Some context: In Western Sydney, there’s a critically endangered vegetation type called Cooks River Clay Plain Scrub Forest, of which there’s less than 1% of its original extent. All the remaining patches are heavily fragmented and surrounded by very urban areas. The biggest remaining patch (~11 ha…

What methods do you use to get this many taxa? I’m thinking trapping (insects) and so on to get species for my project here: 1000 species project Honolulu How do you sample and identify your plants?

[image] tchakamaura: That’s a long tail of plants if ten families gets into the single digits, for species represented. absolutely, 37 plant families in my dataset represented by a single species [image] tchakamaura: What methods do you use to get this many taxa? I’m thinking trapping (i…

Thanks a lot. And all those insects, were found just by looking at and around the plants? Do you live in a busy site (for insects)?

[image] tchakamaura: And all those insects, were found just by looking at and around the plants? Pretty much yes. Plus things like looking under logs/rocks, etc. Two things that definitely helped with the insect count: Doing surveys in there at night. I’d say at least 30% of the species I …

[image] thebeachcomber: 1871 species observed, And more flatworms than amphibians. That’s really cool.

well, I finally wrapped up this project. Ended up visiting the reserve another 16 times this year. All up from ~380 hours of surveying, finished with 1926 species. For anyone interested, I made a website summarising the whole thing: https://tmesaglio.github.io/duck-river-biodiversity-survey/ You ca…

Bristletail!! Thats awesome. Love it! So cute too. Interesting the closest is a cave species. Its been long hypothesised that cave species move through MSS habitat and cave is just our peak into that world because it is where humans fit. It certainly in your photo is not like surface ones I am used…

This thread has been an absolute delight to read. Thank you to all who have participated and turned it into this beautiful work. A question came up while reading it. Does anyone know of any visual works (documentary, film, collection of vlogs, etc.) that show the process of surveying an area? I ha…

[image] thebeachcomber: 37 plant families in my dataset represented by a single species endemic families ?

for anyone interested, I’ve finally formally published my plant species list for the reserve, plus my reassessment of the historical surveys + their combination with mine to generate an all time master species list. All up, 727 plant species (360 native, 367 non-native) recorded from 1976-2023 in a…

At what point do you stop searching for new species in a defined area?

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I believe @thebeachcomber has now published his research here, including a prominent link to the iNat project.

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At what point do you stop searching for new species in a defined area?

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