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NESP RL Project 5.5 - Enhancing climate resilience of vertebrate communities in the Fitz-Stirlings

Dates

Start Date
01-Jan-2025
End Date
30-Jun-2027

Titles

Title
NESP RL Project 5.5 - Enhancing climate resilience of vertebrate communities in the Fitz-Stirlings
Title Type
Primary
Title Type:
Primary
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Start Date
01-Jan-2025
End Date
30-Jun-2027
Language
English

Descriptions

Description

Climate change and habitat loss pose significant threats to the fauna of Western Australia's southwest, a region recognized as a globally important biodiversity hotspot. Over recent decades, rising temperatures and decreasing rainfall, compounded by habitat loss, have led to numerous local extinctions. As climate change and habitat fragmentation continue to intensify, the risk of further extinctions grows. To address these challenges, conservation landscape corridors have been proposed as an important solution. These corridors aim to enhance species dispersal by facilitating gene flow between fragmented fauna populations, thereby increasing their access to larger habitats and improving their resilience to climate change by boosting their adaptive capacity. However, ensuring these corridors achieve maximum effectiveness requires a strong understanding of where they are likely to be best positioned within the landscape, as well as the minimum habitat requirements for them to be effective for the species they are intended to support. Our research aims to enhance our understanding of the effectiveness of existing landscape corridors within the megadiverse Fitz-Stirling region by conducting intensive surveys across multiple tenure types to inform habitat suitability models for a suite of target threatened species including chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii), quokka (Setonix brachyurus), dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis), and malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata). Additionally, using reptiles as a surrogate for broader small vertebrate communities, we will use genetic data to map dispersal resistance across the broader landscape to identify optimal areas for future restoration. The combination of these approaches will allow us to determine how well current corridors facilitate species movement and gene flow while also guiding the strategic placement of new corridors and restoration efforts to maximize their impact on biodiversity conservation.

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Contributors

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9035-5937
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Yes
Contact
Yes
Positions
Position
Principal or Chief Investigator
Position:
Principal or Chief Investigator
Principal investigator refers to the person(s) in charge of a research project
Start Date
01-Jan-2025
End Date
30-Jun-2027
Roles
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Contributor
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Yes
Contact
Yes
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Position
Principal or Chief Investigator
Position:
Principal or Chief Investigator
Principal investigator refers to the person(s) in charge of a research project
Start Date
01-Jan-2025
End Date
30-Jun-2027
Roles
No Entries

Organisations

Organisation ID
https://ror.org/04sjbnx57
Roles
Role
Lead Research Organisation
Role:
Lead Research Organisation
The research organistion administratively responsible for the project; administering organisation
Start Date
2025-01-01
End Date
2027-06-30

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Title
Resilient Landscapes Hub (10.71821/ffc970c8)
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Access

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Open Access
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Open Access
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