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Category: Explaining Change

Explaining Change : 2013 Update

louisa 23 January 2014 23 January 2014Explaining Change, News

In 2009, the Explaining Change Project  created three sample areas close by the Hackett water tank.  This was so we could assess the relative impacts of rabbit and kangaroo grazing. One plot excludes both kangaroos and rabbits, one plot excludes kangaroos but allows rabbits and the third plot is a…

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Photographic Monitoring – How is it done

Lance Williamson 9 December 2013 9 January 2014Explaining Change

Because human memories of a changing scene – the when, what and how much – are inadequate, FoMM volunteers are using repeated photographs to record and so capture any changes. To be of real value, the photography must capture only the scene change, and not be affected by camera type…

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Mount Majura – Assessment of Ground-cover

Waltraud Pix 9 December 2013 12 January 2014Explaining Change

In addition to the photographic monitoring we assessed the ground-cover of the three plots using the ‘point-step’ method to monitor vegetation (Sharp S, Gould L: ACT Vegetation Monitoring Manual. A Step-by-step Guide to Monitoring Native Vegetation in the ACT. Greening Australia Capital Region 2010). Rainfall in the months preceding the…

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Explain Change – Mount Majura View the Change

Lance Williamson 9 November 2013 10 January 2014Explaining Change

We now have four full years of repeat photography available, October 2009 – October 2013. Sequences of still images were converted to video format for display on the YouTube website. During the three years of the project we have learned the strengths and weaknesses of our photography, and how best…

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Media Release. The grazing impact of Kangaroos: A three year experiment

Waltraud Pix 18 March 2013 23 January 2014Explaining Change, News, Projects

Friends of Mt Majura Media Release Monday, 18 March, 2013 The grazing impact of Kangaroos: A three year experiment The results of a three year experiment by a local ParkCare group demonstrate that grazing pressure by kangaroos has serious consequences for the integrity of endangered grassy woodlands. Since late 2009,…

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Explaining Change – Mount Majura

Waltraud Pix 20 April 2009 8 April 2014Explaining Change

Our Project began in late October 2009 and involves an Animal Sieve and the monitoring of the ground layer over a number of years

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