AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Connell Rainforest Plot Network: Tropical Rainforest Understorey Light Environment Data, Davies Creek Plot, Dinden National Park, Queensland, Australia, 2013+

This data package comprises data from a series of hemispherical photographs taken in 2013 and 2015 at the Connell Rainforest Plot which is situated at Davies Creek, Dinden National Park, 25 km south west of Cairns, Queensland.  The 1.7 ha plot consists of mapped and tagged trees in all size classes from tiny seedlings to large canopy trees.  Rates of recruitment, growth and mortality have been measured at intervals of 1-6 years with records extending back to 1963. 
The primary determinant of growth rate in the understorey is light.  Gaps created by the death of large canopy trees have been systematically surveyed many times over the decades until 2002, with the boundaries of the gaps being noted on hand drawn maps.  These maps have never been digitized, and the originals are held at the University of California.  Copies of some later maps are held by Green at La Trobe University.  A digital camera with a fish-eye lens was used for the first time in 2013 to measure understorey light environments along the seedling transects.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Connell Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest.

Tags: Growth rates, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Population dynamics, Seedling recruitment, Tropical understorey light environment, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - BIDJIGAL Vegetation Survey

Bald Hill, Bidjigal Reserve. The BIDJIGAL(Bald Hill, Bidjigal Reserve) 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 linearifolia A.Cunn. ex Maiden & Blakely, Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd., Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell, Anisopogon avenaceus R.Br., Banksia oblongifolia Cav., Banksia spinulosa Sm., Billardiera scandens Sm., Boronia pinnata Sm., Burchardia umbellata R.Br., Coldenia procumbens, Comesperma sphaerocarpum Steetz, Cyathochaeta diandra (R.Br.) Nees, Dampiera stricta (Sm.) R.Br., Denhamia pittosporoides subsp. pittosporoides, Desmodium sp., Disturbance, Dodonaea platyptera, Enchylaena tomentosa, Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Eremophila debilis, Eriostemon australasius Pers., Erosion, Eucalyptus piperita Sm., Flora, Geology, Goodenia paniculata Sm., Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl, Hakea laevipes Gand., Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br., Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin, Lagenophora gracilis Steetz, Lambertia formosa Sm., Landscape, Lasiopetalum ferrugineum Sm., Laxmannia gracilis R.Br., Leptospermum trinervium (Sm.) Joy Thomps., Lindsaea linearis Sw., Lithology, Lobelia dentata Cav., Lomandra glauca (R.Br.) Ewart, Melaleuca saligna, Opercularia diphylla Gaertn., Patersonia glabrata R.Br., Patersonia sericea R.Br., Petrophile pulchella (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) R.Br., Plantae sp., Pseudoraphis sp., Ptilothrix deusta (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson, Schoenus moorei Benth., Soil, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Species Presence/Abundance, Taraxacum officinale Weber, Trichosanthes pentaphylla, Tricoryne simplex R.Br., Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure, Xanthorrhoea spp., Xanthosia pilosa Rudge
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Camera Trapping, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2015

A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots were established between 1994-2002 across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) in the Top End of the Northern Territory, representing the Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network. A detailed flora and fauna survey has been conducted at each plot on a 5-6 year cycle to monitor biotic changes. Plots represent a variety of landforms and vegetation types. 
Nitmiluk National Park contains 46 plots, each with a paired plot located within 1 km of the primary plot. In 2015, 23 paired plots were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. 
Camera traps were installed at all 23 primary plots and at 10 secondary plots. A 5 camera array was installed during the 4 day fauna survey, operational for a 5 week period. Current methodology has been adopted to balance maximising detection of feral cats and native mammals, including dogs, in an integrated fashion.  When undertaking a standard 50 x 50 m mammal trapping quadrat, five camera traps are placed in and around the quadrat. 
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: Camera trapping, Earth Science &gt; Biological Classification &gt; Animals/Vertebrates, Earth Science &gt; Biosphere &gt; Terrestrial Ecosystems &gt; Savannas, Herpetofauna, Invasive animals, Mammals
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 TIMA16, 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 TIMA16, 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
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - HILLTRANS Vegetation Survey

Transects at the Hillview Street site. The HILLTRANS(Transects at the Hillview Street site) 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: Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet, Baloskion tetraphyllum Labill., Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum (L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson, Banksia serrata L.f., Bossiaea heterophylla Vent., Breynia oblongifolia (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg., Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Cryptocarya triplinervis var. pubens, Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus, Dampiera stricta (Sm.) R.Br., Desmodium rhytidophyllum F.Muell. ex Benth., Eremophila goodwinii, Eriostemon banksii, Eucalyptus botryoides Sm., Ficus watkinsiana, Fimbristylis carolinii, Flora, Gardenia ovularis, Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey, Glycine clandestina J.C.Wendl., Gompholobium latifolium Sm., Gonocarpus teucrioides DC., Heliotropium conocarpum, Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin, Imperata cylindrica (Nees) C.E.Hubb., Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb., Leucopogon margarodes, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Macrozamia communis L.A.S.Johnson, Mitrasacme polymorpha R.Br., Monotoca elliptica (Sm.) R.Br., Patersonia sericea R.Br., Phyllanthus hirtellus (F.Muell.) Mull.Arg., Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich., Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Smilax glyciphylla Sm., Species Presence/Abundance, Syzygium trachyphloium, Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf, Thunbergia arnhemica, Toechima tenax, Trichosanthes pentaphylla, Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure, Xanthosia pilosa Rudge
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Stag and Fire Severity Observations in Ash Forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria, South-eastern Australia,1998–2011

In 1998, 1129 large trees with cavities (i.e. both living and dead stags) were mapped and permanently marked at 156 field sites.  Each stag was assigned one of nine tree forms or decay classes based on observable characteristics. Each time the trees were re-surveyed, an additional 3 hour reconnaissance was undertaken at each site to determine if any new cavity trees had been recruited since the previous survey.
These data were used in the IUCN Red List of Ecosystem Assessment of Burns, E. L., Lindenmayer, D. B., Stein, J., Blanchard, W., McBurney, L., Blair, D. &amp; Banks, S. C. (2015).  Ecosystem assessment of mountain ash forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria, South-eastern Australia.  Austral Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/aec.12200.  The data were subsequently used in a case study as part of the Collaborative Environment for Ecosystem Science Research and Analysis (CoESRA) (see https://www.coesra.org.au).
This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983 when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced.  These data have been collected as part of an ongoing program to examine key relationships in different vegetation types; within and across different regions and in response to different kinds of disturbance and management regimes.  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 the LTERN Data Portal.

Tags: Fire, Fragmentation, Logging, Logging forestry, Stag, Tree cavity, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - AQUAD Vegetation Survey

AQUAD. The AQUAD(AQUAD) 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 quadrilateralis DC., Allocasuarina distyla (Vent.) L.A.S.Johnson, Anisopogon avenaceus R.Br., Bossiaea heterophylla Vent., Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm., Calytrix tetragona Labill., Cassytha glabella R.Br., Coldenia procumbens, Cyperus holoschoenus, Dissiliaria surculosa, Echinopogon intermedius, Eriostemon australasius Pers., Euryomyrtus ramosissima A.Cunn., Ficus watkinsiana, Fimbristylis corynocarya, Flora, Gonocarpus teucrioides DC., Haemodorum planifolium R.Br., Hypolaena fastigiata R.Br., Isopogon anemonifolius (Salisb.) Knight, Leucopogon microphyllus (Cav.) R.Br., Lomandra glauca (R.Br.) Ewart, Patersonia sericea R.Br., Podocarpus spinulosus (Sm.) R.Br. ex Mirb., Schizaea bifida Willd., Senna occidentalis, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Species Presence/Abundance, Syzygium trachyphloium, Vegetation Structure, Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell., Xanthosia pilosa Rudge, Yakirra muelleri
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - V_NADG2FB4 Vegetation Survey

NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Eden CRA Vegetation Map in Nadgee NR. The V_NADG2FB4(NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Eden CRA Vegetation Map in Nadgee NR) 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 ericifolia L.f., Banksia paludosa R.Br., Banksia serrata L.f., Boronia muelleri (Benth.) Cheel, Boronia pinnata Sm., Burchardia umbellata R.Br., Cassytha glabella R.Br., Conospermum taxifolium C.F.Gaertn., Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Cryptocarya triplinervis var. pubens, Darwinia camptostylis B.G.Briggs, Disturbance, Drosera auriculata, Drosera peltata Thunb., Epacris impressa Labill., Epacris microphylla R.Br., Epacris obtusifolia Sm., Eriochloa meyeriana, Erosion, Eucalyptus bakeri Maiden, Euphorbia heterophylla, Eurychorda complanata R.Br., Flora, Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth., Gleichenia microphylla R.Br., Glochidion apodogynum, Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f., Hakea decurrens subsp. physocarpa W.R.Barker, Hypolaena fastigiata R.Br., Landscape, Leptocarpus tenax (Labill.) R.Br., Leptospermum trinervium (Sm.) Joy Thomps., Lepyrodia scariosa R.Br., Leucopogon esquamatus (R.Br.) Benth., Melaleuca squarrosa Donn ex Sm., Mirbelia rubiifolia (Andrews) G.Don, Mitrasacme polymorpha R.Br., Persoonia levis (Cav.) Domin, Soil, Sowerbaea juncea Andrews, Species Presence/Abundance, Sporobolus australasicus, Stackhousia nuda, Streptoglossa decurrens, Tricostularia pauciflora (F.Muell.) Benth., Vegetation Structure, Xanthorrhoea resinosa (Sol. ex C.Kite) E.C.Nelson & D.J.Bedford, Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers., Xyris operculata Labill.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 2060-2079 period, CCCMA3.1 and R3 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 2060-2079 period using CCCMA3.1 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
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - V_ILLAWDB3 Vegetation Survey

Validation survey - Illawong Nature Reserve. The V_ILLAWDB3(Validation survey - Illawong Nature Reserve) 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: Baumea articulata (R.Br.) S.T.Blake, Carex appressa R.Br., Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Centella asiatica (L.) Urb., Cladium procerum S.T.Blake, Diospyros laurina, Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa, Eucalyptus botryoides Sm., Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Flora, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Geology, Hibbertia scandens (Willd.) Gilg, Hypolepis muelleri N.A.Wakef., Landscape, Lithology, Lobelia anceps Labill., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. var. stipoides, Myriophyllum spp., Ocimum tenuiflorum, Oplismenus imbecillis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell., Persicaria sp., Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Ranunculus inundatus R.Br. ex DC., Rubus ulmifolius Schott, Selliera radicans Cav., Species Presence/Abundance, Stephania japonica var. discolor (Blume) Forman, Vegetation Structure, Viola hederacea Labill., Vitex trifolia
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 1990-2009 period, NNRP and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~10km resolution for 1990-2009 period using NNRP and R2 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
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot TIMA02, 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 TIMA02, 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): Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates for Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects Walking Track Data, South-East Highlands, Australia

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects Walking Track Data Package comprises spatial data for Lowland-to-highland Roadside Walking Track Transects in the South-East Highlands, Australia. Plots are numbered chronologically along the transects. The transects follow three walking tracks in the Victorian Alps.  Each track is divided into 200 m long, 3-4 m wide plots.
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
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Reptile Abundance Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2013

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

Block of land with electricity easement on Tuggerah Straight Tuggerah. The TUGGERAH(Block of land with electricity easement on Tuggerah Straight Tuggerah) 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 podalyriifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Don, Alternanthera denticulata R.Br., Aster subulatus Michx., Azolla pinnata R.Br., Baumea articulata (R.Br.) S.T.Blake, Carex appressa R.Br., Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Chloris gayana Kunth, Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn., Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms, Eleocharis equisetina J.Presl & C.Presl, Eucalyptus longifolia Link, Flora, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Gardenia ovularis, Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey, Hydrocotyle bonariensis Lam., Hydrocotyle spp., Isolepis prolifera (Rottb.) R.Br., Juncus usitatus L.A.S.Johnson, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Medicosma elliptica, Melaleuca linariifolia Sm., Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake, Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc., Ocimum tenuiflorum, Parsonsia brownii (Britten) Pichon, Paspalum distichum L., Paspalum urvillei Steud., Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson, Piper mestonii, Portulaca bicolor, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Pyrrosia confluens var. dielsii, Rhynchosia sp., Richardia stellaris, Scleria brownii, Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla, Species Presence/Abundance, Tribulus micrococcus, Typha orientalis C.Presl, Vegetation Structure, Viola hederacea Labill.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery