Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100580

Funded Activity Summary

Reversing the loss of Leadbeater’s Possum habitat: An integrated stand- and landscape-scale approach to accelerating habitat development. Rapid loss of habitat threatens the Leadbeater's possum with extinction before the end of this century. This project aims to develop a range of stand-scale silvicultural prescriptions to accelerate the development of the key features of Leadbeater's possum habitat: large, hollow-bearing trees and a relatively dense Acacia mid-storey. These aim to then inform landscape-scale management planning scenarios developed in conjunction with the Partner Organisations, DEPI and VicForests, to identify spatially and temporally explicit strategies for modifying forest management practices in the key areas of Leadbeater's possum habitat. The outcome aims to be an empirically based landscape-scale management plan to maximise the long-term viability of Leadbeater's possum.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 25-02-2015

End Date: 30-06-2018

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $415,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Environmental Science and Management | Forestry Management and Environment | Conservation and Biodiversity |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Environmental Science and Management | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Forestry Management and Environment | Terrestrial Ecology

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