Table 1.
Environmental and climatic measures for each sampling location and number of samples collected.
| Location | % Native vegetation covera | Avg. humidity for previous 6 mo (%)b | Temperature |
5-y-avg. Annual rainfall (mm) | Avg. rainfall for previous 6 m (mm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-y-avg. Mean (°C) | 5-y-avg. Min. (°C) | 5-y-avg. Max. (°C) | |||||
| Armadale (n = 2) | 30.91 | 62.67 | – | 11.1 | 24.3 | 765.88 | 17.13 |
| Boyup brook (n = 11) | 37.21 | 70.83 | 23.08 | 8.72 | 22.9 | 587.52 | 10.88 |
| Corrigin (n = 18) | 5.91 | 56.17 | 24.3 | 9.96 | 24.3 | 355.5 | 12.67 |
| Darkan (n = 30) | 25.52 | 56.17 | 23.08 | 9.74 | 23.08 | 534.86 | 19.47 |
| Dumbleyung (n = 16) | 7.83 | 56.17 | 23.08 | 9.74 | 23.08 | 337.84 | 9.21 |
| Frankland (n = 1) | 32.05 | 66.5 | 20.5 | 9.5 | 20.5 | 597.2 | 10.17 |
| Gingin (n = 13) | 46.36 | 47.67 | 25.58 | 10.62 | 25.28 | 577.76 | 19.17 |
| Katanning (n = 14) | 10.86 | 58.33 | 22.58 | 9.14 | 22.18 | 454.44 | 17.77 |
| Kemerton (n = 1) | 33.77 | 56.5 | – | 10.78 | 22.84 | 768.54 | 15.05 |
| Mt. Barker (n = 12) | 30.04 | 69.67 | 20.64 | 9.72 | 20.64 | 634.66 | 27.35 |
| Nyabing (n = 3) | 9.74 | 58.33 | 22.18 | 9.14 | 22.18 | 360.58 | 12.13 |
| Quairading (n = 13) | 4.79 | 56 | 25.82 | 10.02 | 25.9 | 340.06 | 15.87 |
| Williams (n = 5) | 18.54 | 53.17 | – | 9.68 | 22.84 | 452.46 | 14.9 |
| Woodanilling (n = 6) | 10.49 | 58.33 | 22.58 | 9.14 | 22.18 | 417.52 | 14.52 |
a
Percentage native vegetation cover was calculated within a 30 km radius of each sampling location (data sourced from Shepherd et al., 2001).
b
Climatic measures were sourced from Bureau of Meteorology (Department of Sustainability, 2010).