The conservation of widely distributed species: implications of differences between western and eastern koala populations

广泛分布物种的保护：西方和东方考拉种群差异的影响

• 批准号: LP0882090
• 负责人: Em/Prof Clive McAlpine
• 金额: $ 33.36万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-06-17 至 2011-06-16
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0882090
• 关键词: conservation; widely; distributed; species; implications

Koalas are an iconic species in Australia, generating $2.5 billion in tourist income alone. This project will be a first to test cross-regional variations in koala-habitat relationships, with implications for conservation of other species occupying broad geographical ranges. It will also predict the effect of future climate change on western koala populations living at the margin of their ecological tolerances. It will provide regional natural resource management bodies and state conservation agencies with a sound ecological framework to conserve western koalas in the long term. Regional communities will benefit from involvement by incorporating new conservation knowledge into sub-catchment and property management planning.

考拉是澳大利亚的标志性物种，仅旅游收入就达 25 亿澳元。 该项目将是第一个测试考拉与栖息地关系的跨区域变化的项目，这对保护占据广泛地理范围的其他物种具有影响。它还将预测未来气候变化对生活在生态耐受力边缘的西方考拉种群的影响。它将为区域自然资源管理机构和国家保护机构提供良好的生态框架，以长期保护西部考拉。 通过将新的保护知识纳入子流域和财产管理规划中，区域社区将从参与中受益。