Chapter 4 Habitats
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats
• Develop or enhance long-term monitoring for amphibians and reptiles (Taylor and Jones 2002) . Amphibians Reptiles
• Develop or enhance long-term monitoring for most bat species (Ellis et al. 2002) . Bats
• Conduct long-term monitoring for floodplain forest birds (breeding, migration, and winter periods) in forest patches of varying size (Robbins et al. 1989; Doherty and Grubb 2000) .
• Establish long-term monitoring for herpetofauna using floodplain forest habitat (especially breeding salamanders and snakes).
Amphibians
Snakes
• Examine demographics and habitat use of bats in floodplain forests; there is also a need to identify, monitor, and maintain (or recruit) key bat habitats and microhabitats in floodplain forests (Ellis et al. 2002) .
Bats
4.3.6.6.3 Research Research topics that facilitate appropriate conservation actions include habitat use and preferences, reproductive behavior, fecundity, population dynamics and genetics, feeding, competition, and food web dynamics. Increased understanding of life histories and status helps determine the vulnerability of priority species to further imperilment, in addition to identifying possibilities for improved management and conservation. All studies should provide recommendations for mitigation and restoration. Formal descriptions for known or putative undescribed species and investigations aimed at resolving taxonomic status are needed. Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Ensure that research studies targeting birds are long-term, large-scale, replicated studies that have controlled experimental approaches and focus on population demographics and the response of species to habitat manipulations where appropriate (as outlined by the National Partners in Flight Research working group) (Donovan et al. 2002) .
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