7. Monitoring and Reporting
7.1 Monitoring Progressive monitoring shall be undertaken by a specialist ecologist to assess the success of tubestock transplanting and enable the maintenance contractor to take corrective actions in a timely manner if/when required. A series of permanent monitoring transects will be established within the recipient sites. Tansects will be located and sized to capture a subset of at least 20 % of each cohort of translocated plants (i.e. those planted within any six month period) and monitored for a period of five years after planting, with monitoring concluding five years after the final cohort of plants have been planted. Monitoring will occur at the following intervals for each cohort: • Year 1 to 3 – Quarterly monitoring • Years 4 and 5 – Annual monitoring Where possible, monitoring of multiple cohorts will be undertaken at the same time (i.e. same monitoring event).
A final monitoring event for all cohorts will be undertaken 5 years after the commencement of the planting program. The following parameters shall be recorded during each monitoring event: • The date of monitoring • The name of person undertaking monitoring
• The number of live, dormant and/or dead translocated plants for each age class • Reproductive output (presence of megasporophylls (females) or pollen cones(male)) • Recruitment • Presence of pollinators • Evidence of insect attack or plant rot • Weed levels (as % cover) at the recipient site • Other disturbances, such as erosion (type, extent) and feral animal activity • Photographs of representative plant condition states Monitoring of an number individuals (dependent on number discovered during preplanting surveys) within the reference site, if a suitable site is found. Monitoring will be undertaken on an annual basis until such time that monitoring of plants at the recipient site is completed. Parameters measured will be the same as those measured at the recipient site and will include representative age classes.
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Mundic Gully TSF Impact Mitigation Management Plan - Grevillea hockingsii
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