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Contents OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 2A Specific Outcome Measure Result 21d (RBG Melbourne field trials of water-repellent landscape soils) Field treatments applied according to research design Assessment of treatment performance in improving soil wettability Regular data collection, downloads and analysis maintained All field treatments were applied according to research design. Treatment success has been very limited to date, so assessment of performance was not completed. However, this is recognised as a long-term project. Over 50 plots within six blocks have been monitored and recorded weekly and/or after each significant rainfall event. 21e (RBG Cranbourne native grass turf research) A rigorous examination of the viability of a native lawn mix is undertaken and documented Research continued in collaboration with a commercial turf farm. Native turf was trialled in the Australian Garden (Stage 1) Home Garden. (See Specific Outcome 21e for further details.) 21f (Horticultural research plots in Australian Garden Stage 2) 22 and 23 (RBG Cranbourne research plan) Research plots are established with active projects/programs Outcomes completed as identified in the five-year Research Plan Research projects completed on time Preliminary research was undertaken and plant propagation commenced. Establishment of research plots will occur as construction of the Australian Garden Stage 2 proceeds. Progress was made on a number of research outcomes, as outlined below. Assessing the impact of management of Sweet Vernal Grass in the grassy woodland block: quadrat data collection began and was entered into a database, but the analysis report has not yet been produced. Monitoring of bird-borne seed movement from the Australian Garden was carried out; an internal report is pending. Survey and analysis of Southern Brown Bandicoot distribution was presented to various groups: – Habitat Modelling was conducted and presented at the Australian Mammal Society conference – A paper was submitted to Pacific Conservation Biology – A presentation was delivered at the Australian Wildlife Management Society conference page 68
Contents OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 2A Specific Outcome Measure Result (cont) – A report on Southern Brown Bandicoot dispersal and habitat around RBG Cranbourne was delivered to the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). Population growth and impacts of Wallabia bicolour: mapping of population growth was completed; a report is pending. Management of exotic bird and long-term trends in avifauna: – a report on exotic birds and avifauna was completed and delivered to DSE, in addition to a workshop presentation; a paper will soon be prepared for publication in Environmental Management and Restoration/Australian Mammal – An Indian Myna trapping trial program concluded; a report and recommendations will be delivered to the Royal Botanic Gardens’ Corporate Management Group in the coming months. Bird surveys are ongoing. Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Annual Report 2010–11 page 69
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