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List of contributors |
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Making It Count |
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Key Features Of Effective Monitoring of Threatened Biodiversity |
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Improving Monitoring For Threatened Biodiversity |
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Section 1: Monitoring extent and adequacy |
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Chapter 2 A framework for evaluating the adequacy of monitoring programs for threatened species |
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A Framework For Assessing Monitoring Adequacy |
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Chapter 3 The extent and adequacy of monitoring for Australian threatened mammal species |
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Monitoring Of Australian Marine Mammals |
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Monitoring Of Extinctions In Australian Mammals |
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Monitoring Of Australian Terrestrial Mammals: An Assessment |
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Chapter 4 The extent and adequacy of monitoring for Australian threatened bird species |
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Chapter 5 The extent and adequacy of monitoring for Australian threatened frog species |
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Chapter 6 The extent and adequacy of monitoring for Australian threatened reptile species |
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Assessment Of Monitoring Of Threatened Reptiles |
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Chapter 7 The extent and adequacy of monitoring for Australian threatened freshwater fish species |
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Chapter 8 Monitoring threatened ecosystems and ecological communities |
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What Motivates Monitoring? |
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How Much Monitoring Activity Occurs and Who Carries It Out? |
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Chapter 9 Summary: monitoring extent and adequacy for threatened biodiversity |
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Section 2: The value of monitoring |
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Chapter 10 The value of assessing species recovery: towards a national framework |
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Challenges In Assessing The Effectiveness Of the Policy Response |
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Towards A More Strategic Monitoring Response |
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Chapter 11 Shorebird monitoring in Australia: a successful long-term collaboration among citizen scientists, governments and researchers |
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Origins Of Shorebird Monitoring In Australia |
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Dimension Of Shorebird Monitoring |
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Discoveries, Policy Development and On-Ground Actions For Shorebird Conservation From Monitoring Efforts |
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Successes, Challenges and Lessons For The Future |
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Chapter 12 A tale of threatened frogs: demonstrating the value of long-term monitoring |
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Case Studies Of Long-Term Threatened Frog Monitoring |
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Case Studies Of Species With Limited Or No Monitoring |
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Benefits Of Long-Term Monitoring |
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What Factors Have Enabled Long-Term Monitoring? |
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Chapter 13 Insights From Multi-Species Mammal Monitoring Programs In The Upper Warren, Western Australia |
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Multiple Benefits Of Long-Term Monitoring |
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Using Multiple Methods and Monitoring Many Species |
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Beyond Monitoring-Making A Difference |
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Chapter 14 The Multiple Benefits Of Monitoring Threatened Species: Leadbeater&aposs Possum As A Case Study |
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The Multiple Benefits Of Threatened Species Monitoring |
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Chapter 15 Summary: The Value Of Monitoring Threatened Biodiversity |
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Section 3: Monitoring Frameworks |
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Chapter 16 Why, What, How Much, And Is It Worth It? Questions To Answer Before Spending A Penny On Monitoring |
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Trading-Off Monitoring Objectives |
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What To Monitor-Threats Or Species? |
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Which Species To Monitor? |
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What Could Be Achieved By An Extra Dollar Spent On Monitoring? |
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Chapter 17 Saving our Species: a cost-effective, large-scale monitoring and evaluation program for threatened species |
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Closing The Loop: Informing Decision Making |
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Chapter 18 Designing a monitoring framework for Australian Wildlife Conservancy, a national conservation organisation |
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AWC&aposs Monitoring Framework |
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Chapter 19 Parks Australia monitoring for threatened species |
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Monitoring Considerations |
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Parks Australia Threatened Species Monitoring Programs |
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Section 4: Monitoring program design |
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Chapter 20 Optimising broad-scale monitoring for trend detection: review and re-design of a long-term program in northern Australia |
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Chapter 21 Determining trends in irruptive desert species |
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Chapter 22 The challenge of monitoring coastal marine mammals |
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Case Study 1: Aerial Surveys For Duogongs In Torres Strait |
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Case Study 2: Mark-Recapture Techniques For Coastal Dolphins Based On Natural Marks |
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Chapter 23 The technology revolution: improving species detection and monitoring using new tools and statistical methods |
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Monitoring Arboreal Mammals Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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Chapter 24 Summary: monitoring frameworks and monitoring program design for threatened biodiversity |
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Section 5: Community Participation |
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Chapter 25 Threatened species monitoring on Aboriginal land: finding the common ground between Kuka, Jukurrpa, Ranger work and science |
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Case Study 1: Monitoring Of The Greater Bilby Macrotis Iagotis |
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Case Study 2: Monitoring The Slater&aposs Skink Liopholis Slateri |
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Chapter 26 Involving volunteers in threatened plant monitoring in South Australia: the best laid plans of plants and men |
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Engaging With Volunteers In South Australia |
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South Australian Volunteer Organisations |
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Chapter 27 Community involvement in monitoring threatened species: a WWF perspective |
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Case Study 1: Northern Bettongs and Community Participation |
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Case Study 2: Rock-Wallabies and Indigenous Engagement |
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Chapter 28 What makes a successful citizen science program? |
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Chapter 29 Summary: community participation in monitoring for threatened biodiversity |
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Section 6: Monitoring and adaptive management |
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Chapter 30 Recovery of the red-finned blue-eye: informing action in the absence of controls and replication |
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Case Study: Red-Finned Blue-Eye At Edgebaston Reserve Queensland |
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Monitoring To Inform Adaptive Management |
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Chapter 31 The National Malleefowl Monitoring Effort: Citizen Scientists, Databases And Adaptive Management |
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Adaptive Management Of Malleefowl |
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Chapter 32 Difficulties in fitting an adaptive management approach to threatened species monitoring |
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Case Study-Adaptive Management Of The Mountain Ash Ecosystem |
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Chapter 33 Summary: monitoring and adaptive management of threatened biodiversity |
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Section 7: Bringing it all together |
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Chapter 34 Organisational perspectives on threatened species monitoring |
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Chapter 35 Essential principles to guide monitoring of threatened biodiversity |
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Essential Principles For Making The Monitoring Of Threatened Biodiversity Count |
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