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A U S T R A L I A N N E T W O R K f o r P L A N T C O N S E R V A T I O N
I N C
GPO Box 1777 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
ABN: 70 861 480 818
Telephone: (02) 6250 9509; Fax: (02) 6250 9528;Email: anpc@anpc.asn.au
Website: http://www.anpc.asn.au
Australian Network for Plant Conservation 8
th
National Conference
28 September to 1 October 2010
Perth, Western Australia
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Front cover
From top:
Calytrix breviseta. Photo: Andrew Crawford
Vegetation monitoring Photo: Melanie Smith
Verticordia albida. Photo: Andrew Crawford
Banksia montana. Photo: Greg Freebury
Jacksonia pungens. Photo: Andrew Crawford
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in this document are the views of the individual authors and do not necessarily
reflect those of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation.
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Table of contents
Welcome from the ANPC ______________________________________________________ 3
Acknowledgements ___________________________________________________________ 4
Sponsors _______________________________________________________________________________ 4
Organising Committee ____________________________________________________________________ 5
Social Functions _____________________________________________________________ 6
Site map ____________________________________________________________________ 7
Information _________________________________________________________________ 8
Program ____________________________________________________________________ 9
Monday 27 September ____________________________________________________________________ 9
Tuesday 28 September ____________________________________________________________________ 9
Wednesday 29 September ________________________________________________________________ 11
Thursday 30 September__________________________________________________________________ 13
Friday 1 October _______________________________________________________________________ 14
Oral Paper Abstracts _________________________________________________________ 15
Index by theme _________________________________________________________________________ 15
Poster abstracts _____________________________________________________________ 40
Friday workshops ___________________________________________________________ 47
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Welcome from the ANPC
Welcome to the 8th national conference of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation, on the theme
of ‘Planning Conservation to Achieving Restoration’.
This is the second ANPC Conference to be held in Perth. We are glad to be meeting again in Australia’s
most biodiverse State, and one with a rich culture of conservation practice.
I’d like to thank the conference sponsors who have made this event possible: the
WA Department of
Environment and Conservation
;
Mattiske Consulting
; the
Taxonomy Research & Information
Network
(TRIN); and
Alcoa
. These organisations contribute to plant conservation on many fronts, and
recognise the value of supporting closer linkage of people in science, management, community and
industry – linkage which is part of ANPC’s unique role.
2011 will be the ANPC’s twentieth year of working to conserve Australia’s flora. The face of plant
conservation in Australia has changed, although none of the challenges have yet been overcome. There
are more organisations now, though few others are dedicated specifically to conserving flora. The
funding scene has changed, but not necessarily improved. We have seen a welcome shift in investment
to a more regional and perhaps a more strategic approach, although there is still an inadequate focus on
biodiversity and an inadequate level of investment. We have seen the survival of the Landcare
movement, with its unique blend of communication and action across sectoral divides. We have also
seen the rise of non-government organisations dedicated to acquiring and rehabilitating land for
biodiversity.
A feature of the last 20 years has been acceptance by governments of the need for biodiversity
conservation planning. Political commitment has waxed and waned, but there is a level of policy and
planning greater than ever before. There are however many challenges in translating this into effective
conservation practice, and governments are not always good at achieving that translation. Core
problems include the short-term, non-strategic nature of funding cycles; a lack of commitment to
sustaining and nurturing the community NGO sector at anything more than a subsistence level; and
often an unwillingness to commit to the elimination of threatening processes, rather than just their
management. These higher-level problems need to be addressed by the whole conservation sector.
Our themes for this conference, however, are more focussed. As always, we are trying to bring together
some of the best on-ground experience with the most relevant science and policy thinking. Some of our
themes relate to areas where Western Australia has particularly rich experience – notably ‘Engaging
Industry’ and ‘The Role of Taxonomy’, for which the minerals boom and the unique WA flora are the
backdrop. The themes of ‘Seeds and Genes for Restoration’ and ‘Soil Health and Restoration’
complement ANPC’s past work through our technical publications and a national forum. And the
overarching themes of ‘Conservation Planning’ and ‘Planning for Climate Change’ are areas where
governments and industry need our ideas and some reality checks.
Workshops topics include interactive plant identification tools (an under-used resource), and where
ANPC should now take its pioneering work on standards for the translocation of threatened species.
These and other workshops will be an opportunity for the exchange of experience, theory and practice.
This is going to be a great conference, and I would like to convey the thanks of the ANPC membership
to the conference organising committee: in WA, Dave Coates, Leonie Monks, Shelley McArthur,
Melanie Smith, Helena Mills, Ben Miller, Katherine Downes, Grant Wardell-Johnson, and in our national
office Merryl Bradley and Sue Mathams. Their hard work typifies the dedication which has sustained
ANPC for the last two decades.
Bob Makinson
President
Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc.
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Acknowledgements
Sponsors
Thank you to the conference sponsors:
•
Department of Environment and Conservation
•
Mattiske Consulting
•
Taxonomy Research & Information Network
•
Alcoa of Australia Ltd
Platinum
Silver
Bronze
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Organising Committee
David Coates
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Department of Environment and
Conservation, WA
Leonie Monks
Research Scientist, Department of Environment and Conservation, WA
Shelley McArthur
Technical Officer, Department of Environment and Conservation, WA
Melanie Smith
Senior Botanist Department of Environment and Conservation, WA
Katherine Downes
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Curtin University, WA
Helena Mills
Project Coordinator, SWAE Demonstration Area, WWF, WA
Grant Wardell-Johnson
Associate Professor, Biodiversity & Climate Change, Curtin University of
Technology, WA
Ben Miller
Ecologist, Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, WA
Bob Makinson
Conservation Botanist, Botanic Gardens Trust, NSW
Sue Mathams
Project Manager, Australian Network for Plant Conservation, ACT
Merryl Bradley
Office Manager, Australian Network for Plant Conservation, ACT
Additional Organisational Support
Thank you to the people behind the scenes who have provided support for the conference. Particularly
the staff from the Department of Environment and Conservation and the Botanic Gardens Parks
Authority and Siobhan Duffy of the CSIRO Plant Industry visual resources unit.
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Social Functions
Welcome Reception
The Welcome Reception will be held in the Department of Environment and Conservation’s new
Conservation Science Centre on the evening of Monday the 27
th
of September.
Registration: Essential for catering purposes.
Date:
Monday 27
th
September
Time:
6pm – 8pm
Location:
West Australian Conservation Science Centre, Dept of Environment and Conservation
Address:
17 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington.
Conference Dinner
The formal Conference Dinner will be held on the evening of Wednesday 29
th
of September at the
Pagoda Restaurant and Bar, Como. Please see Conference Staff for directions to the venue. Dress:
neat casual.
Registration: Required.
Date:
Wednesday 29th September
Time:
7pm
Location:
Pagoda Restaurant and Ballroom, Esplanade River Suites.
Address:
112 Melville Parade, Como
Informal Evening
Following the Mid-conference Fieldtrips on Thursday the 30
th
of September, there will be a casual BBQ
and Pizza dinner at the new West Australian Conservation Science Centre.
Registration:
Essential for catering purposes.
Date:
Thursday 30
th
September
Time:
5:30pm
Location:
West Australian Conservation Science Centre, Dept of Environment and Conservation
Address:
17 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington.
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Site map
NCE
Please note: This is a non smoking venue. There are designated outdoor smoking areas.
Parking
Parking in the complex is free and has no time limit. Parking is allowed along one side of the ring road
but definitely
no
parking on lawn areas.
Public Transport
Buses 33 and 35 from the City stop just before the intersection of Thelma and Hayman Rd.
From the Fremantle area Bus No 106 travels straight up Canning Hwy. Change at Canning Bridge train
Station to Bus No 100 and travel to the intersection of Hayman Rd and Kent St.
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Information
Tourist Information
Western Australian Visitor Centre:
469 Wellington Street (corner of Forrest Place and Wellington Street),
(08) 9483 1111
www.wavisitorcentre.com
Medical and emergencies
Royal Perth Hospital
(Emergencies) 197 Wellington St, Perth (08) 9224 2244
Perth After - Hours GP Clinic
(Opposite the Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department) Corner Lord and Goderich Streets, East
Perth (08) 9202 1660
Clinic Hours
•
Monday-Friday 6:00pm - 10:30pm
•
Saturday 12:00pm - 10:30pm
•
Sunday 10:00am - 10:30pm,
•
Public Holidays 10:00am - 10:30pm.
South Perth 7 Day Chemist
143 Canning Highway, South Perth, (08) 9474 1958 . Open 7am-10pm.
In case of emergency contact details
Business hours: Department of Environment and Conservation reception: (08) 9334 0333 – messages
will be passed onto conference attendees.
