
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abensperg-Traun, Max 
A1  - T. Smith, Graeme 
A1  - York Main, Barbara 
T1  - Terrestrial arthropods in a fragmented landscape: a review of ecological research in the Western Australian central wheatbelt
JF  - Pacific Conservation Biology
JO  - Pac. Conserv. Biol.
Y1  - 2000
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
SP  - 102
EP  - 119
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PC000102 
N2  - In 1985, CSIRO's Wildlife and Ecology established ''The Kelierberrin Project on Fragmented Landscapes", a study to investigate the role of remnant vegetation in sustaining the native biota in Western Australia's central wheatbelt. This paper reviews findings, and other relevant research within the wheatbelt region, with regard to the terrestrial arthropod fauna. We examine critical issues for faunal persistence with regard to disturbance effects on the biota (habitat fragmentation effects of remnant size and spatial isolation (connectivity), livestock and associated exotic weed invasion, altered fire regimes, changes in hydrology, and recolonization of restored habitat), indicators of arthropod species richness at the individual remnant scale, and endemism and taxonomic richness. We provide management recommendations for the conservation of terrestrial arthropods in the Western Australian central wheatbelt and suggest priority research. 
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