AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Higher Levels of Multiple Paternities Increase Seedling Survival in the Long-Lived Tree Eucalyptus gracilis

 The dataset aims at studying associations between mating system parameters and fitness in natural populations of trees. Fifty-eight open-pollinated progeny arrays were collected from trees in three populations. Progeny were planted in a reciprocal transplant trial. Fitness was measured by family establishment rates. We genotyped all trees and their progeny at eight microsatellite loci. Planting site had a strong effect on fitness, but seed provenance and seed provenance × planting site did not. Populations had comparable mating system parameters and were generally outcrossed, experienced low biparental inbreeding and high levels of multiple paternity. As predicted, seed families that had more multiple paternities also had higher fitness, and no fitness-inbreeding correlations were detected. Demonstrating that fitness was most affected by multiple paternities rather than inbreeding, we provide evidence supporting the constrained inbreeding hypothesis; i.e. that multiple paternity may impact on fitness over and above that of inbreeding, particularly for preferentially outcrossing trees at life stages beyond seed development. This dataset could potentially be reused for meta-analysis or review of effects of habitat fragmentation on plants (e.g. pollination, mating system, genetic diversity etc). Please contact owner prior to re-use. 

This is part of the authors' PhD at the University of Adelaide, supervised by Prof Andrew Lowe, Dr Mike Gardner and Dr Kym Ottewell. Main goals of the project were 1. Examine and quantify the impact of fragmentation and tree density on mating patterns, and how this may vary with pollinators of differing mobility 2. Determine the theoretical expectations and perform empirical tests of mating pattern-fitness relationships in trees 3. Explore the plant genetic resource management implications that arise from the observations in aims 1 and 2 

Tags: Ecosystem Assessment And Management (9605), Flora, Fauna And Biodiversity (9608), Land And Water Management (9609)
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
The Biological Databases of South Australia Flora Survey Collection

The Biological Databases of South Australia (BDBSA) is South Australia's flora and fauna database that stores and manages specimen and observation records.  This metadata record is the <i>Flora Survey</i> component that contains 1,050,631 plant measurements collected from 224,572 sites, across 5565 plant species since 1976. The dataset contains important vegetation structural attributes, with parameters such as crown openness, crown depth and crown separation ratio, including observations on plant occurrence data and fire disturbance related parameters. The resulting database provides a comprehensive record of biodiversity across sites visited during a diverse range of biodiversity projects undertaken in South Australia and provides a basis for future monitoring or other relevant work such as species modelling.


Only validated BDBSA data is made publicly available and all records of sensitive taxa have been masked from the dataset. Data is accessible from the <a href="https://ecoplots-test.tern.org.au/search?dataset=bdbsa&amp;search_logic=or#/">TERN EcoPlots</a>, which provides the ability to extract subsets of flora data across multiple data collections and bioregions.

Tags: BDBSA
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Global Bat Acoustic Data Collection: United Kingdom

This dataset is a collection of echolocation calls recorded from the United Kingdom. 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
Brigalow Belt Bioregion Spatial BioCondition, 2021, Version 2.0

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

Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Digital Hemispherical Photography (DHP) from TERN Alice Mulga SuperSite

Digital Hemispherical Photography (DHP) upward-looking images to capture vegetation and crown cover are collected two times per year in a 20 m grid within the core hectare plot at the Alice Mulga SuperSite. These images are used to estimate Leaf Area Index (LAI).

The Alice Springs Mulga flux station is located on Pine Hill cattle station, approx. 170km north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The woodland is characterised by a mixed <em>Acacia aneura</em> and <em>Acacia aptanura</em> canopy, with a total standing biomass of 32.5 t/ha and median canopy height of 4.3&nbsp;m (tallest trees reach 8.9&nbsp;m height). Elevation of the site is 602&nbsp;m above sea level, and the terrain is flat. Mean annual precipitation at the nearby (45&nbsp;km distant) Bureau of Meteorology station is 311&nbsp;mm - 140&nbsp;mm (1986-2025), but has ranged between 33&nbsp;mm in the hydrological years of 2018/2019 to 712&nbsp;mm in 2016/2017 since the tower is operational. Predominant wind directions are from the southeast and east. The extent of the woodland is 11&nbsp;km to the east of the flux station and 16&nbsp;km to the south. The soil is characterised as a red kandosol (74:11:15 sand:silt:clay) overlying an approx. 50&nbsp;m deep water table. Pine Hill Station is a functioning cattle station that has been in operation for longer than 50 years. For additional site information, see <a href="https://www.tern.org.au/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite/">Alice Mulga Supersite</a>.

Other images collected at the site include photopoints, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras and ancillary images of fauna and flora.

