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Contents OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 2A Business Plan specific outcomes (and associated Corporate Plan actions) Progress against specific outcomes and actions Specific Outcome 21 cont d. initiating field trials to identify sustainable management of water-repellent landscape soils at RBG Melbourne e. continuing to progress the native grass turf research project for the establishment of an indigenous lawn in selected areas of The Ian Potter Lakeside Precinct in Stage 2 of the Australian Garden, and f. establishing horticultural research plots in Stage 2 of the Australian Garden. d. Field trials on the sustainable management of water-repellent soils continued, but with limited success from the treatments applied. RBG Melbourne is committed to continuing this research because water repellency is a significant management problem, and may be exacerbated further by climate change. (See also Goal 3, Specific Outcome 42d.) e. and f. The 300 square metre native grass trial being undertaken at a commercial turf farm continued with the over-sowing of the Hemarthria uncinata Mat Grass sward with Austrodanthonia sp. and Microlaena stipoides in autumn. Monitoring of the trial continued. The trial of Zoysia macrantha in the Home Garden of the Australian Garden (Stage 1) continued. The research plots in the Australian Garden Stage 2, as part of the larger construction project, were not completed for planting. Preliminary themes for research plots in the Australian Garden Stage 2 were developed and the RBG Cranbourne Nursery commenced propagation and sourcing of material. Specific Outcome 22 (Relating to Corporate Plan Action 19) Implement year four of the five-year research plan for RBG Cranbourne. Staff at RBG Cranbourne continued to implement and develop ecological research projects as part of a five-year research plan, including assessing the impact of management of Sweet Vernal Grass in the grassy woodland block, monitoring bird-borne seed movement from the Australian Garden into surrounding habitats, surveying and analysing Southern Brown Bandicoot distribution, surveying the distribution and abundance of the orchid Thelymitra circumsepta, ex situ conservation of the orchid Caladenia robinsoni, monitoring population growth and impacts of Black Wallabies Wallabia bicolour, management of exotic bird and mammal populations, and analysing long-term trends in avifauna. page 62
Contents OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 2A Business Plan specific outcomes (and associated Corporate Plan actions) Progress against specific outcomes and actions Specific Outcome 23 (Relating to Corporate Plan Action 20) Undertake scientific research projects in partnership with tertiary institutions and other research organisations (e.g. DSE, Birds Australia, Mornington Peninsula Biosphere, Chisholm Institute). Land Management and Infrastructure branch staff continued monthly monitoring of bird communities at defined survey sites with the Birds Australia Team, and Bandicoot habitat and movement studies in the Koo Wee Rup region with a PhD student and staff from Deakin University. Bandicoot distribution surveys were conducted using remote cameras in collaboration with the Mornington Peninsula Biosphere Reserve Research Committee and DSE’s Southern Brown Bandicoot Technical Reference Group. Recording the dispersal of frog species was conducted in collaboration with Melbourne Museum and The University of Melbourne. Action 16 Develop and implement a new science plan for ARCUE to reflect emerging research priorities in urban ecology and associated business opportunities. Action 17 Maximise the research capacity of the Royal Botanic Gardens by attracting high-quality research staff and students, and by strengthening collaboration with other key scientific and academic institutions. ARCUE continued to conduct research in line with the ARCUE Strategic Plan 2008–2011. Research collaborations with government organisations and academic institutions, both in Australia and overseas, have continued to fulfil the research and business goals of the Strategic Plan. A Post-doctoral Fellow and a PhD student were appointed from competitive fields of candidates. ARCUE continued to work with a number of key scientific and academic institutions. This work included organising a workshop for grasslands research for DSE, which brought together experts from Parks Victoria, Charles Sturt University, La Trobe University, National Trust, Native Seeds, and Bioscience Research (Department of Primary Industries [DPI]). Melbourne Gardens Division co-supervised an Honours student in collaboration with the School of Biological Sciences, Monash University on a project entitled: Can Artificial Macrophytes Provide Refugia for Zooplankton in a Shallow, Eutrophic; Freshwater Lake. Research findings in 2010–11 revealed an unprecedented absence of cyanobacterial (bluegreen algae) blooms in the Ornamental Lake. A vigorous growth of macrophytes (water plants) may have had some suppressive influence and offers promise that even in this nutrient-rich lake system macrophytes can be significant in mitigating cyanobacterial blooms. Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Annual Report 2010–11 page 63
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