AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 1990-2009 period, CCCMA3.1 and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~10km resolution for 1990-2009 period using CCCMA3.1 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: Fire Scar Mapping, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2014

Geotiff Images of fire affected areas in Kakadu National Park for the year 2014 based on the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). These Images are clipped from geotiff images of fire affected areas in far northern Australia available from North Australian Fire Information (NAFI) website.  The images have a resolution of 250 m (pixel size) and each burnt pixel is tagged with the month that covers the largest part of the date interval in which the burnt pixel was detected. These data cover Kakadu National Park, but are part of a larger data set that extends across far northern WA down to 21 degrees S, across the entire NT (down to 26 degrees S) and all of Qld (down to 29 degrees S). The NAFI mapping covers the years 2000 to present and since 2012, the mapping also includes northern SA down to 29 degrees S. Mapping landscapes north of 20 degrees S in WA, NT and Qld has been validated by aerial and on-ground transects across northern Australia.

Tags: Fire, History, NAFI, North Australia Fire Information
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Radiation of driest quarter: eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage, 1970-2012

Annual radiation of driest quarter for the Australian continent. Driest quarter is the set of 3 consecutive months for which the sum of all precipitation over the selected period is lower than any other set of 3 consecutive months. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Tags: 04 EARTH SCIENCES, 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - V_BEMBODP3 Vegetation Survey

NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Eden CRA Map in Bemboka Section Wadbilliga NP. The V_BEMBODP3(NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Eden CRA Map in Bemboka Section Wadbilliga 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 melanoxylon R.Br., Acmena spp., Atherosperma spp., Cassinia aculeata (Labill.) R.Br., Cassinia longifolia R.Br., Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don, Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Doryphora spp., Elaeocarpus spp., Eragrostis tenuifolia, Eucalyptus elata Dehnh., Eucalyptus fastigata H.Deane & Maiden, Eucalyptus leucophloia subsp. euroa, Eucalyptus maidenii F.Muell., Euphorbia parvicaruncula, Flora, Geology, Indigofera australis Willd., Landscape, Lithology, Macaranga inamoena, Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br., Monochoria sp., Olearia argophylla (Labill.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Poa meionectes Vickery, Pteris tremula R.Br., Species Presence/Abundance, Sticherus flabellatus var. flabellatus, Vegetation Structure, Zygochloa paradoxa
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Annual 1976-2005 mean precipitation of warmest quarter: eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage

Annual mean precipitation of warmest quarter for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Warmest quarter is the set of 3 consecutive months for which the mean temperature over the selected period is higher than any other set of 3 consecutive months. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Tags: 04 EARTH SCIENCES, 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - V_YOWRIDB3 Vegetation Survey

Validation survey of Yowrie Dry Grass Forest. The V_YOWRIDB3(Validation survey of Yowrie Dry Grass 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 ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court, Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet, Aristida vagans Cav., Arthropodium sp., Carex appressa R.Br., Carex breviculmis R.Br., Cassinia trinerva N.A.Wakef., Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze subsp. sieberi, Coldenia procumbens, Cyperus distans, Cyperus polystachyos, Delarbrea sp., Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f., Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Echinopogon caespitosus var. caespitosus, Echinopogon ovatus (G.Forst.) P.Beauv., Eleocharis setifolia subsp. setifolia, Entolasia marginata (R.Br.) Hughes, Eucalyptus angophoroides R.T.Baker, Eucalyptus elata Dehnh., Eucalyptus globoidea Blakely, Eucalyptus tereticornis subsp. tereticornis, Euchiton gymnocephalus (DC.) Anderb., Euchiton sp., Evolvulus alsinoides var. sericeus, Flora, Geranium solanderi Carolin var. solanderi, Glycine clandestina J.C.Wendl., Glycine clandestina var. clandestina, Imperata cylindrica (Nees) C.E.Hubb., Leucopogon lanceolatus R.Br., Lomandra glauca (R.Br.) Ewart, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. var. stipoides, Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fee, Persoonia linearis Andrews, Poa meionectes Vickery, Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich., Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Rubus parvifolius L., Scleria tricuspidata, Semecarpus australiensis, Species Presence/Abundance, Stellaria flaccida Hook., Stemodia florulenta, Streptoglossa adscendens, Streptoglossa decurrens, Tetracera daemeliana, Themeda arguens, Themeda australis Forssk., Tinospora sp., Trachymene psammophila, Tribulus cistoides, Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure, Veronica plebeia R.Br., Vincetoxicum carnosum, Viola betonicifolia Sm., Xanthorrhoea concava (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot TIMA15, 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 TIMA15.
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
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR18, 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 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 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
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Long Term Monitoring - Community Changes): Multi-taxa Phylogenomic Data, 2012–2013

Global change poses significant and urgent challenges for biodiversity conservation. Species
persistence under a rapidly changing environment ultimately depends on abilities to disperse
to favourable habitats or adapt in situ by plastic or evolutionary mechanisms. Conservation
strategies preserving endemism and adaptive potential are critical.
This study aims to investigate the phylogeographic history of Victorian Alpine plants
using high-density genetic markers. Multi-taxa genomic data was compared to determine
common phylogeographic patterns and identify evolutionary processes shaping biodiversity.
Spatial patterns of genetic structure were used to delineate evolutionary bioregions and
refugia of high conservation value.
Life-history traits have seldom been explicitly within a landscape genetic framework.
Spatial isolation is a key component of genetic structure for sessile organisms. This study
demonstrates that life-history traits are primary drivers of inter-population connectivity and
genetic structure. Differences across taxa impacted on patterns of genetic structure on fine
spatial scales, while common patterns were observed at broad scales regardless of life-history
traits.
These findings complement other Australian Alpine genetic studies indicate that flora
and fauna in Victorian Alps share a common genetic structure and phylogeographic history
driven by unique processes. The geomorphology of the Victorian Alps has clearly driven the
evolutionary trajectories of the native flora and fauna. This approach could inform evidence
based conservation policy.
Previously undelineated cryptic species were revealed by this study—highlighting
limitations of traditional taxonomy and the utility of new approaches. This project
demonstrates how genomic technologies can characterise evolutionary processes at landscape
scales, and detect important patterns in at-risk ecosystems.
This data is related to the following publication: Bell, N., Griffin, P. C., Hoffmann, A. A., &amp; Miller, A.D. (2018). Spatial patterns of genetic diversity among Australian alpine flora communities revealed by comparative phylogenomics. Journal of Biogeography, 45, 177–189. Published online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.13120 (free access). DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13120

Tags: Climate change, Cryptic speciation, Evidence based conservation, Genetics, Life-history traits, Next-generation sequencing, Phylogenetics, Refugia, Victorian alps
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Mammal Abundance Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2015

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
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot WOUR04, 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 WOUR04, 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
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km 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 ~50km 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
Platypus Survey Data, Tasmania (1901 - 2009)

The fungal disease mucormycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Mucor amphibiorum, has infected Tasmanian platypus for almost three decades (Gust et al 2009, Gust and Griffiths, 2011). The disease causes skin lesions, morbidity and mortality (Gust and Griffiths, 2009). To investigate spatial and temporal distribution patterns of mucormycosis and its impacts on platypus, a database of extensive historic platypus capture and observation records was created. This data was used to map historic distribution and prevalence of mucormycosis. In 2008-2009 live trapping surveys were undertaken to determine the spread, prevalence and persistence of the disease. In addition, demographic (sex, age), morphometric (body size) and health and moult condition of captured individuals were assessed (Gust et al 2009, Gust and Griffiths, 2011). Furthermore, influences of mucormycosis on the hematology, plasma biochemistry and other indicators of health in platypus were investigated (Geraghty et al 2011).

Tags: Fauna, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Species Presence/Abundance, Specimens
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 2060-2079 period, CCCMA3.1 and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~10km resolution for 2060-2079 period using CCCMA3.1 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
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - JTH_GYR Vegetation Survey

Vegetation Survey site of Region: GYR. The JTH_GYR(Vegetation Survey site of Region: GYR) 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 oswaldii F.Muell., Atalaya hemiglauca (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett subsp. scabra, Callitris sp., Carex inversa R.Br., Casuarina cristata Miq., Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Labill.) Steetz, Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum, Diploglottis diphyllostegia, Dracophyllum sayeri, Einadia nutans subsp. eremaea Paul G.Wilson, Einadia nutans subsp. oxycarpa (Gauba) Paul G.Wilson, Elaeocarpus linsmithii, Enteropogon acicularis (Lindl.) Lazarides, Eucalyptus brassiana, Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill, Ficus congesta var. congesta, Ficus virgata var. virgata, Flora, Goodenia glabra R.Br., Hakea tephrosperma R.Br., Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke, Mimulus prostratus Benth., Paspalidium constrictum (Domin) C.E.Hubb., Pittosporum revolutum, Plantae sp., Rhizophora apiculata, Sclerolaena birchii (F.Muell.) Domin, Sida sp., Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Syncarpia hillii, Tapeinosperma sp., Terminalia sericocarpa, Vegetation Structure, Zanthoxylum ovalifolium, Zornia ramosa
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 1990-2009 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 1990-2009 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
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot PENR02, 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 PENR02. 
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
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 1990-2009 period, CCCMA3.1 and R1 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 1990-2009 period using CCCMA3.1 and R1 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