BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 551          Total No. of Sites: 34304
Survey/Project Name: Bilby Monitoring of re-introduced Greater Bilby at Thistle Island
Abstract: The Greater Bilby was introduced to Thistle Island in 1998. The population is monitored once a year in winter by surveying abundance and distribution of burrows. This provides information on range expansion across the island and persistence at monitored sites. The island was last surveyed in April 2005 and increased activity on the southern end of the island was noticeable, with high levels of foraging activity in areas where sour-sob bulbs were present. Dry conditions increased visibility of tracks at burrows and probably accounts for the decrease in number of 'possibly used' burrows. Of interest was the increase in the number of old and collapsed burrows observed during the field trip (Jason van Weenen, pers. com.). REFERENCE: DEH (2005a). Distribution of Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) signs on Thistle Island, April 2005. Map produced by Jason van Weenen, Department for Environment and Heritage, Adelaide. DEH (2005b). Distribution of Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) signs on Thistle Island, 2000-2005. Map produced by Jason van Weenen, Department for Environment and Heritage, Adelaide. See also web sites below: Greater Bilby project information, DEH website: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/bilby.html AND Greater Bilby Ark on Eyre Information Sheet, DEH website: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/arkoneyre/pdfs/sheet_6.pdf
 
Start Date: 01/01/1998      End Date: 31/12/2010
Survey Type: Vegetation and Fauna
   
Study Area Description: *** No study area description recorded
Objectives
         Vegetation: Refer to Abstract.
         Fauna: Refer to Abstract.
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.
Fauna : Fauna reintroduction or plant translocation/revegetation program.
Fauna : Presence and absence method
Information Authority: Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:S&C Div) - BCP Threat species