Cumulative Risk of Multiple Dieback Types on NSW Koala Habitats

Cumulative risk maps identify koala habitat in New South Wales exposed to multiple interacting threats, including bell miner associated dieback, Phytophthora, salinity, and altered fire regimes. The dataset integrates forest disturbance and habitat suitability layers to highlight areas where overlapping dieback processes may pose the greatest risk to koala populations. It was produced by Western Sydney University as part of a 2023 research plan and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing conservation interventions based on cumulative risk maps of interacting threats.
• Modeling koala habitat vulnerability based on integrated forest disturbance and suitability layers.
• Analyzing spatial overlap of dieback processes like Phytophthora and altered fire regimes.

Strengths

• Data is linked to a specific funded research project (NSW koala research plan 2023_03).
• Integrates multiple threat layers including bell miner dieback, Phytophthora, salinity, and fire.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data files are in PDF and ZIP formats, which may require extraction and geospatial tooling for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Western Sydney University

Collection Method

Likely generated through spatial analysis integrating forest disturbance and habitat suitability data.

Time Range

Project funded in 2023; dataset updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-03 20:02:09.953140; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia