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Report Na 32 REPORTNA 32 Publish€dby lh€ Director ol Filheries and Witdtite.Perth. underlhe.uthorily ol tho Hon.tvlini3rer tor Fisheraesand Wildtits The Wildlife of the ProposedWandana Nature Reserve,near Yuna, WesternAustralia BY A. A. BURBIDGE P. J. FULLER AND A. McCUSKER 1978 'I092 ',I'C'v ,d113 e.r.raqueC ,999T xog .O.d ,r{c.reasau osn puET ,trpnls to uorsrATc OUISC o./c sec.rnosag 1ecr6o1o18 uerTe.rlsnv '8909 'V'M ',OorouueM ,T9 .o.d ,a.rluoc -!TpTTM xo€ r{cJeasau ef upTTe:rlsnv u.ra?saM , 8L6I 'V 'n'd /r39CIgUnS,V,V ,U3)SflJcW CNVrUSllnJ A8 ']AU]S]U VIIVUISr|VNUSIS]I'I'VNNA UV]N ]UNIVN VNVONVI'IO]SOdOUd ]HI l0 llnflil'l tHr zt ,ON ru0dlu H,ItISd ecerlafi apTpTapv g0T aJTTpTTM pue soT.raqslg g:o luaurq:edeq 8|:-sg0 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT I INTRODUCTTON 5 II METHODS 6 III DESCRIPTION 7 A. Climate li. 7 B. Geology and Soi Is 11 C. Vegetation t_t fV VERTEBRATE FAUNA 1A A. Manmals I4 B. Birds L'7 C. Reptiles and AmPhibians 32 ao v DTSCUSSION... VI RECOMMENDATfONS VfI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 43 VII REFERENCES +5 ..:_i APPENDIX 1 46 APPENDTX 2 40 ' ' ' '4e>[crrtr1, '9 LZ gT olTs Dona'Lb'LaW 'DonalDlaw 'g LZ ZZ aals /D'LoDaV Jo 1a>lrTq,tr '" LZ TT e?Ts aeau canlaao7fty r4q1n eIcTr;l D?s4uDg 'n 'eunp ' 9Z TT alTC .r€eu uo 1a>[crq1 D?sTuDg t 'z 9Z 9Z olTs .reou plleTpoor\ lvloT 'ued,telc 9Z tT elTs 6u1puno.r.rns 1e{3Ti{1 puP pupTpooA l1'\oT .T a6ed ss,rvTd .^^--^ I -,.- sl Tos rrrv L LeA vus z1 'n DeJ UO SnOnCTCISUOC ISOrU selcads 1ue16 '€ OT Lr51 pue 9L6T TTeJUTeU 6 uoTlels qcfeeseu ueurder{c - elep 1ec'r6oToroalew 'z 'T 8 PAeTlnI{ - elep TecTboTo.roalaw a6ed SST€IV.I "' el.rese.r e.rn?eu pasodo:d 6Z-82 'pef,v pue uorlela6azr 6urnoqs puppueg Eo de6 'z .T 9Z oArasau arnleN euepueg pasodo:d Jo uorlecoT a6ed ssEn9r,{ I Page 7. Open tree mal-Iee, site 6 30 d- Open tree mallee, near site 2L 30 o Shrub mal-lee, site l_2 30 10" Openr/very open shrub mallee, near site 15 3l- 1r. Scrub dominated by Actino strobue, site 5 5l_ 12. The Beautiful Gecko, DiplodaetyLus pulcher ... 3I APPENDICES Page Structural cl-assification of vecretation at survey sites .. 46 II Vertebrates known from Kalbarri, Wandana, East Yuna, Karroun l{i1l_ and Jilbactji 49 :faurqeJ 01 uoTlepueunuocaf 6urato11o3 ar{1 epeu trlr;oq1nv uor?ce4o.rd Teluauuo.rrnug aq? 9L 6T uI ' (6-E'd) ,,euned puE sar.rar{srJ Jo rueu+4sqe\r -..* ,{q paleurp.rooc ,{ea:ns E Jo uorfeTduroc aq1 :a13e 'eun^ pauruJafap eq 01 sarJeprmoq aq1 Jo +see-q1Jou peJeTOap 'Ilr.ror{1nv 'v'M 'eunpJ aq eJT.r pTTM er{tr u-! pafsa^ pup e.roTd Jo uo-F?P^.resuoc f,oJ aAJasaJ v sspTJ e 4pq? spueunuocef aa?1-turuoc aqJ,, : papuauuoca.I ' ,,eun^ l:o f spE-I{f JoN puET urqo.rC 1ueoe^,, ' 6urpeaq aq? -rapun (V L6I) aa1f lnuoJ san.raseu qbnorqfi uor+p^.resuoJ aq1 Ifr-ror{+nv uorlcalord Te?uauuoJT^ug aql o+ 4f,oda.r s?T uI NOII]NOOUINII 'Dt4 009 gg frTaqoazro"tddn aadasaa v ssDTc D 'uoz0aa lo aoJ apow s'L uo'L+bpuaaaocaay s?14+u? uoaaoc 771,+s a.rD lLc?qn slDa'LuD puD squold Jo sazoads aaaasatd o7 fiq7unqaoddo uD puD saa.rasad uo?+Da,rasuocu'Lxl+.Ln quasasd +D +ou saloads puo suaqsfisoca qcalo,td a1 frqtunlaoddo uo saptaoad DanV DuDpuD aLlf,t 'sacuaaalJ7p liunw aap anaq+ +D17+nolls DaDaa,rgaLL+ puD +sal4-l1+nosaq+ Jo fi,ropunoq aq+ nDau saa,f,.osanuo'L+De,fasuoc pasodotd puo 6utqszra na74+opuD DanV DuDpuDn 'papnoca,f, aq+ uaan+aq suos.-aodaos Dutaq salcads 7V ,saTtqda,t u? qc?a frl7nVaadsa s? puD satcads unaafr.gpuD ud.a+saA-q+noS . Jo a"tnlxVa D s'L DUtDJ a+r'aqa+aaa aqf nncco 14+oqlo 7oc7dft7 suot4nwaoJ. uotqoqabaa puD sacu.Lao.rd7Dc.Lu12+og uDaDaang pu> uoL?+s"14 -l/L+nos aLl+ Jo fi,t.opunoq aq7 uo ,f,.oa.Dau sa?.1 DarD aqf,t .paquasaad ,spr?cl ,sl|taaDw arD suD?q?|4dwnpun saqVqdaa Jo s+s?Z pa+D+ouuD puD paq?nasap a.rD Da.rDaq+ Jo uotqnqabaa puD s7-tos ,fiDoToaDa4I pauluDnasDn ,D-L1D'+snv u*a+sat.',it"t"'^ ;:'i?7r"1'r:r:f,",yz:"d"iit;:il aq+) puDl uno,rJ +uDoDalo aaar' up gZ6L uV fiqVao77nv uo1+ca+o.rd T|:)+uarLuoi.'LauL a4+ frq uo.Lqopuaauacar pasn.apua +ou?qDC n But noTTotr rcvaIssv ' ',t.C.V fi092 ,I1rC eJJaqupJ ,999T xog .O. d ,qoJeosau asrl pupT ,r{pn+S Jo uorsr^rO OUISC o,/o sactnosau lecr6olorg uerTe.r?snv) .re>lsnJcl^l.v pue (gg0g .v.M ,oo.reuupM ,Tg xos .o.d ,a.rluac qc.reaseE eJTTpTTM uerTeJlsnv u.re?seM) JaTTng .C-d ,a6pTqtng .V.V .VIIVU1SNVNU]I-S3M /VNNA UVSN 'l^uSslu luntvN vNv0NVMctsodoud lHl l0 3lt1c] IM lHl_ '99-L 'gt6L 'Zg .oN .qdag -qsny .+saU .'L?L?A.z1sVg .qda6 "The EPA reconmends that: (1) a Class C reserve for Conservation of Flora and Fauna, vested in the W.A. Witdfife Authority, be declared north-east of Yuna, the boundaries to be determined after completion of surveys coordinated on one hand by the Director of Fisheries and Wildlife and on the other hand by the Under Secretary for Mi-nes for clarification of their interest by mining companies (sic); (2) the status, purpose and vesting be reviewed by the EpA at the end of the l-977 calendar year taking due cognizance of the existence of the much smaller East Yuna reserve". The recomrnendation was endorsed by Cabinet on 20 October 1976. The piece of l-and^referred to lies within 28002, - 28018'S and LI5"06r - 115"25'E and is in the Shire of chapman Va1ley. In this report it is termed the "Wandana Area" (Fig. 1). This report is based on two surveys of the area conducted during 1977. The first took place from 8 March to 17 March inclusive and the second from 12 September to 2l September inclusive. Personnel- involved were: A.A. Burbidge, K. Cashin, P.,J. Full-er, M. Onus, J.K. Roffe (western Austral-ian Wil-dl-ife Research Centre) and A. McCusker (Australian Biol-oqical