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Confirmation of Candidature - The Impacts of Weed Management on Biodiversity

Candidate : Tabitha Wieden
When
05 NOV 2024
11.00 AM - 12.30 PM
Where
Online via zoom

Australia is experiencing a biodiversity crisis with increasing numbers of extinctions and species facing threats from multiple pressures. Anthropogenic pressures including habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation are considered primary drivers of this loss that includes reductions in species richness of both flora and fauna and increasing numbers of species facing extinction. Australia is unique in the way it experiences these pressures with invasive species being recognised as the biggest driver of biodiversity loss which differs from the global average. Invasive flora not only impacts the usable habitat of native flora and fauna but can also alter ecosystem functioning. Management comes at significant financial costs to both government and landowners and has been the focus of numerous conservation and restoration activities. It is therefore essential for the impacts of invasive weeds and their management, on both native flora and fauna to be assessed to guide further management practices. The aim of this research is to evaluate the impacts of weed management on several aspects of biodiversity. At a population level, how weed management interventions impact upon the threatened Collared Delma will be assessed. Comprehensive flora assessments will be undertaken to determine impacts on a community scale, and avifauna diversity will provide insight on the management implications at a landscape scale. Measurement will occur across sites that have been recognised as being Collared Delma habitat, in the Lockyer Valley and Western Brisbane and data will be collected via traditional methods with the addition of incorporating passive acoustic monitoring techniques.

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