DAWE - Second set of protocols detailing the changes

Status	IN PROGRESS
Driver	Protocols surveillance team

Background

Kimberly McCallum from the protocol surveillance team sent us an email about module changes on 10, Nov.

Module Changes

Protocol	Module	Status (Protocols team)	Notes	Meeting Decision 2 Nov 2022
Basal area	Full DBH	Ready	All mentions of using ladders were removed from the protocol. For buttressed trees, allow 'Not collected' as an option for '50 cm above buttress' field.	Proceed, allow option for ‘Not collected’ as detailed in the notes column.
Basal area	Lite DBH	Ready - design change from 2 belt transects, to 40 x 40 m subplot.	No changes to the data collection fields, but change in survey design. Protocols team to provide tech team with the updated protocol.	Change approved, proceed using the 40 x 40 m subplot rather than 2 belt transects. All data collection fields to stay the same. Protocols team to send through updated document, but can proceed without it.
Basal area	Basal wedge	Ready	No change.	Proceed, no changes
Camera traps	Camera traps	Pending – Ben to review	Reduced to a single protocol, with a data field at the beginning to record if the deployment is a single point, or part of an array or a fauna plot. Changes have been made, just awaiting review.	Pending – Ben to review and approve changes.
Coarse woody debris	Transects	Remove	Field testing with transects has highlighted this option doesn't result in many hits, and therefore, plot based approach better.	Remove, Approved by Ben
Coarse woody debris	Plots	Ready – design change to 40 x 40 m	Originally, included a 50 x 50 m and 100 x 100 option. This has been simplified to a 40 x 40 m option only. No changes made to data collection fields.	Proceed, all data collection fields to remain the same, but only 40 x 40 m subplot needs to be developed into the app (originally drafted as 50 x 50 m subplot). Change approved by Ben. Kimberly to provide updated document, but can proceed without it.
Condition	Condition point intercept (now condition sub-plot)	Ready – survey design changed from point intercept to sub-plot. Health and condition factors updated.	Condition point intercept has been updated to a 40 x 40 m condition sub-plot. Within the sub-plot a tree/plant survey is undertaken, with plant size (DBH, height), health (% canopy, dieback metric, mistletoe number), life-stage, growth-stage and browsing damage recorded.	Proceed, changes approved by Ben, Kimberly to provide updated document to the tech team this week.
Condition	Vegetation age class	Remove	Methods streamline and this info is now collected as part of the condition plot survey.	Remove, approved by Ben, this data is now collected as part of other protocols.
Condition	Vertebrate pest presence	Remove	Will be developed as part of pest protocols instead.	Remove, approved by Ben, this data will now be collected as part of the pest fauna sign survey module.
Fire	Fire severity point-intercept	Ready	Add-on to standard cover point intercept. Need to determine what occurs if the lite cover protocol is undertaken. At this stage, to do condition assessment, full cover needs to be undertaken.	Proceed, no changes.
Fire	Trunk char height and soil char depth	Ready	Trunk char height measures to be collected, soil char depth to be removed.	Proceed only with truck char height
Interventions	Interventions	Ready - but discuss LUTs with Kimberly	Not all Project Services listed in the appendix table will need to be included in the app. Talk to Kimberly to make sure that only actual interventions are added. A pest fauna addition to this module likely to be added as pest fauna modules are also developed.	Proceed, no changes. Potential future extension added as part of pest project.
Invertebrate fauna	Wet pitfall trapping - full protocol	Pending – survey design changed. Julia making final updates.	Need approval from Ben and Sal before proceeding. Meeting with Alan Anderson required.	Pending, Julia to send through updated document.
Invertebrate fauna	Wet pitfall trapping - lite protocol	Pending – survey design changed. Julia making final updates. Meeting with Allan Andersen required to finalise.	New protocol, has been drafted and currently being finalised. Julia to provide updated document when ready. Meeting with Alan Anderson required.	Pending, Ben to organise meeting with Allan Anderson to finalise methods.
Invertebrate fauna	Malaise trapping	Ready		Proceed, Julia to send through updated document.
Invertebrate fauna	Leaf-litter extraction	Remove		Remove
Invertebrate fauna	Light trapping	Remove		Remove
Invertebrate fauna	Pan trapping	Ready		Proceed, Julia to send through updated document.
Invertebrate fauna	Active search	Ready		Proceed, Julia to send through updated document.
Recruitment	Age class – growth stage and life stage	Ready	Age class section had multiple protocols, no changes to the plot based growth and life stage assessment.	Proceed, no changes to this sub-section.
Recruitment	Age class – seedling, sapling and juvenile counts	Ready – change from belt transect to sub-plot, add in juvenile measure.	Methods have been streamlined so they utilise the condition 40 x 40 m sub-plot and reduce redundancy with plant size measures in condition. Survey area changed from belt transects to sub-plot and juvenile class added, but other methods (i.e. data collection fields) remain the same.	Proceed, change from belt transect to sub-plot approved by Ben. Kimberly to send through updated document this week.
Recruitment	Survivorship	Ready		Proceed, no changes
Soils	Plot soil description	Ready		Proceed, no changes
Soils	Soil pit characterisation	Ready		Proceed, no changes
Soils	Soil sub-site samples	Ready		Proceed, no changes
Soils	Soil bulk density	Ready		Proceed, no changes
Soils	Soil condition samples	Remove	Need to check with Ben if we want to go ahead with this option. He raised some concerns at Bon Bon.	Not progressing to app at this stage
Soils	Soil metagenomics	Ready		Proceed, no changes
Soils	Soils lite - NEW	Pending / Mark to finalise on Monday	Can proceed when approval from Ben comes through. Is a reduced version of the soil sub-sites protocol. Mark to update manual and send to Ben for review.	Wait, Mark to send through changes on Monday next week and Ben to approve.
Targeted	Fauna	Ready – minor changes	Kimberly and Tok to go through methods - may need some minor tweaks to ensure everything can be collected in the app. May be some functionality that won't need to be built in for Nov 2022 deadline. Key is that track log is recorded and can record point and polygon observations.	Proceed, some minor changes made to data collection fields and order, but survey methods remain the same. Kimberly + Julia to send through updated document this week.
Targeted	Flora	Ready – minor changes	Kimberly and Tok to go through methods - may need some minor tweaks to ensure everything can be collected in the app. May be some functionality that won't need to be built in for Nov 2022 deadline. Key is that track log is recorded and can record point and polygon observations.	Proceed, some minor changes made to data collection fields and order, but survey methods remain the same. Kimberly + Julia to send through updated document this week.
Targeted	Ecological communities	Ready – minor changes	Kimberly and Tok to go through methods - may need some minor tweaks to ensure everything can be collected in the app. May be some functionality that won't need to be built in for Nov 2022 deadline. Key is that track log is recorded and can record point and polygon observations.	Proceed, some minor changes made to data collection fields and order, but survey methods remain the same. Kimberly + Julia to send through updated document this week.
Vertebrate fauna	Fauna plot set-up	Ready	Complete, but get all clear from Sal before proceeding	Proceed
Vertebrate fauna	Trapping	Ready	Complete, but get all clear from Sal before proceeding	Proceed
Vertebrate fauna	Identify, measure and release	Ready	Complete, but get all clear from Sal before proceeding	Proceed
Vertebrate fauna	Whole animal and tissue vouchering	Ready	Complete, but get all clear from Sal before proceeding	Proceed
Vertebrate fauna	Active diurnal and passive nocturnal observations	Ready	Complete, but get all clear from Sal before proceeding	Proceed
Vertebrate fauna	Bird survey	Ready	Assume same or very similar to stand alone bird app	Proceed
Vertebrate fauna	Acoustic	Pending	Under development. Outside of current scope, to be delivered later.	Pending, document will be sent through once finalised. Doesn’t need to be included as part of the November 2022 deadline.

Action items

Delete those removed modules in DAWE CV, including observable properties, attributes, methods, observation examples, SHACL shapes. @Junrong Yu

Update DAWE CV based on the above notes and decisions.