Southern Mt Lofty Ranges Survey

The primary aim of the SMLR Biological Survey was to determine the diversity and distribution of biological communities in the region. This was achieved by systematically surveying a range of survey quadrats that represented the biological variation over the study area.

Five surveys, conducted between 1977 and 2000 and comprising 1,177 vegetation quadrats in the survey region, contributed to the floristic analysis. Due to past vegetation clearance patterns, most of the survey quadrats were concentrated in the western two/thirds of the survey region. Survey quadrats were located on both crown and privately owned land. At least one survey quadrat was located in each of the National Parks and Wildlife Act reserves in the study region.
Three surveys, conducted between 1995 and 2000 and comprising 157 quadrats, contributed to the vertebrate analysis (these surveys also included vegetation quadrats). The major vertebrate survey fieldwork occurred in three separate periods, from autumn to early summer 2000. The vertebrate survey results were combined with previous records for the region to produce consolidated total species lists for each vertebrate category.

Reference: Armstrong D. Croft S.J. and Foulkes J.N.(2003) A Biological Survey of the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges South Australia 2000-2001. DEH SA

Two sites established for the Southern Mt Lofty Biological Survey have continued to have annual monitoring using the same standard sampling for ten years or more (see survey SU178). The sites were established in relatively intact Eucalyptus obliqua forest and in a paddock at the start of a revegetation program. The sampling will follow the establishment of more natural vegetation cover on the re-vegetated site and the fauna that establishes here over time.

Two additional sites were also established under this project number for the Mt Osmond Reserve Survey carried out in April/May 2001 by Planning SA/DEH. The sites were in the same study area and used the BS methodology but probably should have their own project number. The Southern Mt Lofty Ranges Survey is part of the Biological Survey of South Australia Program which is a series of systematic surveys conducted across the state between 1971 and the present with the broad aim of providing a baseline inventory of South Australia's flora and fauna biodiversity.

SMLR生物调查（SMLR Biological Survey）的核心目标为探明研究区域内生物群落的多样性与分布格局。本次研究通过系统布设覆盖研究区生物变异特征的一系列样方（survey quadrats），达成上述调查目标。

1977年至2000年间开展的5次调查共纳入研究区1177个植被样方（vegetation quadrats），用于植物区系分析。受既往植被清理活动影响，绝大多数样方集中分布于研究区西三分之二区域。样方布设涵盖公有土地（crown land）与私有土地，且研究区内依据《国家公园与野生动物法》设立的所有保护区均至少布设了1个样方。

1995年至2000年间开展的3次调查共纳入157个样方，用于脊椎动物分析（此类调查同时涵盖植被样方）。脊椎动物调查的主要野外工作集中于2000年秋季至初夏的三个独立时段。研究将本次脊椎动物调查结果与该区域既往记录整合，形成了各脊椎动物类群的综合物种名录。

参考文献：Armstrong D、Croft S.J. 与 Foulkes J.N.（2003）《南澳大利亚南洛夫蒂山脉2000-2001年生物调查报告》，南澳遗产与环境部（DEH SA）。

南洛夫蒂生物调查设立的2个样地已持续开展超10年的年度监测，沿用统一标准采样方案（详见调查SU178）。其中一个样地设于保存相对完好的斜叶桉（Eucalyptus obliqua）林内，另一个样地设于某牧场，当时该区域正处于植被恢复计划启动初期。本次采样将持续追踪恢复样地自然植被覆盖的形成过程，以及随时间推移在此定居的动物类群。

本项目编号下还为2001年4-5月由南澳规划署（Planning SA）与遗产与环境部（DEH）开展的奥蒙德山保护区调查增设了2个样地。该样地位于同一研究区内，采用生物调查（BS，Biological Survey）标准方法，但或许应为其单独设立项目编号。南洛夫蒂山脉调查是南澳大利亚生物调查计划的组成部分，该计划自1971年起在全州范围内开展系列系统性调查，核心目标是建立南澳大利亚动植物生物多样性的基线名录。