New metrics to measure and track fauna community condition in Australia

该项目旨在通过开发一种描述动物群落状况的系统来改进生物多样性的测量方法，类似于用于植物群落的系统。它为澳大利亚的鸟类开发和测试了该系统，然后将该方法扩展到其他动物群体。该项目希望开发一种由数据驱动的鸟类群落类型学，伴随着可从地点扩展到国家层面的群落状况指标，并为在实践中使用这些指标提供指导。这些衡量标准将能够全面和相关地衡量遗址的生物多样性价值，改进对恢复行动的评估，揭示社区状况的趋势，并为新兴生物多样性市场的监测和评估工具提供信息。

This project aims to improve how biodiversity is measured by developing a system to describe the condition of animal communities, analogous to those used for plant communities. It develops and tests the system for Australia’s birds, then extends the approach to other animal groups. The project expects to develop a data-driven typology of bird communities, accompanying community condition metrics that are scalable from site to national levels, and guidance for using these metrics in practice. These metrics will enable holistic and relevant measures of the biodiversity value of sites, improve evaluation of restoration actions, reveal trends in community condition, and inform monitoring and evaluation tools for emerging biodiversity markets.