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Identification

Field Value

Title

Grey-headed Flying-fox Camps

Alternative title(s)

GHFlyingFoxCamps

Abstract

Note: The NSW database of flying-fox camps is no longer maintained.

An interactive flying-fox web viewer hosted by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy has been developed to visually present data from the National Flying-fox Monitoring Programme.

The viewer allows users to explore flying-fox camps and the numbers of each species counted over time. This information spans the data gathered from November 2012 to present.

http://www.environment.gov.au/webgis-framework/apps/ffc-wide/ffc-wide.jsf


See below for superseded data description; this dataset is no longer updated as of 25/10/16.

This dataset contains information on grey-headed and black flying-fox camp locations for coastal New South Wales and notes whether little red flying-foxes are also present. The data represents locations that have been used by grey-headed flying-foxes or black flying-foxes since 1990. Flying-foxes change their use of these areas from season to season and year to year. Few sites will be occupied continuously, and some may only be used every few years. The use of sites by flying-foxes will generally reflect the availability of native food (pollen and fruits of native trees). It is intended to be indicative of the location of such camps and is not exact.

The majority of camp locations were documented during range-wide surveys of grey-headed flying-foxes conducted from 1998 to 2004. The dataset provides presence/absence data only, ie. it does not include abundance estimates.

The flying-fox camp database is an Excel spreadsheet which contains AMG Zone 56 Eastings and Northings. The spreadsheet has been converted to a point locality GIS layer (ESRI shapefile) via these coordinates but then reprojected to GDA GCS. The AMG coordinates in the table have also been converted to MGA coordinates.

An accompanying polygon shapefile is also provided for camp boundaries. Camp boundaries are only present if the coverage of the camp is known. There was no set cut off size however all boundaries would be >10x10m. Camp dimensions and boundaries vary through time with changing population size and movement of animals around the site. The boundaries provided are the greatest extent documented and are not static.

In 2006/7 DEC engaged a contractor to update the Grey-headed Flying-fox (GHFF) and the Black Flying-fox (BFF) database for NSW. The current dataset contains information on the locations of camps known to be used by grey-headed flying-foxes as of April 2008.

Please note that users should refer to the Wildlife Atlas (and any other datasets) to obtain the latest information.

Resource locator

Data Quality Statement

Name: Data Quality Statement

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Data quality statement for Grey-headed Flying-fox Camps

Function: download

Dept of Environment and Energy Map Viewer

Name: Dept of Environment and Energy Map Viewer

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Go to Map Viewer

Function: download

Unique resource identifier

Code

7641b089-8e15-4900-9457-933dd8db5087

Presentation form

Document digital

Edition

1

Dataset language

English

Metadata standard

Name

ISO 19115

Edition

2016

Dataset URI

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/7641b089-8e15-4900-9457-933dd8db5087

Purpose

metadata for formerly accessible dataset which is now out of data and no longer maintained by

Status

Obsolete

Spatial representation

Type

vector

Spatial reference system

Code identifying the spatial reference system

4283

Equivalent scale

1:None

Classification of spatial data and services

Field Value

Topic category

Keywords

Field Value

Keyword set

keyword value

flying-fox

Originating controlled vocabulary

Title

ANZLIC Search Words

Reference date

2008-05-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

148.2138

East bounding longitude

154.156

North bounding latitude

-37.668

South bounding latitude

-27.7372

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

-100

Maximum value

2228

Coordinate reference system

Authority code

urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::

Code identifying the coordinate reference system

5711

Temporal extent

Begin position

1990-01-01

End position

N/A

Dataset reference date

Resource maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

Contact info

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Quality and validity

Field Value

Lineage

In 2001 a database containing information on the location, tenure and zoning of roosts used by grey-headed flying-foxes was created. This database was updated in August 2002, and a complementary database was established for known black flying-fox camps. Further updates occurred in October 2003 and April 2008.

Constraints related to access and use

Field Value

Limitations on public access

Data Quality

Field Value

Scope

dataset

DQ Completeness Commission

Effective date

2001-01-01

DQ Completeness Omission

Effective date

2001-01-01

DQ Conceptual Consistency

Effective date

1900-01-01

DQ Topological Consistency

Effective date

1900-01-01

DQ Absolute External Positional Accuracy

Effective date

1900-01-01

Explanation

10 m to 100 m

DQ Non Quantitative Attribute Correctness

Effective date

1900-01-01

Explanation

The fields are largely self-explanatory. In addition: ;1. the accuracy of point localities is scored as: 1 = very accurate, within 50m; 2 = within 500 m; 3 = approximate. ;2. sightings of Black flying foxes and Little red flying foxes in the camps are marked as presence absence;3. Each camp has been assessed against criteria for listing as "Critical to the survival" of Grey-headed flying foxes as set out in the draft Recovery Plan for the species under the Commonwealth EPBC Act. Camps that meet these criteria are scored as '1' in a column headed "CTS". The rationale for the scores is given in three columns headed "CR1, CR2 & CR3" = criteria 1, 2 and 3. Definitions of the criteria as they appear in the draft Recovery Plan are:;"On the basis of current knowledge, roosting habitat that meets the following criteria can be explicitly identified as habitat critical to survival, or essential habitat for Grey-headed Flying-foxes. Roosting habitat that:;1. is used as a camp either continuously or seasonally in >50% of years;;2. has been used as a camp at least once in ten years (beginning in 1995) and is known to have contained >10,000 individuals;;3. has been used as a camp at least once in ten years (beginning in 1995) and is known to have contained >2,500 individuals, including reproductive females during the final stages of pregnancy, lactation or the period of conception (i.e. September - May)."

Responsible organisations

Field Value

Responsible party

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Field Value

Metadata point of contact

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-03-18T01:41:05.882343

Metadata language