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Vegetation: |
This projects objective is to develop a comprehensive spatial record of native flora within Belair National Park and some adjacent road reserves, with additional locations of selected non-native species also being recorded. Other opportunistic observations will also be recorded including fauna and observations pertaining to the natural and anthropological history of the park. The aim of this mapping work is primarily to enable the Friends of Belair National Park to prioritise work within the park. There are also a large number of other immediate outputs as a result of developing such a data set including robust species and vegetation community distribution mapping.
Records of historic fence lines, tracks and other anthropological features will be converted into an appropriate spatial dataset (polygon/polyline). When combined with other historic information, this dataset may be useful for looking at the long term impacts of historic land management/land use.
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Fauna: |
*** No fauna survey objectives recorded |
| Methodology |
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Vegetation: |
Flora records are based on field observations made during transect walks. At approximately 10-30m intervals a species name and qualitative abundance ('Low', 'Medium', 'High') is recorded of all plants visible within a 5-15m radius. Where over storey species are recorded (Eucalyptus spp., Callitris gracilis and Allocasuarina verticillata) they will be classified as `dominant / co-dominant? or `subdominant / scattered? to ascertain vegetation structural composition. Given the resolution of data and the area required to be covered determining quantitative values (i.e. % cover) is prohibitively time consuming. This data will be converted in the first instance into a point spatial dataset, and then into a polygon spatial dataset. |
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Fauna: |
*** No vertebrate methodology recorded |