Systematic definition of threatened fauna communities is critical to their conservation
Year: 2019
Author(s): Hannah Fraser, Jeremy S. Simmonds, Alex S. Kutt and Martine Maron
Most terrestrial ecological communities are defined primarily on their constituent flora. We aimed to develop a repeatable approach to defining a community, both intact and degraded, based on its fauna. We demonstrate how the approach can be used to guide conservation—for example, determining whether a multispecies community of animals is threatened.
