Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

258 Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

Pulu Keeling National ParkSize

North Keeling Island and its surrounding marine wa

ters within a roughly rectangular boundary, comprising 2

602 ha of

land and sea

Location

North Keeling Island forms part of the Cocos (Ke

eling) Islands, located ~2900 km north-west of Perth

Dominant vegetation/biome

IBRA: Indian Tropical Islands BioregionVegetation: closed canopy forests dominated by tall p

isonia

Pisonia gra

ndis and coconut

Cocos nucifera

with small

amounts of ironwood

Cordia subcordata

and other species, fringed by tea shrub,

Pemphis acidula

on the lagoon shore,

and octopus bush

Argusia argentea

shrubland on the exposed ocean shores.

EPBC-listed species:Amphibian

Bird

Fish

Invertebrate

Mammal

Plant

Reptile

Total

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

3

Ulu

ru-Kata Tju

ta National Park

Size

132 500 ha

Location

In the Northern Territory, 470 km by road to the s

outh-west of Alice Springs

Dominant vegetation/biome

Ecoregion: Deserts and xeric shrublandsIBRA: Great Sandy DesertVegetation: Woodlands (mulga flats), sand dunes, an

d sandplains dominated by spinifex

EPBC-listed species:Amphibian

Bird

Fish

Invertebrate

Mammal

Plant

Reptile

Total

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

3