Resources Studv). I I I1ETHODS The vegetation was examined J-nitial1y from a low-flying aircraft and later by traversing aII avaiIable access tracks on the ground (Fig. I) . T\.renty-eight representative sites were chosen for detailed observation and at each of these sites estimates of canopy cover and measurements of canopy height and diameter at breast he.ight (DBH) (where appropriate) were made for each stratrm, and specimens of the most abundant species were coflected for identification. Except in areas burnt very recently the vegetation as a whofe was dense, with a total- canopy cover of 702 or more, separated into usualJ-y three but occasional,ly only two layers. The upper canopy, however, \47assparse or very sparse over most of the area. Thus it was considered more appropriate to adopt, for detailed description of the vegetation, a system of classification which would take account of all layers than to employ Specht's system (Specht 1970). The method of classification devised for wheatbeft vegetation by Muir (1977) , which is a modification of the Beard and Webb (f974) classification, met the requirements of the presen! Eurvey and was adopted. Structural formations based. on the Muir system were recorded for each sample site" 'reTTurs aq osTe plnon r{4tprunq pue e:n1e:edurag, .eAaTTnW 'AoTeq 'o? 1e lpi{1 .[11q6r1s Jo .reTTurrs ITeJU-E€J e a^er{ pTnoA eatv euepue14eq+ 1eq1 sr'roqs sladqosr TTeJuTe: 3o uollcadsul .Z pue T seTqeJ ur uaar6 a.r€ (g,gn^nlr]r ,S,gZ^gZ) uorlels qJr€eseg ueuideq3 puE eAeTTnWuoJJ pf€p {ecr6o1o:o51a1r1 ]I-VWII] 'V NOIIdIU]S]OI I I 'qcfof peeq e fo pTE aq+ qfT^r pue Ds-..,.</rts.^+-pq,,Tflods 6urJnp pa+caTToc e:an sercads Teu.rnlcoN 1':a6uep a.rr; qsnq q6-Fr{01 enp qc.rery ur +urnq s€.!r xaJTurds oN) 'serceds 6urarro.r:nq elecoT o+ fno 6np a-rer'r sloo: 6ututeue.r eql pue salrlde-r qsnTJ of :repJo ur 1u.rnq ararlr (. ds D?po?df) xag:rurds g:o sdumlc .requra4das uI 'sdpeq qsrqqn-r pue .ra+1TT , s6oT ra^o 6uru:n1 ^dq pu€ snor.rnq pue lrods .razopTTnq g:o sdeaq 4no 6ut66rp z{q 'Iro^r .roq1o 6urop aTTIIA .d11ecr1srun+.roddo po+caTToc a.reru s6o:g: pue sa111dau '+q6Tu 1e 1q6r11ods aq+ uT pup s)ITe.l\ 6urrnp 'sosJa^e.rl eTcrqal 6ur.Tnp 'salrsduec ar{1 1p sp.rTq uo ep€ru eJer'r suor+el.Tasqo '1r{6TT1ods e Jo pre aq+ qlTlA pe+ecoT sleq 6urlooqs dq pue (eLL6\) arzuoyc6 pue uosbunoa ;o enbluqoel aqf 6ursn palceTToc eJar"r sfpg '4q6Tu 1e oTrrqel e uT ses.reae.rl 1q6r11ods 6ur,rnp pe?JeTToc pue pal.rasqo osTe a.raA sTeunue6 . slrsTn raquieldas pue tIcJeW oq+ qloq 6ut:np pasn aJoA saurlde:1 aues eqJ . suorfeu.roJ uorlelabal :o[eut 11e apnTcuT o+ sE os preT e-rer\ saurlde:; . sde.r1 ira+en ,po?Teq Jo luTJ eq1 uo pa.r€aus se& uocEq +nq ?ou a.re1!rsdp.r+ ?Td 'e,rn+xrru a4sed lnueed eq? .ro leeu Ae.T qATA pe+Tpq a.raarrsderq .
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