BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 212          Total No. of Sites: 1642
Survey/Project Name: MISC. RECORDS - KI. REGION STAFF
Abstract: Miscellaneous records of the Kangaroo Island region. Feral animal sightings collected by DEH staff and National Parks Rangers. Most of the entries are from JAN 2005 onwards but some of the sightings were collected in the 1980's by Rangers. Some data from the small mammals project, as well as some Bandicoot data.
 
Start Date: 01/01/1930      End Date: 01/01/2025
Survey Type: Vegetation and Fauna
   
Study Area Description: *** No study area description recorded
Objectives
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation survey objectives recorded
         Fauna: Staff records of feral animal sightings. Includes Rangers at Flinders Chase NP. Feral animal locations are marked with a GPS or the coordinates are worked out from a CFS Map Book. Cameron also has additional information in an excel spreadsheet on the time animals were sighted, number of males females and juvenilles and whether the animal was killed, alive or already dead.
Methodology
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation methodology recorded
         Fauna: *** No vertebrate methodology recorded

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Fauna : Fauna species/population Study (ie trapping records over time period for species study). NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology may have been used.
Information Authority: Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:Kangaroo Island) - Kingscote Office - Regional Ecologist