Condition index monitoring supports conservation priorities for the protection of threatened grass-finch populations.

ABSTRACT: Conservation agencies are often faced with the difficult task of prioritizing what recovery actions receive support. With the number of species under threat of decline growing globally, research that informs conservation priorities is greatly needed. The relative vulnerability of cryptic or nomadic species is often uncertain, because populations are difficult to monitor and local populations often seem stable in the short term. This uncertainty can lead to inaction when populations are in need of protection. We tested the feasibility of using differences in condition indices as an indication of population vulnerability to decline for related threatened Australian finch sub-species. The Gouldian finch represents a relatively well-studied endangered species, which has a seasonal and site-spe

SUBMITTER: Maute K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4778451 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature