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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Searching for meaning in the interface between research and management

Sarah Legge orcid.org/0000-0001-6968-2781
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School of Conservation and Biodiversity Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia and Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Email: sarahmarialegge@gmail.com

Pacific Conservation Biology 24(3) 222-229 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18012
Submitted: 29 January 2018  Accepted: 3 July 2018   Published: 23 July 2018

Journal compilation © CSIRO 2018 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

A key goal in conservation science is to generate information that helps to improve the effectiveness of management, and thus benefit threatened and declining species. I have worked on this issue at the interface of science and management, in both the non-profit and academic sectors. I present examples of some of this research, focussing on research into the causes of, and remedial management for, northern faunal declines. In particular, I present the values of research at large, realistic scales, of considering interactions between threats, and of pairing large-scale work with focal studies on the responses of individual animals to threats and their management. I reflect on the common gap between conservation science and management, and provide thoughts about how this might be bridged. Throughout the article, I try to infuse some of the personal and human elements that are the backstory to any conservation work.

Additional keywords: feral cat, fire management, threatened species


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