Title

Grey-headed Flying-fox Foraging Habitat Ranking (Vector)

Data Quality Statement

Name: Data Quality Statement

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Data quality statement for Grey-headed Flying-fox Foraging Habitat Ranking

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GreyHeadedFlyingFox Habitat UpperNorthEastNSW

Name: GreyHeadedFlyingFox Habitat UpperNorthEastNSW

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Description:

Grey headed flying fox habitat - Upper Northeast NSW

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Code

8c15c568-5c65-483f-bbfd-465d680325ea

Name

ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata

Version

1.1

Type

vector

Authority code

GDA94 / MGAZone 56

Code identifying the spatial reference system

28356

Topic category

Title

ANZLIC Search Words

Reference date

2008-05-16

NSW Place Name

Eastern NSW

Coordinate reference system

Authority code

urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::

Code identifying the coordinate reference system

5711

End position

N/A

Date type

publication

Effective date

2010-07-23

Date type

revision

Effective date

2011-04-08

Contact info

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Full postal address

NSW

Australia

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

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A grid layer was created from the merging of existing GIS layers of vegetation mapping by Mick Andren, EPRG Northern. This was converted to a shapefile by Peggy Eby's project and split into north and south Northeast NSW. A standard table of habitat attributes was joined to the shapefiles. The resulting data layer contains relevant information provided by the original vegetation classifications and maps, as well as 23 fields of data from this work that can be queried.; These are:; 1. vegetation type the name given to the plant assemblage in the relevant vegetation classification and map; 2. source a citation for the source classification and map; 3. nectar species list of diet plants in the vegetation type as defined in the source material. A standard five letter code is used. The first two letters identify the genus, the following letters identify the species. Additional letters are added where needed to differentiate species with similar names. Refer to regional profiles.; 4. rank n & f the final habitat scores for all vegetation types; 5. rank nectar only the final habitat score of nectar-producing vegetation types; 6. rainforest score the species richness score attributed to rainforest vegetation; 7. tot wt pr weighted productivity * reliability scores for each vegetation type using data from all diet species (bi- monthly phenologies not taken into account).; 8. total prod productivity scores for each vegetation type using data from all diet; species; 9. total reliability reliability scores for each vegetation type using data from all diet; species; 10 23. bi-monthly nectar habitat ranks and nectar scores for each vegetation type.; Nectar habitat ranks, area-weighted productivity * reliability scores, productivity; scores and reliability scores are presented for each bi-month.; ; It is important for users of this project to be aware of the limitations of the habitat maps. The maps are representations of vegetation patterns across a landscape and should not be interpreted as accurate depictions. Levels of spatial accuracy vary between and within the various mapping projects that were compiled to define feeding habitat for Grey-headed flying foxes. Nonetheless, the maps are sufficiently accurate at a regional scale to support the method used to rank habitat. The maps do not replace site assessments by land managers. Rather, they provide a context for determining whether a site assessment is needed and for interpreting the results. It is possible from these maps to establish whether feeding habitat for Greyheaded flying foxes occurs in the vicinity of a site of interest and to determine the ranks assigned to those habitats. If feeding habitat occurs within the surrounding area, then field inspections should be used to clarify the vegetation type(s) present in the actual site of interest and to confirm the occurrence of key diet species (wt p*r >0.65) as listed in the 54 regional profiles.; ; For more information see:; Eby, P. and Law, B. (2008) Ranking the feeding habitats of Grey-headed flying foxes for conservation management. a report for The Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW) & The Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts October 2008.

Limitations on public access

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Full postal address

NSW

Australia

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Full postal address

NSW

Australia

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Responsible party role

distributor