Resources

Sugarloaf vegetation key

Vegetation communities map

The native vegetation of the Sydney metropolitan area

Long-nosed bandicoot

Bandicoot adaptations

Bandicoots in Sydney backyards

Podcast – Bandicoots in Sydney backyards, ABC Off Track program, Saturday 13 June 2015 (28:20min)

Bandicoot in Terry's Creek Reserve

Remote camera footage – Bandicoot in Terry's Creek Reserve, Ryde. Terry's Creek is a similar patch of remnant bushland to The Sugarloaf.

Additonal links

• Bandicoot role as Bioturbators, Feb 2020 Article in "The conversation"
• Bandicoot facts, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
• Living with bandicoots, Backyard Buddies
• Bandicoot distribution and information, Atlas of Living Australia

Ecosystem benefits of bio-turbator animals

Ecosystem benefit of bio-turbator animals. Source City of Ryde - flora and fauna surveys 2017 https://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/environment/flora-and-fauna-studies-2017-final-report.pdf . (page 233)

How bandicoot digs influence the soil and other environmental factors

How Bandicoot digs affect soil. Taken from Feb 2020 Article in "The Conversation". http://theconversation.com/one-little-bandicoot-can-dig-up-an-elephants-worth-of-soil-a-year-and-our-ecosystem-loves-it-132266

Red-crowned toadlet

Red-crowned toadlet fact sheet

Red-crowned toadlet case study

Environmental impact assessment guideline

Additonal links

• Red-crowned toadlet distribution and information, Atlas of Living Australia
• Red-crowned toadlet profile, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
• Red-crowned toadlet profile, Australian Museum
• Red-crowned toadlet facts, Frogs of Australia

Management 

• Restoration and rehabilitation of endangered ecological communities in Lane Cove National Park, Friends of Lane Cove National Park
• Long-nosed bandicoot, North Head – Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations, Office of Environment and Heritage
• Threatened species, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
• Threatened species listing categories, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

Key threatening processes

• Predation by the European red fox, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
• Chytrid fungus, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
• Removal of dead wood and trees, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
• Clearing of native vegetation, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
• Habitat decline factsheet, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment