Establish Avoid continuous Undertake Actively manage Target rabbits, fencing or heavy grazing intensive weeds when foxes and cats in around to allow saltbush management of undertaking key refugia and key refugia. to regenerate and identified key restoration habitats. seed. refugia and activities to Promote wise Manage and wildlife habitats. ensure weeds do use to Experiment with rabbits not compete for avoid different saltbush Maintain simultaneously to soil moisture with changes to species for populations to prevent foxes vulnerable native water flow/water livestock forage, control exotic switching to replantings. table levels that and implement pests. predation on could impact on strategic grazing Apply herbicides native species, or Re-introduce aquifers and regimes to to actively growing increases in rabbit engineer species overland flow. maximise both weeds and avoid populations. (e.g. bilbies and production yields spray drift. bettongs) where and biodiversity feral animal Do not leave benefits. controls are in areas of bare Refer to place and ground to avoid effective. wind and water erosion of soils. Manage native Retain some grazing pressure weed cover and (e.g. from stagger removal kangaroos). to explore the and replacement benefits of with native different grazing grasses. regimes and saltbush species. Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey vegetation profile 96.79% remaining Commonly found species within this community Eucalyptus diversifolia; Eucalyptus porosa; Eucalyptus costata Murrayana; Eucalyptus brachycalyx; Eucalyptus socialis; Eucalyptus gracilis; Eucalyptus oleosa; Eucalyptus incrassata; Eucalyptus leptophylla; Eucalyptus dumosa; Melaleuca uncinata; Melaleuca lanceolata; Melaleuca acuminata; Sclerolaena diacantha; Enchylaena tomentosa; Rhagodia parabolica; shrub; tussock grass; forb. Management recommendations
Establish fencing around key refugia. Promote wise use to avoid changes to water flow/water table levels that could impact on aquifers and overland flow. Avoid continuous or heavy grazing to allow saltbush to regenerate and seed. Experiment with different saltbush species for livestock forage, and implement strategic grazing regimes to maximise both production yields and biodiversity benefits. Refer to to explore the benefits of different grazing regimes and saltbush species. Undertake intensive management of identified key refugia and wildlife habitats. Maintain populations to control exotic pests. Re-introduce engineer species (e.g. bilbies and bettongs) where feral animal controls are in place and effective. Manage native grazing pressure (e.g. from kangaroos). Actively manage weeds when undertaking restoration activities to ensure weeds do not compete for soil moisture with vulnerable native replantings. Apply herbicides to actively growing weeds and avoid spray drift. Do not leave areas of bare ground to avoid wind and water erosion of soils. Retain some weed cover and stagger removal and replacement with native grasses. Target rabbits, foxes and cats in key refugia and habitats. Manage and rabbits simultaneously to prevent foxes switching to predation on native species, or increases in rabbit populations. Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey vegetation profile 96.79% remaining Commonly found species within this community Eucalyptus diversifolia; Eucalyptus porosa; Eucalyptus costata Murrayana; Eucalyptus brachycalyx; Eucalyptus socialis; Eucalyptus gracilis; Eucalyptus oleosa; Eucalyptus incrassata; Eucalyptus leptophylla; Eucalyptus dumosa; Melaleuca uncinata; Melaleuca lanceolata; Melaleuca acuminata; Sclerolaena diacantha; Enchylaena tomentosa; Rhagodia parabolica; shrub; tussock grass; forb. Management recommendations
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