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Examples include superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), Bassian thrush (Zoothera lunulata), sooty owl, yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis) and greater glider (southern and central) (Loyn 1985; Macfarlane 1988; Milledge et al. 1991). Two threatened plants (the shiny nematolepis (Nematolepis wilsonii) and the tall astelia (Astelia australiana)), largely endemic to the Leadbeater's possum Central Highlands range, are highly likely to benefit from improved and strategic management responses to high intensity bushfire. A notable finding was that there are pronounced differences in flea assemblages for highland and lowland populations, with two host-specific flea species, Stephanocircus domrowi and Wurunjerria warnekei detected on possums in highland habitats, whereas the general marsupial fleas (Acanthopsylla r. rothschildii and Choristopsylla tristis) were detected on possums in lowland swamp forest at Yellingbo (Steventon et al. 2022).
Enhanced fire management for Leadbeater's possum habitat may also lead to some broader-scale (regional) improved fire regimes for other habitats (those not used by Leadbeater's possum) within and adjacent to the Leadbeater's possum range. The conservation of some threatened aquatic species, such as the barred galaxias (Galaxias fuscus) and the Baw Baw frog (Philoria frosti), largely restricted to habitat within the range of Leadbeater's possum, will benefit from improved fire management responses within their supporting catchments. Management actions, plans and policies that seek to increase the extent and connectivity of the conservation reserve estate in montane ash forests for Leadbeater's possum will also provide benefit to other species, such as greater glider (southern and central), tall astelia, shiny nematolepis, and barred galaxias.
Management actions, plans and policies that seek to restore the extent, quality and connectivity of lowland swamp forest habitat for Leadbeater's possum will also provide benefit to other species that are associated with this habitat, notably the Critically Endangered helmeted honeyeater, which is now largely restricted to the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Area. Such actions will also benefit the habitat itself, including the State-listed threatened 'Sedge-rich Eucalyptus camphora Swamp Community'.
Research actions (including survey, monitoring, fine-scale mapping of habitat features and distributional modelling) for Leadbeater's possum are likely to provide increased information on the distribution of other co-occurring species, particularly other possums and gliders. A broad suite of arboreal mammals are monitored concurrently with Leadbeater's possum in ANU's long-standing monitoring program (Lindenmayer et al. 1991c; Lindenmayer et al. 1994b; Lindenmayer et al. 2003a; Lindenmayer et al. 2011b; Lindenmayer et al. 2013c; Lindenmayer et al. 2014b; Lindenmayer and Sato 2018) and recorded during DELWP's targeted surveys, and such information will help assess population trends for these species. Identifying areas of suitable habitat for other species will benefit from the mapping of Leadbeater's possum habitat features, such as large old trees.
Enhanced reservation and fire management across the core Leadbeater's possum range is likely to