Turtles in trouble. Conservation ecology and priorities for Australian freshwater turtles
The Australian freshwater turtle fauna is dominated by species in the family Chelidae. The extant fauna comprises a series of distinct lineages, each of considerable antiquity, relicts of a more extensive and perhaps diverse fauna that existed when wetter climes prevailed. Several phylogenetically d...
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ftlatrobeunivfig:oai:figshare.com:article/25180670 2024-04-07T07:52:30+00:00 Turtles in trouble. Conservation ecology and priorities for Australian freshwater turtles Kristen Petrov Sarah Sutcliffe Helen Truscott Cat Kutay Carla C Eisemberg Ricky J Spencer Ivan Lawler Deborah S Bower James Van Dyke Arthur Georges 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.26181/25180670.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Turtles_in_trouble_Conservation_ecology_and_priorities_for_Australian_freshwater_turtles/25180670 unknown doi:10.26181/25180670.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Turtles_in_trouble_Conservation_ecology_and_priorities_for_Australian_freshwater_turtles/25180670 CC BY-NC 4.0 Biological sciences Ecology Environmental sciences Chelidae indigenous knowledge listing threatened species Text Journal contribution 2023 ftlatrobeunivfig https://doi.org/10.26181/25180670.v1 2024-03-11T18:50:11Z The Australian freshwater turtle fauna is dominated by species in the family Chelidae. The extant fauna comprises a series of distinct lineages, each of considerable antiquity, relicts of a more extensive and perhaps diverse fauna that existed when wetter climes prevailed. Several phylogenetically distinctive species are restricted to single, often small, drainage basins, which presents challenges for their conservation. Specific threats include water resource development, which alters the magnitude, frequency, and timing of flows and converts lentic to lotic habitat via dams and weirs, fragmentation of habitat, sedimentation, nutrification, and a reduction in the frequency and extent of floodplain flooding. Drainage of wetlands and altered land use are of particular concern for some species that are now very restricted in range and critically endangered. The introduced European red fox is a devastatingly efficient predator of turtle nests and can have a major impact on recruitment. In the north, species such as the northern snake-necked turtle are heavily depredated by feral pigs. Other invasive animals and aquatic weeds dramatically alter freshwater habitats, with consequential impacts on freshwater turtles. Novel pathogens such as viruses have brought at least one species to the brink of extinction. Species that routinely migrate across land are impacted by structural simplification of habitat, reduction in availability of terrestrial refugia, fencing (including conservation fencing), and in some areas, by high levels of road mortality. We report on the listing process and challenges for listing freshwater turtles under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, summarize the state of knowledge relevant to listing decisions, identify the key threatening processes impacting turtles, and identify key knowledge gaps that impede the setting of priorities. We also focus on how to best incorporate First Nations Knowledge into decisions on listing and discuss opportunities to engage ... Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations La Trobe University (Melbourne): Figshare |
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The Australian freshwater turtle fauna is dominated by species in the family Chelidae. The extant fauna comprises a series of distinct lineages, each of considerable antiquity, relicts of a more extensive and perhaps diverse fauna that existed when wetter climes prevailed. Several phylogenetically distinctive species are restricted to single, often small, drainage basins, which presents challenges for their conservation. Specific threats include water resource development, which alters the magnitude, frequency, and timing of flows and converts lentic to lotic habitat via dams and weirs, fragmentation of habitat, sedimentation, nutrification, and a reduction in the frequency and extent of floodplain flooding. Drainage of wetlands and altered land use are of particular concern for some species that are now very restricted in range and critically endangered. The introduced European red fox is a devastatingly efficient predator of turtle nests and can have a major impact on recruitment. In the north, species such as the northern snake-necked turtle are heavily depredated by feral pigs. Other invasive animals and aquatic weeds dramatically alter freshwater habitats, with consequential impacts on freshwater turtles. Novel pathogens such as viruses have brought at least one species to the brink of extinction. Species that routinely migrate across land are impacted by structural simplification of habitat, reduction in availability of terrestrial refugia, fencing (including conservation fencing), and in some areas, by high levels of road mortality. We report on the listing process and challenges for listing freshwater turtles under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, summarize the state of knowledge relevant to listing decisions, identify the key threatening processes impacting turtles, and identify key knowledge gaps that impede the setting of priorities. We also focus on how to best incorporate First Nations Knowledge into decisions on listing and discuss opportunities to engage ... |
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Kristen Petrov Sarah Sutcliffe Helen Truscott Cat Kutay Carla C Eisemberg Ricky J Spencer Ivan Lawler Deborah S Bower James Van Dyke Arthur Georges |
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Kristen Petrov Sarah Sutcliffe Helen Truscott Cat Kutay Carla C Eisemberg Ricky J Spencer Ivan Lawler Deborah S Bower James Van Dyke Arthur Georges |
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Turtles in trouble. Conservation ecology and priorities for Australian freshwater turtles |
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Turtles in trouble. Conservation ecology and priorities for Australian freshwater turtles |
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Turtles in trouble. Conservation ecology and priorities for Australian freshwater turtles |
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Turtles in trouble. Conservation ecology and priorities for Australian freshwater turtles |
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Turtles in trouble. Conservation ecology and priorities for Australian freshwater turtles |
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turtles in trouble. conservation ecology and priorities for australian freshwater turtles |
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