Threatened Species in Cities

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The data was last updated in October 2020

Lentini, P.E and Soanes, K (2020) Threatened species in Australian cities database. Prepared for the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub and Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the National Environmental Science Program. The University of Melbourne. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.26188/12768434.v1

Threatened Species in Cities

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The data was last updated in October 2020

The Threatened Species in Cities Dataset

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Where: 0 represents absent, 'Yes' represents present, 'Edge' represent presence on the edge of the city and 'Hist' represents historical presence.

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The data can also be downloaded from The University of Melbourne Figshare

Methods

The threatened species data were derived from the 2016 listings of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Polygons of the modelled 'known' and 'likely' distributions of the threatened species (based on the Environmental Resources Information Network) were then overlaid with polygons of the 99 urban areas to identify areas of overlap and a shortlist of species.

This shortlist was then cross-checked against the Atlas of Living Australia to remove spurious records, herbaria/captive records, and note historical records. Records after 2000 were considered current and classified as 'Yes' in the matrix. 'edge' means the species was within 2km of the urban boundary. 'Hist' means the species was previously recorded in the city, but has not been recorded since 2000.

The data have not been 'ground-truthed' with field observations and are purely based on spatial information. They can be considered a starting point for further exploration of the opportuities to conserve threatened species in cities.

Further detail on how the data were derived can be found at:

Soanes and Lentini (2019)

Ives and Lentini et al. (2016)

CAUL hub Threatened Species

The data were generated as part of research funded by the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub and Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program.

We are happy to discuss the use of this dataset and welcome opportunities to collaborate.

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Kylie Soanes on ksoanes@unimelb.edu.au