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These are step-by-step examples of
some of the tasks that Wild Things is designed to perform.
Tutorial
1 (PDF 1.4 Mb)
Find a
photograph and description of the plant Kennedia prostrata, and plot one
or more maps showing its distribution across the Greater
Melbourne
area.
• Using the Wild Plants of
Greater Melbourne : Map Themes program, find Kennedia prostrata
in the full species list
• Examine the photographs, description and common name of the species
• Print a copy of a photograph and written description of the species.
• Plot the distribution of the species on a map of the Greater
Melbourne area showing dates for the most recent record for each site
• Change the background map so that the distribution is plotted on
Parks and
Public
Land
features
• Print a copy of each map.
The products of this task should be:
• A printed page, with a written description and photograph of Kennedia
prostrata.
• A printed page of the distribution of Kennedia prostrata
superimposed on the
Melbourne
area showing coloured grids which represent the most recent recording dates.
• A printed page of the distribution of Kennedia prostrata
superimposed on a map of the Melbourne area showing the parks, public land,
private land, built-up areas etc.
Tutorial 2 (PDF 1.4 Mb)
Find all animal
species that have been recorded around the Devil Bend Reservoir
• Using the Animals of Greater Melbourne : Map Themes
program, find the Devil Bend Reservoir on a map of the
Melbourne
area (on the
Mornington
Peninsula
)
• Zoom in on the part of the map with Devil Bend
• Select a number of grids which cover the area
• Summarize all the data from the grids into a species list
• Export the list, in alphabetic order of common name, to a Rich Text
file which can then be loaded into any word processor.
The products of this task should be:
• A Rich Text file containing a full list of all animals species from
the Devil Bend Reservoir.
Tutorial 3 (PDF 1.4 Mb)
Find all rare or
threatened animal species that have been recorded for the Bunyip State Park
• Using the Animals of Greater Melbourne : High-Res. Land Use
program, find the
Bunyip
State Park
on a high-resolution map tile from the
Melbourne
area
• Select a number of grids which cover the area
• Summarize all the data from the grids into a species list
• Using the Quick Filters option create a list of rare or
threatened animal species
• Export the list, in systematic order (i.e. the list is arranged in
major groups – Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Frogs – then animal families) to
a Rich Text file which can then be loaded into any word processor.
The products of this task should be:
• A Rich Text file containing a list of all animals species from the
Bunyip State Park which are listed as rare or threatened by DSE, listed under
the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act or
listed under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act..
Tutorial 4 (PDF 1.8 Mb)
You are in the Werribee Gorge State Park and you find a shrub with
grey-green leaves and masses of small, red, fleshy fruits at the ends of the
branches. Find out what it is.
• Using the Plants of Greater
Melbourne : High-Res. Land Use program, find the Werribee Gorge
State Park on a high-resolution map tile from the
Melbourne
area
• Select a number of grids which cover the area
• Summarize all the data from the grids into a species list
• Using the Full Filters option select the filter
characters for shrubs and fleshy fruits
• Run the Apply Filters option to find all fleshy-fruited
shrubs in the
Werribee
Gorge
State Park
• Scroll through the filtered list, examining the pictures and
descriptions as you go, to find the best match to the plant you have seen
• Print a picture and description of the plant you have chosen
The products of this task should be:
• A printed page with an image and description of the shrub Rhagodia
parabolica
Tutorial 5 (PDF 1.5 Mb)
Investigate the
vegetation of
French
Island
.
• Using the Plants of Greater Melbourne : High-Res. EVC program,
find
French
Island
on a high-resolution vegetation map tile from the
Melbourne
area
• Use the Feature Identification function to highlight
and identify each vegetation class (EVC) mapped on the island
• Display descriptions and lists of characteristic plant species for
each EVC as well as a photograph of a typical stand of the vegetation
The products of this task should be:
• There are no tangible products from this task but the user may print
or export the vegetation map
Tutorial 6 (PDF 2.3 Mb)
Investigate the
habitat of two threatened animal species, the Striped Legless Lizard and Leadbeaters
Possum.
• Using the Animals of Greater Melbourne : High-Res. EVC program,
find the Striped Legless Lizard.
• Plot the distribution of the species on the vegetation map
tiles
• Identify the vegetation classes that fall within the distribution of
the species
• Repeat this process with Leadbeaters Possum
The products of this task should be:
• There are no tangible products from this task but the user should
have noted that:
• The Striped Legless Lizard
distribution is most closely related to the Plains Grassland
EVC (as well as urban areas and rural areas without mapped vegetation)
• Leadbeaters Possum distribution is most closely related
to that of Wet Forest, Montane Wet
Forest and Cool Temperate Rainforest.
Tutorial 7 (PDF 3.4 Mb)
Investigate the
Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs) of the Greater
Melbourne
area and carry out a comparison between two of them – Plains Grassland
and
Wet
Forest
.
• Using the Vegetation of Greater Melbourne program, find
the description, distribution map and photographs of Plains Grassland
and
Wet
Forest
.
• Note the broad distribution of each EVC and areas where they are most
concentrated (Plains Grassland to the west and
Wet
Forest
to the north-east)
• Use the Plants of Greater Melbourne : High-Res. EVC
program to locate an area of Plains Grassland
• Select a single one-minute grid on an area of Plains Grassland
and generate a list of all plant species recorded from that grid
• Using the Quick Filters option find the
number and proportion of non-native species within
the list
• Using the Quick Filters option find the
number and proportion of rare or threatened species within the
list
• Repeat this process for
Wet
Forest
The products of this task should be:
• There are no tangible products from this task but the user should
have determined the following:
• The Plains Grassland search generated a larger number of plant
species that the
Wet
Forest
search (145 species compared to 50)
• The proportion of non-native to native plants species in Plains
Grassland is much higher than for Wet Forest (58/89 for Plains Grassland, 1/49
for Wet Forest) indicating the greater degree of disturbance of the former
• There were six rare of threatened plant species recorded for the
Plains Grassland Search compared to none to
Wet
Forest
.
• Plains Grassland is a significantly more fragmented vegetation class
than
Wet
Forest
, with most stands being less that 20 ha and surrounded by non-vegetated rural
land.
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