AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Phenology Studies): Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, South-east Highlands, Australia

This package contains spatial data relating to surveys conducted for the Phenology Studies project. Transects were established at an altitudes of 1400 m to 1880 m. These transects were established as a natural experiment - to provide infrastructure to validate the findings from the ATEX manipulated, experimental plots. The aim is to describe the phonological responses of alpine plants to environmental variables and assess the usefulness of this measure to assess vulnerability to changing abiotic (e.g. climate) and biotic (e.g. invasive species) factors.
This is part of a dataset that spans from during data collected in 2011 to document long-term effects directly through climate and indirectly through biotic interactions (see methods for more information).  The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited 4 times per year. 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: Geographic, Plot details, Plot setup, Spatial coordinates
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Monthly 1976-2005 mean class A pan evaporation: ANUClimate 1.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage

Monthly mean total class A pan evaporation for the Australian continent between 1976-2005. Class A pan evaporation is useful for estimating evaporation rates and water need and use. Modelled by fitting trivariate thin plate smoothing spline functions of longitude, latitude and vertically exaggerated elevation to the square roots of observed and estimated monthly 1976-2005 pan evaporation means at 444 Bureau of Meteorology stations. Quality controls were applied to the regression and the surface fitting processes to remove poor quality data. Thus, of 468 stations with at least 5 years of record, 19 stations had poor regressions with long term stations and a further 5 stations had extreme studentised residuals from initial spline analyses. Station elevations were 0.05 degree local averages of grid values from the GEODATA 9 second DEM version 3 as provided by eMAST_ANUClimate_fx_el05_v1m0. Missing monthly values were estimated by regression with the long term station that provided the monthly 1976-2005 means with with the least standard error. The mean absolute error of individual cross validation residuals provided by the spline analysis at 107 stations with near complete records, of at least 28 years, is 16.5 mm (11% of the mean).

Tags: ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, EARTH 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 WOUR15, 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 WOUR15, 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: Disturbance, Grazing domestic livestock, Hollows, Individual plants, Permanent plot, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Stem counts, Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - WOONGARRAH Vegetation Survey

Woongarrah Sports Field Transects - old regenerating farmland. The WOONGARRAH(Woongarrah Sports Field Transects - old regenerating farmland) 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 (Andrews) Willd., Angophora costata (Gaertn.) Britten, Anisopogon avenaceus R.Br., Ardisia sp., Aristida vagans Cav., Banksia oblongifolia Cav., Billardiera scandens Sm., Bossiaea obcordata (Vent.) Druce, Brachyscome spp., Cinnamomum camphora (L.) T.Nees & C.H.Eberm., Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist var. canadensis, Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Cyathochaeta diandra (R.Br.) Nees, Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Cyperus difformis L., Cyperus orgadophilus, Cyperus pilosus, Dianella caerulea Sims, Dianella crinoides, Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Eucalyptus capitellata Sm., Eucalyptus haemastoma Sm., Eucalyptus resinifera Sm. subsp. resinifera, Ficus watkinsiana, Fimbristylis corynocarya, Flora, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Goodenia paniculata Sm., Haemodorum planifolium R.Br., Hydrocotyle spp., Hypochaeris radicata L., Hypolepis muelleri N.A.Wakef., Isopogon anemonifolius (Salisb.) Knight, Juncus usitatus L.A.S.Johnson, Lambertia formosa Sm., Lepyrodia scariosa R.Br., Lindsaea linearis Sw., Lobelia anceps Labill., Lomandra glauca (R.Br.) Ewart, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Mackinlaya confusa, Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm., Melaleuca thymifolia Sm., Murdannia gigantea, Nymphaea alba L., Ocimum tenuiflorum, Owenia acidula, Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa, Paspalum dilatatum Poir., Paspalum urvillei Steud., Peripleura obovata, Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson, Piper mestonii, Plantae sp., Polygala macrobotrya, Polymeria pusilla, Pterocaulon serrulatum var. serrulatum, Pyrrosia confluens var. dielsii, Rubus ulmifolius Schott, Schizachyrium crinizonatum, Senecio lautus G.Forst. ex Willd., Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Species Presence/Abundance, Streptoglossa decurrens, Thelionema caespitosum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend., Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf, Thysanotus juncifolius (Salisb.) J.H.Willis & Court, Trachymene incisa Rudge, Utricularia gibba R.Br., Vegetation Structure, Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell., Xanthorrhoea latifolia (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford subsp. latifolia
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Reptile Abundance Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 1990+

This herpetofauna abundance plot data package comprises capture data for a specified duration of trapping nights (usually 3 night session) in the Simpson Desert, Western Queensland. Date, site and grid number 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 toe clip 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: Herpetofauna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot TIMA17, 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 TIMA17. 
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
Mallee Plot Network: Weather Station Data, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2012–2014

These data are the rainfall readings from sites in Tarawi Nature Reserve and Scotia Sanctuary. 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: Climate change, On plot weather, Precipitation, Rain
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 2020-2039 period, MIROC3.2 and R3 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 MIROC3.2 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
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Bird Point Count Data, Southwest Slopes, NSW,  Australia, 2015

The Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network Bird Point Count Data contains counts of all birds seen and heard over five minute periods at each of the 0 m, 100 m and 200 m posts along a permanent 200m transect at each site. Dawn bird counts are conducted every 1-2 years using repeated point interval counts. Repeated point counts by two different observers on two different days are undertaken. The distance that each bird was seen/heard at is recorded along with bird abundance and any anecdotal comments (e.g. breeding behaviour). Bird species presence/absence or detection rates within 50 m of the observer is commonly used for analysis.
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: Bird counts, Birds, Fragmentation, Grazing domestic livestock
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - CLARENCE Vegetation Survey

Swamp Vegetation Monitoring in Clarence Coal Lease Area. The CLARENCE(Swamp Vegetation Monitoring in Clarence Coal Lease 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: Baeckea linifolia Rudge, Banksia marginata Cav., Banksia spinulosa Sm., Cullen sp., Daviesia latifolia R.Br., Daviesia wyattiana, Desmodium heterocarpon, Digitaria imbricata, Dioscorea sp., Disturbance, Drosera sp., Eleocharis cylindrostachys, Eleocharis setifolia subsp. setifolia, Empodisma minus (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler, Epacris microphylla R.Br., Erosion, Fimbristylis cymosa, Flora, Geology, Gleichenia rupestris R.Br., Goodenia byrnesii, Hibbertia acicularis (Labill.) F.Muell., Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides R.Br. ex A.Rich., Hypochaeris radicata L., Juncus continuus L.A.S.Johnson, Landscape, Lepidosperma limicola N.A.Wakef., Leptospermum continentale Joy Thomps., Leptospermum grandifolium Sm., Lepyrodia scariosa R.Br., Lithology, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Olearia quercifolia Sieber ex DC., Persoonia mollis R.Br., Pultenaea divaricata H.B.Will., Soil, Solanum torvum, Species Presence/Abundance, Sporobolus australasicus, Vegetation Structure, Viola hederacea Labill., Vitex glabrata
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Breakaway Reserve (Lands Department) Survey

The study area examined was within the boundaries of the Breakaway Reserve in the arid/semi arid region. The objectives of the study was to systematically sample the vegetation of the range of vegetation associations within the area by using a series of grids and to map the major vegetation associations using aerial photography. Vertebrate fauna were also surveyed at a series of sites within each major vegetation association in areas showing reasonably homogeneous vegetation and least disturbance.
Reference:
Hobbs,T.J.,1988,The Breakaways Reserve. A resource inventory,Department of Lands. The Breakaway Reserve (Lands Department) 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: Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth., Acacia calcicola Forde & Ising, Acacia cambagei R.T.Baker, Acacia salicina Lindl., Acacia tetragonophylla F.Muell., Anemocarpa saxatilis (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson, Aristida contorta F.Muell., Aristida strigosa (Henrard) S.T.Blake ex J.M.Black, Atriplex holocarpa F.Muell., Atriplex vesicaria Heward ex Benth., Calocephalus platycephalus (F.Muell.) Benth., Dissocarpus fontinalis Paul G.Wilson, Disturbance, Dodonaea microzyga F.Muell. var. microzyga, Eremophila freelingii F.Muell., Eremophila neglecta J.M.Black, Eremophila rotundifolia F.Muell., Eucalyptus oleosa F.Muell. ex Miq., Eucalyptus socialis F.Muell. ex Miq., Fauna, Flora, Gnephosis arachnoidea Turcz., Landscape, Leiocarpa leptolepis (DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Leucochrysum molle (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Lithology, Maireana aphylla (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana astrotricha (L.A.S.Johnson) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana triptera (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson, Malva preissiana Miq., Pittosporum angustifolium Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd., Plantago drummondii Decne., Ptilotus obovatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell., Rhagodia spinescens R.Br., Rhodanthe floribunda (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Salsola australis L., Sclerolaena blackiana (Ising) A.J.Scott, Sclerolaena brachyptera (F.Muell.) S.W.L.Jacobs, Sclerolaena diacantha (Nees) Benth., Sclerolaena lanicuspis (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Sclerolaena uniflora R.Br., Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell subsp. artemisioides, Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea (Benth.) Randell, Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Trichanthodium skirrophorum Sond. & F.Muell. ex Sond., Vegetation Structure, Zygophyllum ammophilum F.Muell., Zygophyllum aurantiacum (Lindl.) F.Muell.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Phenology Studies): Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates for Insect Flower Visitors Survey 2009-2012, South-east Highlands, Australia

This package contains spatial data relating to the insect flower surveys conducted from 2009 to 2012. Sites were established as a natural experiment - to provide infrastructure to validate the findings from the ATEX manipulated, experimental plots. The aim is to describe the phonological responses of alpine plants to environmental variables and assess the usefulness of this measure to assess vulnerability to changing abiotic (e.g. climate) and biotic (e.g. invasive species) factors.
This is part of a dataset that spans from during data collected in 2011 to document long-term effects directly through climate and indirectly through biotic interactions (see methods for more information).  The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited 4 times per year. 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: Geographic, Plot details, Plot setup, Spatial coordinates
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 1990-2009 period, ECHAM5 and R3 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 ECHAM5 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
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Fire Severity Monitoring, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 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, 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, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Port Broughton to Kulpara TSA (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 victoriae subsp. arida, Agave americana var. (NC), Austrostipa sp., Avena barbata, Beyeria lechenaultii, Brachyloma daphnoides (Sm.) Benth., Brachyscome angustifolia A.Cunn. ex DC. var. angustifolia, Brassica × juncea (L.) Czern., Bromus catharticus, Callitris gracilis, Carrichtera annua, Casuarina pauper, Danthonia sp., Dianella revoluta var. brevicaulis, Dianella revoluta var. revoluta, Disturbance, Echium plantagineum, Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus, Epacris obtusifolia Sm., Eucalyptus brachycalyx, Eucalyptus calycogona subsp. calycogona, Eucalyptus calycogona var. calycogona, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, Eucalyptus gracilis, Eucalyptus sp., Exocarpos aphyllus, Flora, Geijera parviflora, Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Glossostigma elatinoides (Benth.) Hook.f., Helipterum albicans (A.Cunn.) DC., Hibbertia crispula J.M.Black, Lactuca serriola, Lepidosperma gladiatum Labill., Leucopogon cordifolius Lindl., Lonicera japonica Thunb., Marrubium vulgare, Melaleuca lanceolata subsp. lanceolata, Myoporum platycarpum subsp. perbellum, Olearia floribunda, Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen, Philotheca difformis (A.Cunn. ex Endl.) Paul G.Wilson subsp. difformis, Piptatherum miliaceum, Pittosporum angustifolium, Polycarpaea corymbosa var. minor Pedley, Pultenaea hispidula R.Br. ex Benth., Pultenaea involucrata Benth., Rhagodia parabolica, Salvia verbenaca var. verbenaca, Santalum acuminatum, Scaevola spinescens, Schinus molle, Senna artemisioides subsp. petiolaris, Species Presence/Abundance, Specimens, Templetonia rossii, Tetragonia implexicoma, Vegetation Structure, Xanthosia dissecta Hook.f. var. dissecta, Zygophyllum apiculatum
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery