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ArticleEcology and evolution2021

A national-scale dataset for threats impacting Australia's imperiled flora and fauna.

Michelle Ward, Josie Carwardine, Chuan J Yong, James E M Watson, Jennifer Silcock, Gary S Taylor, Mark Lintermans, Graeme R Gillespie, Stephen T Garnett, John Woinarski and 9 more

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026
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  5. The estimated cost of preventing extinction and progressing recovery for Australia's priority threatened species.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. How to prioritize species recovery after a megafire.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Michelle WardCentre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0658-855X
Josie CarwardineCSIRO Land and Water Brisbane QLD Australia.
Chuan J YongCentre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD Australia.
James E M WatsonCentre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD Australia.
Jennifer SilcockDepartment of Environment and Science Queensland Herbarium Brisbane QLD Australia.
Gary S TaylorSchool of Biological Sciences Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia.
Mark LintermansCentre for Applied Water Science University of Canberra Canberra ACT Australia.
Graeme R GillespieFlora and Fauna Division Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Northern Territory Palmerston SA Australia.
Stephen T GarnettThreatened Species Recovery Hub Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Darwin NT Australia.
John WoinarskiThreatened Species Recovery Hub Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Darwin NT Australia.
Reid TingleySchool of Biological Sciences Monash University Clayton VIC Australia.
Rod J FenshamDepartment of Environment and Science Queensland Herbarium Brisbane QLD Australia.
Conrad J HoskinCollege of Science & Engineering James Cook University Townsville QLD Australia.
Harry B HinesDepartment of Environment and Science Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Partnerships Bellbowrie QLD Australia.
J Dale RobertsSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia Albany WA Australia.
Mark J KennardAustralian Rivers Institute Griffith University Nathan QLD Australia.
Mark S HarveySchool of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia Albany WA Australia.
David G ChappleSchool of Biological Sciences Monash University Clayton VIC Australia.
April E ResideCentre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Australia is in the midst of an extinction crisis, having already lost 10% of terrestrial mammal fauna since European settlement and with hundreds of other species at high risk of extinction. The decline of the nation's biota is a result of an array of threatening processes; however, a comprehensive taxon-specific understanding of threats and their relative impacts remains undocumented nationally. Using expert consultation, we compile the first complete, validated, and consistent taxon-specific threat and impact dataset for all nationally listed threatened taxa in Australia. We confined our analysis to 1,795 terrestrial and aquatic taxa listed as threatened (Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically Endangered) under Australian Commonwealth law. We engaged taxonomic experts to generate taxon-specific threat and threat impact information to consistently apply the IUCN Threat Classification Scheme and Threat Impact Scoring System, as well as eight broad-level threats and 51 subcategory threats, for all 1,795 threatened terrestrial and aquatic threatened taxa. This compilation produced 4,877 unique taxon-threat-impact combinations with the most frequently listed threats being

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Australian threatened speciesEPBC ActIUCN Threat Classification SchemeIUCN Threat Impact Scoring SystemThreatened speciesThreat impacts

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PMCPMC8427562

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