Ecological characteristics used to define spotlight transects for arboreal marsupials.

1Less than ‘Scattered’ tree cover represents 2‘Scattered’ tree cover represents 10 to 50% crown cover density, allowing for gaps of 0.1 ha;3‘Moderate’ tree cover represents 50–80% crown cover density, allowing for gaps of 0.25 ha;4‘Dense’ tree cover represents >80% crown cover density, allowing for gaps in tree cover of up to 0.1 ha.5‘Wet forest’ includes vegetation types where moisture is rarely a limiting factor and plants in these environments have little drought tolerance;6‘Damp forest’ includes vegetation types where moisture is usually not a limiting factor but may become a factor in drought conditions, therefore plants in these environments have some adaptation to water stress;7‘Riparian forest’ are areas of forest adjacent to a river or creek that require the presence of free water during the year either through average river flows or floods.