AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Great Western Woodlands Acoustic Data Collection - TERN

This dataset contains audio files for Great Western Woodland SuperSite. The site was established in 2012 in Credo Conservation Park. The site is in semi-arid woodland and was operated as a pastoral lease from 1907 to 2007. The core 1&nbsp;ha plot is characterised by <em>Eucalyptus salmonophloia</em> (salmon gum), with <em>Eucalyptus salubris</em>, <em>Eucalyptus transcontinentalis</em> and <em>Eucalyptus clelandiorum</em> dominating other research plots. For additional site information, see <a href="https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/great-western-woodlands-supersite">Great Western Woodlands SuperSite</a>


In 2012 two acoustic recorders were set up to collect audio data for a total of 12 hours per day, split between six hours around dawn and six hours around dusk. The recording schedule aimed at capturing morning and evening bird choruses while minimizing memory and battery requirements. A long-term spectrogram has been generated for each audio file to aid in data exploration. The sensors also recorded temperature, minimum- maximum- and mean-sound pressure levels.


Acoustic indices and false colour spectrograms were created for the recordings. Acoustic indices are summaries of the distribution of the acoustic energy in a recording. They are particularly useful for the analysis of long-term recordings of the environment and can be used to identify sound sources of interest, characterise the soundscape, aid in the assessment of fauna biodiversity, monitor temporal trends and track environmental changes. False colour spectrograms are visual representation of individual acoustic indices or combination of multiple indices. They can highlight the presence of specific sound sources, e.g. birds, insects or weather events, providing a tool for navigating long-term recordings.


Data are made available through the data link. For downloading large amount of data, please follow these instructions <a href="https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TERNSup/pages/2530148353/How+to+download+TERN+s+acoustic+data+in+bulk">How to download TERN's acoustic data in bulk</a>

Tags: Acoustic recordings, gwwl
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Karawatha Peri-urban Site, Southeast Queensland, Habitat Structure Dataset, 2007-2008

The data set contains information on the Habitat structure of the Karawatha Peri-urban site, southeast Queensland. There are two data sets: 1) information on Canopy cover percentage from the study plots and 2) information on the Ground cover properties such as the number of hits/strikes of the 'bare ground', 'rock', 'herbs', 'grass', 'shrubs', 'trees' and 'cwd',  along each transect in the core plot.

Tags: Bare Ground, Canopy Cover, Habitat Structure, Herbs, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetation Cover
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Terrestrial Laser Scans - Riegl VZ400, Raw Instrument Files and Ancillary Data, Australian Field Sites

Ground lidar, also known as Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS), is a ranging instrument that provides detailed 3D measurements directly related to the quantity and distribution of plant materials in the canopy. This dataset contains raw instrument data and ancillary data for numerous sites across northern and eastern Australia from 2012 onwards. Scans have been collected using two Riegl VZ400 waveform recording TLS instruments. One is co-owned and operated by the Remote Sensing Centre, Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) and the TERN Auscover Brisbane Node, University of Queensland. The second is owned and operated by Wageningen University, Netherlands.

Data can be accessed from https://field.jrsrp.com/ by selecting the combinations Field, Ground Lidar. Raw data are accessible by selecting individual locations on the map and then clicking on the TLS scan directory link on the right hand site of the screen. 

Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Earth Observation-Summer Irrigated Crop Areas

This product provides a timeseries of earth observation derived (Landsat and Sentinel satellites) location and extent of NSW summer season   irrigated crops, from 1987 to the present day updated on an ongoing basis for the selected catchments.

This spatial dataset contains irrigated crop area polygons derived from publicly available Earth Observation collections of Landsat and Sentinel satellite sensors. 



Note: If you would like to ask a question, make any suggestions, or tell us how you are using this dataset, please visit the <a href="https://water-hub.seed.nsw.gov.au/thread/search">NSW Water Hub which has an online forum</a> you can join.

Tags: DCCEEW - Water, DCCEEW - Water Analytics, Remote Sensing, irrigated, irrigated crops, summer
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Warra Tall Eucalypt Wood Block Decomposition Data 2019

Wood block decomposition assessment at the Warra Tall Eucalypt site is part of a global program looking at the influence of microbes and invertebrates on wood decay. A common protocol was developed exposing small (~400 cm3) pieces of a wood-substrate (untreated Pinus radiata) to the environment excluding and not-excluding macroinvertebrates (e.g. termites) by the use of a plastic mesh.

Tags: Decomposition, Fungi, Termites, Warra Tall Eucalypt
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Camera Trap Images from Samford Peri-Urban SuperSite

High quality passive infrared wildlife cameras were used to acquire information on faunal biodiversity at the site.  Two camera traps were deployed within the one hectare core plot between 11/04/2017 and 06/05/2017.  The first camera (Reconyx UltraFire WR6) was attached to a tree at one metre high and the second camera (Reconyx Hyperfire HC600) was attached to a tree at 0.3 metres high. The cameras were first deployed for two weeks, then data were downloaded before redeploying the cameras at two other sites within the one hectare plot for a further one week period. Individuals from 10 species were observed during the study time frame.
The Samford Peri-Urban SuperSite was established in 2010 in remnant fringe eucalypt forest, near urban development in the Samford Valley. The upper storey is dominated by <em>Corymbia intermedia</em>, <em>Eucalyptus siderophloia</em> and <em>Lophostemon suaveolens</em>.  For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/samford-peri-urban-supersite/ .

Other images collected at the site include digital cover photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed overstorey cameras, panoramic landscape and photopoints.

 


Camera trap trial (Hyperfire) at Samford 2017

Tags: Alectura lathami, Eopsaltria australis, Geopelia humeralis, Isoodon macrourus, Macropus rufogriseus, Perameles nasuta, Psophodes olivaceus, Rattus/Melomys fuscipes/cervinipes, SEQP, TERN Ecosystem Processes, Trichosurus vulpecula, Vulpes vulpes, camera trap, open eucalypt forest, seqp_samford
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Robson Creek Rainforest Weather Station Data 2010 - 2014

Data on weather conditions at the Robson Creek Rainforest site collected between 2010 - 2014.  Weather station data includes daily records of air temperature, wind speed, solar radiation, relative humidity and rainfall.

Tags: Automatic weather station, Climate, FNQ rainforest, FNQR, Robson Creek, Weather
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Meta-analysis – Global Dataset of Soil Condition and Invertebrate Assemblages After Ecological Restoration in Agricultural Landscapes

<ul><li>1. Restoration of degraded landscapes has become increasingly important for conservation of species and their habitats owing to habitat destruction and rapid environmental change. An increasing focus for restoration activity are old-fields as agricultural land abandonment has expanded in the developed world. Studies examining outcomes of ecological restoration predominantly focus on vegetation structure and plant diversity, and sometimes vertebrate fauna. Fewer studies have systematically investigated effects of restoration efforts on soil chemical and biophysical condition or ground-dwelling invertebrates and there is limited synthesis of these data. </li>
<li>2. This dataset comprised data for a global meta-analysis of published studies to assess the effects on soil properties and invertebrates of restoring land that was previously used for agriculture. Studies were included if the site had been either cropped or grazed, restoration was either active (planting) or passive (abandonment, fencing) and if adequate data on soil chemical or physical properties or invertebrate assemblages were reported for restored, control (cropped/grazed) or reference sites.</li> 
<li>3. The dataset includes 42 studies, published between 1994 and 2019 that met the inclusion criteria, covering 16 countries across all continents. More studies assessed passive restoration approaches than active planting, and native species were more commonly planted than exotic species.</li></ul>

Tags: active restoration, ground-dwelling invertebrates, land abandonment, old-field restoration, passive restoration, soil condition
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Available Volumetric Water Capacity (Percent) (3 arc second resolution) Version 2

This is Version 2 of the Australian Available Volumetric Water Capacity (AWC) product of the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia.

The map gives a modelled estimate of the spatial distribution of AWC soil hydraulic property in soils across Australia.

The Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia has 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: 0-5&nbsp;cm, 5-15&nbsp;cm, 15-30&nbsp;cm, 30-60&nbsp;cm, 60-100&nbsp;cm and 100-200&nbsp;cm. These depths are consistent with the specifications of the GlobalSoilMap.net project - <a href="https://esoil.io/TERNLandscapes/Public/Pages/SLGA/Resources/GlobalSoilMap_specifications_december_2015_2.pdf">GlobalSoilMaps</a>. 
The digital soil attribute maps are in raster format at a resolution of 3 arc sec (~90 x 90&nbsp;m pixels).

Detailed information about the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia can be found at - <a href="https://esoil.io/TERNLandscapes/Public/Pages/SLGA/index.html">SLGA</a>
<ul><li>Attribute Definition: Available Volumetric Water Capacity (Units: percent);</li>
<li>Period (temporal coverage; approximately): 1950-2021;</li>
<li>Spatial resolution: 3 arc seconds (approx. 90&nbsp;m);</li>
<li>Total number of gridded maps for this attribute: 18;</li>
<li>Number of pixels with coverage per layer: 2007M (49200 * 40800);</li>
<li>Target data standard: GlobalSoilMap specifications;</li>
<li>Format: Cloud Optimised GeoTIFF</li></ul>

Tags: 3-dimensional soil mapping, Attribute, Available Water Capacity, Continental, DSM, DUL, Digital Soil Mapping, Global Soil Map, Raster, SLGA, Soil Hydraulic Properties, Soil Maps, Spatial modelling, Spatial uncertainty, TERN_Soils, TERN_Soils_DSM
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Warra Tall Eucalypt Terrestrial LiDAR, 2023

This terrestrial LiDAR dataset captures detailed vegetation structural information at the Warra Tall Eucalypt SuperSite in southern Tasmania, Australia. The purpose of this data is to enhance understanding of vegetation dynamics and ecosystem function in the region. The dataset is part of a broader collection of Terrestrial LiDAR data acquired from all TERN SuperSites, aimed at achieving a standardized and highly detailed capture of 3D vegetation structure across Australia.

Tags: LiDAR, TLS
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Whroo Dry Eucalypt SuperSite Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection

High quality digital images are captured using a digital SLR camera at the plots (core 1 hectare vegetation plot) at the Whroo Dry Eucalypt SuperSite using the panoramic photopoint method. The panoramic photopoint method may be the most informative in open forests/woodlands and rangelands. Three photopoints are established configured in an equilateral triangle (2.5m sides) with the centre marked with a star dropper and the location recorded with DGPS. At each photopoint take photographic sequences in a 360° panorama, with up to 40 photographs with a minimum 50% overlap between consecutive photographs. For more information about the method, see 
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/2.1.4287.3607">White, el al. (2012) AusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual Version 1.2.9.</a> 

The site was established in 2010 in box woodland dominated by <em>Eucalyptus microcarpa</em> (grey box) and <em>eucalyptus leucoxylon</em> (yellow gum). For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/whroo-dry-eucalypt-supersite/.


Other images collected at the site include digital hemispherical photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed overstorey cameras, five-photopoint images, and ancilliary images of fauna and flora.

Tags: Core 1 ha, Eucalyptus microcarpa, TERN Ecosystem Processes, eucalyptus leucoxylon, vicd_whroo
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Boyagin Wandoo Woodland  Ancillary Images Collection

This dataset consists of images of fauna, flora, fungi or general scenery or events captured at the site on an ad-hoc basis and may provide the researcher with information regarding the species that occupy, frequent or traverse this site. 

The Boyagin Wandoo Woodland SuperSite was established in 2017 in Wandoo Woodland, which is surrounded by broadacre farming. About 80% of the overstorey cover is <em>Eucalyptus accedens</em>. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/boyagin-wandoo-woodland-supersite/ . 

Other images collected at the site include digital hemispherical photography and digital cover photography.

Tags: Eucalyptus accedens, TERN Ecosystem Processes, WAAAVW0004, boya
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt Wood Block Decomposition Data 2019

Wood block decomposition assessment at the Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt site is part of a global program looking at the influence of microbes and invertebrates on wood decay. A common protocol was developed exposing small (~400 cm3) pieces of a wood-substrate (untreated Pinus radiata) to the environment excluding and not-excluding macroinvertebrates (e.g. termites) by the use of a plastic mesh.

Tags: Decomposition, Fungi, Termites, Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Macquarie Marshes Groundcover Data, 2000–2010

The Macquarie Marshes, a Ramsar-listed wetland complex in northwestern New South Wales, represent one of Australia’s most significant inland floodplain ecosystems. This study synthesizes over a decade of ecological monitoring conducted under the Integrated Monitoring of Environmental Flows (IMEF) program, established in 1998 to evaluate the ecological outcomes of environmental water allocations. The primary objective was to quantify relationships between wetland water regimes—specifically flooding and drying cycles—and the diversity, abundance, and functional composition of ground cover vegetation.

Tags: Macquarie Marshes, environmental flows, groundcover plants
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - pH - Calcium Chloride (3" resolution) - Release 2

This is Version 2 of the Australian soil pH (CaCl2) product of the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia.

It supersedes the Release 1 product that can be found at https://doi.org/10.4225/08/546F17EC6AB6E

The map gives a modelled estimate of the spatial distribution of the pH of soils across Australia.

The Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia has 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: 0-5&nbsp;cm, 5-15&nbsp;cm, 15-30&nbsp;cm, 30-60&nbsp;cm, 60-100&nbsp;cm and 100-200&nbsp;cm. These depths are consistent with the specifications of the GlobalSoilMap.net project. The digital soil attribute maps are in raster format at a resolution of 3 arc sec (~90 x 90&nbsp;m pixels). An additional measure of model reliability is through assessment of model extrapolation risk. This measure provides users a spatial depiction where model estimates are made within the domain of the observed data or not.

Detailed information about the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia can be found at - <a href="https://esoil.io/TERNLandscapes/Public/Pages/SLGA/index.html">SLGA</a>
<ul>
<li>Total number of gridded maps for this attribute: 24.</li>
<li>Number of pixels with coverage per layer: 2007M (49200 * 40800).</li>
</ul>

Tags: 3-dimensional soil mapping, Continental DSM, DSM, Digital Soil Mapping, Global Soil Map, Raster, SLGA, Soil Maps, Spatial modelling, TERN_Soils, TERN_Soils_DSM, pH, pH (CaCl2)
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Gingin Flux Data Release 2026_v1

This release consists of flux tower measurements of the exchange of energy and mass between the surface and the atmospheric boundary-layer using eddy covariance techniques. Data were processed using PyFluxPro (v3.4.23) as described by Isaac et al. (2017). PyFluxPro produces a final, gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).

