Enhancing seedling survival on former floodplain grazing land in the Capertee Valley, Australia

Baumber, A; Evans, H; Turner, RJ; Merson, J; Dixon, B; Crust, D

Enhancing seedling survival on former floodplain grazing land in the Capertee Valley, Australia

Baumber, A

Evans, H Turner, RJ Merson, J Dixon, B Crust, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Ecological Management and Restoration, 2017, 18 (3), pp. 253 - 256
Issue Date:: 2017-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Baumber, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8560-8661	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Evans, H	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Turner, RJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Merson, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dixon, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Crust, D	en_US
dc.date.available	2017-07-26	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Ecological Management and Restoration, 2017, 18 (3), pp. 253 - 256	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1442-7001	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/116616
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 Ecological Society of Australia and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd Active revegetation is an essential component of biodiversity conservation for fragmented ecosystems and the species that depend on them. However, key knowledge gaps exist around the most cost-effective revegetation strategies to employ in different contexts. This article reports on a revegetation trial undertaken in the Capertee Valley of New South Wales, Australia, to assist the conservation of the critically endangered bird, the Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia). Seven treatments were compared to assess their cost-effectiveness for enhancing plant survival at a floodplain site with a history of grazing on introduced pastures. While overall survival rates were low, treatments involving tree guards had higher survival rates and were more cost-effective than treatments without guards. Weed growth, animal activity and water stress all appeared to play a role in the low survival rates at this site, with enhanced weed control emerging as a priority for future trials at similar sites.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Ecological Management and Restoration	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/emr.12273	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Ecology	en_US
dc.title	Enhancing seedling survival on former floodplain grazing land in the Capertee Valley, Australia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	18	en_US
utslib.for	0501 Ecological Applications	en_US
utslib.for	0602 Ecology	en_US
utslib.for	0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management	en_US
utslib.for	05 Environmental Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	06 Biological Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	18	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 Ecological Society of Australia and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd Active revegetation is an essential component of biodiversity conservation for fragmented ecosystems and the species that depend on them. However, key knowledge gaps exist around the most cost-effective revegetation strategies to employ in different contexts. This article reports on a revegetation trial undertaken in the Capertee Valley of New South Wales, Australia, to assist the conservation of the critically endangered bird, the Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia). Seven treatments were compared to assess their cost-effectiveness for enhancing plant survival at a floodplain site with a history of grazing on introduced pastures. While overall survival rates were low, treatments involving tree guards had higher survival rates and were more cost-effective than treatments without guards. Weed growth, animal activity and water stress all appeared to play a role in the low survival rates at this site, with enhanced weed control emerging as a priority for future trials at similar sites.

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