Tags: Digital Hemispherical Photography (DHP), TERN Ecosystem Processes, alic, leaf area index
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps - Silt (3" resolution) - Release 2

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

It supersedes the Release 1 product that can be found at https://doi.org/10.4225/08/546F48D6A6D48

The map gives a modelled estimate of the spatial distribution of silt 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: 0-5cm, 5-15cm, 15-30cm, 30-60cm, 60-100cm and 100-200cm. 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 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: 2-20 um mass fraction of the &lt; 2 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 90m);</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>
<li>Format: Cloud Optimised GeoTIFF;</li></ul>

Tags: 3-dimensional soil mapping, DSM, Digital Soil Mapping, Global Soil Map, Raster, SLGA, Soil, Soil Maps, Spatial modelling
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Plant Population

This dataset lists the parameters associated with plant population from Rangeland sites across Australia described by the TERN Surveillance Monitoring team, using standardised AusPlots methodologies. 


 For each species in the plot, their basal area is derived using the TERN basal wedge across different spatial points in the plots, are described using AusPlots basal sweep sampling points methods. Other recorded information includes the number of sampling points. Species identification is updated once confirmed by Herbaria records. Plant population data can be aggregated across the site to calculate relative species abundance, species- growth form- and -community-level basal area. In addition, TERN has derived the IUCN and EPBC conservation status of each tree species under study following the latest status listed in their databases.

Tags: TERN Surveillance Monitoring
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Fleurieu Peninsula Wetlands – Collated Plant Survey Data

The dataset comprises of a biological and a spatial component. Biological data: This was collated from several sources, collected over the period 2000-2009. Data are lists of presence-absence of 215 native plant species (i.e., exotic species removed) from 76 seasonal wetlands (size range 0.5 - 35 ha) located on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia (centred on latitude 35.5 °S). After data were collated into a single dataset, sampling bias was removed to create a dataset of near-complete census wetlands. Spatial data: For each of the 76 wetlands a small amount of spatial data is also provided, i.e., area, centroids, catchment etc.  
The dataset could be of interest for any typical community data analysis (e.g. beta diversity, similarity, assembly)- provided only native wetland plant species are of interest. Data presented here were used to model extinction risk, species-area relationships, occupancy distributions and so on.

Tags: Biodiversity Inventory, Ecological Modelling Ecosystem Assessment And Management (9605), Environmental And Natural Resource Evaluation (9606), Flora, Fauna And Biodiversity (9608), Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales (960805), Freshwater Ecology, Species Composition
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Digital Cover Photography (DCP) from TERN Tumbarumba Wet Eucalypt SuperSite

Digital Cover Photography (DCP) upward-looking images are collected up to twice per year to capture vegetation cover at Tumbarumba Wet Eucalypt SuperSite. These images can be used to estimate Leaf area index (LAI), Crown Cover or Foliage Projective Cover (FPC). 



The Tumbarumba Flux site was established in 2000 and started measuring in 2001. The 1 hectare (ha) SuperSite plot was established in 2015. Preliminary images have been captured since 2000 using various sampling strategies and protocols. Since 2015 the 1 ha Supersite has had a consistent DCP protocol implemented twice per year. The overstorey is dominated by <em>Eucalyptus delegatensis</em> and <em>Eucalyptus dalrympleana</em>. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/tumbarumba-wet-eucalypt-supersite/ .



Other images collected at the site include photopoints, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, and ancillary images of fauna and flora. 

Tags: TERN Ecosystem Processes, digital cover photography, tumb
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
TERN Litchfield Savanna SuperSite 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 are 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 centre of the plot facing each corner. 

The Litchfield Savanna SuperSite was established in 2013 in Litchfield National Park. Site selection was influenced by the history of long-term monitoring work undertaken in this area by the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research (formerly Bushfires NT). The core 1ha plot is dominated by <em>Eucalyptus miniata</em>.  The site is representative of the dominant ecosystem type across northern Australia: frequently burnt tropical savanna in high rainfall areas.  For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/litchfield-savanna-supersite/ .


Phenocam images are also collected at the site.

Tags: Eucalyptus miniata, TERN Ecosystem Processes, lfld
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Karawatha Peri-urban Diameter, Height and Aboveground Woody Biomass Data

This data contains stem diameter, height measurement and above ground living biomass calculations for a  Eucalyptus dominated woodland in 2015.  Diameter and height measurements for stems ≥10cm diameter at breast height were sampled within the core 1 ha plot within the Karawatha Peri-urban site.

Tags: Karawatha Peri-urban
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Camera Trap Images from Daintree Discovery Centre, Cow Bay, Core 1 ha

The Daintree Rainforest SuperSite comprises two sites (a) the Daintree Rainforest Observatory at Cape Tribulation, comprising a long-term monitoring sites, canopy crane, and extensive researcher and teaching infrastructure and (b) research facilities at the Daintree Discovery Centre at Cow Bay, an award winning ecotourism interpretive centre featuring a canopy tower, aerial walkway and scientific monitoring. This dataset contains high quality passive infrared wildlife cameras were used to acquire information on faunal biodiversity at the Daintree Discovery Centre at Cow Bay. One camera trap was deployed adjacent to the 1 ha core plot between 22/01/2017 and 08/06/2017. The core plot is located within the fetch of the flux tower and is the focal site of recurrent monitoring. The camera (Reconyx HC600 HyperFire) was attached to a tree at 0.5 metre high. 
The forest is classed as complex mesophyll vine forest (type 1a) and has an average canopy height of 25m. The dominant canopy trees belong to the Arecaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Myristicaceae and Icacinaceae families. It is continuous for several kilometres around the Cow Bay Tower except for an area 600m north-east of the flux tower, which is cleared agricultural land used for a cattle farm. For additional information on the Daintree Rainforest SuperSite, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/daintree-rainforest-supersite/

Other images collected at the site include digital cover photography, phenocam time-lapse images (3 above canopy, 1 under canopy), panoramic landscape and photopoints.

 


Camera trap results for the Daintree Discovery Centre between January and April 2017.

Tags: Casuarius casuarius johnsonii, Complex Mesophyll Vine Forest, Megapodius reinwardt, Melomys cervinipes- melomys, TERN Ecosystem Processes, Uromys caudimaculatus, acidic, dystrophic, brown dermosol, camera trap
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Samford Peri-Urban Vegetation Gentry Survey Data 2012 and 2017

Gentry transects were established to monitor the vegetation abundance, cover and structure of the mid-stratum and subordinate stratum of the core 1 ha plot in the Samford Peri-Urban site in 2012 and 2017.

Tags: Flora, Forest structure, Gentry survey, Open Eucalypt forest, SEQ Peri-Urban, Samford, Species composition
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Warra Tall Eucalypt Vegetation Gentry Survey Data 2014

Gentry transects were established to monitor the vegetation abundance, cover and structure of the mid-stratum and subordinate stratum of the core 1 ha plot in the Warra Tall Eucalypt site in 2014.

Tags: Flora, Forest structure, Gentry survey, Species composition, Tall Eucalypt, Vegetation, Warra
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program State-wide Historic Forest Connectivity - 1995 to 2020

The spatial layers in this dataset detail forest connectivity over NSW.  Forest Connectivity accounts for the general quality of terrestrial habitats supporting biodiversity at each location, the fragmentation of habitat within its neighbourhood and how its position in the landscape contributes to connectivity among the habitats across a region. 

Forest canopy cover connectivity and fragmentation is concerned and linked to forest condition.  Concepts applied are to be aligned with definitions as found in the Biodiversity Indicator Program (BIP) and the Spatial Links methodology for calculating connectivity. 

Base cover extent grids used are from the NSW Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program Statewide 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 Connectivity – 1995 to 2019". https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/TERN/fef2d61b-7c5e-42be-88c1-849a3fc6a70a.

Tags: Forest Condition, Forest Connectivity, Forest Cover
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Robson Creek Rainforest, 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 25 hectare site was established in 2009 and lies on the Atherton Tablelands in the wet tropical rainforests of Australia at 680-740 m elevation. It is situated in Danbulla National Park within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The forest is classified as Regional Ecosystem (RE) 7.3.36a, complex mesophyll vine forest (Queensland Government 2006).  The climate is seasonal with approximately 60% of rain falling between January and March and the landform is moderately inclined with a low relief. There are 208 species in the site, and average canopy height is 28 m, ranging from 23 to 44 m. All stems ≥ 10 cm diameter are measured, tagged and mapped. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/robson-creek-rainforest-supersite/. 


Other bioimages collected at the site include digital hemispherical photography, phenocam images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras and ancillary images of fauna and flora.

Tags: TERN Ecosystem Processes, fnqr_robson, wet tropical rainforest
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Pulu Keeling National Park Island-wide Survey (IWS) Waypoint Survey

The dataset contains distribution data for the Yellow Crazy Ant (<i>Anoplolepis gracilipes</i>) and scale insects (eg <i>Parasaissetia nigra</i>, ,i&gt;Dysmicoccus finitimus), collected during the Waypoint Survey component of the Pulu Keeling National Park Island-wide Survey (IWS). The aim of the Waypoint Survey is to monitor densities of the invasive Yellow Crazy Ant (<i>Anoplolepis gracilipes</i>) and to detect establishment of any new scale insect species. The other components of the IWS (Transit Survey and Ink Card and Nocturnal Survey) are recorded in separate submissions.

Tags: Anoplolepis gracilipes, Dysmicoccus, Endopterygota - Ants, Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Flies, Fleas etc, Indian Tropical Islands, Insects, Invertebrates, Parasaissetia nigra, Scale insects, Yellow Crazy Ant
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
TERN AusPlots - Ausplots Rangelands Survey Program biodiversity mapping supplement dataset

This dataset contains records of vascular plant species from selected TERN AusPlots in South Australia. Preparation from raw data involved extraction of all vouchered species from the plots, the removal of intra-specific taxa (only genus and species used to define individual taxa) and removal of duplicate records and those not determined to species. Species list has been appended in this record.

Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery