Transects for Environmental Monitoring and Decision Making (TREND)

TREND will provide the ecological infrastructure that will:  quantify the richness and cover of plant species (including weeds); quantify the diversity and abundance  of soil biodiversity;  assess the state, spatial heterogeneity and structural complexity of vegetation, including life-stage; record vegetation and soil parameters  that assist with the validation of remotely sensed ecological products;  analyse vegetation structure and change based on a series of photo reference images;  better estimate soil carbon and nutrient stocks; conduct taxonomic validation studies based on collected plant voucher specimens;   conduct DNA barcoding and population genetic profiling based on collected tissue samples. The collation of these data will:  increase understanding of the dynamics of plant species and soils;  substantially increase knowledge of the carbon and other important nutrient budgets across an environmental gradient;  improve quality of remote sensing products; input into DNA barcoding of Australian vegetation; help understand the biogeography  underpinning and threatening processes impacting South Australian ecosystems;  assist state and federal agencies to meet their monitoring and reporting obligations;  create a photographic reference of South Australia&#39;s bioregions to enhance existing state photo reference libraries;   enable researchers and land managers to assess current land state for a variety of purposes depending on how the data is used;  identify the climate zones, bioregions, land types and ecosystems where changes are occurring and the management regimes and/or pressures contributing to these changes.  Overall this information will progress understanding of ecosystem processes, structure and function, and more generally progress understanding of the response to disturbance and longer term environmental change of rangeland ecosystems, which underpins sustainable management practice. Under the Biome of Australia Soil Environments (BASE) project, soil samples are collected at 14 TREND sites for subsequent physical/chemical and metabarcoding analysis. Under the Biome of Australia Soil Environments (BASE; https://ccgapps.com.au/bpa-metadata/base/) project, soil samples are collected at 14 TREND sites for subsequent physical/chemical and metabarcoding analysis.

Tags: Abutilon halophilum, Acacia aneura var. intermedia, Acacia aptaneura, Acacia araneosa, Acacia calamifolia, Acacia continua, Acacia cupularis, Acacia euthycarpa, Acacia hakeoides, Acacia havilandiorum, Acacia iteaphylla, Acacia ligulata, Acacia myrtifolia, Acacia oswaldii, Acacia paradoxa, Acacia pycnantha, Acacia rivalis, Acacia tetragonophylla, Acacia victoriae subsp. victoriae, Acacia wattsiana, Acaena echinata, Acrotriche affinis, Acrotriche depressa, Acrotriche fasciculiflora, Acrotriche serrulata, Actinobole uliginosum, Adiantum aethiopicum, Aira cupaniana, Aira elegantissima, Alectryon oleifolius, Alectryon oleifolius subsp. canescens, Allocasuarina muelleriana, Allocasuarina muelleriana subsp. muelleriana, Allocasuarina striata, Allocasuarina verticillata, Alyxia buxifolia, Amyema miquelii, Anagallis arvensis, Angianthus tomentosus, Annual Grass, Annual forb, Aristida arida, Aristida behriana, Aristida contorta, Aristida holathera, Aristida nitidula, Arthropodium fimbriatum, Asparagus asparagoides, Astrebla pectinata, Astroloma conostephioides, Astroloma humifusum, Atriplex holocarpa, Atriplex lindleyi subsp. lindleyi, Atriplex nummularia subsp. nummularia, Atriplex velutinella, Atriplex vesicaria, Atriplex vesicaria subsp. calcicola, Austrostipa acrociliata, Austrostipa blackii, Austrostipa drummondii, Austrostipa elegantissima, Austrostipa hemipogon, Austrostipa mollis, Austrostipa nitida, Austrostipa platychaeta, Austrostipa puberula, Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata, Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra, Austrostipa trichophylla, Avena barbata, Babingtonia behrii, Banksia marginata, Bergia trimera, Billardiera cymosa, Billardiera uniflora, Bossiaea prostrata, Brachypodium distachyon, Brachyscome ciliaris var. lanuginosa, Brassica tournefortii, Briza maxima, Bromus diandrus, Bromus madritensis, Bulbine alata, Bulbine bulbosa, Burchardia umbellata, Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla, Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa, Caesia calliantha, Callitris glaucophylla, Callitris gracilis, Callitris rhomboidea, Calotis hispidula, Calytrix tetragona, Carrichtera annua, Cassinia complanata, Cassinia laevis, Cassytha flindersii, Cassytha glabella, Cassytha melantha, Cassytha peninsularis, Cassytha pubescens, Casuarina pauper, Centaurea melitensis, Chamaescilla corymbosa var. corymbosa, Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia, Cheilanthes distans, Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi, Chenopodium desertorum subsp. microphyllum, Chrysanthemoides monilifera, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Chrysocephalum semipapposum, Clematis microphylla, Codonocarpus pyramidalis, Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. angustissimus, Convolvulus remotus, Coronidium scorpioides, Correa aemula, Crassula colorata var. acuminata, Crotalaria eremaea subsp. eremaea, Cryptandra tomentosa, Cymbopogon ambiguus, Cymbopogon obtectus, Cynanchum viminale subsp. australe, Cynoglossum australe, Dampiera dysantha, Daucus glochidiatus, Daviesia leptophylla, Daviesia ulicifolia subsp. incarnata, Dead Tree/Shrub, Dianella revoluta var. revoluta, Dianella sp., Dichanthium sericeum subsp. humilius, Dichelachne crinita, Dichelachne micrantha, Dichondra repens, Digitaria brownii, Dillwynia hispida, Dissocarpus paradoxus, Dodonaea baueri, Dodonaea lobulata, Dodonaea microzyga var. microzyga, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata, Drosera auriculata, Drosera macrantha subsp. planchonii, Drosera peltata, Drosera whittakeri, Duma coccoloboides, Echium plantagineum, Ehrharta longiflora, Einadia nutans subsp. eremaea, Einadia nutans subsp. nutans, Enchylaena tomentosa var. glabra, Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa, Enneapogon avenaceus, Enneapogon cylindricus, Enneapogon nigricans, Eragrostis dielsii var. dielsii, Eragrostis falcata, Eragrostis parviflora, Eragrostis setifolia, Eragrostis setifolia, Eremophila deserti, Eremophila duttonii, Eremophila freelingii, Eremophila glabra subsp. glabra, Eremophila longifolia, Eremophila maculata subsp. maculata, Eremophila oppositifolia, Eriachne mucronata, Eriochiton sclerolaenoides, Erodium cicutarium, Erodium crinitum, Erodium cygnorum, Eucalyptus baxteri, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, Eucalyptus coolabah, Eucalyptus cosmophylla, Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus fasciculosa, Eucalyptus flindersii, Eucalyptus gillii, Eucalyptus goniocalyx subsp. goniocalyx, Eucalyptus gracilis, Eucalyptus intertexta, Eucalyptus leptophylla, Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. leucoxylon, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, Eucalyptus obliqua, Eucalyptus odorata, Eucalyptus polybractea, Eucalyptus socialis subsp. socialis, Euchiton collinus, Euphorbia australis, Euphorbia drummondii, Eutaxia microphylla, Exocarpos aphyllus, Exocarpos cupressiformis, Flora, Galium leptogonium, Galium murale, Geijera linearifolia, Genista monspessulana, Geology, Geranium solanderi, Glischrocaryon behrii, Glycine canescens, Glycine latrobeana, Glycine rubiginosa, Gnephosis arachnoidea, Gnephosis eriocarpa, Gonocarpus elatus, Gonocarpus mezianus, Gonocarpus tetragynus, Goodenia albiflora, Goodenia blackiana, Goodenia fascicularis, Goodenia geniculata, Goodenia havilandii, Goodenia ovata, Goodenia vernicosa, Grevillea aspera, Grevillea lavandulacea, Hakea carinata, Hakea leucoptera, Hakea rostrata, Hakea rugosa, Halgania cyanea, Harmsiodoxa puberula, Heliotropium asperrimum, Hibbertia crinita, Hibbertia exutiacies, Hibbertia riparia, Hibbertia virgata, Hibiscus sturtii var. grandiflorus, Hyalosperma semisterile, Hybanthus floribundus, Hybanthus monopetalus, Hypericum gramineum, Hypericum perforatum, Hypochaeris glabra, Hypochaeris sp., ID Pending, Indigofera cornuligera subsp. flindersensis, Indigofera longibractea, Isopogon ceratophyllus, Ixodia achillaeoides subsp. alata, Juncus subsecundus, Kennedia prostrata, Landscape, Leiocarpa leptolepis, Leiocarpa semicalva subsp. semicalva, Leiocarpa websteri, Lepidium muelleri-ferdinandi, Lepidium papillosum, Lepidosperma carphoides, Lepidosperma laterale, Lepidosperma semiteres, Lepidosperma sp., Lepidosperma viscidum, Leptospermum continentale, Leptospermum myrsinoides, Leucopogon affinis, Leucopogon concurvus, Lolium rigidum, Lomandra collina, Lomandra densiflora, Lomandra fibrata, Lomandra micrantha subsp. tuberculata, Lomandra multiflora subsp. dura, Lotus cruentus, Lycium ferocissimum, Lysiana exocarpi, Lysiana exocarpi subsp. exocarpi, Lysimachia arvensis, Maireana brevifolia, Maireana ciliata, Maireana eriantha, Maireana erioclada, Maireana georgei, Maireana pentatropis, Maireana pyramidata, Maireana radiata, Maireana rohrlachii, Maireana sp., Maireana trichoptera, Maireana triptera, Maireana turbinata, Malva preissiana, Malvastrum americanum var. americanum, Marrubium vulgare, Marsdenia australis, Marsilea drummondii, Medicago polymorpha, Melaleuca acuminata, Melaleuca decussata, Melaleuca lanceolata, Melaleuca uncinata, Micrantheum demissum, Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides, Microseris lanceolata, Minuria cunninghamii, Myoporum montanum, Myoporum platycarpum subsp. platycarpum, Neurachne alopecuroidea, Nicotiana simulans, Olea europaea subsp. europaea, Olearia decurrens, Olearia floribunda, Olearia grandiflora, Olearia muelleri, Olearia ramulosa, Olearia teretifolia, Opercularia turpis, Oxalis perennans, Ozothamnus retusus, Panicum decompositum var. decompositum, Paractaenum novae-hollandiae subsp. reversum, Paspalidium constrictum, Pentameris airoides subsp. airoides, Pentameris pallida, Philotheca angustifolia subsp. angustifolia, Pimelea humilis, Pimelea linifolia, Pimelea microcephala subsp. microcephala, Pimelea simplex subsp. continua, Pimelea stricta, Pittosporum angustifolium, Plantago bellardii, Plantago drummondii, Plantago gaudichaudii, Plantago lanceolata var. lanceolata, Plantago sp., Platylobium obtusangulum, Poa clelandii, Poa tenera, Poaceae sp., Polycalymma stuartii, Prostanthera behriana, Prostanthera striatiflora, Pteridium esculentum, Pterocaulon sphacelatum, Ptilotus erubescens, Ptilotus nobilis subsp. angustifolius, Ptilotus obovatus, Ptilotus obovatus var. obovatus, Ptilotus seminudus, Pultenaea acerosa, Pultenaea daphnoides, Pultenaea involucrata, Pultenaea kraehenbuehlii, Pultenaea largiflorens, Pultenaea prostrata, Pultenaea sp., Pyrorchis nigricans, Ranunculus lappaceus, Rapistrum rugosum, Rhagodia parabolica, Rhagodia spinescens, Rhodanthe corymbiflora, Rhodanthe floribunda, Rhodanthe moschata, Rhodanthe pygmaea, Rosa canina, Rostellularia adscendens var. pogonanthera, Rostraria cristata, Rubus anglocandicans, Rubus sp., Rytidosperma caespitosum, Rytidosperma erianthum, Rytidosperma geniculatum, Rytidosperma pilosum, Rytidosperma racemosum var. racemosum, Rytidosperma setaceum, Salsola australis, Santalum acuminatum, Santalum lanceolatum, Sauropus rigens, Scaevola albida, Scaevola humilis, Scleranthus pungens, Sclerolaena brachyptera, Sclerolaena diacantha, Sclerolaena divaricata, Sclerolaena eriacantha, Sclerolaena limbata, Sclerolaena longicuspis, Sclerolaena obliquicuspis, Sclerolaena ventricosa, Senecio anethifolius subsp. brevibracteolatus, Senecio magnificus, Senecio phelleus, Senecio picridioides, Senecio pterophorus, Senecio quadridentatus, Senna artemisioides subsp. alicia, Senna artemisioides subsp. artemisioides, Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea, Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris, Sida ammophila, Sida fibulifera, Sida intricata, Sida petrophila, Sida trichopoda, Sisymbrium erysimoides, Soil, Soil Metabarcoding, Solanum cleistogamum, Solanum ellipticum, Solanum petrophilum, Solanum quadriloculatum, Sonchus oleraceus, Species Presence/Abundance, Specimens, Sporobolus actinocladus, Spyridium parvifolium, Spyridium phlebophyllum, Spyridium thymifolium, Stenopetalum anfractum, Swainsona flavicarinata, Tetragonia eremaea, Tetragonia moorei, Tetratheca pilosa subsp. pilosa, Teucrium racemosum, Teucrium sessiliflorum, Thomasia petalocalyx, Thysanotus baueri, Trichodesma zeylanicum var. zeylanicum, Trifolium angustifolium, Trifolium striatum, Trigonella suavissima, Triodia irritans, Triodia scariosa, Triodia sp., Tripogonella loliiformis, Ulex europaeus, Vegetation Structure, Verbena officinalis, Vittadinia cervicularis, Vittadinia cuneata var. cuneata, Vittadinia gracilis, Vittadinia sulcata, Vulpia bromoides, Vulpia muralis, Vulpia myuros f. myuros, Vulpia sp., Wahlenbergia sp., Wahlenbergia stricta, Westringia rigida, Wurmbea biglandulosa subsp. flindersica, Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata, Xanthorrhoea semiplana, Xanthorrhoea semiplana subsp. semiplana, Xanthorrhoea sp., Zygochloa paradoxa, Zygophyllum apiculatum, Zygophyllum aurantiacum subsp. aurantiacum, Zygophyllum iodocarpum, Zygophyllum simile
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery