The challenge of managing multiple species at multiple scales: reptiles in an Australian grazing landscape

Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Standard

The challenge of managing multiple species at multiple scales: reptiles in an Australian grazing landscape. / Fischer, Jörn; Lindenmayer, D. B.; Cowling, A.
In: The Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 41, No. 1, 12.02.2004, p. 32-44.

Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Harvard

APA

Vancouver

Bibtex

@article{de6364fb415844a1b300437762136735,
title = "The challenge of managing multiple species at multiple scales: reptiles in an Australian grazing landscape",
abstract = "1. Understanding the ecological effects of processes operating at multiple spatial scales on multiple species is a key challenge in ecology. It underpins both basic research and the increasing recognition of scale-dependence in conservation biology. 2. Organisms are affected by ecological processes operating at multiple spatial scales. Hence the study of multiple species and spatial scales is a key challenge in ecology. 3. A spatially nested experimental design was used to investigate the habitat relationships of reptiles in a grazing landscape in southern New South Wales, Australia. Regression modelling was used to relate the presence of species and species richness to habitat variables. 4. Different species were predicted by different habitat variables, and some species reflected habitat structure at one, but not all, spatial scales. The four-fingered skink Carlia tetradactyla was associated with box woodlands, areas with few rocks and many spiders, and areas with a northerly aspect and high tree cover. Boulenger's skink Morethia boulengeri was more likely to be found in areas with many ants and beetles, and also in areas with a northerly aspect and high tree cover. The striped skink Ctenotus robustus and olive legless lizard Delma inornata were significantly more likely to be detected in areas with a simple microhabitat structure. Species richness was highest in box woodlands (Eucalyptus albens and Eucalyptus melliodora) and at sites characterized by a high variability of habitat structure. 5. Different habitat variables varied over different spatial scales. For example, invertebrate abundance varied mostly over tens of metres, while grass/forb cover varied mostly over hundreds to thousands of metres. 6. Synthesis and applications. The multitude of species' responses and spatial habitat variability highlighted the potential limitations of the fragmentation paradigm because it may oversimplify ecological complexity. On this basis, conservation in variegated grazing landscapes may need to consider changes to livestock management across entire landscapes, rather than concentrate solely on the preservation of particular patches.",
keywords = "Biology, conservation biology, fragmentation, hierarchical experimental design, landscape models, variegated landscapes, Environmental planning",
author = "J{\"o}rn Fischer and Lindenmayer, {D. B.} and A. Cowling",
note = "Times Cited: 33",
year = "2004",
month = feb,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00869.x",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "32--44",
journal = "The Journal of Applied Ecology",
issn = "0021-8901",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.",
number = "1",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - The challenge of managing multiple species at multiple scales

T2 - reptiles in an Australian grazing landscape

AU - Fischer, Jörn

AU - Lindenmayer, D. B.

AU - Cowling, A.

N1 - Times Cited: 33

PY - 2004/2/12

Y1 - 2004/2/12

N2 - 1. Understanding the ecological effects of processes operating at multiple spatial scales on multiple species is a key challenge in ecology. It underpins both basic research and the increasing recognition of scale-dependence in conservation biology. 2. Organisms are affected by ecological processes operating at multiple spatial scales. Hence the study of multiple species and spatial scales is a key challenge in ecology. 3. A spatially nested experimental design was used to investigate the habitat relationships of reptiles in a grazing landscape in southern New South Wales, Australia. Regression modelling was used to relate the presence of species and species richness to habitat variables. 4. Different species were predicted by different habitat variables, and some species reflected habitat structure at one, but not all, spatial scales. The four-fingered skink Carlia tetradactyla was associated with box woodlands, areas with few rocks and many spiders, and areas with a northerly aspect and high tree cover. Boulenger's skink Morethia boulengeri was more likely to be found in areas with many ants and beetles, and also in areas with a northerly aspect and high tree cover. The striped skink Ctenotus robustus and olive legless lizard Delma inornata were significantly more likely to be detected in areas with a simple microhabitat structure. Species richness was highest in box woodlands (Eucalyptus albens and Eucalyptus melliodora) and at sites characterized by a high variability of habitat structure. 5. Different habitat variables varied over different spatial scales. For example, invertebrate abundance varied mostly over tens of metres, while grass/forb cover varied mostly over hundreds to thousands of metres. 6. Synthesis and applications. The multitude of species' responses and spatial habitat variability highlighted the potential limitations of the fragmentation paradigm because it may oversimplify ecological complexity. On this basis, conservation in variegated grazing landscapes may need to consider changes to livestock management across entire landscapes, rather than concentrate solely on the preservation of particular patches.

