Resources
The resources listed on this page provide supplementary information that can assist with assessment tasks or depth study investigations.
Flora
Sugarloaf vegetation key
Vegetation communities map
The native vegetation of the Sydney metropolitan area
Fauna
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 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
Human impacts and management
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