The Gingin site was established in June 2011 by CSIRO and is now managed by Edith Cowan University Centre for Ecosystem Management. The site is a natural woodland of high species diversity. The overstorey is dominated by <em>Banksia</em> spp. mainly <em>Banksia menziesii</em>, <em>Banksia attenuata</em>, and <em>Banksia grandis</em> with a height of around 7&nbsp;m and leaf area index of about 0.8. There are occasional stands of eucalypts and acacia that reach to 10&nbsp;m and have a denser foliage cover. There are many former wetlands dotted around the woodland, most of which were inundated all winter and some had permanent water 30 years ago. The watertable has now fallen below the base of these systems and they are disconnected and are no longer permanently wet. The fine sediments, sometimes diatomaceous, hold water and they have perched watertables each winter. There is a natural progression of species accompanying this process as they gradually become more dominated by more xeric species. The soils are mainly Podosol sands, with low moisture holding capacity. Field capacity typically about 8 to 10&nbsp;%; and in summer these generally hold less than 2&nbsp;% moisture. The water table is at about 8.5&nbsp;m below the surface, and a WA Dept of water long-term monitoring piezometer is near the base of the tower. The instrument mast is 14.8&nbsp;m tall, with the eddy covariance instruments mounted at 14.8&nbsp;m. Fluxes of carbon dioxide, water vapour and heat are quantified with open-path eddy covariance instrumentation. Ancillary measurements include temperature, air humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, incoming and outgoing shortwave radiation, incoming and outgoing long wave radiation, incoming total and diffuse PAR and reflected PAR. Soil water content and temperature are measured at six soil depths. Surface soil heat fluxes are also measured. A COSMOS Cosmic ray soil moisture instrument is installed, along with a logged piezometer, and nested piezometers installed with short screens for groundwater profile sampling. To monitor the watertable gradient, piezometers will be installed 500&nbsp;m east and west of the tower.  

Tags: AU-Gin, banksia heath woodland
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Queensland Spatial BioCondition Data Collection

This is a series comprises of vegetation condition predictions for biodiversity for the bioregions of Queensland. The datasets were created using a gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT) model based on 10 vegetation-specific remote sensing (RS) datasets and 7,938 training sites of known vegetation community and condition state across Southeast Queensland, Brigalow Belt and Central Queensland Coast bioregions. Condition score was modelled as a function of distance in the remote sensing (RS) space within homogeneous vegetation communities. The product is intended to represent predicted BioCondition for 2021 rather than any singe date.

This series includes information relating the version 2.0 products of Spatial BioCondition, which have superseded the version 1.0 products (https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/TERN/40990eec-5cef-41fe-976b-18286419da0c, https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/TERN/2c33325c-1dd5-4674-918a-1cd5bfc1a6e3). Spatial BioCondition is not suitable for the measurement of changes in condition over time, and direct comparisons of predictions between versions 1.0 and 2.0 are not advised.

Tags: biocondition, gradient boosting decision tree
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Tumbarumba Wet Eucalypt Terrestrial LiDAR, 2022

This terrestrial LiDAR dataset captures detailed vegetation structural information at the Tumbarumba Wet Eucalypt site in the Bago State Forest, New South Wales, Australia. The purpose of this data is to enhance understanding of vegetation dynamics and ecosystem function in the region. The dataset is part of a broader collection of Terrestrial LiDAR data acquired from all TERN SuperSites, aimed at achieving a standardized and highly detailed capture of 3D vegetation structure across Australia.

Tags: LiDAR, TLS, lidar point cloud
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Arthropod Energy and Nutrient Analysis

The lesser hairy­footed dunnart (<i>Sminthopsis youngsoni, Dasyuridae</i>) is a generalist marsupial insectivore in arid Australia, but consumes wolf spiders (<i>Lycosa spp., Lycosidae</i>) disproportionately often relative to their availability. Here, we tested whether lycosids have relatively high energy or nutrient contents compared to other invertebrates, and hence whether these aspects of food quality can explain selective predation of lycosids by <i>S.youngsoni</i>. Energy, lipid and protein composition of representatives of 10 arthropod families that are eaten by <i>S. youngsoni</i> in the Simpson Desert were ascertained using microbomb calorimetry, chloroform-methanol extraction and Dumas combustion. Differences between invertebrate groups were assessed using separate analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and appropriate post-hoc tests. These analyses were performed using this data.

Tags: Arid ecology, Behavioural Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Predator-Prey Interactions
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Base Geographical Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest Site, Robson Creek, 2010-2013

This is the base geographical data for the Robson creek 25 ha plot. The data sets contain the 100 m grid, 20 m grid, 100 m points, 20 m points, major tracks and creeks. Data format is both Google earth KML and ESRI shapefile.

Tags: Base maps, Far north Queensland, Map Grid, Rainforest plots
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery