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Identification

Field Value

Title

Koala Modelling Regions

Alternative title(s)

KMRs

Abstract

The Koala Habitat Suitability Models were developed across nine koala modelling regions. This was important because the environmental drivers that dictate habitat suitability vary across NSW. For example, koala’s prefer different tree species on the North Coast compared to the Southern Tablelands. By developing regional KHSMs that are independent of one another, users can consistently compare habitat suitability scores at any given location within a region.

This dataset defines the region boundaries or study areas for the models. The regions were defined by an agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis of the turnover patterns of koala food and shelter species, where aggregation units were represented by local government areas (LGAs) on the coast and tablelands, and Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) subregions in western NSW. The nine regions fall into two divisions and so eastern and western division values have been added to the attribute table.

Tree species patterns are likely to best capture changes in habitat choice and food selection at a regional scale, where it is expected that the key drivers of habitat suitability are much the same within a region (where food choices are similar) but may differ between regions (different food choices).

The Koala Habitat Information Base can help prioritise the establishment of new koala reserves and private land conservation agreements, ensure local actions are based on the best available information, and improve the management of threats and disease. It will be an important resource to assist government agencies, local councils and private land holders with koala conservation decisions. The Koala Habitat Information Base is not a regulatory instrument, meaning the data layers do not categorise land for regulatory purposes. It does provide the best available scientific information to support decision makers, rehabilitators, land managers and community members involved in koala conservation.

Resource locator

Data Quality Statement

Name: Data Quality Statement

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

Description:

Data quality statement for Koala Modelling Regions

Function: download

Download Package

Name: Download Package

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

Description:

Data (Shapefile)

Function: download

Unique resource identifier

Code

695d5c07-3929-454d-a06d-e9e72fcfa0d5

Presentation form

Map digital

Edition

1.1

Dataset language

English

Metadata standard

Name

ISO 19115

Edition

2016

Dataset URI

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/695d5c07-3929-454d-a06d-e9e72fcfa0d5

Purpose

To delineate the actual boundaries for the Koala Habitat Suitability Models.

Status

Completed

Spatial representation

Type

vector

Geometric Object Type

complex

Geometric Object Count

9

Spatial reference system

Code identifying the spatial reference system

4283

Spatial resolution

10 m

Classification of spatial data and services

Field Value

Topic category

Keywords

Field Value

Keyword set

keyword value

FAUNA-Native

ECOLOGY-Habitat

Originating controlled vocabulary

Title

ANZLIC Search Words

Reference date

2008-05-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

139.781249

East bounding longitude

154.722656

North bounding latitude

-36.329994

South bounding latitude

-27.730994

NSW Place Name

NSW

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

2019-08-31

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

This dataset defines the region boundaries or study areas for the models. The regions were defined by an agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis of the turnover patterns of koala food and shelter species, where aggregation units were represented by local government areas (LGAs) on the coast and tablelands, and Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) subregions in western NSW. The nine regions fall into two divisions and so eastern and western division values have been added to the attribute table.

v1.1: This version is now aligned (boundary lines) precisely to the 5m Native Vegetation Extent Raster v1.4 and other v1.1 updates to the KHIB layers

Constraints related to access and use

Field Value

Limitations on public access

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

2024-02-26T13:31:32.187978

Metadata language