BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 820          Total No. of Sites: 0
Survey/Project Name: Eyre Hills Ecological Vegetation Hierarchy (EVS)
Abstract: Starting 01/05/2012 the Eyre Hills EVH project was lead by DENR Science Resource Centre staff Lee Heard (Project manager), Tim Croft (Botanist/Technical Adviser), Phil Pisanu (Principal Adviser, EAMU)& Dan Rogers (Principal LAF officer) with the aim to: Develop an ecological vegetation hierarchy for Eyre Peninsula - Eyre Hills IBRA subregion. Foundational information to underpin conservation planning of the subregion. Funded in 2013 through NVC SEB grant 121305 'Southern Eyre Hills priority vegetation management' the Eyre Hills Landscape Assessment. The Southern Eyre Hills priority vegetation management project will use landscape assessment methods, coupled with field assessment and existing data to develop & deliver on ground actions that enhance and protect the highest priority vegetation in the region. Aims include: - Establishing and collecting long-term presence/absence bird data via stratified survey system in priority Ecosystem Response Groups. - Establish wildlife corridoors, through planted vegetation & enhancement of existing remnant vegetation. - Collect landscape state/transition and condition data. - Assess patch scale habitat requirements of known declining species & key stone species. - Continue implemently threatened flora recovery actions within the Eyre Hills project area (reported under BDBSA Proj #408).
 
Start Date: 01/05/2012      End Date: 30/06/2014
Survey Type: Vegetation and Fauna
   
Study Area Description: Eyre Hills IBRA subregion
Objectives
         Vegetation: Refer to Abstract.
         Fauna: Refer to Abstract.
Methodology
         Vegetation: Desk-top methodology follows unpublished Landscape Assessment: A Process for Identifying Ecosystem Priorities for Nature Conservation (DENR 2012, D.J. Rogers, N. Willoughby, P. Pisanu, A. McIlwee and J. A. Gates (DENR Technical Report 012). Foundational planning documents include two Eyre Hills Landscape Assessment Framework (North & South reports)author Dan Rogers unpublished 2012. Planned field work methods inlcude: Stratified Birds surveys: 2ha, 20mins, morning & afternoon survey times, twice yearly during Spring & Autumn. Planting vegetation corridoors, GIS & ground-truthed site planning, opportunitics fauna /flora lists, Weed survey & control, natural vegetation methods, tubestock, direct seeding, fungi inoculation trials. - Landscape state/transition data collection (yet to be finalised) - Landscape condition - Bushland Condition Monitoring sites and Rapid Assessment. - Opportunistic observations at patch & landscape scale of declining species, BDBDSA minimal data set fields plus additional fields to do with reproduction & habitat. - Weed control, weed vouchure collection for BDBSA & local weed database.
         Fauna: *** No vertebrate methodology recorded

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Unknown :
Information Authority: Department for Environment and Heritage (BDBSA:West) - Pt Lincoln Office