AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Vertebrate Trapping, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2018

These data are records of all vertebrates trapped at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot. Cage and Elliott traps were operated at plot 1 (the traditional plot at those sites with prior sampling). Three pit traps were installed and operated within both plot 1 and plot 2. In addition, two funnel traps were installed on each pit trap. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna

Tags: Herpetofauna, Invasive animals, Mammals, Vertebrates
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 2060-2079 period, MIROC3.2 and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 2060-2079 period using MIROC3.2 and R2 ensemble member using the WRF 3.3 model.  This product will provide policy makers, land managers and researchers access to accurate and temporally fine scaled information with which to make hazard reduction and management strategies.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot PENR10, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The LTERN Desert Uplands Plot Network Vegetation Survey Data contains presence data, species richness data and structural data for 1 of 60 (50 after 2008) permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot PENR10, and this data is accessible as a composite data package at the following location: Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts), Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.143.33/html 
The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodiﬁed native woodlands where signiﬁcant thinning or clearing has not occurred. 
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2013. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands

Tags: Grazing domestic livestock, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, Vegetation structure, disturbance, hollows, permanent plot, stem counts
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot TIMA01, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The LTERN Desert Uplands Plot Network Vegetation Survey Data contains presence data, species richness data and structural data for 1 of 60 (50 after 2008) permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot TIMA01, and this data is accessible as a composite data package at the following location: Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts), Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.143.33/html 
The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodiﬁed native woodlands where signiﬁcant thinning or clearing has not occurred. 
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2013. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands

Tags: Grazing domestic livestock, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, Vegetation structure, disturbance, hollows, permanent plot, stem counts
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mallee Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia

This package contains spatial information for surveys carried out in the Mallee Plot Network. Data collected at these sites include weather observations, soil moisture, vegetation structure and floristics. This is then used in conjunction with surveys of herbivore activity and disturbance to gain insight into the dynamics of semi-arid mallee vegetation. 
The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1997. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Mallee Plot Network’s full program is provided at  http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/mallee.

Tags: Geographic, Plot details, Spatial
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Daily average canopy conductance, 50th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates. AWRA 0.5, 0.05 degree, Australian Coverage, 2000-2011

Modelled daily average canopy conductance (mm per second, averaged over a day) using the Australian Water Resources Assessment model via assimilation of satellite soil moisture products: 50th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates. Note that the data represents the mean of an ensemble of 100 modelled estimates for each data derived via perturbed meteorological forcing. Resolution of the output data is 0.05-degree for the whole country.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 2020-2039 period, CSIRO-MK3.0 and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~10km resolution for 2020-2039 period using CSIRO-MK3.0 and R2 ensemble member using the WRF 3.3 model.  This product will provide policy makers, land managers and researchers access to accurate and temporally fine scaled information with which to make hazard reduction and management strategies.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Fire Severity Monitoring, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994–2011

The Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Network was established in 1994 with the primary aim of training management staff and assisting with the development of adaptive approaches to conservation-based fire management in regional savanna systems. The full program assesses fire regimes and their impacts on plant and vertebrate biodiversity components. The program comprises two complementary elements - mapping of fire histories based upon interpretation of satellite imagery, and assessment of vegetation and faunal components at a large series of permanent monitoring plots located across respective parks. The vegetation data comprises quantitative assessment of all species in three major strata within 800 square metre plots. Faunal assessments are undertaken in the immediate vicinity of respective plots. The occurrence of fire is assessed bi-annually on-ground and satellite derived fire mapping is conducted three times a year. A full inventory of vegetation is undertaken every five years. Terrestrial vertebrates are monitored systematically but on an irregular and less frequent basis. 
This dataset comprises on-ground assessment of fire occurrence and severity conducted at 132 plots located in Kakadu National Park. 
Fire occurrence is recorded based on on-ground plot visits, and from aerial ground-truthing assessments of the park’s satellite-based fire mapping programme. Fire severity scores (ordinal values 1–3) are assessed from field photographs. Fire occurrence and severity is assessed in three seasonal periods: early dry season (e), late dry season (L) and wet season (w) for each year.
Note: Plots are located within a National Park and physical access to the plots is restricted.
*Note: This package used to be called "Monitoring the impacts of fire regimes on vegetation in northern Australia: Plot based fire severity monitoring data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory Australia, 1994–2011", but was relabelled for consistency.

