AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Vegetation Life-form Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2004

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 altitudinal 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
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - SCOSAL96 Vegetation Survey

Scotia region natural saline vegetation survey.  Honours Study for Uni of Ballarat. The SCOSAL96(Scotia region natural saline vegetation survey.  Honours Study for Uni of Ballarat) 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: Atriplex vesicaria Heward ex Benth., Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum (Haw.) Chinnock, Elaeocarpus kirtonii, Flora, Hemichroa diandra R.Br., Lawrencia glomerata Hook., Species Presence/Abundance, Tecticornia lylei (Ewart & Jean White) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson, Tecticornia pergranulata (J.M.Black) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Soil and Landscape Grid Australia-Wide 3D Soil Property Maps (3&quot; resolution) - Release 1

The Soil Facility produced a range of digital soil attribute products. Each product contains six digital soil attribute maps, and their upper and lower confidence limits, representing the soil attribute at six depths: 0-5cm, 5-15cm, 15-30cm, 30-60cm, 60-100cm and 100-200cm. These depths are consistent with the specifications of the GlobalSoilMap.net project (http://www.globalsoilmap.net/). The digital soil attribute maps are in raster format at a resolution of 3 arc sec (~90 x 90 m pixels). 
Attributes included: 
Available Water Capacity; 
Bulk Density - Whole Earth; 
Clay;
Effective Cation Exchange Capacity;
pH - CaCl2; 
Silt; 
Sand; 
Total Nitrogen; 
Total Phosphorus.
Period (temporal coverage; approximately): 1950-2013; 
Spatial resolution: 3 arc seconds (approx 90m); 
Total number of gridded maps for this attribute: 18; 
Number of pixels with coverage per layer: 2007M (49200 * 40800); 
Total size before compression: about 8GB; 
Total size after compression: about 4GB; 
Data license : Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC By); 
Target data standard: GlobalSoilMap specifications; 
Format: GeoTIFF.

Tags: 3-dimensional soil mapping, AWC, Attributes, Australia, Available Water Capacity, BD, Bulk Density, Bulk Density - Whole Earth, Clay, Continental, DSM, Digital Soil Mapping, ECEC, Effective Cation Exchange Capacity, Global Soil Map, Raster, SLGA, Sand, Silt, Soil, Soil Maps, TERN, TERN_Soils, TERN_Soils_DSM, Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, pH, pH - CaCl2, spatial modelling, spatial uncertainty, visible-near infrared spectroscopy
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - QUANDA_97 Vegetation Survey

Quanda Nature Reserve vegetation survey. The QUANDA_97(Quanda 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: Acacia colletioides Benth., Acacia doratoxylon A.Cunn., Acacia havilandiorum Maiden, Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett subsp. scabra, Bertya cunninghamii Planch., Bossiaea walkeri F.Muell., Brachychiton populneus (Schott & Endl.) R.Br. subsp. populneus, Calotis hispidula (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Capparis mitchellii Lindl., Cryptandra amara var. floribunda Maiden & Betche, Cyperus tenuiculmis, Diploglottis bracteata, Diploglottis diphyllostegia, Dodonaea boroniifolia G.Don, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata (Sm.) J.G.West, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. mucronata J.G.West, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata (Sm.) J.G.West, Dracophyllum sayeri, Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A.J.Scott subsp. nutans, Elaeocarpus linsmithii, Enneapogon intermedius, Eremophila deserti (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Chinnock, Eremophila sturtii R.Br., Eucalyptus brassiana, Eucalyptus dumosa A.Cunn. ex J.Oxley, Eucalyptus intertexta R.T.Baker, Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill, Eucalyptus thozetiana, Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L., Ficus microcarpa var. microcarpa, Fimbristylis insignis, Flora, Glycine latifolia (Benth.) C.A.Newell & Hymowitz, Goodenia fascicularis F.Muell. & Tate, Hakea tephrosperma R.Br., Hovea sp., Hymenophyllum sp., Landscape, Marsdenia australis (R.Br.) Druce, Mezoneuron nitens, Micromyrtus striata J.W.Green, Olearia decurrens (DC.) Benth., Olearia pimeleoides (DC.) Benth., Panicum effusum R.Br., Parsonsia eucalyptophylla F.Muell., Phebalium glandulosum Hook. subsp. glandulosum, Plantae sp., Psydrax paludosa, Ptilotus sessilifolius (Lindl.) Benl var. sessilifolius, Ruppia maritima, Sclerolaena parviflora (R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott, Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia Randell, Senna form taxon 'petiolaris', Senna notabilis, Sida cunninghamii C.T.White, Solanum ferocissimum Lindl., Solanum mauritianum, Spartothamnella puberula (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche, Species Presence/Abundance, Syzygium alatoramulum, Tetrastigma thorsborneorum, Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia cervicularis N.T.Burb. var. cervicularis
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR19, 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 WOUR19.
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
Beverley Uranium Mine EIS Survey

Gather information on the flora and fauna of the proposed new mining area surrounding the existing Beverley Mine Lease to allow for the compilation of a new EIS that will allow mining over an increased area. 100 x 100 m quadrat with Jessup Transect were sampled at each of the 25 photopoint sites. Fauna monitoring used 10 of the photopoint sites selected for the vegetation survey.  Two traplines sampled per site. Survey conducted in 2006.
 The Beverley Uranium Mine EIS Survey is part of the Biological Survey of South Australia Program which is a series of systematic surveys conducted across the state between 1971 and the present with the broad aim of providing a baseline inventory of South Australia's flora and fauna biodiversity.

Tags: Abutilon cryptopetalum subsp. cryptopetalum, Acetosa vesicaria (L.) A.Love, Aristida nitidula (Henrard) S.T.Blake ex J.M.Black, Astrebla pectinata (Lindl.)F.Muell., Boerhavia coccinea Mill., Calotis hispidula (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Centaurea melitensis L., Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad., Cymbopogon ambiguus (Hack.) A.Camus, Datura leichhardtii F.Muell. ex Benth., Disturbance, Einadia nutans subsp. eremaea, Enchylaena tomentosa var. glabra, Enteropogon sp., Eremophila freelingii F.Muell., Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. acuminata, Euphorbia tannensis subsp. eremophila (A.Cunn.) D.C.Hassall, Fauna, Flora, Landscape, Lithology, Lysiana exocarpi (Behr) Tiegh. subsp. exocarpi, Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr. var. americanum, Melaleuca glomerata F.Muell., Neobassia proceriflora (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott, Nicotiana simulans N.T.Burb., Pluchea dentex Benth., Pterocaulon sphacelatum (Labill.) F.Muell., Rhagodia spinescens R.Br., Salsola australis L., Schismus barbatus (Loefl. ex L.) Thell., Sclerolaena cuneata Paul G.Wilson, Sclerolaena longicuspis (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott, Sclerolaena parallelicuspis (R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott, Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell subsp. artemisioides, Sida petrophila F.Muell., Sisymbrium erysimoides Desf., Soil, Solanum quadriloculatum F.Muell., Solanum sp., Solanum sturtianum F.Muell., Species Presence/Abundance, Trachymene glaucifolia (F.Muell.) Benth., Trichanthodium skirrophorum Sond. & F.Muell. ex Sond., Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br. var. zeylanicum, Triodia irritans R.Br., Tripogon loliiformis (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb., Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Growing degree days - baseline 10 degrees Celsius: eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage, 1970-2012

Monthly growing degree days above 10 degrees Celsius - GDD10 for the Australian continent. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0.

Tags: 04 EARTH SCIENCES, 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot WOUR17, 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 WOUR17, 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
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2012

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects Data Package comprises transect-based vegetation data for Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects in the South-East Highlands, Australia.  These data have been used against background quadrat data to test a hypothesis about roads as vectors for dispersal of invasive species.  Plots are located at attitudinally stratified intervals along five attitudinally-stratified transects. The transects follow major roads and management tracks in the Victorian Alps.  Each road is divided into 20 altitudinal sectors in which a single plot is situated. Within each plot, all species are identified and are assigned cover scores. 
The Alpine Summit plots 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, Altitudinal gradient, Compositional changes, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Species richness, Vegetation structure, Weed invasion
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia

The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates data package contains location data for 163 permanent 3 hectare plots in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 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: Geographic, Plot details, Plot setup, Spatial coordinates
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Monthly 1976-2005 mean daily maximum temperature: ANUClimate 1.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage

Monthly mean daily maximum temperature for the Australian continent between 1976-2005. Daily maximum temperature regulates rates of plant growth. Modelled by fitting trivariate thin plate smoothing spline functions of longitude, latitude and vertically exaggerated elevation to observed and estimated monthly 1976-2005 daily maximum temperature means at 1541 Bureau of Meteorology stations. Missing monthly temperature values were estimated by regression with the long term station that provided estimates of the 1976-2005 monthly means with with the least standard error. This was applied to each station with at least 5 years of record between 1921 and 2012. Quality controls were applied to the regression and the surface fitting processes to remove poor quality data. Thus, of 1597 stations with at least 5 years of record, 38 stations had poor regressions with long term stations and a further 18 stations had extreme studentised residuals from initial spline analyses. These were commonly stations with an old or short period of record, or with an imprecise location. The spline analysis also incorporated the impact of distance from the coast as provided by eMAST_ANUClimate_fx_dist_v1m0. The root mean square error of individual cross validation residuals provided by the spline analysis at 225 stations with near complete records, of at least 28 years, is 0.47 degrees Celsius. The incorporation of distance from the coast reduced overall cross validation errors by around 10%. A comprehensive assessment of the analysis and the factors contributing to the quality of the final interpolated monthly mean daily maximum temperature grids is in preparation.

