Rehabilitating a changing landscape: using the latest advances in koala ecology to direct adaptive management

考拉已被确定为世界上遭受环境变化的旗舰物种之一。与新南威尔士州考拉数量的普遍下降相反，在冈尼达种植桉树以对抗盐度导致考拉数量增加。然而，必须了解2009年干旱期间冈尼达考拉在热浪中惊人的高死亡率（占种群总数的25%）。密集的土地改造也带来了新的威胁。该项目旨在通过研究景观生态学、树叶化学、疾病流行病学和考拉运动来确定环境变化对考拉数量的影响。这一研究旨在为树栖动物提供更好的管理决策。

The koala has been identified as one of the world's flagship species suffering from environmental change. In contrast to the decline of koalas in New South Wales generally, the eucalypts planted in Gunnedah to combat salinity led to an increase in koalas. However, the startlingly high death rate of Gunnedah koalas (25 per cent of the population) in the heatwave during the drought in 2009 must be understood. There are also new threats brought about by intensive land modification. This project aims to determine the effects of environmental change on the koala population through a study of landscape ecology, leaf chemistry, disease epidemiology and koala movements. This aims to lead to better management decisions for arboreal fauna.