Table 5. Threats to habitat and survival of target species at risk

**Table 5. Threats to habitat and survival of target species at risk.**
Threat	Potential effect of threat on individual species			Potential effect of threat on target species at risk
Threat	Dwarf woolly-heads	Slender collomia	Stoloniferous pussytoes	Nature of impact1	Risk of threat	Potential effect on recovery	Biological and technical potential to alleviate impact	Overall threat priority2
Habitat Loss Or Degradation
Resource extraction
Petroleum natural gas	high	high	high	S, H	med?	high	high	v. high
Coal	high	high	high	S,H	low?	high	high	high
Property development
Tourism and recreation	high	high	high	S,H	med?	high	high	v. high
Residential	high	high	high	S,H	low?	high	high	high
Recreational activities
Off-road vehicle use	high	high	high	S,H	med?	high	high	v. high
Grazing	med?	low?	low?	S,H	high	low?	high	high
Soil extraction/deposition	high	high	high	S,H	low?	high	high	high
Invasive Alien Species
Competition	low	med?	med?	S,H	med?	med?	low	low
Use of non-specific herbicides	high	high	high	S	high	high	high	high
Changes In Ecological Dynamics Or Natural Processes
Hydrological alterations	high	low?	high?	S,H	low?	high	high	high
Secondary succession
Encroachment by native vegetation (due to fire suppression)	low	med?	med?	H	low?	med?	med	low
Stochastic events
Wildfires	med?	med?	med?	S	low?	high?	low	low
Sustained drought	med?	low?	med?	S	med?	high?	no	low
Climate And Natural Disasters
Global climate change	med?	low?	med?	S,H	med?	low?	no	v. low

1. S = impact on survival, H = impact on habitat
2.Based on scoring scheme:

overall score (v. high = 8–9, high = 7, medium = 6, low = 5, very low = 0–4) = score for risk of threat + score for potential effect on recovery + score for likelihood of success (high = 3, medium = 2, low = 1, no = 0)