Venus Bay Conservation Park and Brush-tailed Bettong Release and Monitoring Survey

This survey constitutes part of the Ecological Restoration of Eyre Peninsula program and Ark on Eyre. Monitoring was conducted each spring from 1992 to 1999, although not all traplines were opened during the 1997 and 98 seasons. Pest foxes, cats and rabbits were eradicated by traps, baits and shooting ready for re-introduction of Bettongs. The response of integrated vermin control of rabbits foxes and cats was monitored. The first trial re-introduction of six male Brush-tailed Bettongs into Venus Bay Conservation Park (VBCP) was conducted in April 1994.  The bettongs were radio-collared and tracked over several months to monitor their behaviour and survival.  Following the success of the release, four subsequent releases occurred between September 1994 and January 1995. A total of 61 animals (22 males and 39 females) were released during this time, taking the total number of released individuals to 67. From December 2004 to October 2005 Spotlight surveys along transects were conducted every two-three months to monitor the bettong population. Vegetation photopoints were also set-up and monitored between 1992 to 1995 in the Venus Bay Conservation Park. The Venus Bay Conservation Park and Brush-tailed Bettong Release and Monitoring Survey is part of the Biological Survey of South Australia Program which is a series of systematic surveys conducted across the state between 1971 and the present with the broad aim of providing a baseline inventory of South Australia's flora and fauna biodiversity.

Tags: Acacia anceps DC., Acacia cupularis Domin, Acacia sp. Winged (C.R.Alcock 4936), Acacia spinescens Benth., Acacia triquetra Benth., Acrotriche patula R.Br., Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L.A.S.Johnson, Alyxia buxifolia R.Br., Anagallis arvensis L., Angianthus tomentosus J.C.Wendl., Apium annuum P.S.Short, Atriplex paludosa subsp. baudini, Atriplex vesicaria Heward ex Benth., Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa exilis (Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa flavescens (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett subsp. scabra, Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa sp., Avena barbata Pott ex Link, Avena sp., Beyeria lechenaultii (DC.) Baill., Brachyscome ciliaris var. brachyglossa, Briza minor L., Bromus arenarius Labill., Bromus diandrus Roth, Bromus rubens L., Bulbine semibarbata (R.Br.) Haw., Bupleurum semicompositum L., Carpobrotus rossii (Haw.) Schwantes, Cassytha peninsularis J.Z.Weber, Cassytha peninsularis var. (NC), Cassytha sp., Catapodium rigidum (L.) C.E.Hubb., Centaurea melitensis L., Centaurium sp., Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link)Fritsch, Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Labill.) Steetz, Clematis microphylla DC. var. microphylla, Comesperma volubile Labill., Convolvulus remotus R.Br., Correa pulchella J.B.Mackay ex Sweet, Crassula colorata var. acuminata, Crassula sieberiana subsp. tetramera Toelken, Crassula sp., Dianella brevicaulis (Ostenf.) G.W.Carr & P.F.Horsfall, Dianella caerulea var. aquilonia, Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum (Haw.) Chinnock, Disturbance, Dodonaea baueri Endl., Enchylaena tomentosa var. glabra, Eremophila crassifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Eriochlamys behrii Sond. & F.Muell. ex Sond., Eucalyptus calcareana Boomsma, Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell., Eucalyptus oleosa F.Muell. ex Miq., Eucalyptus rugosa Blakely, Eutaxia microphylla (R.Br.) C.H.Wright & Dewar, Eutaxia sp., Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br., Exocarpos syrticola (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Stauffer, Fauna, Flora, Frankenia pauciflora var. fruticulosa, Frankenia serpyllifolia Lindl., Frankenia sp., Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth., Gahnia sp., Galium sp., Geijera linearifolia (DC.) J.M.Black, Goodenia pinnatifida Schltdl., Goodenia robusta (Benth.) K.Krause, Goodenia varia R.Br., Goodenia willisiana Carolin, Haloragis sp., Helichrysum leucopsideum DC., Landscape, Lasiopetalum discolor Hook., Lasiopetalum sp., Lawrencia sp., Lepidosperma congestum R.Br., Lepidosperma laterale R.Br., Lepidosperma sp., Lepidosperma viscidum R.Br., Leptorhynchos waitzia Sond., Leucophyta brownii Cass., Leucopogon cordifolius Lindl., Leucopogon parviflorus (Andrews) Lindl., Lithology, Logania crassifolia R.Br., Lomandra effusa (Lindl.) Ewart, Lycium australe F.Muell., Maireana erioclada (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana oppositifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana trichoptera (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson, Medicago minima (L.) L. ex Bartal. var. minima, Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha, Melaleuca halmaturorum F.Muell. ex Miq., Melaleuca lanceolata Otto, Melaleuca lanceolata Otto subsp. lanceolata, Melaleuca pauperiflora F.Muell., Melilotus indicus (L.) All., Minuartia mediterranea (Ledeb. ex Link) K.Maly, Minuria leptophylla DC., Muehlenbeckia adpressa (Labill.) Meisn., Myoporum insulare R.Br., Myoporum parvifolium R.Br., Neatostema apulum (L.) I.M.Johnst., Neurachne alopecuroides R.Br., Olearia axillaris (DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Olearia ramulosa (Labill.) Benth., Opercularia turpis F.Muell. ex J.M.Black, Oxalis perennans Haw., Parapholis incurva (L.) C.E.Hubb., Pelargonium littorale Hugel, Pimelea serpyllifolia R.Br. subsp. serpyllifolia, Pittosporum angustifolium Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd., Podolepis rugata var. littoralis, Podolepis rugata var. littoralis G.L.Davis, Podotheca angustifolia (Labill.) Less., Pomaderris paniculosa subsp. paniculosa, Poranthera microphylla Brongn., Prostanthera calycina F.Muell. ex Benth., Pultenaea tenuifolia R.Br. & Sims, Rhagodia candolleana subsp. argentea, Rhagodia crassifolia R.Br., Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev, Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar, Rytidosperma setaceum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar, Salsola australis L., Santalum acuminatum (R.Br.) A.DC., Scaevola crassifolia Labill., Sclerolaena uniflora R.Br., Senecio pinnatifolius A.Rich., Silene nocturna L., Soil, Solanum nigrum L., Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Spyridium phylicoides Reissek, Templetonia retusa (Vent.) R.Br., Tetragonia implexicoma (Miq.) Hook.f., Threlkeldia diffusa R.Br., Thryptomene micrantha Hook.f., Thysanotus baueri R.Br., Thysanotus patersonii R.Br., Triodia compacta (N.T.Burb.) S.W.L.Jacobs, Triodia irritans R.Br., Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia australasica (Turcz.) N.T.Burb. var. australasica, Vulpia myuros f. megaleura, Westringia dampieri R.Br., Zygophyllum billardierei DC., Zygophyllum emarginatum H.Eichler, Zygophyllum sp.
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