Survey/Project Number: | 758 Total No. of Sites: 27 |
Survey/Project Name: | Conservation & Management of an Endangered Marsupial -Sandhill Dunnart, Mclean |
Abstract: | The project began in October 2010 and is conducted in Ironstone Hill Conservation Park. This study aims to gather crucial baseline information on the ecology of the Sandhill Dunnart by focusing on three areas of the species ecology that are important for its management and conservation. 1. To develop a model to predict the likelihood of Sandhill Dunnart presence in un-surveyed areas based on broad and fine scale habitat characteristics in the Middleback Ranges on Eyre Peninsula. 2. To investigate the demography and in particular reproductive characteristics of the Sandhill Dunnart in the wild. 3. To determine important population genetic information on the Sandhill Dunnart, both locally and nationally. |
Start Date: | 12/10/2010 End Date: 31/12/2015 |
Survey Type: | Fauna only |
Study Area Description: | Ironstone Hill Conservation Park |
Objectives | |||
Vegetation: | *** No vegetation survey objectives recorded | ||
Fauna: | A range and number of species have become extinct since European settlement and many species that remain are now endangered due to human activities. As the human population grows there is a greater demand for mineral resources, which is leading to expansion and encroachment by mining activities on pristine Australian arid and semi-arid zones. In these areas a range of species persist that we know very little about. One such marsupial is the Sandhill Dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila). Classified as endangered this species is threatened by potential and actual mining activities in its habitat. Due to the lack of information on the basic ecology of the species, detailed management plans have not been implemented. This study aims to gather crucial baseline information on the ecology of the Sandhill Dunnart by focusing on three areas of the species ecology that are important for its management and conservation. 1. To develop a model to predict the likelihood of Sandhill Dunnart presence in un-surveyed areas based on broad and fine scale habitat characteristics in the Middleback Ranges on Eyre Peninsula. 2. To investigate the demography and in particular reproductive characteristics of the Sandhill Dunnart in the wild. 3. To determine important population genetic information on the Sandhill Dunnart, both locally and nationally. | ||
Methodology | |||
Vegetation: | *** No vegetation methodology recorded | ||
Fauna: | *** No vertebrate methodology recorded |
Data Distribution Rules: | Public Dataset |
Project Basis: | Fauna : Unclassified - pending reassessment. |
Information Authority: | University of Adelaide - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences |