A stitch in time: evidence-based strategy to keep platypus from extinction

及时缝合：防止鸭嘴兽灭绝的基于证据的策略

• 批准号: LP150100093
• 负责人: Prof Richard Kingsford
• 金额: $ 30.83万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-03-02 至 2019-05-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP150100093
• 关键词: stitch; time; evidence; based; strategy

This project aims to assess the status of the iconic platypus, identified as ‘near-threatened’ in 2014. The project’s multidisciplinary approach plans to compare regulated and unregulated rivers to investigate metapopulation structure (via physical and genetic tagging), current condition and future adaptability of the species, as well as other threats and habitat quality. The project also links vulnerability of platypus populations to conservation actions that reduce extinction risk, through rigorous decision analyses. It is anticipated that the project will deliver implementable conservation actions at relevant scales.

该项目旨在评估标志性鸭嘴兽的状况，该鸭嘴兽在2014年被确定为“濒临威胁”。该项目的多学科方法计划比较受管制和未受管制的河流，以调查集合种群结构(通过物理和遗传标记)、物种的当前状况和未来适应性，以及其他威胁和栖息地质量。该项目还通过严格的决策分析，将鸭嘴兽种群的脆弱性与减少灭绝风险的保护行动联系起来。预计该项目将在相关规模上提供可实施的保护行动。