Tags: ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mean monthly net longwave radiation modelled using the 1&quot; DEM-S - 1&quot; mosaic

Mean monthly solar radiation was modelled across Australia using topography from the 1 arcsecond resolution SRTM-derived DEM-S and climatic and land surface data. The SRAD model (Wilson and Gallant, 2000) was used to derive:
•   Incoming short-wave radiation on a sloping surface
•   Short-wave radiation ratio (shortwave on sloping surface / shortwave on horizontal surface)
•   Incoming long-wave radiation
•   Outgoing long-wave radiation
•   Net long-wave radiation
•   Net radiation
•   Sky view factor
All radiation values are in MJ/m2/day except for short-wave radiation ratio which has no units. The sky view factor is the fraction of the sky visible from a grid cell relative to a horizontal plane.
The radiation values are determined for the middle day of each month (14th or 15th) using long-term average atmospheric conditions (such as cloudiness and atmospheric transmittance) and surface conditions (albedo and vegetation cover). They include the effect of terrain slope, aspect and shadowing (for sun positions at 5 minute intervals from sunrise to sunset), direct and diffuse radiation and sky view.
The monthly data in this collection are available at 1 arcsecond resolution as single (mosaicked) grids for Australia in TIFF format. The 1 arcsecond tiled data can be found here: https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:9633 .
The 3 arcsecond resolution versions of these radiation surfaces have been produced from the 1 arcsecond resolution surfaces by aggregating the cells in a 3x3 window and taking the mean value.
The 3 arcsecond mosaic data can be found here: https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:18612

Tags: Australia, ECOLOGY Landscape, LAND Topography Models, Land Surface, Monthly net longwave radiation, TERN_Soils
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - COALPAC13 Vegetation Survey

Central Tablelands survey sites commissioned by Coalpac. The COALPAC13(Central Tablelands survey sites commissioned by Coalpac) 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: Flora, Species Presence/Abundance, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - JTH_VD Vegetation Survey

Vegetation Survey site of Region: VD. The JTH_VD(Vegetation Survey site of Region: VD) 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 oxycarpum (F.Muell.) Benth., Acacia harpophylla F.Muell. ex Benth., Aristida personata Henrard, Austrostipa setacea (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson, Brachyscome ciliaris var. lanuginosa (Steetz) Benth., Brunoniella australis (Cav.) Bremek., Callitris sp., Capparis mitchellii Lindl., Carex inversa R.Br., Casuarina cristata Miq., Chamaesyce dallachyana (Baill.) D.C.Hassall, Chamaesyce drummondii (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall, Cheilanthes distans (R.Br.) Mett., Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E.Walker, Cyperus concinnus R.Br., Cyperus gracilis R.Br., Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall., Daviesia umbellulata, Dichondra sp., Diplachne parviflora (R.Br.) Benth., Disturbance, Einadia nutans subsp. eremaea Paul G.Wilson, Einadia nutans subsp. linifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson, Elaeocarpus linsmithii, Endiandra limnophila, Enteropogon ramosus B.K.Simon, Eragrostis alveiformis, Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq., Eremophila goodwinii, Eremophila mitchellii, Eriachne mucronata f. (Alpha C.E.Hubbard 7882), Erosion, Eucalyptus oreades, Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill, Eucalyptus thozetiana, Euchiton sphaericus (Willd.) Holub, Ficus virgata var. virgata, Fimbristylis furva, Flora, Freycinetia sp., Geology, Goodenia glauca F.Muell., Juncus usitatus L.A.S.Johnson, Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. subsp. rubra, Landscape, Leiocarpa tomentosa (Sond.) Paul G.Wilson, Lepidium bonariense L., Lithology, Lycium ferocissimum Miers, Maireana microphylla (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson, Oxalis chnoodes Lourteig, Oxalis corniculata L., Panicum buncei F.Muell. ex Benth., Pimelea neo-anglica, Pimelea neo-anglica Threlfall, Pittosporum angustifolium Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd., Plantae sp., Plantago varia R.Br., Pluchea dunlopii, Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All., Rhagodia spinescens R.Br., Rhaphidophora australasica, Rubus parvifolius, Rytidosperma longifolium (R.Br.) Veldkamp, Santalum lanceolatum R.Br., Scleria brownii, Sclerolaena bicornis var. horrida Domin, Sclerolaena tetracuspis (C.T.White) A.J.Scott, Senecio quadridentatus Labill., Setaria paspalidioides Vickery, Soil, Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Tephrosia maculata, Triodia pungens, Vegetation Structure, Verbena macrostachya F.Muell., Veronica sp., Vittadinia sulcata N.T.Burb., Wrightia saligna, Zornia muelleriana
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery