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• An evaluation of the effectiveness of environmental surrogates and modelling techniques in predicting the distribution of biological diversity - full report (PDF - 11,818 KB)

• Cover and summary (PDF - 1,193 KB)
• Introduction (PDF - 309 KB)
• Evaluation of environmental surrogates: I. Development of evaluation methodology (PDF - 847 KB)
• Evaluation of environmental surrogates: II. Application of methodology to data from forested north east NSW:
  • Part A (PDF - 1,996 KB)
  • Part B (PDF - 1,907 KB)
  • Part C (PDF - 1,424 KB)
• Evaluation of environmental surrogates: III. Application of methodology to data from arid north west NSW (PDF - 378 KB)
• Evaluation of modelling techniques: I. Development of evaluation methodology (PDF - 150 KB)
• Evaluation of modelling techniques: II. Application of methodology to data from forested north east NSW:
  • Part A (PDF - 1,693 KB)
  • Part B (PDF - 1,957 KB)
• General conclusions and recommendations (PDF - 32 KB)
• Acknowledgements (PDF - 51 KB)
• References (PDF - 54 KB)

About the report

This document is the final report of a consultancy performed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service for the Department of Environment, Sport and Territories. The consultancy evaluated the efficiency of environmental surrogates and modelling techniques in predicting the distribution of biological diversity. The work was conducted over a period of twenty three months (July 1994 to May 1996).