trial reintroduction of eastern bettongs
Findings factsheets
Invasive flatworms on Macquarie Island: Information paper
Reports
Understanding mycorrhizal fungi to propagate Australia’s imperilled leek orchids
Findings factsheets
Island occurrences of Threatened Australian species
Data
Genetic management and population modelling to benefit translocated mammals
Findings factsheets
New guidelines for the translocation of threatened plants in Australia
Findings factsheets
Conservation ecology of Sharman’s rock-wallaby (Petrogale sharmani)
Thesis
Breeding phenology of a terrestrial-breeding frog is associated with soil water potential: Implications for conservation in a changing climate
Journal articles
Climate and behaviour influence thermal suitability of artificial hollows for a critically endangered mammal
Journal articles
Optimising the timing for assisting the colonisation of montane frogs threatened by climate change
Findings factsheets
A guide to propagating Norfolk Island’s native plants and seeds
Tools and guides
When do we move montane frogs to prevent climate change induced extinction?
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