New metrics to measure and track fauna community condition in Australia

衡量和跟踪澳大利亚动物群落状况的新指标

• 批准号: LP230100179
• 负责人: Prof Martine Maron
• 金额: $ 45.3万
• 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: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP230100179
• 关键词: New; metrics; measure; track; fauna

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.

该项目旨在改进生物多样性的测量方法，开发一个系统来描述动物群落的状况，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。该项目预计将开发一个数据驱动的鸟类群落类型学，伴随着从现场到国家层面可扩展的社区条件指标，以及在实践中使用这些指标的指导。这些指标将有助于对遗址的生物多样性价值进行全面和相关的衡量，改善对恢复行动的评估，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。