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Title	Vegetation of the Singleton Military Area. VIS_ID 3913
Alternative title(s)	SingletonMilitaryArea_E_3913
Abstract	Vegetation of the Singleton Military Area.;\nA vegetation survey, classification and mapping project has been completed for the 14,520 ha Singleton Military Area (SMA), located in the mid Hunter Valley of New South Wales, on behalf of the Department of Defence.;\nA preferential sampling design supported by extensive ground-data collection (1,427 ground control data points) was adopted to select and sample the vegetation so that observable variations in dominant plant species combinations could be analysed in detail. Two approaches to classification were employed, each tailored to different structural habitats: woody vegetation and grasslands. For woody vegetation, sample sizes were 0.04 ha, while 0.01 ha samples were used in grassland habitats. In all cases, all vascular plant species within sample plots were recorded and assessed in terms of a 6-point cover abundance code. Numerical classification of sample data was undertaken using the Primer statistical package, where cluster;\nanalysis and non-metric multidimensional scaling ordinations were performed. In total, 78 full floristic sample plots were used to define 23 woody vegetation communities, while 82 sample plots defined 21;\ngrassland (and wetland, shrubland) communities. Of these, six woody communities can be considered Threatened Ecological Communities (TECs), listed under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995;\nMapping of all vegetation communities was undertaken through on-screen interpretation of digital orthorectified aerial photographs (flown December 2008), supported by the 1,427 ground control data;\npoints for woody vegetation. Accuracy of this mapping is considered high across most of the SMA, due to the methods used in its construction. Grasslands were mapped in a similar way, but did not incorporate ground control points. Instead, intensive ground truthing was undertaken to attribute specific areas to grassland types. It was noted, however, that distinguishing community boundaries in the field between adjacent grasslands was difficult due to the history of grazing, and interpretation of aerial photographs could only distinguish broad grassland patterns. VIS_ID 3913
Resource locator
Data Quality Statement	Name: Data Quality Statement Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Data quality statement for Vegetation of the Singleton Military Area. VIS_ID 3913 Function: download
Vegetation SingletonMilitaryArea E 3913	Name: Vegetation SingletonMilitaryArea E 3913 Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Function: download
Unique resource identifier
Code	26051ba1-30c6-4e67-a69e-c33ac6c7f75f
Presentation form	Map digital
Edition	unknown
Dataset language	English
Metadata standard
Name	ISO 19115
Edition	2016
Dataset URI	https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/26051ba1-30c6-4e67-a69e-c33ac6c7f75f
Purpose	Vegetation Mapping
Status	Completed
Spatial representation
Type	vector
Spatial reference system
Code identifying the spatial reference system	4283
Equivalent scale	1:None
Additional information source	Sinclair Knight Merz & Eastcoast Flora Survey (2012). Vegetation of the Singleton Military Area. Report to Department of Defence, June 2012.

Classification of spatial data and services

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Topic category

Keywords

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Keyword set
keyword value	VEGETATION FLORA
Originating controlled vocabulary
Title	ANZLIC Search Words
Reference date	2008-05-16
Geographic location
West bounding longitude	151.11261
East bounding longitude	151.247986
North bounding latitude	-32.776871
South bounding latitude	-32.600636
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	2011-06-01
End position	N/A
Dataset reference date
Resource maintenance
Maintenance and update frequency	Unknown
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

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Lineage	A digital, orthorectified aerial photographic mosaic (flown December 2008) was made available for the project, and was used for the basis of all mapping. Interpretation of this;\nmosaic was completed on-screen in Mapinfo� GIS across the entire study area, with the exception of the;\nfar north-western corner. In this case, interpretation was based on an older, broader image supplied by Lands & Property Information.;\nWithin Mapinfo� GIS, observable photo-patterns from orthorectified colour aerial photographs were scrutinised and cross-referenced to RDP data collected in the field.;\nA preferential sampling strategy formed the basis of the survey design for this project. Following preparation of a draft vegetation 'strata' map, standard floristic survey;\nquadrats (0.04ha; 20 x 20m or 40 x 10m in riparian habitats) were sampled in representative locations;\nwithin the SMA for woody vegetation. Survey of grassland areas in general incorporated the same strategies as completed for woody vegetation, with the exception that quadrats sampled representative areas of 0.01ha (10 x 10m).;\nFloristic sample (quadrat) data was entered into a licensed copy of the DECCW vegetation survey database,;\nrunning on a Microsoft Access� platform. Analysis of data was undertaken using multivariate techniques in the Primer statistical package.

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A digital, orthorectified aerial photographic mosaic (flown December 2008) was made available for the project, and was used for the basis of all mapping. Interpretation of this;\nmosaic was completed on-screen in Mapinfo� GIS across the entire study area, with the exception of the;\nfar north-western corner. In this case, interpretation was based on an older, broader image supplied by Lands & Property Information.;\nWithin Mapinfo� GIS, observable photo-patterns from orthorectified colour aerial photographs were scrutinised and cross-referenced to RDP data collected in the field.;\nA preferential sampling strategy formed the basis of the survey design for this project. Following preparation of a draft vegetation 'strata' map, standard floristic survey;\nquadrats (0.04ha; 20 x 20m or 40 x 10m in riparian habitats) were sampled in representative locations;\nwithin the SMA for woody vegetation. Survey of grassland areas in general incorporated the same strategies as completed for woody vegetation, with the exception that quadrats sampled representative areas of 0.01ha (10 x 10m).;\nFloristic sample (quadrat) data was entered into a licensed copy of the DECCW vegetation survey database,;\nrunning on a Microsoft Access� platform. Analysis of data was undertaken using multivariate techniques in the Primer statistical package.

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Data Quality

Field	Value
Scope	dataset
DQ Completeness Commission
Effective date	2001-01-01
DQ Completeness Omission
Effective date	2001-01-01
DQ Topological Consistency
Explanation	Geometric and topological (overlap) errors were corrected.

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	2024-02-26T13:19:07.699527
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Vegetation SingletonMilitaryArea E 3913

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