| Survey/Project Number: | 294 Total No. of Sites: 0 |
| Survey/Project Name: | Chowilla Vegetation Exclosures Monitoring Study (Coombool Paddock) |
| Abstract: | Herbivore exclosures were set up on Chowilla Pastoral Lease in 1986 to determine the effects of grazing and grazing suppression on populations of Atriplex stipitata. This species dominates a commonly found land system and is seldom grazed by stock unless other palatable species have been removed through unsustainable grazing . Two fenced treatments (exclude all herbivores and a Rabbit Entry only) and a control were spatially mapped for mature and seedling shrubs. Step-point plant cover measurements were also taken within the treatments along with photographs and shrub dimension data. Chowilla lease has been reverted to regional reserve status. Studies were jointly organised between the Dept. of Lands Outback Region & Salisbury College of Advanced Education. |
| Start Date: | 01/09/1986 End Date: 01/09/1989 |
| Survey Type: | Vegetation Only |
| Study Area Description: | *** No study area description recorded |
| Objectives | |||
| Vegetation: | Data for plant populations, shrub dimensions, abundance cover, rainfall and spatial mapping recorded on site sheets and entered on Dbase. Work done in conjunction with Dept. of Lands Rangeland Assessment Unit and Salisbury College of Advanced Education/Parks and Wildlife Course | ||
| Fauna: | *** No fauna survey objectives recorded | ||
| Methodology | |||
| Vegetation: | *** No vegetation methodology recorded | ||
| Fauna: | *** No vertebrate methodology recorded | ||
| Data Distribution Rules: | Public Dataset |
| Project Basis: | Vegetation : Pastoral Management Assessment Program |
| Information Authority: | Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:Murraylands) - Regional Ecologist |