AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (ATEX): Vegetation Data, South-east Highlands, Australia, 2013–2014

The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation Data Package contains vegetation data for four sites situated on the Bogong High Plains.  Sites, which comprise multiple 1 square metre plots, are visited every second snow-free season.  Vegetative growth is recorded in seven selected species, namely Carex breviculmis, Poa hiemata (Graminiods) and Celmisia pugioniformis, Erigeron bellidioides, and Plantago euryphylla (Forbs), and stems of Asterolasia trymalioides and Pimelea alpine by measuring growth amounts and converting measurements into a relative rate.
This is part of a larger dataset that spans from during data collected in 2003 to document long-term effects of climate change (see methods for more information).  The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited on a biannual basis  , though measurements taken during surveys differ from visit to visit.   A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Alpine Plot Network’s full program is provided at  http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine

Tags: Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Nocturnal Birds Spotlight Survey, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia, 1999+

This nocturnal birds survey data package comprises spotlight surveys conducted every two years along 200 metre fixed transects at each site for 20 minutes per site. Animal species and abundance are recorded. Distances along and adjacent to a transect are also recorded. If animals are up on a tree, tree species and animal height (distance from the ground to the animal) are also recorded. Nocturnal birds are also detected by the calls during spotlighting.
The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C &amp; Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160).
The study area is located in the Southwest Slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. 
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation.

Tags: Birds, Fragmentation, Grazing domestic livestock, Nocturnal birds, Spotlighting
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data (Plot EP29), 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 EP29, 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
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot TIMA01, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014

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 TIMA01.
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 2014. 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 (2015): Desert Uplands Plot Network, Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.285/html.  
The spatial coordinates for this plot are provided in the following data publication:
Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Queensland, Australia. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.167/html
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2014.  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
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - HNCMA Frensham Vegetation Survey

Monitoring quadrats established to track effects of bush regeneration and replanting in threatened ecological communities (SHSW variants and potential Mt Gib Forest). The HNCMA Frensham(Monitoring quadrats established to track effects of bush regeneration and replanting in threatened ecological communities (SHSW variants and potential Mt Gib Forest)) 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 mearnsii De Wild., Acacia melanoxylon R.Br., Acaena spp., Acetosella vulgaris Fourr., Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis Willd., Austrostipa spp., Berberis vulgaris L., Carex appressa R.Br., Cassinia spp., Clematis aristata R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist var. canadensis, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Dactylis glomerata L., Decaspermum sp., Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don, Dianella caerulea Sims, Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Disturbance, Echinopogon spp., Ehrharta erecta Lam., Entolasia marginata (R.Br.) Hughes, Erosion, Eucalyptus amplifolia Naudin subsp. amplifolia, Eucalyptus cypellocarpa L.A.S.Johnson, Eucalyptus elata Dehnh., Eucalyptus leucophloia subsp. euroa, Eucalyptus ovata Labill., Eucalyptus portuensis, Eucalyptus quadrangulata H.Deane & Maiden, Eucalyptus stellulata Sieber ex DC., Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill., Ficus septica, Flora, Galanthus spp., Galium aparine L., Glycine tabacina (Labill.) Benth., Gomphocarpus sp., Hakea salicifolia (Vent.) B.L.Burtt, Hedera helix L., Hedera spp., Hibiscus sturtii var. campylochlamys, Hydriastele sp., Hypoestes floribunda var. yorkensis, Jasminum polyanthum Franch., Landscape, Leptospermum liversidgei, Leptospermum petersonii, Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton, Litsea connorsii, Lomandra hystrix, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Lonicera japonica Thunb. ex Murray, Mackinlaya sp., Melaleuca linariifolia Sm., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. var. stipoides, Nymphoides geminata, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ophioglossum sp., Oxalis corniculata, Ozothamnus rufescens, Peripleura obovata, Phyllanthus reticulatus, Phyllanthus similis, Phytolacca octandra L., Plantae sp., Plantago lanceolata L., Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Pteridium spp., Pteris ensiformis, Ranunculus sp., Ranunculus spp., Rosa rubiginosa L., Rubus anglocandicans A.Newton, Rubus parvifolius L., Senecio madagascariensis Poir., Soil, Solanum prinophyllum Dunal, Species Presence/Abundance, Streptoglossa adscendens, Tribulus cistoides, Vegetation Structure, Veronica calycina R.Br., Watsonia spp.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - COFFKOA Vegetation Survey

Coffs Harbour Koala Canopy Plots. The COFFKOA(Coffs Harbour Koala Canopy Plots) 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 melanoxylon R.Br., Angophora leiocarpa L.A.S.Johnson ex G.J.Leach, Archirhodomyrtus beckleri (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott, Banksia integrifolia L.f., Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet, Carmona retusa, Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq. subsp. cunninghamiana, Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Cinnamomum camphora (L.) T.Nees & C.H.Eberm., Corymbia intermedia (R.T.Baker) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Cryptocarya microneura Meisn., Elattostachys microcarpa, Eucalyptus campanulata R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm., Eucalyptus carnea R.T.Baker, Eucalyptus globoidea Blakely, Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden, Eucalyptus microcorys F.Muell., Eucalyptus propinqua H.Deane & Maiden, Eucalyptus resinifera Sm., Eucalyptus saligna Sm., Eucalyptus siderophloia Benth., Eucalyptus signata F.Muell., Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm., Eucalyptus tindaliae Blakely, Eucalyptus umbra R.T.Baker, Exocarpos sp., Ficus coronata Spin & Colla, Flora, Frankenia gracilis, Gardenia ovularis, Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey, Gomphocarpus sp., Grevillea sessilis, Heliotropium conocarpum, Heritiera actinophylla (F.M.Bailey) Edlin, Hypolytrum nemorum, Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus, Keraudrenia sp., Lepidosperma quadrangulatum, Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh., Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake, Plantae sp., Scaevola spinescens, Schizachyrium crinizonatum, Schoenoplectiella mucronata, Species Presence/Abundance, Swainsona phacoides, Thaumastochloa major, Trichosanthes pentaphylla, Trigonella suavissima, Trochocarpa laurina (Rudge) R.Br., Ulva sp., Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia sp.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Vegetation Survey Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2013

The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Vegetation Survey Data contains transect, plot- and subplot-based vegetation data collected from 175 spread across the montane ash forests of the Central Highlands in Victoria, Australia.  Vegetation related data is collected annually from 105 of 163 (175 in 2013) sites (mainly sites burnt in 2009) and every 2 to 3 years from the remaining 70 sites (unburnt sites).   
Vegetation species are recorded along transects. A Height versus Diameter matrix is used to record all woody plants and tree ferns over 2m in height within the three 10 x 10 m plots situated along the transect. A basal sweep is done in the middle of each 10x10 m plot. Basal Area Factor 1m squared is used with the number of Acacia species recorded, as well as whether the tree is alive or dead. Seedling plots (1m x1m) are located in the middle of each of the three 10mx10m plots and all living plant species which are less than 5 m in height with their bases rooted within the 1 x 1 m plots are recorded by height increments in the table. This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983, when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-tall-eucalypt-forest

Tags: Hollows, Individual plants, Permanent plot, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Stem counts, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - BIOCON_NE Vegetation Survey

General plot surveys undertaken for various projects conducteed by Biodiversty conservation section North East. The BIOCON_NE(General plot surveys undertaken for various projects conducteed by Biodiversty conservation section North East) 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 melanoxylon R.Br., Acmena smithii (Poir.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Acronychia littoralis T.G.Hartley & J.B.Williams, Acronychia oblongifolia (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Endl. ex Heynh., Breynia oblongifolia (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg., Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames, Caryota albertii, Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Cissus antarctica Vent., Corymbia intermedia (R.T.Baker) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Dianella nervosa, Digitaria papposa, Dioscorea transversa R.Br., Disturbance, Embelia australiana (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey, Erosion, Eupomatia laurina R.Br., Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Excoecaria parvifolia, Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent., Fimbristylis cymosa, Flora, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Gardenia ovularis, Geology, Glochidion ferdinandi, Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey, Gomphocarpus sp., Homalanthus populifolius Graham, Howea forsteriana (C.Moore & F.Muell.) Becc., Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet, Landscape, Lantana camara L., Lithology, Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner, Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake, Mischocarpus australis S.T.Reynolds, Morinda jasminoides A.Cunn., Notelaea longifolia Vent., Oplismenus aemulus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis, Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell., Pittosporum revolutum Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Ripogonum album R.Br., Sarcopteryx stipata (F.Muell.) Radlk., Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms, Smilax australis R.Br., Smilax glyciphylla Sm., Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers, Tephrosia flagellaris, Terminalia oblongata, Toechima tenax, Vegetation Structure, Vigna lanceolata var. filiformis, Xanthosia pilosa
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data (Plot EP37), 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 EP37, 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
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - BBS_API_S2 Vegetation Survey

Target API suveys, BBS Stage 2 Done by interpretor in the field as opportunistic records for phototype identification. The BBS_API_S2(Target API suveys, BBS Stage 2 Done by interpretor in the field as opportunistic records for phototype identification) 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 doratoxylon A.Cunn., Acacia harpophylla F.Muell. ex Benth., Acacia monticola, Acacia spp., Allocasuarina luehmannii (R.T.Baker) L.A.S.Johnson, Alstonia spp., Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet, Angophora leiocarpa (L.A.S.Johnson ex G.J.Leach) K.R.Thiele & Ladiges, Callitris endlicheri (Parl.) F.M.Bailey, Callitris spp., Capparis spp., Cassinia spp., Casuarina cristata Miq., Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq. subsp. cunninghamiana, Clematis microphylla DC., Corymbia trachyphloia F.Muell., Diospyros calycantha, Diploglottis diphyllostegia, Disturbance, Elaeocarpus linsmithii, Erosion, Eucalyptus albens Benth., Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden, Eucalyptus chloroclada Blakely, Eucalyptus crebra F.Muell., Eucalyptus dwyeri Maiden & Blakely, Eucalyptus fibrosa F.Muell., Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth., Eucalyptus microcarpa (Maiden) Maiden, Eucalyptus nobilis L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill, Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng., Eucalyptus viridis R.T.Baker, Ficus rubiginosa, Fimbristylis schoenoides, Flora, Geijera spp., Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis, Notelaea spp., Ruppia maritima, Smilacaceae sp., Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Vegetation Structure, Ventilago viminalis Hook., Xyris cheumatophila, Zornia floribunda, Zornia muelleriana
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR18, 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 WOUR18. 
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-uplandsmdup_bird_survey_data_2013

Tags: Birds, Grazing domestic livestock
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery