AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Long Term Monitoring - Community Changes): Climatic Data, South-east Highlands, Australia, 2012–2014

The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Climatic Data Package contains climate data collected at a sub-set of the 481 long term monitoring plots situated in the Australian Alps. The climate data monitoring data comprises average hourly air temperature and location data for each of the snowpatch monitoring sites.
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1944, when plot were set up  to document long-term changes in ecosystem composition and structure in relation to disturbance (see methods for more information). The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited on a 2–10 years basis. 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: Climate change, On plot weather
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Terrestrial Vertebrate Monitoring, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 1996–2009

This Terrestrial Vertebrate Monitoring data package comprises data for a sub-sample of the 133 plots situated in Kakadu National Park. Terrestrial mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians are sampled in a 50 x 50 m plot adjacent to each fire plot monitoring site (below). Each vertebrate plot is sampled every five years. Within each five yearly-interval plots are sampled in different months over a three-year period. Each individual plot is always sampled in the same month. The plots are assessed for fire occurrence at least annually by means of on-ground visits by ranger staff. This record is used, in conjunction with aerial surveys, to assess the reliability of the fire history which has been developed from satellite imagery. A photo record assembled for field visits to Kakadu National Park (and Nitmiluk National Park) visits spanning 1995-2004 has also been used to develop a practical field-based index of fire severity. The Three Parks Savanna Plot Network’s full program uses a total of 220 permanent monitoring plots established in the Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk National Parks which commenced in 1994-1995. The research is aimed at improving our understanding of impacts associated with imposed fire on vegetation structure, plant species and vertebrate fauna, in order to improve our knowledge and management of fire in tropical savanna landscapes. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna.

Tags: Birds, Fire, Fire effects, Herpetofauna, Kakadu, Mammals, Parks, Savanna, Terrestrial vertebrate sampling
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - MVT Vegetation Survey

Microphyll Vine Thicket Survey. The MVT(Microphyll Vine Thicket Survey) 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 harpophylla F.Muell. ex Benth., Acacia implexa Benth., Alectryon subdentatus (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Radlk. f. subdentatus, Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth., Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet, Atalaya hemiglauca (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson, Brachychiton populneus (Schott & Endl.) R.Br. subsp. populneus, Brachyscome multifida DC. var. multifida, Breynia oblongifolia (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg., Brunoniella australis (Cav.) Bremek., Carex breviculmis R.Br., Carex inversa R.Br., Cassinia laevis R.Br., Chamaesyce drummondii (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall, Cheilanthes distans (R.Br.) Mett., Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze subsp. sieberi, Clematis aristata R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Correa glabra Lindl., Cryptandra longistaminea F.Muell., Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus, Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum, Daviesia umbellulata, Deeringia sp., Dendrocnide cordata, Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Blakely) Barlow, Derris involuta, Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray, Dianella revoluta R.Br., Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Digitaria gibbosa, Diplocyclos sp., Diploglottis diphyllostegia, Diploglottis macrantha, Disturbance, Dodonaea sinuolata J.G.West subsp. sinuolata, Ectrosia schultzii var. schultzii, Ehretia membranifolia R.Br., Einadia hastata (R.Br.) A.J.Scott, Elaeodendron australe var. angustifolium (Benth.) Jessup, Eragrostis interrupta, Eragrostis kennedyae, Eremophila goodwinii, Eriachne burkittii, Erosion, Eucalyptus albens Benth., Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Exocarpos cupressiformis, Ficus rubiginosa, Ficus virgata var. virgata, Flora, Gahnia aspera (R.Br.) Spreng., Geology, Hovea lanceolata Sims, Hypochaeris glabra, Indigofera brevidens Benth., Landscape, Lithology, Lomandra multiflora (R.Br.) Britten subsp. multiflora, Marsdenia pleiadenia F.Muell., Olearia elliptica DC., Olearia elliptica DC. subsp. elliptica, Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis, Parsonsia eucalyptophylla F.Muell., Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fee, Pimelea neo-anglica Threlfall, Plantae sp., Poa sieberiana Vickery, Pseuderanthemum variabile (R.Br.) Radlk., Rhaphidophora australasica, Schinus terebinthifolius, Schoenus punctatus, Senna coronilloides (Benth.) Randell, Smilacaceae sp., Soil, Solanum semiarmatum F.Muell., Spartothamnella juncea (A.Cunn. ex Walp.) Briq., Species Presence/Abundance, Sporobolus africanus, Sporobolus creber, Stackhousia spathulata, Stylidium eglandulosum, Tricoryne muricata, Triodia scariosa N.T.Burb. subsp. scariosa, Urtica incisa, Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia cuneata DC.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Vegetation Life-form Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2012

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation Life Form Data Package comprises line intercept data for alpine mountain summits in the Australian Alps.  For each mountain summit, four varying length permanent transects have been established. These transects extend downslope, along each cardinal and inter-cardinal directions, to a point situated 5 metres below the summit.  Along each transect, plant and substrate attributes recorded include dominant life form classes, the ‘presence’ of dominant plant species and substrate ‘type’ when vegetation is absent .  
This study, which commenced in 2001, forms part of the collection of data packages by the Victorian Alpine Plot Network.  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: Alpine National Park, Alpine summits, Compositional changes, Dominant classes, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Species richness, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Bird Point Count Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2016

The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Bird Point Count Data contains transect-based bird fauna data collected annually at a subset of 81 of the 175 permanent 3 hectare plots studied by the plot network in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. Birds are counted using repeated time-controlled (5 minute) point interval counts conducted at 0 m, 50 m and 100 m along a permanent 100 m long transect, ordinarily over November/December and usually on an annual basis (note there was no data collection in 2006, 2008, or 2015, for example). Observations are made by two different observers on two separate mornings. This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983, when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced (but the research methods changed in 2004, which is the start year for this time series). 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: Avifauna, Birds
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR01, 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 WOUR01.
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
Ground Cover Reference Sites Database of Victoria

The Ground Cover Reference Sites Database of Victoria has been collected by Department of Primary Industries, Victoria as part of the Ground Cover Monitoring for Australia project. The data is being used to calibrate, validate and improve vegetation fractional cover products derived from remote sensing, in particular the satellite sensors MODIS and Landsat. The data is being used to improve the national fractional vegetation cover product of Guerschman et al. (2009) derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). This algorithm enables national, monthly identification of ground cover separating the photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic components by applying a linear unmixing methodology for spectral reflectance every 8 days as 16-day composites. For confidence in its ground cover estimates, the results were verified in the field at selected sites across Australia to allow more extensive calibration, validation and verification of accuracy of the remote sensing method. The Ground Cover Reference Sites Database represents the results of the field validation of remotely determined cover measurements by observing cover along point intersects with a total of 300 points (or 200 points with crops). It also has additional observations and measures such as landscape features, fire evidence, erosion evidence, biotic disturbance evidence, biomass estimates, basal area measurements, soil features and dominant vegetation species, as well as site photographs. The Ground Cover Reference Sites Database focuses on sites in extensive grazing systems of the rangelands and, to a lesser extent, in the mixed farming or intensive land use zone. Field validation aims at obtaining a wide spatial coverage of sites, with limited site revisits for temporal coverage.

Tags: Acacia genistifolia, Acacia pycnantha, Avena sativa, Brassica napus, Cenchrus longispinus, Chenopodium pumilio, Cryptogamae sp., Cucumis myriocarpus, Danthonia sp., Disturbance, Erosion, Eucalyptus leucoxylon, Eucalyptus microcarpa, Flora, Geology, Heliotropium sp., Hordeum vulgare, Land Cover, Land Use, Landscape, Lithology, Lolium sp., Medicago sativa, Medicago sp., Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Stipa sp., Triticum sp., Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mallee Plot Network: Vegetation Survey Data (Floristics), Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2016–2017

The Mallee Plot Network Vegetation Survey (Floristics) Data Package contains vegetation survey data for ten of the fifty-three experimental 0.2 hectare sites which were established on dune crests and upper slopes in Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park. 
The ten plots are S2011/1, S2012/1, S2012/2, S2012/4, S2012/6, S2016/7, T2011/1, T2011/2, T2011/3 and T2011/4.
Between 1996 and 2011, 53 experimental sites were established on dune crests and upper slopes, of which 29 are located in Tarawi Nature Reserve, 16 are in Scotia Sanctuary and 8 are in Danggali Conservation Park. After initial censuses in three consecutive years (before and after prescribed fire) or two consecutive years (after wildfire), sites are revisited approximately every five years. 
 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: Census data, Established plants, Estimates of cover, Height, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Seedlings, Structural, Vegetation strata., Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - EUG_NR Vegetation Survey

Eugowra Nature Reserve Vegetation Survey. The EUG_NR(Eugowra Nature Reserve Vegetation Survey) 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: Abutilon hannii, Acacia buxifolia A.Cunn., Acacia doratoxylon A.Cunn., Acacia penninervis Sieber ex DC., Aira elegantissima Schur, Ajuga australis R.Br., Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L.A.S.Johnson, Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. subsp. pendula, Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett subsp. scabra, Bertya rosmarinifolia (A.Cunn.) Planch., Brachychiton populneus (Schott & Endl.) R.Br. subsp. populneus, Brunonia australis Sm. ex R.Br., Callitris endlicheri (Parl.) F.M.Bailey, Centaurium erythraea Rafn, Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze, Coldenia procumbens, Dampiera lanceolata A.Cunn. ex DC. var. lanceolata, Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall., Dichopogon strictus (R.Br.) Baker, Diploglottis diphyllostegia, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata (Sm.) J.G.West, Dolichandrone sp., Drypetes iodoformis, Drypetes vernicosa, Echinopogon caespitosus C.E.Hubb., Einadia hastata (R.Br.) A.J.Scott, Elymus scaber (R.Br.) A.Love, Enneapogon avenaceus, Enneapogon intermedius, Eragrostis interrupta, Eriachne triodioides, Eucalyptus albens Benth., Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden, Eucalyptus dwyeri Maiden & Blakely, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth., Eucalyptus polyanthemos Schauer, Euchiton sp., Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill., Ficus rubiginosa, Fimbristylis cymosa, Flora, Geitonoplesium sp., Geology, Geranium solanderi Carolin var. solanderi, Glycine clandestina J.C.Wendl., Gonocarpus elatus (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Orchard, Hibbertia obtusifolia (DC.) A.Gray, Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin, Laxmannia gracilis R.Br., Lithology, Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br., Nicotiana glauca Graham, Ophioglossum sp., Oxalis perennans Haw., Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis, Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fee, Plantae sp., Pleurosorus rutifolius (R.Br.) Fee, Polyscias murrayi, Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich., Poranthera microphylla Brongn., Proteaceae sp., Psydrax paludosa, Pteris tremula, Pterocaulon serrulatum, Pultenaea millarii var. millarii, Rumex brownii Campd., Rytidosperma caespitosum Gaudich., Schinus terebinthifolius, Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult., Senecio pinnatifolius Ali var. pinnatifolius, Senna notabilis, Senna planitiicola, Senna septemtrionalis, Soil, Solanum nemophilum, Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Stypandra glauca R.Br., Thelymitra spp., Thysanotus tuberosus R.Br. subsp. tuberosus, Tribulus cistoides, Trifolium arvense L., Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure, Verbascum virgatum Stokes, Wahlenbergia stricta (R.Br.) Sweet subsp. stricta, Xyris indica
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - P_ADHO4FB3 Vegetation Survey

Adhoc Private land Surveys mostly for VCAs in Eden RFA area. The P_ADHO4FB3(Adhoc Private land Surveys mostly for VCAs in Eden RFA 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 longifolia subsp. sophorae (Labill.) Court, Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L.A.S.Johnson, Austrostipa flavescens (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Coprosma repens A.Rich., Crassula sieberiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Druce, Desmodium sp., Dianella longifolia var. surculosa R.J.F.Hend., Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Disturbance, Ehrharta erecta Lam., Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A.J.Scott subsp. nutans, Enneapogon lindleyanus, Erosion, Eucalyptus leucophloia subsp. euroa, Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill., Flora, Glycine clandestina J.C.Wendl., Gossia pubiflora, Lagurus ovatus L., Melaleuca armillaris (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. subsp. armillaris, Myoporum boninense subsp. australe Chinnock, Olearia tomentosa (J.C.Wendl.) Benth., Phyllanthus similis, Plantago drummondii, Rubus parvifolius L., Rytidosperma longifolium (R.Br.) Veldkamp, Senecio hispidulus A.Rich., Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Streptoglossa sp., Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze, Trigonella suavissima, Vegetation Structure, Wahlenbergia gracilis (G.Forst.) A.DC., Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce, Zieria littoralis J.A.Armstr.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Arboreal Marsupial Spotlight Survey, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2013

This spotlight survey data package comprises transect-based arboreal marsupial counts using spotlighting surveys which is undertaken for a duration of 20 minutes along each 100 metre transect. The abundance of species observed or heard is recorded, and counts are not undertaken in poor weather (rain, fog or high wind). Opportunistic records of the presence of nocturnal bird and frog species are also recorded. Spotlight surveys commenced in 2002 and have been conducted annually until 2007 and biennially thereafter. The Jervis Bay Plot Network was established in 2002 in Booderee National Park in Jervis Bay Territory, South-eastern Australia. The study location is a floristically diverse area in which fire history has been well-documented over several decades. 
The plot network’s objectives involve quantifying the inter-relationships between natural disturbance and/or management intervention (including weed and feral animal control and prescribed burning) and the reciprocal changes in vegetation condition and biodiversity response.
The Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network study forms part of the collection of data packages by this plot network.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/jervis-bay-booderee-national-park.

Tags: Birds, Booderee National Park, Herpetofauna, Mammals, Spotlight
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Arboreal marsupial (stag-watch) Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2012-2013

The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Arboreal Marsupial Data contains plot-based arboreal marsupial fauna data collected intermittently at a rotating subset of 40 sites taken from the complete pool of 175 permanent plots studied by the plot network in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. 
Arboreal marsupials are counted using the stag-watching method (direct counts of nocturnal animals emerging from tree hollows at dusk). Hollow bearing trees or stags located within the 1 ha area are also measured, mapped and monitored over time. Each site is surveyed from dusk for approximately 1 hour. The stag-watching method uses one volunteer/ watcher per tree on site. A site with 30 trees requires 30 people. Animals are recorded as they emerge, noting; species, abundance, time, which tree they emerged from or whether it was just “on site”, whether it came from “off-site”, the type of hollow it emerged from and the tree number. Animals heard in the distance are also noted.
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: Fauna, Mammals, Stag-watching, Stagwatch
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Daily top layer soil moisture (~0-10 cm) relative wetness, 50th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates: AWRA 0.5, 0.05 degree, Australian Coverage, 2000-2011

Modelled root-layer soil moisture (0-100 cm) 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. The unit of measure is relative wetness (0-1, indicating 0 and 100% degree of saturation).

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, CCCMA3.1 and R3 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 CCCMA3.1 and R3 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