AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Daily average canopy conductance, 97.5th 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: 97.5th 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
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Vegetation Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2014

This vegetation data package comprises structure and floristic data for selected points across grids described in related data packages. Vegetation attributes were recorded in an area occupying 2.5 m radius around six traps on each trapping grid and have been aggregated to grid level data. Percentage cover of all plant species, flowering index and seeding index (from 0-5, where 0 is no flowering or seeding and 5 is maximal flowering/seeding) were recorded and are presented here as plot averages which represent the mean amount of flowering or seeding per species. 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: Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Northern Metro Region TSA, Biological Survey of South Australia - Roadside Vegetation Survey, Biological Database of South Australia

The project systematically surveys the extent and condition of remnant native vegetation on railway corridors / roadsides . A standard drive-by survey methodology is used to record dominant species (overstorey, understorey, emergent, threatened and alien species), structural type, density/distribution and understorey vegetation type in roadside vegetation. Mapping outputs are used to inform roadside vegetation management by Local and State Governments.

Tags: Acacia myrtifolia f. celastrifolia, Acacia provincialis A.Camus, Acacia pycnantha, Acacia retinodes var. (NC), Acacia salicina, Acacia saligna, Acacia sp., Acacia victoriae subsp. arida, Acaena echinata Nees var. echinata, Acaena echinata var. tylacantha Orch., Acer sp., Adriana klotzschii (F.Muell.) Mull.Arg., Allocasuarina verticillata, Asterolasia phebalioides F.Muell., Austrostipa sp., Avena barbata, Avena sp., Banksia marginata, Bergia perennis subsp. exigua, Briza sp., Bromus diandrus, Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa, Callitris gracilis, Casuarinaceae sp., Cenchrus clandestinus, Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera, Compositae sp., Conium maculatum L., Crataegus sp., Critesion sp., Cullen parvum (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes, Cynodon sp., Danthonia sp., Diplachne sp., Disphyma crassifolium (L.)L.Bolus subsp. crassifolium, Disturbance, Echium plantagineum, Enneapogon nigricans, Epacris impressa, Epacris obtusifolia Sm., Epilobium hirtigerum A.Cunn., Eragrostis setifolia Nees, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, Eucalyptus dalrympleana subsp. dalrympleana, Eucalyptus fasciculosa, Eucalyptus goniocalyx, Eucalyptus sp., Eucalyptus viminalis subsp. cygnetensis, Exocarpos cupressiformis, Flora, Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia, Freesia cultivar, Gazania sp., Genista sp., Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Gomphocarpus sp., Gratiola sp., Hakea carinata, Helipterum albicans (A.Cunn.) DC., Hibbertia australis, Hibbertia crispula J.M.Black, Hordeum glaucum, Hypoxis hygrometrica, Hypoxis sp., Indigofera brevidens Benth., Ipomoea diamantinensis Eardley, Kennedia prorepens (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Kennedia sp., Lepidosperma concavum R.Br., Lomandra sp., Maireana sp., Melaleuca sp., Melia azedarach, Millotia myosotidifolia (Benth.) Steetz, Nitraria billardierei, Not naturalised in SA sp., Olea europaea subsp. africana, Olearia floribunda, Opuntia stricta, Pinus sp., Piptatherum miliaceum, Plantago sp., Populus sp., Prunus dulcis, Prunus sp., Pteridium esculentum subsp. esculentum, Pultenaea hispidula R.Br. ex Benth., Pultenaea teretifolia var. brachyphylla H.B.Will., Rosa canina, Rosa sp., Rubus sp., Salix babylonica, Scabiosa atropurpurea, Sedum sp., Senecio pterophorus, Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr., Setaria sp., Soliva sp., Species Presence/Abundance, Specimens, Thelymitra canaliculata R.Br., Themeda triandra, Trifolium angustifolium, Trifolium israeliticum Zohary & Katzn., Trifolium sp., Ulex europaeus, Vegetation Structure, Vulpia sp., Watsonia sp., Westringia dampieri R.Br.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mallee Plot Network: Weather Station Data, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2011-2012

The Mallee Plot Network Weather Station Data package contains precipitation data from automatic (Tarawi Homestead, established 1994) and visually monitored weather stations (Tarawi Nature Reserve, Scotia Sanctuary, established 1996-2006). Prior to that time, rainfall records had been maintained since 1941 by visually monitored rain gauge. Four additional visually monitored rain gauges were established in Tarawi NR in January 1997, a further five were established in May 2001, and two were established in Scotia Sanctuary in September 2007.
The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1996 and were revisited annually for 3 years and then on a decadal basis. 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: Rainfall
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Vegetation Floristics, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1990+

The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Vegetation Floristics data package for Royal National Park contains information on the herbaceous species present in permanent plots arranged in eight 30 metre transects. These sites were originally established in 1990, and then sampled annually until 1994, and subsequently in 1999, 2001, 2007, 2011 and 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-health-swamps.
**Note: this data package is associated with the following publications:
[1] Letten, A.D., Keith, D.A. &amp; Tozer, M.G. (2014) Phylogenetic and functional dissimilarity does not increase during temporal heathland succession. Proc. Roy. Soc. B., 281, 20142102–.
[2] Letten, A. D., Keith, D. A., Tozer, M. G., Hui, F. K.C. (2015) Fine-scale hydrological niche differentiation through the lens of multi-species co-occurrence models. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12428
[3] Keith, D. A. and Bradstock, R. A. (1994). Fire and competition in Australian heath: a conceptual model and field investigations. Journal of Vegetation Science 5, 347-354.
[4] Keith, D. A. (1995a). Mosaics in Sydney heathland vegetation: the roles of fire, competition and soils. CALMScience Supplement 4, 199-206.
[5] Keith, D. A., Lindenmayer, D. B., Lowe, A.,Russell-Smith, J.,Barrett, S.,Enright N. J., Fox, B. J.,Guerin, G.,Paton, D. C., Tozer, M. G. and Yates, C. J. (2014). Heathlands. In: Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction. Lindenmayer, D., Burns, E., Thurgate, N., and Lowe, A. Editors, pp215-285. CSIRO, Melbourne.

Tags: Floristics, Plant species, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Royal National Park
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 TIMA13, 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 TIMA13, 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
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Fire Severity Monitoring, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2014

This data package comprises fire severity scores from Kakadu in 2014. A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots (40 m x 20 m) were established across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) in 1994-1995 to monitor biotic change. Of these, 132 plots are located in Kakadu. These sample a variety of landform and vegetation type/habitat conditions. A substantial proportion of plots were positioned deliberately at sites likely to reveal environmental dynamics, especially at ecotones and in patches of fire-sensitive vegetation. For example stands of Callitris, sandstone heaths. As well, many plots are located at, or in the near vicinity of, intensively managed sites such as camp-grounds and other tourist destinations. 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: Fire, Kakadu, National Parks, Savanna, Vegetation, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Herpetofauna Survey, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia, 2013

Herpetofauna is surveyed every two years using artificial substrates and active search methods. Artificial substrates comprise eight standard roofing tiles, eight half-size (cut-off) railway sleepers and four sheets of corrugated iron per site. A set of two sheets of corrugated iron placed on top of one another, four half-size railways sleepers and four roofing tiles are placed around a point at the 0 m and 100 m point of the permanent 200 m transect. These artificial substrates are gently turned over to record occupants with some of the animals hand-captured to identify the species, substrates are replaced and then the animals put carefully back underneath the substrates. Active searching is done by gently turning over any rocks, logs or fallen bark at locations along a 200 m transect for 20 minites. Several measurements including sex, age and tail condition are recorded where possible.
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: Artificial substrates, Fragmentation, Grazing domestic livestock, Herpetofauna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
ASCAT derived daily soil moisture: 0.05 degree, Australian Coverage, 2007-2011

Daily top-layer (~ 0-2 cm) soil moisture derived from ASCAT sensor aboard Metop-A. The data are from the TUW (Technical University of Vienna) and derived using the time series approach of Wagner, Wolfgang; Lemoine, Guido; Rott, Helmut (1999): A method for estimating soil moisture from ERS scatterometer and soil data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 70(2), 191-207, doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00036-X. The daily product is generated for Australia using the average of ascending and descending passes. The data are resampled using nearest neighbour resampling to 0.05 degree resolution for the whole country.

Tags: ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Fire Severity Monitoring, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 1995–2011

A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots (40 m x 20 m) were established across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) in 1994-1995 to monitor biotic change. Of these, 46 plots are located in Nitmuluk. These sample a variety of landform and vegetation type/habitat conditions. A substantial proportion of plots were positioned deliberately at sites likely to reveal environmental dynamics, especially at ecotones and in patches of fire-sensitive vegetation. For example stands of Callitris, sandstone heaths. As well, many plots are located at, or in the near vicinity of, intensively managed sites such as camp-grounds and other tourist destinations. 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: Fire, National Parks, Nitmuluk, Savanna, Vegetation, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Sturt Highway TSA Gawler - Truro (March 2001), Biological Survey of South Australia - Roadside Vegetation Survey, Biological Database of South Australia

The project systematically surveys the extent and condition of remnant native vegetation on railway corridors / roadsides . A standard drive-by survey methodology is used to record dominant species (overstorey, understorey, emergent, threatened and alien species), structural type, density/distribution and understorey vegetation type in roadside vegetation. Mapping outputs are used to inform roadside vegetation management by Local and State Governments.

Tags: Acacia ligulata, Acacia pendula, Acacia pycnantha, Acacia salicina, Atriplex humifusa Paul G.Wilson, Austrostipa sp., Avena barbata, Brachyloma ciliatum (R.Br.) Benth., Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa, Callitris gracilis, Cymbopogon ambiguus (Hack.) A.Camus, Cyperus nervulosus (Kuk.) S.T.Blake, Danthonia sp., Dianella revoluta var. revoluta, Disturbance, Echium plantagineum, Enneapogon nigricans, Epacris obtusifolia Sm., Eucalyptus sp., Euphorbia terracina, Exocarpos aphyllus, Flora, Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Glossostigma elatinoides (Benth.) Hook.f., Hibbertia crispula J.M.Black, Ipomoea diamantinensis Eardley, Juncus acutus L., Lactuca serriola, Lepidosperma gladiatum Labill., Lonicera japonica Thunb., Melaleuca sp., Olea europaea subsp. africana, Olearia decurrens, Opuntia stricta, Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen, Piptatherum miliaceum, Pultenaea hispidula R.Br. ex Benth., Rhodanthe troedelii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Rumex crispus, Scabiosa atropurpurea, Schinus molle, Species Presence/Abundance, Specimens, Vegetation Structure, Vitis vinifera, Wahlenbergia gymnoclada Lothian
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Herpetofaunal Search Data (Spring), Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2014

This herpetofaunal search data package comprises herpetofaunal data recorded along permanent 100 m transects along which three artificial substrates have been incorporated.    At the 20 m and 80 m points along each transect two sheets of corrugated iron, four roof tiles and four half-length railway sleepers, are situated. Searches for reptiles and frogs are conducted bi-annually, once in August and again in December of each year.
The Jervis Bay Plot Network was established in 2002 in Booderee National Park in the 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 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 Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/jervis-bay-booderee-national-park.

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

Floristic data collected by Sian Griffiths (nee Wilkins) for her honours project - 'The Success of Vegetation Restoration in The Cumberland Plain'. The CP_SIAN(Floristic data collected by Sian Griffiths (nee Wilkins) for her honours project - 'The Success of Vegetation Restoration in The Cumberland Plain') 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 decurrens Willd., Acacia falcata Willd., Acacia implexa Benth., Alysicarpus schomburgkii, Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet, Angophora subvelutina F.Muell., Bursaria spinosa Cav., Corymbia maculata (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Daviesia ulicifolia Andrews, Dillwynia spp., Disturbance, Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq., Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata (Sm.) J.G.West, Erosion, Eucalyptus crebra F.Muell., Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm., Flora, Geology, Gossia acmenoides, Grevillea hilliana, Indigofera australis Willd., Landscape, Lithology, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br., Panicum effusum R.Br., Paspalum dilatatum Poir., Phalaris minor Retz., Phyllanthus similis, Polymeria pusilla, Portulaca bicolor, Pultenaea microphylla Sieber ex DC., Salvia verbenaca, Senecio madagascariensis Poir., Setaria parviflora Kunth, Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf, Vegetation Structure, Verbena incompta P.W.Michael, Verbena litoralis Kunth
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - TOWARRI NP Vegetation Survey

Vegetation survey of Towarri National Park - Topographical Map -Parkville 1:25000. The TOWARRI NP(Vegetation survey of Towarri National Park - Topographical Map -Parkville 1:25000) 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 piligera A.Cunn., Alysicarpus schomburgkii, Disturbance, Erosion, Eucalyptus crebra F.Muell., Flora, Geology, Landscape, Leptospermum polyanthum Joy Thomps., Lithology, Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Triodia scariosa N.T.Burb. subsp. scariosa, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (ATEX): Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping, 2007–2010

The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping Data Package contains invertebrate data which are sampled in 3-4 pitfall traps within each plot. The same points are used each season. A seven-day sampling period is repeated three times during the snow-free season (October to April) to help survey the full range of organisms present.
The objective of the Australian Tundra Experiment (ATEX) is to assess the likely response of vegetation and invertebrates to temperature increases attained through passive warming. The ATEX experiment is locate at four sites on the Bogong High Plains, each site comprising multiple 1 square metre plots. ATEX follows the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) protocol (Molau &amp; Mølgaard 1996, Jarrad et al. 2009) which focuses on the growth and phenological responses of cold adapted vascular plant species to environmental change, specifically, to an increase in summer (growing season) temperatures.  The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited 4 times per year. This data package is associated with the following publication: Nash MA, Griffin PC, Hoffmann AA (2013) Inconsistent responses of alpine arthropod communities to experimental warming and thermal gradients. Clim Res 55:227-237. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01136

Tags: Invertebrates, Open top chambers
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery