AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - V_ILLAWFB4 Vegetation Survey

Validation survey - Illawong Nature Reserve. The V_ILLAWFB4(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, Baumea juncea (R.Br.) Palla, Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Centella asiatica (L.) Urb., Cladium procerum S.T.Blake, Disturbance, Eleocharis spp., Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa, Erosion, Flora, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Geology, Landscape, Lithology, Lobelia anceps Labill., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. var. stipoides, Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell., Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud., Santalum obtusifolium R.Br., Selliera radicans Cav., Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Triglochin striata Ruiz & Pav., Vegetation Structure, Viola hederacea Labill., Vitex trifolia
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 1950-1969 period, NNRP and R3 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~10km resolution for 1950-1969 period using NNRP 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
Connell Rainforest Plot Network: Tropical Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Davies Creek Plot, Dinden National Park, Queensland, Australia, 2015

This rainforest tree data package comprises stand structure data for rainforest trees at the Davies Creek Plot in Dinden National Park, (25 km south west of Cairns), Queensland for 2015. This plot consists of one 1.7 hectare plot in tropical rainforest, established in 1963.   Rainforest tree attributes recorded comprise the size (height or girth) of tagged and mapped, free-standing stems of shrub and tree species.  Sampling has been undertaken at intervals of 1-6 years since 1963; this data package contains seedling recruitment census data of the plot. This data package forms part of the collection of vegetation data undertaken at plots situated in both Lamington National Park and Davies Creek initiated by Professor Joseph H. Connell (University of California, Santa Barbara) in 1963.  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: Diameter, Girth, Height, Individual plants, On plot weather, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Population dynamics, Seedling recruitment, Tropical, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Nocturnal Spotlighting Survey, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2016

These data are records of all nocturnal spotlighting observations during the 2016 Litchfield survey. 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. 
Litchfield National Park contains 40 plots. In 2016, 20 plots were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. In addition, at all plots sampling also occurred at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot.
At each paired plot 2 x 15 minute surveys was conducted at night using head-torches, on any of the 4 nights available during the 4 day fauna survey period. The spotlight survey area encompassed the standard 50 x 50 m trapping grid and an additional 25 m around all sides. 
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: Birds, Herpetofauna, Invasive animals, Litchfield National Park, Mammals, Nocturnal spotlighting, Vertebrates
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Vegetation (Structure and Floristics), Dharawal National Park and Dharawal Nature Reserve, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 2014

The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Vegetation (Structure and Floristics) Data Package contains information on the vegetation structure and species present in 54 established swamp monitoring sites in upland swamps scattered throughout the study area (Keith and Myerscough 1993). Each site is sampled in nine combinations of moisture-by-vegetation structure strata.
The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network research plots commenced in 1983 and have been revisited in 2004, 2009 and again in 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-heath-swamps.

Tags: Canopy, Individual plants, Invasive plants, Land clearing, Plant species, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Upland heath swamps, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Monthly class A pan evaporation: ANUClimate 1.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage, 1970-2014

Monthly total class A pan evaporation for the Australian continent between 1970-2014. Class A pan evaporation is useful for estimating evaporation rates and water need and use. Modelled by expressing each monthly value as a normalised anomaly with respect to gridded 1976-2005 means and standard deviations for each month. The monthly anomalies have been interpolated by trivariate thin plate smoothing spline functions of longitude, latitude and vertically exaggerated elevation using ANUSPLIN Version 4.5. Station elevations were 0.05 degree local averages of grid values from the GEODATA 9 second DEM version 3 as provided by ANUClimate_v1-0_digital-elevation-model-05deg-average_terrain_0-01deg.  Monthly data values were obtained from Bureau of Meterology data at stations where there were at least 25 daily observations in each month, with short records scaled up to the complete month. This gave an average of 249 data points per month between 1970 and 2014. Automated quality assessment rejected on average 0.5 data values per month with extreme studentised residuals. The mean absolute value of all individual cross validation residuals provided by the spline analysis is 15.3 mm (10% of the overall mean). A comprehensive assessment of the analysis and the factors contributing to the quality of the final interpolated monthly rainfall grids is in preparation.

Tags: ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot PENR08, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014

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 PENR08.
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 2014. 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 (2015): Desert Uplands Plot Network, Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.285/html.  
The spatial coordinates for this plot are provided in the following data publication:
Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Queensland, Australia. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.167/html
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2014.  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
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Vegetation Sampling Data, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994+

The Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network was established in 1994 with the primary aim of training management staff and assisting with the development of adaptive approaches to conservation-based fire management in regional savanna systems. This dataset comprises the vegetation sampling data from the 220 plots located across the Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network, of which 133 are in Kakadu National Park, 41 in Litchfield National Park and 46 in Nitmiluk National Park. The vegetation data consists of the quantitative assessment of all species in three major strata within 800 square meter plots. Plots are positioned to investigate environmental changes in areas of interest by land managers and may reveal environmental dynamics. Plots are located in a variety of landform and vegetation type / habitats and conditions, and may be in vicinity of intensively managed sites such as camp grounds and other tourist attractions. Areas also include ecotones and patches of fire-sensitive vegetation such as stands of Callitris and sandstone heaths. The full program assesses fire regimes and their impacts on plant and vertebrate biodiversity components. The program consists of two complementary elements – mapping of fire histories based upon interpretation of satellite imagery, and assessment of vegetation and faunal components at a large series of permanent monitoring plots located across respective parks. *Note: Plots are located within a National Park and physical access to the plots is restricted.

Tags: Fire, Flora, Individual plants, Invasive plants, Kakadu, Litchfield, Nitmiluk, Parks, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Savanna, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Upper South East DoT (Subset 1 - May 1997), 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 pycnantha, Acrotriche fasciculiflora (Regel) Benth., Allocasuarina verticillata, Asparagus asparagoides, Austrostipa sp., Avena barbata, Banksia marginata, Bergia perennis subsp. exigua, Brachyloma ciliatum (R.Br.) Benth., Bromus sp., Callitris gracilis, Cullen parvum (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes, Dactylis glomerata, Danthonia sp., Disturbance, Ehrharta calycina, Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, Eucalyptus diversifolia, Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus fasciculosa, Eucalyptus leptophylla, Eucalyptus pyrophora Benth., Eucalyptus sp., Flora, Gratiola pedunculata R.Br., Hypoxis hygrometrica, Lactuca serriola, Lagurus ovatus, Lepidosperma concavum, Leucopogon woodsii F.Muell., Melaleuca lanceolata subsp. lanceolata, Melaleuca uncinata, Oenothera stricta subsp. stricta, Olea europaea subsp. africana, Opuntia stricta, Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen, Pinus radiata, Piptatherum miliaceum, Plantae sp., Plantago lanceolata var. dubia, Pteridium esculentum subsp. esculentum, Pultenaea teretifolia var. brachyphylla H.B.Will., Rosa canina, Rumex crispus, Salvia verbenaca var. verbenaca, Scabiosa atropurpurea, Soliva sp., Species Presence/Abundance, Specimens, Themeda triandra, Trifolium israeliticum Zohary & Katzn., Ulmus sp., Vegetation Structure, Wahlenbergia multicaulis Benth., Xanthorrhoea caespitosa, Xanthosia dissecta Hook.f. var. dissecta
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - GULGONG Vegetation Survey

Vegetation survey of the Gulgong area - Munghorn 1:25000. The GULGONG(Vegetation survey of the Gulgong area - Munghorn 1:25000) 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 ixiophylla Benth., Allocasuarina gymnanthera L.A.S.Johnson, Alysicarpus schomburgkii, Callitris endlicheri (Parl.) F.M.Bailey, Disturbance, Erosion, Eucalyptus dawsonii R.T.Baker, Eucalyptus punctata DC., Flora, Geology, Landscape, Leptorhynchos spp., Lithology, Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Vegetation Structure, Xanthorrhoea glauca D.J.Bedford, Xanthorrhoea spp.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Hydrological Climate Variables, Dharawal National Park and Dharawal Nature Reserve, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 2013–2014

The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Hydrological Climate data are monitored at automatic weather stations established by the University of NSW in 2013 within the study area. In addition, three soil probes placed along local soil moisture gradients in the vicinity of each station record soil moisture, conductivity and temperature at various depths below the surface at 30-minute intervals, which are averaged to produce daily mean estimates.
The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network research plots commenced in 1983 and have been revisited in 2004, 2009 and again in 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-heath-swamps.

Tags: Climate change, Evaporation, Hydrology, On plot weather, Rainfall, Soil, Soil conductivity, Soil moisture, Soil temerature, Weather
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Vegetation Composition Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2004

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation Composition Data Package comprises plot-based vegetation data for alpine mountain summits in the Australian Alps for 2004.  Twenty 1 metre squared quadrats are situated along each of four varying length permanent transects established on mountain summits.  In each quadrat, plant species are assigned percentage cover abundance and species per metre squared are recorded.  
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, Alpine summits, Compositional changes, Dominant classes, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Species richness, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Soil Properties, Dharawal National Park and Dharawal Nature Reserve, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 2014

The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Soil Properties Data Package contains detailed soil analysis from 60 established swamp monitoring sites in upland swamps scattered throughout the study area (Keith and Myerscough 1993). Each site is sampled in nine combinations of moisture-by-vegetation structure strata.
The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network research plots commenced in 1983 and have been revisited in 2004, 2009 and again in 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-heath-swamps.

Tags: Soil, Soil chemistry, Soil conductivity, Soil moisture, Soil pH
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Daily average canopy conductance, 2.5th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates. AWRA 0.5, 0.05 degree, Australian Coverage, 2000-2011

Modelled daily average canopy conductance (mm per second, averaged over a day) using the Australian Water Resources Assessment model via assimilation of satellite soil moisture products: 2.5th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates.   Note that the data represents the mean of an ensemble of 100 modelled estimates for each data derived via perturbed meteorological forcing. Resolution of the output data is 0.05-degree for the whole country.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 1990-2009 period, ECHAM5 and R1 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 R1 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: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot TIMA16, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014

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 TIMA16.
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 2014. 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 (2015): Desert Uplands Plot Network, Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.285/html.  
The spatial coordinates for this plot are provided in the following data publication:
Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Queensland, Australia. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.167/html
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2014. 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
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 1990-2009 period, NNRP and R3 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 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, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994+

This data package comprises fire severity scores from Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk from 1994 onwards. A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots (40 m x 20 m) were established across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk National Parks) in 1994-1995 to monitor biotic change. Of these, 133 plots are located in Kakadu, 41 plots are located in Litchfield and 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 and sandstone heaths). In addition, 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, Kakadu, Litchfield, National Parks, Nitmiluk, Savanna, Vegetation, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery