Journal article
Revegetated Sand Mining Areas, Swamp Wallabies and Remote Sensing: North Stradbroke Island, Queensland
Australian Geographical Studies, Vol.31(1), pp.3-13
1993
Abstract
Mining of mineral sands has taken place on North Stradbroke Island for over 40 years. Revegetation of mined areas creates a mosaic of seral classes. For a mine site in the northwest of the island, Landsat Thematic Mapper data were used successfully to map the distribution of seven seral classes resulting from mining rehabilitation. Faecal pellet counts were used to assess usage of these areas and surrounding natural forest by swamp wallabies, Wallabia bicolor. Results indicated that revegetated sites from 2 to 4 years in age were heavily used by wallabies. Older revegetated sites, dominated by senile Acacia cunninghamii, and offering little or no forage, were avoided. Swamp wallabies used revegetated sites for night-time feeding sessions and rested, during the day, in surrounding eucalypt forest.
Details
- Title
- Revegetated Sand Mining Areas, Swamp Wallabies and Remote Sensing: North Stradbroke Island, Queensland
- Authors
- Greg J E Hill (Author) - University of QueenslandS R Phinn (Author) - California State University
- Publication details
- Australian Geographical Studies, Vol.31(1), pp.3-13
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- Date published
- 1993
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-8470.1993.tb00646.x
- ISSN
- 0004-9190
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Vice-Chancellor and President
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449071802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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