Websites
http://www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au/
protecte/nrs/nrsindex.htm
Home page for the National Reserve System Program of Environment
Australia. Outline of all the projects currently funded by the program.
A good overview of a enormous scope in developing a cohesive approach
to national parks across Australia.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mbedward/
coda/coda.html
Home page of software designer for design national park reserve
system in the Northern Territory
http://www.wwf.org.au/
Profile of the Gouldian Finch provided by the Threatened Species
Network (click on the Gouldian Finch image)
http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/publications/
savanna_links3/gouldian.html
Article in Tropical Savannas CRC newsletter Savanna Links on the
Gouldian Finch
http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/research/
projects/firsav.html
Tropical Savannas CRC project summary of fire monitoring research
http://www.rfa.gov.au/
Regional forest agreement for sustainable use of forest resources
in southern and eastern Australia
http://nccnsw.org.au/
Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales projects focussing
on urban bushland
http://www.ahc.gov.au
This is the site of the Australian Heritage Commission, which is
the Government organisation responsible for listing areas for protection
National Estate
http://www.anbg.gov.au
/abrs/index.html
The Australian Biological Resources Study home page. The group aims
to provide the underlying taxonomic knowledge necessary for the
conservation and sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity
http://www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au
Major commonwealth government department responsible for research
into Australia's biodiversity. Many links to other state-based projects
and international conventions
http://www.defenders.org/bio-bi01.html
A number of articles that give an overview on the topic of biodiversity
http://www.csu.edu.au/biodiversity.html
Contains links to Australian and overseas biodiversity websites
http://life.csu.edu.au/abren/library/
Conservation.html
Contains links to Australian and overseas conservation websites
http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/KCBB/
A link to the Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources at Macquarie
University. This Centre undertakes research and education projects
on Australia's biological diversity.
http://www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/
This is the site for the Federal Governments
environment department "Environment Australia". The Australian
Biological Resources (ABRS) maintains a database of all flora and
fauna species occurring in various areas. Options are available
to view lists of flora and fauna occurring within specific areas
in each state.
http://www.environment.gov.au/
bg/plants/threaten/lists
Lists of endangered flora and fauna
http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/index.html
The Australian National Botanic Gardens
http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/
The Australian Biological Resources Study, which aims to provide
the underlying taxonomic knowledge necessary for the conservation
and sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity. This site provides
access to a number of lists and databases, including the relational
database package "Platypus", and the "Census of Australian Vertebrate
Species".
http://www.nt.gov.au/paw/parks/charlesdarwinpom.pdf
The Charles Darwin National Park (CDNP) is where you will be
carrying out your fieldwork. The Draft Plan of Management of the
CDNP is available on the web in Adobe PDF format (Adobe Reader can
be downloaded from the web for free) and this document contains
both flora and fauna lists as appendices. Other appendices include
a vegetation map, land units map and a listing of cultural sites.
NB. this documnet is currently within the Parks and Wildlife Commission
NT web site. This department has since been incorporated in the
Department
of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, so this web address
is expected to change.
http://www.ceh.ac.uk/data/brc.htm
The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology is the home of the Biological
Records Centre. The database comprises distributions of biological
species in the British Isles (over 6 million records).
http://www.botany.net/IDB/botany.html
This is a list of internet addresses for Botany in the USA. The
list is very extensive.
http://hardyplants.com/statelist.htm
Links for plant resources by state
http://www.environment.gov.au/bg/
plants/threaten/plans/
The Federal Government's conservation agency, Environment Australia,
has developed a process that assesses the conservation status of
threatened species, and has produced publications of 'Action Plans'
for most Australian faunal groups. These action plans are also available
via the Environment Australia web site.
http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/default.htm
Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory.
Links to maps and databases. Land & water information.
http://www.auslig.gov.au
The Australian Mapping Division operates within the Department of
Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) and is the Commonwealth Government
of Australia's primary source of advice on land information matters.
This site provides access to, for example, maps and aerial photos,
digital data and GPS, and satellite images.
http://www.environment.gov.au/marine/
coastal_atlas/index.html
This site provides information about Australia's coast.
http://www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au/
plants/threaten/legislation_strategies/index.htm.
"Environment Australia: Legislation and strategies"
http://www.health.gov.au/nhmrc/research/
awc/code.htm
"Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for
Scientific Purposes, 6th Edition (1997)" Available via this site
as an Adobe PDF file.
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au
From this home page search for 'Animal Care and Ethics'
http://biosci.cbs.umn.edu/class/eeb/5014/
resources/Lec01/Lec01.19.html
This site provides as example of a physiognomic system that
has been used to describe vegetation.
This method describes vegetation by layers, from highest to lowest.
The height classes for layers are arbitrary but generally useful
(<0.1, 01-0.5, 0.5-2, 2-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-35, >35m). Within
a layer the vegetation is divided into life-form categories: eg.
presence or absence of wood, shape of leaf (needle, broad), longevity
of leaves (evergreen, deciduous), size of leaves, peculiar growth
forms (lianas, succulents etc). CAN'T FIND
http://www.cdu.edu.au/research/ethicsform.html
Application forms for animal ethics in the NT.
http://www.mssrf.org/gpba1d.htm
This site provides an example of a community structure of the flora
of a mangrove forest. Seven transects were used to measure number
of species, number of individuals of each species and circumference
at breast height. After computing basal area, relative frequency,
relative dominance, and relative density were calculated. CANT FIND
http://www.rfa.gov.au/rfa/nsw/nsw_eden/
Appendix 1 and 2 of the document contained in this link provides
details of two plot based floristic surveys.
"Compilation and Validation of State Forests Flora Data - Eden CRA
region". A report undertaken for the NSW CRA/RFA Steering Committee,
24 Nov 1997. Prepared by the State Forests of NSW.
- The Eden Burning Study Area Vegetation data: the objective was
to examine the effects of integrated harvesting and fuel reduction
burning regimes on dry sclerophyll forests. The objectives are:
- to describe pre-treatment patterns of floristic variation
in relation to broad habitat parameters;
- to investigate impact of treatments on understorey floristic
patterns;
- to investigate response of individual species to treatments,
e.g. changes in abundance, response mechanisms, patterns
of recovery and reproduction.
Details are provided of data collection for understorey species.
- Yallumba Catchments Vegetation Project: the objective was to
examine the effects of integrated harvesting and unplanned fire
on floristic composition.
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/publications.cfm?Category=Forestry
'Vegetation classification and mapping systems for Australian
Forest Management' in National Forest Inventory Australia (copy
of publication is in STL inCharles Darwin University library)
http://www.ffp.csiro.au/nfm/mdp/bbproj/survdes.htm
The Gradsect method was used in this study at Bateman's Bay to describe
the floristic variation of the forest environment using climatic,
lithological and topographic characteristics.
http://www.unb.ca/forestry/centers/cwru/soe/plantbio.htm
"Plant biodiversity in Natural, mixed-species Forests and Silvicultural
plantations in the vicinity of Fundy National Park" Case study within
the Greater Fundy Ecosystem Research Project. Cam Andrea Veinotte,
Bill Freedman and Wolfgang Maass. (1996) This study aims to examine
the effect of clear cutting and plantation establishment on the
region's floral biodiversity. Details are provided of the sampling
regime which included, within each stand, 30 quadrats
of 1m2 established along a transect, in order
to sample the ground vegetation present within the site.
Ecofriends.nccnsw.org.au/member/tsn/
projects/NT/Survey.html
Summary of volunteers experience in surveying the Centralian Rock-rat
CANT FIND
http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/herps
Herpetology Home Page maintained by the Applied Ecology Research
Group at the University of Canberra. Contains many useful links
to Australian and overseas resources.
http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/
Birds Australia Home Page.
This site provides an excellent range of resources for the beginner
through to professional. Includes an overview of ornithological
research in Australia.
http://www.birdobservers.org.au
Bird Observers Club of Australia Home Page.
Similar but less comprehensive site for people interested in bird
watching. Very good source for merchandise such as books, tapes
and videos.
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/2568
Animal Welfare Unit NSW Agriculture: "Guidelines for collection
of voucher specimens"
Design & Analysis of Biological Studies SBI209
(http://www.cdu.edu.au/faculties/science/sbes/resources/SBI209/S209L3-Topics8-11/index.htm)
provides a more general and detailed overview of the techniques
mentioned in this section.
http://www.okstate.edu/artisci/
botany/ordinate
Summary of different ordination techniques, comprehensive glossary,
software and more links
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/
worldmap/diversity
British Museum website summarising research into measuring biodiversity.
http://spigot.anu.edu.au/people/
williams/ANU-ONLY/engn1016//tcmwww/acchtml/
acctoc.html
On-line course (free!!) on technical writing
http://www.cimm.jcu.edu.au/
netshare/learn/essay/
On-line information on essay writing.
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