Desert Ecology Research Group Plots (1990-2011) and Long Term Ecological Research Network (2012-2016), Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, Australia

The desert ecology plot network, located in the Simpson Desert in central Australia, aims to track long-term shifts in biodiversity and ecological processes in relation to key drivers, both intrinsic to the resource pulse dynamics and due to human disturbance. These drivers include unpredictable rainfall and droughts, fire, feral predators and grazing.

Tags: Abutilon otocarpum, Abutilon oxycarpum f. acutatum, Acacia bivenosa, Acacia dictyophleba, Acacia hookeri, Acacia ligulata, Acacia melleodora, Acacia stenophylla, Adriana hookeri, Adriana spp., Adriana tomentosa, Alternanthera nodiflora, Aristida contorta, Aristida holathera, Aristida spp., Aspidites ramsayi, Atalaya hemiglauca, Blennodia canescens, Boerhavia coccinea, Bonamia media, Brunonia australis, Calandrinia balonensis, Calotis erinacea, Cenchrus ciliaris, Cleome viscosa, Climate, Codonocarpus cotinifolius, Convolvulus erubescens, Corchorus sidoides, Corynotheca micrantha, Crenadactylus ocellatus, Crotalaria cunninghamii, Crotalaria eremaea, Ctenophorus clayi, Ctenophorus isolepis, Ctenophorus nuchalis, Ctenotus ariadnae, Ctenotus brooksi, Ctenotus calurus, Ctenotus dux, Ctenotus helenae, Ctenotus lateralis, Ctenotus leae, Ctenotus leonhardii, Ctenotus pantherinus, Ctenotus piankai, Ctenotus regius, Ctenotus schomburgkii, Cyclorana cultripes, Dactyloctenium radulans, Dasycercus cristicauda, Delma nasuta, Delma tincta, Demansia psammophis, Dicrastylis costelloi, Diplodactylus ciliaris, Diplodactylus conspicillatus, Diplodactylus elderi, Diplodactylus stenodactylus, Diporiphora winneckei, Dodonaea viscosa, Egernia inornata, Einadia nutans, Enchylaena tomentosa, Enneapogon polyphyllus, Eragrostis eriopoda, Eremiascincus fasciolatus, Eremophila longifolia, Eremophila macdonnellii, Eremophila obovata, Eremophila willsii, Eriachne aristidea, Eucalyptus gamophylla, Eucalyptus pachyphylla, Eucalyptus terminalis, Euphorbia drummondii, Euphorbia tannensis, Evolvulus alsinoides, Fauna, Fimbristylis dichotoma, Flora, Frankenia gracilis, Gehyra variegata, Goodenia cycloptera, Grevillea stenobotrya, Grevillea striata, Halgania cyanea, Haloragis gossei, Heliotropium moorei, Heliotropium spp., Heteronotia binoei, Indigofera psammophila, Indigofera spp., Lechenaultia divaricata, Leggadina forresti, Lerista aericeps, Lerista labialis, Lerista xanthura, Lialis burtonis, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis, Lophagnathus longirostrus, Lucasium damaeum, Lucasium stenodactylus, Maireana campanulata, Maireana spp., Menetia greyii, Menetia maini, Moloch horridus, Morethia ruficauda, Mukia maderaspatana, Mus musculus, Neobatrachus centralis, Nephrurus levis, Newcastelia spodiotricha, Ningaui ridei, Notaden nichollsi, Notomys alexis, Notoscincus ornatus, Notoscincus watersi, Oldenlandia pterospora, Paractaenum refractum, Petalostylis cassioides, Planigale gilesi, Planigale tenuirostris, Pluchea rubelliflora, Pogona vitticeps, Portulaca intraterranea, Portulaca pilosa, Pseudechis australis, Pseudomys desertor, Pseudomys hermannsburgensis, Pseudonaja modesta, Pseudonaja nuchalis, Pseudonaja textilis, Psoralea eriantha, Ptilotus latifolius, Ptilotus polystachyus, Pygopus nigriceps, Ramphotyphlops endoterus, Ramphotyphlops nigrescens, Rattus villosissimus, Rhagodia spinescens, Rhynchoedura ornata, Rulingia loxophylla, Scaevola depauperata, Scaevola parvibarbata, Scaevola parviflora, Sclerolaena muricata, Senna artemisioides, Senna oligophylla, Senna pleurocarpa, Setaria surgens, Sida fibulifera, Sida spp., Sida trichopoda, Simoselaps fasciolatus, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Sminthopsis hirtipes, Sminthopsis macroura, Sminthopsis youngsoni, Species Presence/Abundance, Stylobasium spathulatum, Suta punctata, Tachyglossus aculeatus, Tephrosia rosea, Tiliqua multifasciata, Trachymene glaucifolia, Tragus australianus, Trianthema pilosa, Tribulopis angustifolia, Tribulus cistoides, Tribulus hystrix, Tribulus terrestris, Trichodesma zeylanicum, Triodia basedowii, Triumfetta winneckeana, Varanus brevicauda, Varanus eremius, Varanus gilleni, Varanus gouldii, Yakirra australiensis, Zaleya galericulata, Zygochloa paradoxa
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery