Biodiversity dynamics, habitat loss and disturbance in the NSW wheatbelt <p>This project&nbsp;explored the dynamic nature of vegetation and the animals that depend on it, through a combination of modelling and field studies. It focused at the landscape level aiming to provide a more realistic basis for regional planning in the New South Wales wheatbelt.</p> <!--break--> 2009-04-28T00:38:46Z 2009-04-28T02:18:14Z <ol> <li>Identify relationships between the clearing of native vegetation and environmental variables(e.g. climate, topography, soils) in the NSW wheatbelt</li> <li>Generate possible future landscapes by modelling different vegetation management scenarios</li> <li>Use models to explore the change in disturbance regimes resulting from clearing and fragmentation</li> <li>Carry out field studies in several areas of the NSW wheatbelt to assess the modelling work and the insights drawn from it, as well as to refine the models developed</li> <li>Contribute to the development of new approaches to vegetation management through explicit simulation of target and offset mechanisms, and through a general evaluation of vegetation management proposals against the outputs of this project</li> </ol> NNP2