AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt Coarse Woody Debris Data

This data contains diameter, volume and biomass measurements of all coarse woody debris pieces within the core 1 ha plot at the Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt site in 2015.

Tags: CWD, Coarse Woody Debris, Victoria Dry Eucalypt, Wombat
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation Phenocam Images and Phenology Data Collection

Fixed cameras installed at TERN Daintree Rainforest SuperSite, Cape Tribulation provide a time series of fine scale data as a long-term record of vegetation structure and condition. This dense time series of phenocam images provides data for analysis of ecological responses to climate variability, and when consolidated across the entire terrestrial ecosystem research network, supports calibration and validation of satellite-derived remote sensing data, ensuring delivery of higher quality results for broader scale environmental monitoring products.


TERN Daintree Rainforest SuperSite, Cape Tribulation is located in lowland complex mesophyll vine forest near Cape Tribulation. The site has more than 80 species including canopy trees belonging to the <em>Meliaceae</em>, <em>Euphorbiaceae</em>, <em>Lauraceae</em>, <em>Myrtaceae</em> and <em>Apocynaceae</em> families. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/daintree-rainforest-supersite/.


Other images collected at the site include photopoints, digital hemispheric photography (DHP) and ancillary images of fauna and flora.

Tags: TERN Ecosystem Processes, capetrib, phenocam images, phenology transiton, vegetation colour, vegetation greeness, vegetation phenology
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Biological Survey of South Australia – Vegetation Survey, Biological Database of South Australia (Endemism Mapping Subset)

This record is a comprehensive list of vascular plant species from the Biological Survey of South Australia. Preparation from raw data obtained via the Advanced Ecological Knowledge and Observation System (AEKOS; now deprecated) data portal involved the selection of data fields, the removal of intraspecific taxa (only genus and species used to define individual taxa) and removal of duplicate records and those not determined to species.

Tags: Biodiversity Inventory, Flora, Fauna And Biodiversity (9608), Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales (960805), Species Composition
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Long-term Trends of Water Quality and Quantity in Forested Water Catchments in NSW

The NSW Forest Monitoring Steering Committee commissioned the University of Melbourne to deliver baselines, drivers and trends for water quality and quantity in the NSW Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) regions. Following this work, the University of Melbourne was asked to extend the analysis to cover all NSW forested catchments. Both the initial project (RFA regions) and the extension (all NSW forested catchments) are included in this publication.

This dataset contains the estimated Mann-Kendall trends (direction and significance) in seven water quality and six water quantity indicators. The trends were estimated using a temporal regression that included a linear trend, the flow effect, a seasonality component and a lag-1 autoregressive residual model for which water quality data were sampled at daily or higher frequencies. For each water quality variable, trends were estimated for catchments which have 50% catchment area covered by forest, and long-term data monitored at the outlet of each catchment. All trends were estimated with the full historical records of each variable at each catchment in RFA regions, and the extension across all NSW forested catchments also produced short term trends. More detailed metadata for each dataset is included.

The seven quality indicators are: total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, electrical conductivity (EC), turbidity and water temperature (WTemp). 

The six quantity indicators are: annual flow, annual rainfall-runoff residual, annual high flow, annual low flow, annual 7-day (7d) low flow and annual cease to flow (CTF).

Water monitoring sites analysed included those from the WaterNSW, Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online (BoM WDO) and Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW).

A web mapping application on the NSW Spatial Collaboration Portal depicts these datasets. Access the webapp through the link below: 
https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/portal/home/item.html?id=03950cf226ac4d459b8c8e3631e17afb

Tags: BoM Water Data Online, Forested Catchment, Forestry Corporation NSW, Streamflow, Trend, Water Monitoring, Water Quality, Water Quantity, WaterNSW
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Boyagin Wandoo Woodland Acoustic Data Collection - A2O Project

This dataset contains audio files for Boyagin Wandoo Woodland SuperSite. The site was established in 2017 at the Boyagin Nature Reserve with research plots located in Wandoo woodland (<em>Eucalypt sp.</em>). The core 1&nbsp;ha plot is located in dense eucalypt woodland. For additional site information, see <a href="https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/boyagin-wandoo-woodland-supersite/">Boyagin Wandoo Woodland SuperSite</a>


In 2019 four acoustic recorders were set up to collect audio data continuously as part of the Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) project. Two recorders were placed in relatively wet habitats and two in relatively dry habitats.

Tags: Acoustic recordings, boya
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Tumbarumba Wet Eucalypt Wood Block Decomposition Data 2018

Wood block decomposition assessment at theTumbarumba Wet 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, Tumbarumba, Wet Eucalypt
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Alice Mulga Ancillary Images Collection 2012 - 2015

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 Alice Mulga SuperSite was established in 2010 at Pine Hill Cattle Station with research plots located in low open woodland Mulga (<em>Acacia aneura</em>) and non-Acacia, hummock grassland, and river red gum forest. The core 1 ha plot is located in a dense Mulga woodland (cover 70&ndash;80%). For additional site information, see <a href="https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite/">https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite/</a>.  Other images collected at the site include digital cover photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, panoramic landscape and photopoint images.

Tags: NTABRT0002, TERN Ecosystem Processes, Ti Tree East tte
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mangrove Extent Maps from Orthomosaics, Kakadu National Park

This data set consists of a shapefile/kml of mangrove extent and dominant species for Kakadu National Park mangroves generated from true colour aerial photographs acquired in 1991.


From true color 1991 orthomosaics of Field Island and the Wildman, West, and South Alligator Rivers, mangroves were mapped by first applying a fine scale spectral difference segmentation within eCognition to all three visible bands (blue, green, and red). A maximum likelihood (ML) algorithm within the environment for visualizing images (ENVI) software was then used to classify all segments using training areas associated with mangroves, but also water, mudflats, sandflats, and coastal woodlands. These were identified through visual interpretation of the imagery. Segmentation was necessary as 1) the diversity of structures and shadows within and between tree crowns limited the application of pixel-based classification procedures and 2) the color balance between the different photographs comprising the orthomosaics varied. All segments were examined individually and methodically to determine whether they should be reallocated to a non-mangrove class (e.g., mudflats) or confirmed as mangroves. Open woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus species could also be visually identified within the aerial photography (AP) orthoimages, although their discrimination was assisted by only considering areas where the underlying LiDAR DTM (Digital Terrain Model) exceeded 10 m, assuming this excludes tidally inundated sections.

Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Sunphotometer Aerosol Optical Depth and Ozone - Australian Field Sites

The acquisition of sunphotometer measurements are critical to capture vital data on atmospheric properties during airborne hyperspectral imaging campaigns as well as for measurements coinciding with the overpass of satellite sensors. The atmospheric properties measured are used in atmospheric correction of the remotely sensed image data. This data is primarily for input into atmospheric correction systems. It may also prove of use in validation of aerosol products such as MOD04 and the reflectance change method developed as part of CRC-SI project 4.1 which may be integrated into the Auscover 19 band reflectance product processing. It can also be used to check methods that produce water vapour directly from the data (SODA).  The MicroTops instruments referred to here capture solar radiance data in 5 wavelengths which are used to extract information on aerosol optical thickness and water vapour content. These two key parameters of interest are used as inputs for the atmospheric correction of remotely sensed image data.

Tags: Microtops Sunphotometer
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Sand (3" resolution) - Release 2

This is Version 2 of the Australian Soil Sand Content product of the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia.

It supersedes the Release 1 product that can be found at https://doi.org/10.4225/08/546F29646877E

The map gives a modelled estimate of the spatial distribution of sand 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 (https://esoil.io/TERNLandscapes/Public/Pages/SLGA/Resources/GlobalSoilMap_specifications_december_2015_2.pdf). 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 - https://esoil.io/TERNLandscapes/Public/Pages/SLGA/index.html
<ul><li>Attribute Definition: 20&nbsp;um - 2&nbsp;mm mass fraction of the &lt; 2&nbsp;mm soil material determined using the pipette method;</li>
<li>Units: %;</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>Data license : Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY);</li>
<li>Target data standard: GlobalSoilMap specifications;</li></ul>

Tags: 3-dimensional soil mapping, DSM, Digital Soil Mapping, Global Soil Map, SLGA, Sand, Soil, Soil Maps, Spatial modelling
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mating Patterns and Pollinator Mobility are Critical Traits in Forest Fragmentation Genetics

Microsatellite genotype data for 3 eucalypt species. Data include progeny and adults from across a gradient of habitat fragmentation. These microsatellite data could be further used in additional analyses, e.g. genetic diversity. Samples collected from stands on eucalypts as follows: non-neighbouring adult trees had leaf and seeds collected. Leaf was used to genotype the adults. Seeds were germinated, tissue then collected, and the same microsatellites genotyped - i.e. open-pollinated progeny arrays. 
The dataset is possibly useful for meta-analysis or review of effects of habitat fragmentation on plants (e.g. mating system, genetic diversity etc).

Tags: Ecosystem Assessment And Management (9605), Environmental And Natural Resource Evaluation (9606), Flora, Fauna And Biodiversity (9608), Rehabilitation Of Degraded Environments (9612), Remnant Vegetation And Protected Conservation Areas (9613)
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Gingin Banksia Woodland SuperSite Acoustic Data Collection - A2O Project

This dataset contains audio files from Gingin Banksia Woodland SuperSite. The site was established in 2011 and is located in a natural woodland of high species diversity with an overstorey dominated by Banksia species. For additional site information, see <a href="https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/gingin-banksia-woodland-supersite/">Gingin Banksia Woodland SuperSite</a>


In 2020 four acoustic recorders were set up to collect audio data continuously as part of the Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) project. Two recorders were placed in relatively wet habitats and two in relatively dry habitats.

