AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Kangaroo Island Glossy Black-Cockatoo Foraged Sheoak Data, 2023 – 2024

This study aimed to investigate whether the reduction in food supply following the Kangaroo Island 2019 – 20 Black Summer fires would result in Glossy Black Cockatoos foraging less selectively on <em>Allocasuarina verticillata</em> (drooping Sheoak) food trees within those patches, i.e. at higher foraging rates. We investigated whether foraging intensity (i.e., the proportion of foraged trees relative to total number of examined female trees) in regions on Kangaroo Island impacted by the fires differed from that in unburnt areas, and whether that had resulted in GBCs feeding on cones with lower food profitability in burnt regions. 

Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Robson Creek Terrestrial LiDAR, 2023

This terrestrial LiDAR dataset captures detailed vegetation structural information at the Robson Creek Tropical Rainforest SuperSite within Danbulla National Park, North Queensland, 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
Calperum Mallee Vegetation Structure Data, 2012

This data contains a once-off general structural description according to the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) level 5 for the core 1 hectare plot in the Calperum Mallee site in 2012. Dominant growth form, cover, height and species (up to 5 species in order of dominance) for up to 3 sub-stratum per traditional strata (Ground, Mid and Upper).

Tags: Calperum Mallee, Structure, Vegetation
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Enhanced Heat Tolerance Dataset of Virus-Infected Aphids and Host Plant Species

The project is focused on the topic, 'enhanced heat tolerance of virus-infected aphids lead to niche expansion and reduced interspecific competition. The two aphid species studied are <i>Rhopalosiphum padi</i> and <i>Rhopalosiphum maidis</i>. The project had some of the following objectives: [1] Spatial distribution of two aphid species on the host plants [2] Upper thermal limits of two aphid species. [3] Effects of the viral infection on the host plant thermal profile. [4] Levels of expression of heat shock protein genes of virus-free and viruliferous aphids. [5] Locomotor capacity of aphids, effects of viruses on the locomotor capacity. [6] Effects of viral infection, temperature, and competition on the lifespan and fecundity of <i>R. padi</i> [7] Effects of viral infection, temperature, and competition on the lifespan and fecundity of <i>R. maidis</i> [8] Temperature of acrylic tubes used on aphid experiments. [9] Thermal lethal dose 50 of virus-free and viruliferous aphids [10] Thermal preference of virus-free and viruliferous aphids. This information can be very useful for ecologist working on insect population dynamics as well as physiologist and eco-physiologists doing meta-analyses of expression of heat shock protein genes induced by symbionts.

Tags: Behavioural Ecology, Ecophysiology
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Great Western Woodlands Vegetation Structure Data, 2013

This data contains a once-off general structural description according to the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) level 5 for the core 1 hectare plot in the Great Western Woodlands site in 2013. Dominant growth form, cover, height and species (up to 5 species in order of dominance) for up to 3 sub-stratum per traditional strata (Ground, Mid and Upper).

Tags: GWW, Great Western Woodlands, Structure, Vegetation
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Samford Ecological Research Facility Bird Survey

The TERN citizen science fauna monitoring pilot project aims to collect long-term monitoring data using the TERN standard monitoring protocol for birds. In May 2021, TERN launched a citizen science project designed to monitor bird biodiversity at the Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF) in peri-urban Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in collaboration with Queensland University of Technology and the Samford Eco-Corridor community group. Bird monitoring is undertaken quarterly by citizen scientists using TERN standardised monitoring protocols which are based on the Birds Australia systematic bird survey ‘2&nbsp;ha 20&nbsp;minute search’ method.

Tags: seqp_samford
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Karawatha Site, Mammal Captures Data, Karawatha Forest Park, South East Queensland, 2010

The record contains information on mammal captures from the Karawatha forest park in South East Queensland, Karawatha in the year 2010. Data on the number of captures of mammal species and the type of trap used for captures are provided.

Tags: Black Rat, Bush Rat, Common Brushtail, Common Dunnart, House Mouse, Northern Brown Bandicoot, Squirrel Glider, Swamp Rat, Yellow-footed Antechinus
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Revegetation rewilds the soil bacterial microbiome of an old field- Part 1: OTU raw data matrix

The authors analyzed a total of 3,002,411 quality-filtered bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences in the 48 technical replicates across 8 revegetation chronosequence sites, consisting of 3,316 OTUs. Nine bacterial phyla dominated this dataset, including Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, Gemmatimonadetes, Planctomycetes, Proteobacteria and Verrucomicrobia.The OTU data provide information on bacterial flux at this restoration site through a stagger of years and can be used accordingly.

Tags: Biodiversity Inventory, Carbon Dynamics, Ecological Succession, Eucalypt Open Woodlands, Eucalypt Woodlands, Experimental Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Long-Term Community Monitoring, Long-Term Species Monitoring, Microbial Ecology, Modified Native Vegetation, Molecular Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Revegetation, Soil Ecology, Soil microbiome
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation Leaf Functional Trait Data, 2010 - 2014

This dataset contains leaf functional trait measurements describing leaf structure, chemistry and metabolism collected from the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation site, in the dry season 2012 and wet season 2014.

Tags: Cape Tribulation, Daintree Rainforest, Leaf traits, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Photosynthesis, Respiration, Water efficiency
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program State-wide Historic Forest Canopy Cover Extent - 1995 to 2020

The spatial layers in this dataset detail forest cover extent over NSW.  They have been created for the NSW Natural Resources Commission to detail historic baseline and trends of forest cover extent coverage for NSW for all land tenures, including all RFAs and IFOAs. 

These have been based off the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGGI) National Carbon Accounting System (NCAS) National Forest and Sparse Woody Vegetation Data grids (ABARES, 2021).  These base grids are Landsat in origin and have a resolution of 25m. 

These base grids have been processed through a series of land use and vegetation type exclusion masking and a through a fuzzy-logic based certainty analysis to reflect a forest cover extent coverage for NSW that is reflective of past and current coverage. 

These grids cover the years from 1995 to 2020.  The year gaps are triennial or biennial data layers from 1995 to 2004.  1996,1997,1999,2001,2003 years missing as these were not assessed in original applied database.  From 2004 to 2020 data layers become annualised.

Read more about the project on the Natural Resources Commission website:
https://www.nrc.nsw.gov.au/accordion-content-main/fmip-ecosystemhealth-projectfe1

This dataset supersedes "NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program RFA Historic Forest Cover Extent – 1995 to 2019". https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/TERN/fef2d61b-7c5e-42be-88c1-849a3fc6a70a.

Tags: Forest Condition, Forest Cover, Forest Extent
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Samford Peri-urban Site, Camera Trap Fauna Survey data, 2017

The data set contains information on Camera Trap Fauna Survey conducted in the Samford Peri-urban Site in 2017. Information on the camera trap site location, height, observation time, species identification and related field remarks have been presented in this data set.

Tags: Camera Traps, Ecological monitoring, Native Species
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
GEOSS Ecosystem Mapping for Australia

The physical drivers of ecosystem formation – macroclimate, lithology and landform – along with vegetation structural formations are key determinants of current ecosystem type. Each combination of these ecosystem drivers – each ‘ecological facet’ – provides a unique set of opportunities and challenges for life. 

Management and conservation should seek to understand and take in to account these drivers of ecosystem formation. By understanding the unique combinations of these drivers management strategies can plan for their full range of variation, and conservation efforts can ensure that unique ecosystems are not lost. Unfortunately, there is currently no Australia-wide standardized map of ecological facets at management-appropriate scales. 

By understanding the magnitude and distribution of unique combinations of these drivers, management strategies can plan for their full range of variation, and conservation efforts can ensure that unique ecosystems are not lost. Additionally, by improving our understanding of the past and present conditions that have given rise to current ecological facets this dataset could facilitate future predictive environmental modelling. Finally, this data could assisting biodiversity conservation, climate change impact studies and mitigation, ecosystem services assessment, and development planning 

Further information about the dataset can be found at <a href="https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TERNSup/pages/2276130817/GEOSS+Ecosystem+Map">GEOSS Ecosystem Map,TERN Knowledge Base </a> .

Tags: land surface form, macroclimate class, surficial lithology, topographic moisture potential, vegetation structural formation, weathering intensity
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Whroo Dry Eucalypt Acoustic Data Collection - TERN

This dataset contains audio files for TERN Whroo Dry 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.


The site was established in 2011 in box woodland dominated by <em>Eucalyptus microcarpa</em> (grey box) and <em>Eucalyptus leucoxylon</em> (yellow gum). Smaller numbers of <em>Eucalyptus sideroxylon</em> (ironbark) and <em>Acacia pycnantha</em> (golden wattle) are also found on site. Elevation of the site is close to 165 m and mean annual precipitation from a nearby Bureau of Meteorology site measure 558 mm. Maximum temperatures range from 29.8°C (in January) to 12.6°C (in July), while minimum temperatures range from 14.2°C (in February) to 3.2°C (in July). Maximum temperatures vary on a seasonal basis by approximately 17.2°C and minimum temperatures by 11.0°C. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/whroo-dry-eucalypt-supersite/.


In 2012 an acoustic recorder was 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 sensor 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, vicd_whroo
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program State-Wide Historic Forest Canopy Loss and Recovery – 1998 to 2020

This dataset contains spatial layers describing Forest Loss and Recovery from 1998-2020 in NSW.

For this dataset product and the processing of metrics, aspects of canopy loss and disturbances in the forest estate were investigated.  Measures of canopy loss and recovery are seen as one of the multiple indicators of forest health.  This is related to agents or pressures that affect the capacity of native forests and commercial operations to maintain normal ecosystem functions and sustainably provide productive capacity. 

To attribute disturbances, as a driver of change, a Multiple Lines of Evidence (MLE) approach was used that leveraged available spatial datasets.  This allowed for a project-wide disturbance and disturbance context layer to be generated. This information can be interpreted back against forest cover extent change outputs, in particular the differences between individual years, to identify the areas of change and the likely reasons why. Therefore, landscape trends in forest loss can be potentially assigned or at the very least investigated.  

The time taken, in terms of years, for areas to recover from losses in forest cover extent can has also been determined. This process identifies the time taken for a patch of forest to return to a 20% canopy cover threshold, and other characteristics such as the forest type and likely disturbance or loss event.

Base cover extent grids used are from the NSW State-wide Historic Forest Cover Extent – 1995 to 2020 product.  These have been processed through a series of land use and vegetation type exclusion masking and a through a fuzzy-logic based certainty analysis to reflect a forest cover extent coverage for NSW that is reflective of past and current coverage.  

Read more about the project on the Natural Resources Commission website:
https://www.nrc.nsw.gov.au/accordion-content-main/fmip-ecosystemhealth-projectfe1

This dataset supersedes "NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program RFA Historic Forest Loss and Recovery – 1998 to 2019".

Tags: Forest Condition, Forest Loss, Forest Recovery
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation 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 site is located at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory in Lowland Complex Mesophyll Vine Forest near Cape Tribulation. Flux monitoring was established in 2001 with additional monitoring capabilities added over time. The site has more than 80 species including canopy trees belonging to the <em>Arecaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Myristicaceae and Icacinaceae</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 digital hemispherical photography, photopoints and phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras.
 


Photosphere view from inside the rainforest at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory (DRO) (photo M. Liddell 2014)

Tags: TERN Ecosystem Processes, fnqr_capetrib
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Calperum Mallee Stem Diameter, Height and Aboveground Woody Biomass Data

This data contains stem diameter, height measurement and above ground living biomass calculations for a Mallee Eucalypt dominated woodland from 2015 - present.  Diameter and height measurements for stems were sampled within the core 1 ha plot within the Calperum Mallee site.

Tags: Calperum Mallee, Core 1 ha, Diameter at 10cm, Standing above ground biomass
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Calperum Mallee Site, Five Photopoint Image Collection

High quality digital site reference images are captured for the core 1 hectare vegetation plot of the site on an annual basis to provide context for researchers to understand the general layout and vegetation of the study site, and as a visual reference to monitor any changes over time. Photopoints will be taken annually using the five point photopoint method. The set of images for each year usually consists of twenty images: four images taken at each corner of the plot facing each of the four cardinal points, and four images taken from the center of the plot facing each corner.  

The Calperum Mallee Site was established in 2011 and is located on Calperum Station with research plots located in mallee woodland (burnt in 2014), <i>Callitris</i> woodland and a river floodplain (recovering from extensive grazing), consisting of black box, river red gum and lignum. The core 1 ha plot is located in mallee woodland. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/calperum-mallee-supersite/ .
 
Other images collected at the site include digital cover photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, panoramic landscape and ancillary images of fauna and flora.

Tags: SASMDD0001, TERN Ecosystem Processes, clpm
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Warra Tall Eucalypt Site, Long-Term Monitoring of Beetle Succession in Decaying <i>Eucalyptus obliqua</i> Logs, 1999-2009

The record contains information on beetle succession in decaying <i>Eucalyptus obliqua</i> logs, from 1999-2009. Data on beetle species identification, field sampling notes, and collection details from eucalyptus logs across the decade range from 1999 - 2009 are provided.

Tags: Beetle succession, Saproxylic beetle, Tall Eucalypt Woodland
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Lauder 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.

The Lauder Eddy Covariance system (ECS) is in a paddock (6.28 h) of a local farm, adjacent to the NIWA Lauder atmospheric research station, 169&deg;40'49.143" E 45&deg;2'16.004" S, 390 m above mean sea level. Lauder is in the Manuherika Valley, Central Otago, New Zealand, approximately 37 km north of Alexandra. The Eddy Covariance CO2 flux measurements made at Lauder were specifically instigated for the Endeavour funded Carbonwatch NZ project. Grasslands are likely to be associated with potentially significant carbon sources and sinks, which may be manageable. Currently, New Zealand&rsquo;s National Inventory Report (NIR) assumes established grasslands have zero net flux. Measurements are vital to estimate realistic fluxes.

Tags: FLUXNET ID, NZ-Lau
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Global Bat Acoustic Data Collection: Sweden

This dataset is a collection of echolocation calls recorded from the Sweden. Users should note that some audio files may contain calls from multiple species, and in certain cases, only one of the present species has been identified.

The collection includes bat call files in .zc and .wav formats, encompassing both identified and unidentified calls. Each call file contains embedded information, such as collection date, GPS location, species identification (where available), and contributor details, which is extracted and used to create searchable filter options in TERN Ecoacoustic Recordings. This enables users to efficiently search for, explore, and download call files based on specific criteria through the dashboard.

Tags: Bat Echolocation Call, Bat Reference Call Library, Microbat, Ultrasound
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Alice Mulga Terrestrial LiDAR, 2021

This terrestrial LiDAR dataset captures detailed vegetation structural information at the Alice Mulga SuperSite on Pine Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory, 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
Global Bat Acoustic Data Collection: Portugal

This dataset is a collection of echolocation calls recorded from Portugal. Users should note that some audio files may contain calls from multiple species, and in certain cases, only one of the present species has been identified.

The collection includes bat call files in .zc and .wav formats, encompassing both identified and unidentified calls. Each call file contains embedded information, such as collection date, GPS location, species identification (where available), and contributor details, which is extracted and used to create searchable filter options in TERN Ecoacoustic Recordings. This enables users to efficiently search for, explore, and download call files based on specific criteria through the dashboard.

Tags: Bat Echolocation Call, Bat Reference Call Library, Microbat, Ultrasound
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery