Contributions
Defining the floristic community Coastal Moonah Woodland
in the Gippsland Plain bioregion
Claire Moxham, David Cheal and Vivienne Turner
Abstract
The floristic community Coastal Moonah Woodland is listed as a threatened community under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, and remaining stands are often highly degraded. The distribution and composition of this community across its range has been poorly defined, which has proved problematic for land managers and planners. This paper refines the description of Coastal Moonah Woodland in the Gippsland Plain bioregion, provides a workable definition of the community, determines its relationships with similar communities and develops a Key to the community that can be used by land managers, planners and environmental consultants. As well, a Key to the transition states of Coastal Moonah Woodland is provided and these communities
are described.
Keywords: Coastal Woodlands, Melaleuca lanceolata, Mornington Peninsula, floristic composition, community definition
The Victorian Naturalist 126 (2) 2009, 36-43
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Naturalist Note
Beating the cold: group hibernation in a species of small skink,
by Raymond Hoser
Honours
Australian Natural History Medallion 2008: Ernest Edward Perkins,
by Ian Endersby
Book Reviews
Dictionary of Australian and New Guinean Mammals
by Ronald Strahan and Pamela Conder
The Nature of Latrobe by Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club
Ancient Australian Landscapes by CR Twidale
Bettongs, potoroos and the Musky Rat-kangaroo by Andrew
Claridge, John Seebeck and Randy Rose
Legislation
Additions to the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 |
Rocks, rats and cats: a survey for small mammals in native grasslands on farms across
the Victorian Volcanic Plain
Heidi Zimmer and Vivienne Turner
Abstract
Mammal surveys were conducted at 16 farms on the Victorian Volcanic Plain, as part of a study on native grassland biodiversity. One hundred and forty-six hair tubes/funnels were laid at the 16 farms. Elliott traps were laid only at one farm, for 27 trap nights, in a small area with active disturbance indicative of the Swamp Rat Rattus lutreolus. No evidence of any small native mammals was discovered using hair tubes, funnels or Elliott traps. The only hair recovered was from a Cat Felis catus. These results are discussed from the perspective of small mammal decline on the Victorian Volcanic Plain and its ecological implications. Improved methods for detection of elusive grassland mammals are suggested.
Keywords: Elliott trapping, Faunatech hair funnels, hair-tube sampling, Rattus lutreolus, Western Basalt Plain.
The Victorian Naturalist 126 (2) 2009, 44-50
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