
TY  - JOUR
A1  - B. McQuillan, Peter 
A1  - E.M. Watson, James 
A1  - B. Fitzgerald, Nick 
A1  - Leaman, David 
A1  - Obendorf, David 
T1  - The importance of ecological processes for terrestrial biodiversity conservation in Tasmania ? a review
JF  - Pacific Conservation Biology
JO  - Pac. Conserv. Biol.
Y1  - 2009
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SP  - 171
EP  - 196
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PC090171 
N2  - The continental island of Tasmania supports an extraordinary biota featuring ancient communities, high levels of endemism and many species extinct on mainland Australia. However, more than 670 species are currently listed as threatened, mainly due to changes in their habitat since European settlement. Although Tasmania has a relatively high proportion of its land in reserves with some degree of representation for most vegetation types, habitat protection in some bioregions is very low. In this paper we approach biodiversity assessment in Tasmania by (i) addressing critical, natural ecological processes that underpin and sustain its biodiversity, (ii) assessing the current trends in, and threats to, these processes, and (iii) identifying gaps in knowledge that limit the effective management of these processes for conservation. It is hoped that this will contribute a sound basis for ongoing adaptive management for biodiversity conservation in Tasmania and assist in re-focusing the purpose of the reserve network from representation to persistence of the native biota. 
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