Tags: Fire, Kakadu, Parks, Savanna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Weather Data (daily and monthly), Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 1995+

This weather data package comprises weather data for automatic weather stations situated at 13 sites separated by distances of between 5 and 80 km. The weather stations record temperature and rainfall (in 2010, one weather station was set up so that it also began recording wind speed and direction). The air temperature, rainfall, wind speed and wind direction data are recorded in a data logger housed within the instrument stand. The network program uses a core of 12 sites and aims to quantitatively track long-term shifts in biodiversity and ecological processes in relation to key drivers, including unpredictable rainfall and droughts, fire, feral predators and grazing. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Ecology Plot Network's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology

Tags: Climate change, On plot weather
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot PENR09, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The Desert Uplands Plot Network Bird Count Data contains bird fauna data for 1 of 50 permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot PENR09. 
The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodiﬁed native woodlands where signiﬁcant thinning or clearing has not occurred. Within each 1 ha site, eight five-minute diurnal bird counts are conducted over a four day period. Two counts are completed per day at each site: one count in the morning within three hours of sunrise and the other a minimum of three hours after this period and before sunset.
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2013. Note that previous studies were undertaken at 60 permanent 1 hectare plots and that this data is accessible as a composite data package:
Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.145.23/html
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2013.   A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands

Tags: Birds, Grazing domestic livestock
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Mammal Abundance Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2013

This mammal abundance trap data package comprises capture data for a specified duration of trapping nights (usually 3 night session) in the Simpson Desert, Western Queensland. Captured mammal fauna were identified and recaptures during the same session were removed (i.e. individuals were only counted once).   Date, site and grid number were recorded for all captures, and captured animals were also marked by a unique ear notch prior to their release to identify recaptures.   The network program uses a core of 12 sites which are sampled every April-May. 
The trapping survey aims to quantitatively track long-term shifts in biodiversity and ecological processes in relation to key drivers, including unpredictable rainfall and droughts, fire, feral predators and grazing.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Ecology's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology.

Tags: Mammals
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - BEECROFT Vegetation Survey

Phytophthora survey of Green Point area. The BEECROFT(Phytophthora survey of Green Point area) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Acacia spp., Anisopogon avenaceus R.Br., Banksia ericifolia L.f. subsp. ericifolia, Banksia paludosa R.Br., Brachyloma daphnoides (Sm.) Benth., Burchardia umbellata R.Br., Callitris sp., Cassytha glabella R.Br., Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Cryptandra ericoides Sm., Cryptocarya rhodosperma, Cryptocarya triplinervis var. pubens, Dampiera stricta (Sm.) R.Br., Darwinia camptostylis B.G.Briggs, Digitaria ramularis, Drosera auriculata Backh. ex Planch., Echinochloa crus-galli, Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Epacris microphylla R.Br., Euphorbia heterophylla, Ficus watkinsiana, Flora, Gonocarpus teucrioides DC., Hakea dactyloides (Gaertn.) Cav., Hakea teretifolia (Salisb.) Britten, Isopogon anemonifolius (Salisb.) Knight, Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce, Lambertia formosa Sm., Lepidosperma filiforme Labill., Leptospermum juniperinum Sm., Lepyrodia scariosa R.Br., Lindsaea linearis Sw., Lomandra confertifolia (F.M.Bailey) Fahn, Mirbelia rubiifolia (Andrews) G.Don, Mitrasacme polymorpha R.Br., Patersonia glabrata R.Br., Persoonia mollis subsp. leptophylla S.Krauss & L.A.S.Johnson, Philotheca buxifolia Sm. subsp. buxifolia, Ripogonum elseyanum, Schoenus imberbis R.Br., Solanum elaeagnifolium, Species Presence/Abundance, Stackhousia viminea Sm., Trichosanthes pentaphylla, Tricoryne sp., Vegetation Structure, Viola hederacea, Xanthosia tridentata DC.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
SRTM Grid Cell Area (3&quot; resolution) derived from 3&quot; SRTM DEM-S

The SRTM grid cell area dataset has values of cell area in square metres.
The grid cell area product was derived from the Smoothed Digital Elevation Model (DEM-S; ANZCW0703014016), which was derived from the 1 second resolution SRTM data acquired by NASA in February 2000. 
The calculation of grid cell area from the DEM-S accounted for the varying spacing between grid points in the geographic projection.

Tags: Australia, ECOLOGY Landscape, Grid Cell Area, LAND Topography Models, Land Surface, TERN_Soils
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - V_STANTFB4 Vegetation Survey

NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Eden CRA Vegetation Map in Stanton Rocks Section South East Forest NP. The V_STANTFB4(NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Eden CRA Vegetation Map in Stanton Rocks Section South East Forest NP) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Acacia implexa Benth., Acacia mearnsii De Wild., Arthropodium sp., Asplenium flabellifolium Cav., Carex breviculmis R.Br., Cassinia longifolia R.Br., Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze subsp. sieberi, Clematis glycinoides DC., Coldenia procumbens, Corchorus sericeus subsp. sericeus, Cymbonotus spp., Daviesia latifolia R.Br., Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f., Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Digitaria ramularis, Disturbance, Echinopogon ovatus (G.Forst.) P.Beauv., Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A.J.Scott, Eragrostis spartinoides, Eragrostis tenuifolia, Erosion, Eucalyptus agglomerata Maiden, Eucalyptus bosistoana F.Muell., Eucalyptus globoidea Blakely, Eucalyptus maidenii F.Muell., Eucalyptus polyanthemos subsp. vestita L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill, Euchiton sp., Euphorbia parvicaruncula, Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill., Flindersia brayleyana, Flora, Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth., Geitonoplesium cymosum (R.Br.) A.Cunn. ex Hook., Geology, Glycine clandestina J.C.Wendl., Glycine clandestina var. clandestina, Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br., Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps., Landscape, Lepidosperma gunnii Boeckeler, Lithology, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Marsdenia rostrata R.Br., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br., Ocimum tenuiflorum, Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fee, Plantago debilis R.Br., Poa meionectes Vickery, Poa spp., Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich., Poranthera microphylla Brongn., Rorippa eustylis, Rytidosperma longifolium (R.Br.) Veldkamp, Rytidosperma pallidum (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs, Senecio prenanthoides sensu Harden, Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Tribulus cistoides, Trichosanthes pentaphylla, Tylophora barbata R.Br., Vegetation Structure, Veronica plebeia R.Br., Viola hederacea Labill.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - BANKCONF Vegetation Survey

Survey of Banksia conferta sites Coorabakh National Park. The BANKCONF(Survey of Banksia conferta sites Coorabakh National Park) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Acacia obtusata Sieber ex DC., Acacia ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court, Amperea xiphoclada (Sieber ex Spreng.) Druce, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. & Drude, Banksia spinulosa var. collina (R.Br.) A.S.George, Billardiera scandens Sm., Boronia pinnata Sm., Bossiaea heterophylla Vent., Carmona retusa, Cassytha glabella R.Br., Cassytha pubescens R.Br., Ceratopetalum gummiferum Sm., Coldenia procumbens, Coronidium elatum A.Cunn. ex DC., Cyperus polystachyos, Dapsilanthus spathaceus, Dendrobium lichenastrum f. aurantiacopurpureum, Dentella minutissima, Desmodium heterocarpon, Desmos sp., Dillwynia retorta (J.C.Wendl.) Druce, Dioscorea sp., Disturbance, Dodonaea polyandra, Echinochloa crus-galli, Ectrosia agrostoides, Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Epacris pulchella Cav., Eriachne pallescens var. gracilis, Erosion, Eucalyptus agglomerata Maiden, Eucalyptus ligustrina DC., Eucalyptus notabilis Maiden, Eucalyptus oreades R.T.Baker, Eucalyptus pruinosa subsp. pruinosa, Euphorbia sp., Ficus watkinsiana, Flora, Geology, Gomphocarpus sp., Gompholobium latifolium Sm., Gonocarpus humilis Orchard, Hakea laevipes Gand. subsp. laevipes, Hakea sericea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl., Jacksonia scoparia R.Br., Landscape, Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb., Leucopogon lanceolatus R.Br., Lithology, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Lomatia silaifolia (Sm.) R.Br., Mirbelia rubiifolia (Andrews) G.Don, Mnesithea formosa, Monotoca elliptica (Sm.) R.Br., Muellerina celastroides (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f) Tiegh., Oxylobium arborescens R.Br., Patersonia glabrata R.Br., Persoonia linearis Andrews, Plantae sp., Pomaderris ledifolia A.Cunn., Pomaderris spp., Prostanthera lasianthos Labill., Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Pterostylis spp., Scaevola spinescens, Schizaea bifida Willd., Smilax glyciphylla Sm., Species Presence/Abundance, Styphelia triflora Andrews, Syzygium wesa, Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf, Vegetation Structure, Westringia amabilis B.Boivin, Xanthorrhoea glauca D.J.Bedford, Xanthosia pilosa Rudge
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data (Plot EP4), Northern Queensland, Australia, 2011–2013

The LTERN Tropical Rainforest Plot Network Rainforest Tree Demographic Data contains stem measurement data for 1 of 20, 0.5 ha (100 m x 50 m) permanent rainforest plots in Northern Queensland, Australia from 2011 to 2013.  
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1971 to 2013 that is managed by CSIRO. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot EP4, and  this data is accessible as a composite data package at the following location:
Metcalfe, D; Murphy, H; Bradford, M; Hogan, D; Ford, A (2014): Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2011-2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.90.42/html 
The CSIRO permanent rainforest plots are located within 60 km of the north Queensland coast between Mackay (21.5ºS, 149ºE) and the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula (12.5ºS, 143ºE). The plots have a rainfall range of 1200 to 3500 mm, represent eleven vegetation types, six parent materials, and range from 15 m to 1200 m above sea level. Except for minor disturbances associated with selective logging on two plots, the plots were established in old growth forest and all plots have thereafter been protected. Plots were regularly censused and at each census the diameter at breast height (DBH) of all stems ≥10 cm DBH is recorded.  Due to the wide geographical range of the plots, no species dominate, although the families Lauraceae, Rutaceae and Myrtaceae contribute a large number of species. The data collected from the 20 plots provides an insight into the floristical composition, structure and long term forest dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests and allows direct comparisons to be made with long-term monitoring plots at a global scale (Bradford, M.G., Murphy, H.T., Ford, A.J., Hogan, D. and Metcalfe, D.J. (2014). Long term stem inventory data from tropical rainforest plots in Australia. Ecology 95:2362. http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au/publications/permanent_plots1.pdf. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2014; a synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/tropical-rainforest.

Tags: Australia, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure, biomass, cyclone, disturbance, hurricane, mortality, permanent plot, rainforest, recruitment, stem growth, stem height
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery