A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Mt. Panié and Roches De La Ouaième Region, Province Nord, New Caledonia / Evaluation Rapide de la Biodiversité du Massif du Panié et des Roches de la Ouaième, Province Nord, Nouvelle-Calédonie

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Language: Chapters in either English or French (see table of contents) with bilingual summaries, bilingual front matter in English and French

A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Mt. Panié and Roches De La Ouaième Region, Province Nord, New Caledonia contains the findings from rapid biological assessments around Mont Panie, the tallest mountain in New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. The purpose of the survey was to gather data on biodiversity, analyze local climate trends, assess threats, and identify conservation priorities. The research team surveyed mammals, birds, plants, freshwater fishes and crustaceans, reptiles and amphibians, and dragonflies and damselflies. They also discovered fifteen new species of plants and lizards, as well as several other rare species, including the endangered crow honeyeater. Detailed conservation recommendations are provided.

Contents

Table des Matieres / Table of Contents   3
Liste des auteurs / List of authors   5
Partenaires principaux / Main partners   7
Remerciements   8
Acknowledgments   9
Avant-propos / Foreword   10
Cartes et photos / Maps & pictures   13
Synthese   29
Report at a glance   32
Résumé   34
Executive Summary   40

Chapter 1 (French)   45
Inventaire botanique / Botanical survey
Chapter 2 (French)   87
lnventaire ornithologique / Birds
Chapter 3 (English)   97
Inventaire herpétologique / Herpetofauna
Chapter 4 (English)   103
Inventaire des poissons et des crustacés d'eau douce / Freshwater fishes & crustaceans
Chapter 5 (English)   113
lnventaire odonatologique — Damselilies and Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)
Chapter 6 (French)   131
Evaluation de Ia répartition des mammiferes exotiques envahissants et leur impact potential / Distribution and ecological impacts of invasive mammals
Chapter 7 (English)   139
Analyse du régime des précipitations et des temperatures pres de Ia réserve de nature sauvage du Mont Panié en lien avec le dépérissement du kaori Agathis montana / lnterannual precipitation and temperature variability near Mt. Panié Wilderness Reserve and its connection to kauri (Agathis montana) die-back
Chapter 8 (English)   146
Twenty year changes in forest cover in North-East New Caledonia (1989-2000-2009) / Evolution du couvert forestier au Nord-Est de Ia Nouvelle-Caledonia (1989-2000-2009)

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Biography

François Tron is team leader of the Province Nord Program for Conservation International in New Caledonia. Jean-Jérôme Cassan is vice director of the Environmental Assessment and Conservation Department of the Province Nord Program. Trond H. Larsen is director of Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program. Romain Franquet is director of Dayu Biik, the organization in charge of the management of the Mont Panie Wilderness Reserve.