Multiple analyses redirect management and restoration priorities for a critically endangered ecological community

• DOI: 10.1111/aec.13003
• Publication Date: 2021-02-17T01:45:54Z
• Authors: David A. Tierney; Rachael V. Gallagher; Stuart Allen; Tony D. Auld
• Keywords: Gamma diversity; Ecosystem diversity; Floristics

Abstract Accurately assessing community diversity patterns across distributional ranges is critically important for informed and effective management of ecological communities. Yet, many wide‐ranging communities broad are poorly known. We apply a range analytical approaches to an extensively studied determine the relative utility complementarity these their applicability improved management. White Box Yellow Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland (herein abbreviated BGW) occurs seven bioregions in New South Wales, eastern Australia. Previous work has suggested either small levels regional variation floristic or, contrastingly, up ~80 variants determined by expert‐driven assessment. undertook survey analysed using multivariate dispersion, metrics (alpha (α) diversity, beta (β) gamma (γ) zeta (ζ) diversity; including assessments β turnover nestedness higher order ζ diversity). Expert‐derived BGW were not clearly related variation. In this study, interactions critical identifying provided insights into bioregional detected via other analytics was more robust unbalanced data than diversity. However, insights, detecting changing within bioregion that would otherwise be allowing some comparison our results with studies. This study highlights value applying multiple understanding patterns. Conservation requires protection its range, something which previously been adequately addressed.