2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 7 - Final New Noosa Plan - Part 8-10 Schedule Appendix - Clean version

Survey Technique                            Methods                                       Minimum Duration

Call Playback                               This technique uses call playback to         1­2 nights
                                            determine the presence of species that may
                                            be difficult to detect visually (eg owls and
                                            frogs).
                                            For amphibians – Two sessions of call
                                            playback to simulate calling activity of
                                            breeding males. Usually crepuscular survey
                                            carried out for 15­30 minutes over 1­2
                                            nights.

                                            AE consideration ­ Overuse of mimicry calls
                                            should be avoided
Ultrasonic bat Call Detectors                Echolocation call detectors that record the 3­4 nights
                                            ultrasonic calls of microchiropteran bats
                                            should be deployed over 3­4 nights and
                                            programmed to record continuously from
                                            sunset to sunrise. Detectors should be
                                            placed on the edge of fly­ways through
                                            vegetation, approximately 1­1.5m above
                                            ground level. Data can be recorded in full
                                            spectrum or memory efficient zero crossing
                                            formats depending on level of analysis
                                            required. The call sonograms are
                                            compared with those of reference calls from
                                            southern Queensland and/or with published
                                            call descriptions (Reinhold et al. 2001;
                                            Pennay et al. 2004) using a range of
                                            acoustic analysis software. Reporting
                                            should follow the Australasian Bat Society
                                            standards for the interpretation and
                                            reporting of bat call data (Reardon 2003).
                                            Species nomenclature should follow van
                                            Dyck et al. (2013) unless otherwise
                                            specified.




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