Identifying and creating essential habitat for rare Australian intertidal molluscs

识别和创造澳大利亚稀有潮间带软体动物的重要栖息地

• 批准号: DP0665743
• 负责人: Prof Maura Chapman
• 金额: $ 9.63万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2006-02-27 至 2008-09-01
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0665743
• 关键词: Identifying; creating; essential; habitat; rare

Coastal development in Australia causes major changes to natural habitats. Obligations to conserve biodiversity are impossible without reliable information about how animals respond to habitat and how best to restore damaged habitat. Current management treats habitats as large-scale units and ignores fine-scale use of habitat by animals. This project will provide essential understanding to guide policy about coastal conservation, by providing ecologically realistic understanding of associations between rare invertebrates and habitat. New protocols to measure these associations and success of restoration, will be applicable to any rare species in any complex habitat, increasing present capabilities for conservation.

澳大利亚的沿海发展导致自然栖息地发生重大变化。如果没有关于动物如何对栖息地作出反应以及如何最好地恢复受损栖息地的可靠信息，就不可能履行保护生物多样性的义务。目前的管理将栖息地视为大规模的单位，忽视了动物对栖息地的精细利用。该项目将通过提供对稀有无脊椎动物与栖息地之间关系的生态现实理解，为指导沿海保护政策提供必要的理解。衡量这些关联和恢复成功的新协议将适用于任何复杂栖息地中的任何稀有物种，从而提高目前的保护能力。