Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The science of understanding landscape change: setting the scene for the Tumut Fragmentation Study
- 2 The theory: an overview of landscape change and habitat fragmentation
- 3 The field laboratory: the Tumut study area and the vertebrate animals it supports
- 4 Setting up the study: the design and implementation of the main cross-sectional study at Tumut
- 5 The core findings: the effects of landscape context on animals and plants
- 6 Patch use: how animals use patches of remnant eucalypt forest surrounded by pine
- 7 Theory against data: testing ecological theories and concepts
- 8 Testing PVA models with real data: melding demographic work with population modelling
- 9 Genes in the landscape: integrating genetic and demographic analyses
- 10 Refining and extending the research programme: additional studies at Tumut (and nearby) that build on the Fragmentation Study
- 11 Recommendations for plantation managers: implications for biodiversity and conservation in plantations
- 12 Lessons on running large-scale research studies: some insights from running the Tumut Fragmentation Study and directions for the future
- Appendix 1 List of collaborators/contributors to the Tumut Fragmentation Experiment
- Appendix 2 Detections of bird species in the Tumut Fragmentation Study classified by four broad classes of sites
- References
- Index
Appendix 1 - List of collaborators/contributors to the Tumut Fragmentation Experiment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The science of understanding landscape change: setting the scene for the Tumut Fragmentation Study
- 2 The theory: an overview of landscape change and habitat fragmentation
- 3 The field laboratory: the Tumut study area and the vertebrate animals it supports
- 4 Setting up the study: the design and implementation of the main cross-sectional study at Tumut
- 5 The core findings: the effects of landscape context on animals and plants
- 6 Patch use: how animals use patches of remnant eucalypt forest surrounded by pine
- 7 Theory against data: testing ecological theories and concepts
- 8 Testing PVA models with real data: melding demographic work with population modelling
- 9 Genes in the landscape: integrating genetic and demographic analyses
- 10 Refining and extending the research programme: additional studies at Tumut (and nearby) that build on the Fragmentation Study
- 11 Recommendations for plantation managers: implications for biodiversity and conservation in plantations
- 12 Lessons on running large-scale research studies: some insights from running the Tumut Fragmentation Study and directions for the future
- Appendix 1 List of collaborators/contributors to the Tumut Fragmentation Experiment
- Appendix 2 Detections of bird species in the Tumut Fragmentation Study classified by four broad classes of sites
- References
- Index
Summary
Principal Investigators
Professor David Lindenmayer (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Adjunct Professor Ross Cunningham (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Field Research Staff
Mr Mason Crane (2000 onwards) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Mr Ryan Incoll (1996–2000) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Mr Chris MacGregor (1997 onwards) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Mr Lachlan McBurney (2006 onwards) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Mr Damian Michael (2002 onwards) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Dr Rebecca Montague-Drake (2006 onwards) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Mr Matthew Pope (1995–1998) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Mr David Rawlins (2003) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Mr Craig Tribolet (1998–2000) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Scientific Investigators and collaborators (alphabetical order)
Dr Sam Banks (Ecologist and Geneticist) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Dr Andrew Claridge (Ecologist) (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Queanbeyan, NSW).
Ms Christine Donnelly (Data Analyst) (Statistical Consulting Unit, The Australian National University, Canberra).
Dr Don Driscoll (Ecologist) (Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra).
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- Large-Scale Landscape ExperimentsLessons from Tumut, pp. 241 - 244Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009