112 Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
Table 8.2.Monitoring priorities for threatened ecological communities identified in selected plans of management for protected areas managed by federal, state, territoryand private reserve managers.Protected areaThreatened ecological communityMonitoring themeMethodSourcePlanchonella Nature Reserve, NSW (National Parks and Wildlife Service)Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar BioregionsDistribution of semi-evergreen vine thicketsPhotopointsNPWS (2004)Leeuwin-Naturaliste capes area parks, Western Australia (Department of Parks and Wildlife)Shrublands on southern Swan Coastal Plain ironstonesExtent and condition of ironstone shrublands, including hydrology and diseaseNot specifiedDPAW (2015)Scottsdale Reserve, New South Wales (Bush Heritage Australia)Natural temperate grassland of the South Eastern Highlands; white box-yellow box-Blakely’s red gum grassy woodland and derived native grasslandVegetation structure, habitat features, plant and bird species compositionEight vegetation transects, 20-minute bird surveys and photopointsBush Heritage Australia (2016)Makota Conservation Park, SA (Department of Environment and Natural Resources)Iron-grass natural temperate grassland of South AustraliaVegetation structure, plant composition, populations of dominant, threatened and sensitive species, effects of kangaroo grazingReplicated, small-scale plots and quantitative methods for species composition, grazing exclosure plotsDEH (2003)Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory (Commonwealth Department of Environment and Traditional Owners)Arnhem Plateau sandstone shrubland complexNot specified, Three Parks monitoring program mentioned, but not linked to TECNot specifiedKakadu National Park Board of Management (2016)Township Lagoon Nature Reserve, Tasmania (Parks and Widlife Service Tasmania)Lowland native grasslands of TasmaniaNo management planNot specifiedSouthern Midlands Council (2017)