Name:
Waterfowl and Grebes, Breeding - Hattah lakes, Victoria
Version:
1
Published Date:
14/02/2011 10:28:30 PM
Description:
This model has been produced from the Hattah Lakes Project which was an eWater CRC project conducted by Yorb, MDBA, MDFRC, and Griffith University.
This is a general bird breeding model applicable for waterfowl and grebes, which includes: grebes, ducks - grey teal, pink-eared, pacific black hardhead, maned, Australiasian shoveler, plumed whistler, freckled.
A seperate but similar model is used for the breeding requirements of colonial nesting waterbirds. The model has a magnitude preference based on the proportion of the wetland inundated, the duration of inundation, the return period between inundations and the maximum rate of change. The rate of change feature is to represent of effect of nest abandonment with rapidly dropping water levels
Location Notes:
Hattah Lakes, Victoria, Australia
Caveat Notes:
Model History:
Model Created: 19/11/2009 2:09:49 PM
Interpretation:
1=ideal, 0=poor
Limitations:
This model uses the total wetland area as the input time series
Authors:
Marsh, N. Little, S.
Source Confidence:
Low
Data Confidence:
Low
Specificity Confidence:
Low
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