Monitoring threatened species and ecological communities by sarah legge david lindenmayer natasha robinson benjamin scheele darren southwell brendan wintle published january 2018 the isbn is 9781486307715 the publisher is csiro publishing buy monitoring threatened species and ecological communities from csiro publishing online. Where monitoring does occur for a threatened species or community its quality is often suboptimal of 24 threatened ecological communities for which there is some evidence of monitoring activity the monitoring in eight ecological communities is confined to measuring land cover changes with remote sensing ie no on ground assessments. Monitoring threatened species and ecological communities aims to improve the standard of monitoring for australias threatened biodiversity it gathers insights from some of the most experienced managers and scientists involved with monitoring programs for threatened species and ecological communities in australia and evaluates current . Monitoring is integral to all aspects of policy and management for threatened biodiversity it is fundamental to assessing the conservation status and trends of listed species and ecological communities monitoring data can be used to diagnose the causes of decline to measure management effectiveness and to report on investment. Monitoring is integral to all aspects of policy and management for threatened biodiversity it is fundamental to assessing the conservation status and trends of listed species and ecological communities