Opportunities for research and conservation of freshwater turtles in Australia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Opportunities for research and conservation of freshwater turtles in Australia

Published:2023-08-13 Issue:8 Volume:48 Page:1483-1491
ISSN:1442-9985
Container-title:Austral Ecology
language:en
Short-container-title:Austral Ecology

Author:

Bower Deborah S.¹^ORCID,McKnight Donald T.²^ORCID,Sullivan Kyra¹,Macdonald Stewart L.³,Georges Arthur⁴^ORCID,Clulow Simon⁵,Mathwin Rupert⁶^ORCID,Connell Marilyn J.⁷,Nelson Holly V.⁸,Santoro Anthony⁹,Nordstrom Bethany¹⁰,Van Dyke James U.²^ORCID,Kidman Rosie A.¹^ORCID,Streeting Louise M.¹^ORCID,Dillon Martin L.¹¹,Spencer Ricky‐John¹²,Thompson Michael B.⁸,Nordberg Eric J.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Environmental and Rural Science University of New England Armidale New South Wales Australia

2. Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, Department of Environment and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment La Trobe University Wodonga Campus Wodonga Victoria Australia

3. CSIRO Health & Biosecurity Townsville Queensland Australia

4. Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia

5. Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra Bruce Australian Capital Territory Australia

6. Global Ecology (Partuyarta Ngadluku Wardli Kuu), College of Science and Engineering Flinders University Adelaide South Australia Australia

7. Tiaro & District Landcare Group Inc Tiaro Queensland Australia

8. School of Life and Environmental Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia

9. Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University Perth Western Australia Australia

10. School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia Crawley Western Australia Australia

11. Northern Tablelands Local Land Services Armidale New South Wales Australia

12. School of Science Western Sydney University Penrith New South Wales Australia

Abstract

AbstractAustralia's freshwater turtles have high endemicity and many are threatened by extinction. Following a symposium held at the 2022 conference of the Australian Society of Herpetologists, we summarized the current status of research and conservation for Australian freshwater turtles and identified opportunities for future research. Eight species (32%) of Australia's 25 native freshwater turtles are listed as threatened by Australia's Federal Government. Symposium discussions on the primary gaps in research identified the lack of baseline data to inform population modelling as a key deficiency. Knowledge of the most effective conservation actions, the effectiveness of attempts to aid population recovery, and whether these actions are required at all, remains lacking for many species. A heavy bias exists between some well‐studied species compared with others for which little or no information is published. Community science, engagement with First Nations people, advances in technology, and recognition of the importance of turtles are contributing to better knowledge.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/aec.13403

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