Pulu Keeling National Park Island-wide Survey (IWS) Waypoint Survey 

The dataset contains distribution data for the Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) and scale insects (eg Parasaissetia nigra, ,i>Dysmicoccus finitimus), collected during the Waypoint Survey component of the Pulu Keeling National Park Island-wide Survey (IWS). The aim of the Waypoint Survey is to monitor densities of the invasive Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) and to detect establishment of any new scale insect species. The other components of the IWS (Transit Survey and Ink Card and Nocturnal Survey) are recorded in separate submissions. 

We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. The project was jointly funded through the Caring for our Country Program and the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPAC). The Attorney Generals Department, the Crazy Ant Scientific Advisory Panel (CASAP), La Trobe University and Cocos Shire Council contributed to the project. 

Pulu Keeling National Park (PKNP), an isolated coral atoll of 175ha, is part of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia's most remote island territory lying approximately 2900 kilometres northwest of Perth in the Indian Ocean. In order to monitor changes in the distributions of native and non-native species across the island, map the distribution of invasive weeds for future management, and to facilitate the detection of any major ecological changes, National Parks staff conduct an Island-wide Survey (IWS) to map the distribution of several flora and fauna species. The inaugural survey took place in November 2009, and a second survey followed in March 2012. This submission documents only the Waypoint Survey component of the IWS. 

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