Innovative enhancement and management of threatened temperate woodlands for improved biodiversity conservation

我们将测试一个广泛的问题：林地管理是否影响林地生物群？如果是，哪些群体以什么方式影响？为了回答这个问题，我们将量化主要林地处理(规定的火、木材添加、放牧控制)对动物的影响。我们将实施一项长期、大规模的“自然实验”，以提供关键数据，分析不同管理制度对林地生物群的同步影响。一个关键成果将是更好地了解林地生物群对管理的反应，这对澳大利亚东南部农村地区的放牧财产、保护区、旅行牲畜路线至关重要。考虑到温带林地是澳大利亚最受威胁的植被类型之一，这将是向前迈出的重要一步。

We will test the broad question: Does woodland management affect woodland biota, and if so, which groups and in what ways? To answer this, we will quantify the effects of major woodland treatments (prescribed fire, timber addition, grazing control) on animals. We will implement a long-term, large-scale 'natural experiment' to provide critical data & analyses on the simultaneous effects of management regimes on woodland biota. A key outcome will be an improved understanding of woodland biota response to management critical for use on grazing properties, reserves, travelling stock routes in rural south-eastern Australia. This will be a major step forward given that temperate woodlands are among Australia's most threatened vegetation types.