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

考拉已被确认为世界上受环境变化影响的旗舰物种之一。与新南威尔士州考拉数量普遍下降形成对比的是，为了对抗盐碱化，冈内达种植的桉树导致考拉数量增加。然而，2009年干旱期间，贡尼达考拉(占人口的25%)在热浪中的死亡率高得惊人，这一点必须得到理解。密集的土地变更也带来了新的威胁。该项目旨在通过对景观生态学、树叶化学、疾病流行病学和考拉迁徙的研究，确定环境变化对考拉种群的影响。这旨在为树栖动物带来更好的管理决策。

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.