Southern Mt Lofty Ranges Survey, Biological Survey of South Australia - Vegetation Survey, Biological Database of South Australia

The primary aim of the SMLR Biological Survey was to determine the diversity and distribution of biological communities in the region. This was achieved by systematically surveying a range of survey quadrats that represented the biological variation over the study area. Five surveys, conducted between 1977 and 2000 and comprising 1,177 vegetation quadrats in the survey region, contributed to the floristic analysis. Due to past vegetation clearance patterns, most of the survey quadrats were concentrated in the western two/thirds of the survey region. Survey quadrats were located on both crown and privately owned land. At least one survey quadrat was located in each of the National Parks and Wildlife Act reserves in the study region. Three surveys, conducted between 1995 and 2000 and comprising 157 quadrats, contributed to the vertebrate analysis (these surveys also included vegetation quadrats). The major vertebrate survey fieldwork occurred in three separate periods, from autumn to early summer 2000. The vertebrate survey results were combined with previous records for the region to produce consolidated total species lists for each vertebrate category. Reference: Armstrong D. Croft S.J. and Foulkes J.N.(2003) A Biological Survey of the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges South Australia 2000-2001. DEH SA Two sites established for the Southern Mt Lofty Biological Survey have continued to have annual monitoring using the same standard sampling for ten years or more (see survey SU178). The sites were established in relatively intact Eucalyptus obliqua forest and in a paddock at the start of a revegetation program. The sampling will follow the establishment of more natural vegetation cover on the re-vegetated site and the fauna that establishes here over time. Two additional sites were also established under this project number for the Mt Osmond Reserve Survey carried out in April/May 2001 by Planning SA/DEH. The sites were in the same study area and used the BS methodology but probably should have their own project number. The Southern Mt Lofty Ranges 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. Please use the following URL to access the dataset: http://aekos.org.au/collection/sa.gov.au/bdbsa_veg/survey_117SMLR生物调查（SMLR Biological Survey）的核心目标是探明研究区域内生物群落的多样性与分布特征。这一目标通过系统布设一系列可表征研究区生物变异特征的样方（survey quadrats）得以实现。1977年至2000年间开展的5次调查共涵盖研究区内1177个植被样方，为植物区系分析提供了数据支撑。受既往植被清理活动格局影响，绝大多数样方集中分布于研究区西部三分之二的区域。本次调查的样方同时布设于公有土地（crown land）与私有土地之上。研究区内依据《国家公园与野生动物法》划定的保护地中，至少各布设了1个样方。1995年至2000年间开展的3次调查共包含157个样方，为脊椎动物分析提供了数据支持（此类调查同时涵盖植被样方）。脊椎动物调查的主要野外工作于2000年秋至初夏的三个独立时段内完成。研究团队将本次脊椎动物调查结果与该区域既往观测记录整合，最终生成了各脊椎动物类别的完整物种名录。 参考文献：Armstrong D.、Croft S.J.与Foulkes J.N.（2003）《南澳大利亚州南部洛夫蒂山脉生物调查报告（2000-2001）》，DEH SA 为南部洛夫蒂山脉生物调查设立的2个监测点已采用统一标准采样方法开展了十年及以上的年度监测（详见调查SU178）。这两个监测点分别设于保存相对完好的斜叶桉（Eucalyptus obliqua）林，以及植被恢复项目初期的一片牧场中。后续采样将同步追踪恢复样地上自然植被覆盖的演替过程，以及随时间推移在此定居的动物类群。 本项目编号下还为2001年4-5月由Planning SA/DEH开展的奥蒙德山保护地调查增设了2个样点。这些样点位于同一研究区内，采用BS调查方法，但理论上应为其单独设立项目编号。 南部洛夫蒂山脉调查是“南澳大利亚州生物调查计划”的组成部分。该计划自1971年起在全州范围内开展系列系统调查，核心目标是为南澳大利亚州的动植物生物多样性建立基线名录。 请通过以下链接获取本数据集：http://aekos.org.au/collection/sa.gov.au/bdbsa_veg/survey_117