AB - 1. Understanding the ecological effects of processes operating at multiple spatial scales on multiple species is a key challenge in ecology. It underpins both basic research and the increasing recognition of scale-dependence in conservation biology. 2. Organisms are affected by ecological processes operating at multiple spatial scales. Hence the study of multiple species and spatial scales is a key challenge in ecology. 3. A spatially nested experimental design was used to investigate the habitat relationships of reptiles in a grazing landscape in southern New South Wales, Australia. Regression modelling was used to relate the presence of species and species richness to habitat variables. 4. Different species were predicted by different habitat variables, and some species reflected habitat structure at one, but not all, spatial scales. The four-fingered skink Carlia tetradactyla was associated with box woodlands, areas with few rocks and many spiders, and areas with a northerly aspect and high tree cover. Boulenger's skink Morethia boulengeri was more likely to be found in areas with many ants and beetles, and also in areas with a northerly aspect and high tree cover. The striped skink Ctenotus robustus and olive legless lizard Delma inornata were significantly more likely to be detected in areas with a simple microhabitat structure. Species richness was highest in box woodlands (Eucalyptus albens and Eucalyptus melliodora) and at sites characterized by a high variability of habitat structure. 5. Different habitat variables varied over different spatial scales. For example, invertebrate abundance varied mostly over tens of metres, while grass/forb cover varied mostly over hundreds to thousands of metres. 6. Synthesis and applications. The multitude of species' responses and spatial habitat variability highlighted the potential limitations of the fragmentation paradigm because it may oversimplify ecological complexity. On this basis, conservation in variegated grazing landscapes may need to consider changes to livestock management across entire landscapes, rather than concentrate solely on the preservation of particular patches.

KW - Biology

KW - conservation biology

KW - fragmentation

KW - hierarchical experimental design

KW - landscape models

KW - variegated landscapes

KW - Environmental planning

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1142269654&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00869.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00869.x

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 41

SP - 32

EP - 44

JO - The Journal of Applied Ecology

JF - The Journal of Applied Ecology

SN - 0021-8901

IS - 1

ER -

Recently viewed

Publications

  1. Vibration analysis based on the spectrum kurtosis for adjustment and monitoring of ball bearing radial clearance
  2. Stakeholder and citizen involvement for Water Framework Directive implementation in Spain
  3. Measurement of cognitive load in multimedia learning
  4. Using Reading Strategy Training to Foster Students´ Mathematical Modelling Competencies
  5. Does problem complexity matter for environmental policy delivery?
  6. Playing with Information
  7. Semi-polar root exudates in natural grassland communities
  8. The complex spatio-temporal dynamics of organic micropollutants in tidal rivers
  9. Using rating scales for the assessment of physical self-concept
  10. Pathways towards sustainable and just futures with and for disabled populations
  11. Simplification in Synthesis.
  12. Anonymized firm data under test: evidence from a replication study
  13. The Continuities of Twitter Strategies and Algorithmic Terror
  14. Online cognitive-based intervention for depression
  15. Exceeding Work
  16. For whom are internet-based occupational mental health interventions effective? Moderators of internet-based problem-solving training outcome
  17. Resource Allocation in Startup Teams: Exploring Entrepreneurial Coping with Radical Uncertainty during the Corona Pandemic
  18. New methods for the analysis of links between international firm activities and firm performance
  19. The Sociolinguistics of language use in Ireland
  20. Open Innovation in Schools
  21. Acquisitional pragmatics
  22. Groundwater intrusion into leaky sewer systems
  23. Incremental contribution of pollination and other ecosystem services to agricultural productivity
  24. Value Creation Architectures for the Circular Economy
  25. Maintaining the impact of action-oriented entrepreneurship training