After hours: David Coates 0439 969 404
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Program
Monday 27 September
(Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday, WA)
5:00-6:00
Registration
6:00–8:00
Welcome Reception - West Australian Conservation Science Centre
Tuesday 28 September
8:15-8:50
Registration
Welcome
Location: West Australian Conservation Science Centre
8:50 – 9:20
Welcome
Acknowledgement of Country
Bob Makinson
Keiran McNamara
Plenary session:
Chair: David Coates
Location: West Australian Conservation Science Centre
9:20-9:55
Innovation Ecology – the restoration ecology toolkit
for Australian ecosystems
Kingsley Dixon
9:55-10:30
Novel ecosystems and no-analogue climates:
implications for management and policy in a rapidly
changing world
Richard Hobbs
10:30-11:00 Morning
tea
Concurrent sessions
Conservation Planning (2A)
Chair: Helena Mills
Location: Training Centre
Soil Health (2B)
Chair: Ben Miller
Location: West Australian Conservation
Science Centre
11:00-11:20 Bob
Pressey
Making the transition from regional-scale
conservation design to local-scale conservation
action
Suzanne Prober
Soil nutrients and ecological restoration of temperate
Australian ecosystems
11:20-11:40
Karan Coombe- Smith
A Big Slice of Flora Pie, the Alinytjara Wilurara
NRM Region, managing threatened flora across
250,000 square kilometres
Katarzyna Bialkowski
Chemical and biochemical properties of the soil as
tools for monitoring woodland degradation and
restoration
11:40-12:00 Kathryn
Steel
Granite flora of Southern Queensland – Recovery
planning in action
Anna Napier
Rehabilitation in deep sand in a mine east of Albany,
Western Australia
12:00-12:20 Erica
Shedley
Fire response of threatened flora – what have we
learned?
Mark Tibbett
The curious effects of mycorrhizas on the phosphorus
nutrition and seedling establishment in the Jarrah
forests of Western Australia
12:20-12:40 Andrea
Kramer
Assessing botanical capacity in the United States:
gaps identified and strategic recommendations
made to maximize conservation success
Discussion
12:40-1:40 Lunch
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Conservation Planning (3A)
Chair: Helena Mills
Location: Training Centre
Taxonomy (3B)
Chair: Bob Makinson
Location: West Australian Conservation
Science Centre
1:40-2:00 Ladislav
Mucina
Vegetation mapping in service of biodiversity
conservation: global perspective and WA
prospects
Kevin Thiele
Taxonomy and the conservation community: Where are
we at and where are we going
2:00-2:20 Tricia
Hogbin
Progressing from single species recovery
planning to multi-species recovery across the
landscape: A case study from the Hunter Valley –
NSW
Kelly Shepherd
The importance of targeted taxonomy for plant
conservation
2:20-2:40 Discussion
Chris
Howard
Do we need a more rigorous scientific process for the
listing of threatened species?
2:40-3:00 Kate
Brown
Managing Geraldton Carnation Weed (Euphorbia
terracina) in the woodlands, wetlands and
heathlands of the Swan Coastal Plain
Juliet Wege
Taxonomic turmoil in the Triggerplants: implications for
conservation management
3:00-3:20 Bob
Dixon
Controlling weeds on translocation sites:
strategies, solutions and probable short
term
costs to the environment
Terry Macfarlane
Recent recognition of unexpected richness of Wurmbea
in Midwest, Murchison and Gascoyne rangelands
3:20-3:50 Afternoon
tea
General 4(A)
Chair: Leonie Monks
Location: Training Centre
Taxonomy 4(B)
Chair: Bob Makinson
Location: West Australian Conservation
Science Centre
3:50-4:10 Ben
Miller
Modelling species distributions improves
understanding of the ecological, translocation and
restoration requirements of two rare Banded
Ironstone Formation (BIF) endemic species
Judy West
The role of taxonomy in conservation
4:10-4:30 Katinka
Ruthrof
Ecological, social and economic filters: hurdles of
restoration and planning for the future
Michael Moody
Molecular taxonomy as a conservation tool: testing
species hypotheses in the biodiversity hotspot of
southwest Western Australia
4:30-4:50 Pieter
Poot
Improving the success of species translocations:
is there a need for removal of existing vegetation?
Ryonen Butcher
Weighing up the numbers: case studies in the use of
numerical taxonomy for resolving conservation-listed
taxa in south-west Western Australia
4:50-5:10 Joel
Collins
The role of fire in the persistence of threatened
flora in the Western Australian wheatbelt –
Pityrodia scabra case study
Greg Keighery
Hidden treasures; recognising, conserving and
rehabilitation consequences of localised variants of
widespread species of the Perth area
5:10-5:30 Rachael
Nasplezes
Wetland best practice in production systems in the
Great Barrier Reef catchment
Discussion
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Wednesday 29 September
8:15-9:00
Registration
Concurrent sessions
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