Tags: Acoustic recordings, ggbw
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Boyagin Wandoo Woodland Wood Block Decomposition Data 2018

Wood block decomposition assessment at the Boyagin Wandoo Woodland 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: Boyagin Wandoo Woodland, Decomposition, Fungi, Termites
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Alice Mulga Acoustic Data Collection - 2013 - 2019

This dataset contains audio files for Alice Mulga SuperSite from 2013-2019. New sensors were installed at different locations in September 2025, which due to the long data gap and the different location have been assigned to a new collection that will be updated regularly. The Alice Mulga SuperSite was established in 2010 at Pine Hill Cattle Station with research plots located in low open woodland mulga (<em>Acacia aneura</em>) and non-acacia, hummock grassland, and river red gum forest. The core 1 ha plot is located in a dense mulga woodland (cover 70–80%). For additional site information, see <a href="https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite">Alice Mulga SuperSite</a>


In 2013 an acoustic recorder was set up in mulga woodland 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 sensor 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, alic
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Karawatha Peri-Urban Site, Koala Presence Survey, Karawatha Forest Park, 2009-2010

This record contains information on surveys of koala activity for 33 one-hectare plots in Karawatha Forest Park during the period October 2009 to January 2010. The data set contains Koala presence/absence from individual trees in the study plots.In addition, information on tree species identification, stem diameter at breast height for each individual, distance of tree from transect and Koala activity level have been documented.

Tags: Animal presence, Koala, Peri-Urban Habitat
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Samford Peri-Urban 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 Samford Peri-Urban 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 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,  five-photopoint images, and ancillary images of fauna and flora.

Tags: Core 1 ha, Corymbia intermedia, Eucalyptus siderophloia, Lophostemon suaveolens, TERN Ecosystem Processes, remnant fringe eucalypt forest, seqp_samford
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Gingin Banksia Woodland Wood Block Decomposition Data 2020

Wood block decomposition assessment at the Gingin Banksia Woodland 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, Gingin Banksia Woodland, Termites
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Ashley Dene Dry FLUXNET Release 2026_r1

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 standard micrometeorological methods for the quality control and post-processing steps. The final, gap-filled product containing Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) has been produced using the ONEFlux software as described in Pastorello et al. (2020). This data set has been produced as part of the FLUXNET Shuttle project.

Ashley Dene is a paired site, growing irrigated and non-irrigated lucerne <em>Medicago sativa L.</em> until 2020, then converted to dairy pasture with rotational grazing. It is located on a research dairy station on the Mid-Canterbury plains, South Island, New Zealand, owned and managed by Lincoln University. The lucerne crops and the pivot-irrigation system were established in spring 2015. The flux sites began operating in 2015/16. The research is supported by the Endeavour Fund and the Strategic Science Investment Fund from New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and for the pasture phase also from the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre.

Tags: FLUXNET ID, NZ-ADd
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Tumbarumba Wet Eucalypt Acoustic Data Collection - TERN

This dataset contains audio files for TERN Tumbarumba Wet Eucalypt SuperSite. Long-term recordings of the environment 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.


Tumbarumba SuperSite was established in 2000 by CSIRO and started measurements in 2001. The 1 ha SuperSite plot was established in 2015 in a collaboration with TERN. The overstorey is dominated by <em>Eucalyptus delegatensis</em> (Alpine Ash) and <em>Eucalyptus dalrympleana</em> (Mountain Gum). For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/tumbarumba-wet-eucalypt-supersite/ .


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. 


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, tumb
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Great Western Woodlands Diameter, Height, Basal Area, Sapwood Area and Aboveground Woody Biomass Data

This data contains stem diameter, height measurement, basal area, sapwood area and above ground living biomass calculations for all for stems ≥10cm diameter at breast height in four 1 ha plots at the Great Western Woodlands site in Western Australia from 2012 - present.

Tags: Basal area, Diameter at breast height, GWW, Great Western Woodlands, Sapwood
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Great Western Woodlands Site, Digital Elevation Model

This record contains images that illustrates the topography of the area surrounding the tower and core monitoring plots of the Great Western Woodlands Supersite. It corresponds to an area approximately 43 x 43 km surrounding the tower (shown as a red star). The ZIP file contains the 3 second DEM from the USGS for the area in BIL format with associated header and other files.

Tags: Credo Site
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery