https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Translocation of threatened terrestrial orchids into non-mined and post-mined lands in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41020 Diuris tricolor, Prasophyllum petilum) over 8 years within coal mining areas in the Hunter Valley of NSW, Australia. In the largest scale orchid translocation known (and the only one translocating into mine rehabilitation), six events have progressively re-located 3,030 mature orchids (1,206 D. tricolor, 1,824 P. petilum) into biodiversity offsets (non-mined: 1,099 D. tricolor, 1,493 P. petilum) and mine rehabilitation (post-mined: 127 D. tricolor, 311 P. petilum), and 300 salvaged tubers into non-mined (20 D. tricolor, 180 P. petilum) and post-mined (10 D. tricolor, 90 P. petilum) lands. Monitoring of orchids for 3–8 years revealed significant relationships between winter rainfall (July for P. petilum, August for D. tricolor) and orchid detection. Both species survived significantly better in non-mined and post-mined land when translocated in soil cores than as salvaged tubers. Diuris tricolor was more detectable overall, with rates 3–8 years post-translocation as high as 53–67% in good years and 16–47% during drought. Prasophyllum petilum was less detectable, returning 4–12% in drought but rising to 52–63% during wetter seasons. Diligent searching prior to flowering doubled detection for D. tricolor and increased it by one third for P. petilum. Two monitoring inspections per season increased detection by up to 12%. After 3–8 years post-translocation, orchids have persisted and are well established. Staged translocation over 8 years with adaptive management to operational procedures and monitoring has increased orchid detectability, and can be applied to future orchid translocations.]]> Wed 29 Mar 2023 11:41:40 AEDT ]]> The effect of disturbance regime on Darwinia glaucophylla (Myrtaceae) and its habitat https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:19816 Wed 11 Apr 2018 17:07:47 AEST ]]> Additions and amendments to the rare or threatened vascular plants of Wollemi National Park, central eastern New South Wales https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35525 Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, shows there to be 1 Critically Endangered, 19 Endangered, 26 Vulnerable taxa and 2 Endangered Populations. For Commonwealth listed taxa under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, there are 1 Critically Endangered, 9 Endangered and 23 Vulnerable taxa. Sixty-one taxa are currently unrepresented within either legislation and may be considered rare, 8 taxa remain scientifically undescribed (one addition in this revision, Pultenaea 'monticola' Mt Irvine), while updated names are provided for two taxa now formally described (Eucalyptus expressa and Prostanthera stenophylla). Following assessment of all newly added taxa against IUCN criteria, one currently unlisted species (Hibbertia coloensis) qualifies as Critically Endangered, while a second (Bertya linearifolia) qualifies as Endangered. Discussion is also provided on six taxa where database records show them to be present within Wollemi, but are here excluded following closer examination.]]> Tue 20 Aug 2019 15:29:41 AEST ]]> Oviposition and egg mass morphology in barred frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Mixophyes Günther, 1864), its phylogenetic significance and implications for conservation management https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26550 Thu 19 Aug 2021 10:57:32 AEST ]]>