NERP TE Project 3.4 Monitoring of key vertebrate species (CSIRO)
This project will implement monitoring programs for the endangered southern cassowary, Casuarisus casuarius, and the vulnerable spectacled flying-fox, Pteropus conspicillatus.
Cassowary monitoring will be based on regular surveys to collect dung. DNA fingerprinting of the bird dung will provide data on cassowary abundance and distribution, the influence of habitat type and the structure and phylogeography of cassowary populations across the region.
For spectacled flying-fox monthly surveys of all known spectacled flying-fox camps in the Wet Tropics Region will be conducted. Resulting data will be used to describe population distribution, population size and trends to build upon the long term database already established.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2011-07-01T00:00:00
- Purpose
- In the Wet Tropics two species are the focus of repeated demands for management, made to all levels of government, and are frequently the focus of bitter debates, often with financial and legal implications. These are the endangered southern cassowary, Casuarisus casuarius, and the vulnerable spectacled flying-fox, Pteropus conspicillatus. This project will improve the adequacy of the monitoring data being used for management decision making.
- Credit
- David Westcott (CSIRO), Suzanne Metcalfe (CSIRO), Adam McKeown (CSIRO)
- Point of contact
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Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address Principal investigator Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Westcott, David, Dr Voice CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Atherton, Maunds Road Atherton Queensland 4883 Australia david.westcott@csiro.au
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Extent
- Description
- NERP Project extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2011-07-01 2014-12-31
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- Reports, published papers and datasets
- OnLine resource
- Project web site
- OnLine resource
- QLD_NERP-TE_e-Atlas_Study-area:Project-3-4_2013_Lines
- OnLine resource
- QLD_NERP-TE_e-Atlas_Study-area:Project-3-4_2013_Polygons
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 45d0c70c-ee4d-4727-8d86-daacb2d29156
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address Point of contact Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Lawrey, Eric, Dr Voice PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia e-atlas@aims.gov.au
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- NERP TE Project
- Metadata linkage
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https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/45d0c70c-ee4d-4727-8d86-daacb2d29156
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2014-09-03T10:37:36
- Date info (Revision)
- 2014-09-03T10:37:36
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018