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                                         Survey Methods



 
 

 

* Light trapping for insects
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Bird observation and call recognition (call playback using stereo tape recording for some groups, including rails, crakes and nocturnal species)

* Use of fish and yabby traps (for fish and freshwater crustaceans)

* Call recognition and pitfall for amphibians

* Scat and trace analysis

* Small/medium ground mammal trapping (Elliot traps, cage traps and pitfall traps)
 
 * Arboreal mammal trapping
 
* Hair tube/funnel survey and analysis
 
 * Spotlighting for arboreal mammals, and nocturnal birds
 
* Anabat analysis for microchiropteran bats
 
* General search and pitfall trapping for reptiles
 
* Active search, capture and call recognition for invertebrates
 
* Utilization of dip nets to sample for macro-invertebrate biological indicator species

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