AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Arboreal Marsupial Spotlight Survey, Southwest Slopes, NSW, 1999+

This arboreal marsupial survey data package comprises spotlight surveys conducted every two years along 200 metre fixed transects at each site for 20 minutes per site. Distances along and adjacent to a transect are recorded. If animals are in a tree, tree species and animal height (distance from the ground to the animal) are also recorded. Sightings of exotic species (e.g. foxes, rabbits and pigs), as well as some non-arboreal (e.g. kangaroos) are also recorded.
The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C &amp; Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160).
The study area is located in the Southwest Slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. 
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at   http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation.

Tags: Arboreal mammals, Fragmentation, Grazing domestic livestock, Mammals, Spotlight survey
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 2020-2039 period, MIROC3.2 and R1 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~10km resolution for 2020-2039 period using MIROC3.2 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
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Herpetofauna Survey, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia, 1999+

Herpetofauna is surveyed every two years using artificial substrates and active search methods. Artificial substrates comprise eight standard roofing tiles, eight half-size (cut-off) railway sleepers and four sheets of corrugated iron per site. A set of two sheets of corrugated iron placed on top of one another, four half-size railways sleepers and four roofing tiles are placed around a point at the 0 m and 100 m point of the permanent 200 m transect. These artificial substrates are gently turned over to record occupants with some of the animals hand-captured to identify the species, substrates are replaced and then the animals put carefully back underneath the substrates. Active searching is done by gently turning over any rocks, logs or fallen bark at locations along a 200 m transect for 20 minutes. Several measurements including sex, age and tail condition are recorded where possible. Sightings of exotic species (e.g. rats) are also recorded. 
The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C &amp; Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160).
The study area is located in the Southwest Slopes of NSW, west of Lake Burrinjuck, and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. 
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation

Tags: Artificial substrates, Fragmentation, Grazing domestic livestock, Herpetofauna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Soil Properties, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1991+

The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Soil Properties data package for Royal National Park contains soil properties data obtained from samples taken within 10 cm of each of the floristics plots (see Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Vegetation Floristics, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1990+). 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-health-swamps.
**This data package is associated with the following publications:
[1] Letten, A. D., Keith, D. A., Tozer, M. G., Hui, F. K.C. (2015), Fine-scale hydrological niche differentiation through the lens of multi-species co-occurrence models. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12428
[2] Keith, D. A. and Bradstock, R. A. (1994). Fire and competition in Australian heath: a conceptual model and field investigations. Journal of Vegetation Science 5, 347-354.
[3] Keith, D. A. (1995a). Mosaics in Sydney heathland vegetation: the roles of fire, competition and soils. CALMScience Supplement 4, 199-206.
[4] Keith, D. A., Lindenmayer, D. B., Lowe, A.,Russell-Smith, J.,Barrett, S.,Enright N. J., Fox, B. J.,Guerin, G.,Paton, D. C., Tozer, M. G. and Yates, C. J. (2014). Heathlands. In: Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction. Lindenmayer, D., Burns, E., Thurgate, N., and Lowe, A. Editors, pp215-285. CSIRO, Melbourne.

Tags: Soil, Soil chemistry, Soil conductivity, Soil pH
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia

Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network was established in 1998 with a principle objective to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C &amp; Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160). 
The study area is located in the Southwest Slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. These long term data include:
•   vegetation data,
•   bird point counts,
•   herpetofauna survey,
•   arboreal marsupial spotlighting,
•   nocturnal bird spotlighting,
•   opportunistic frog spotlighting
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation.

Tags: GPS co-ordinates, Geographic, Plot details, Plot setup, Spatial coordinates
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Annual 1976-2005 mean diurnal range: eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage

Annual mean diurnal range for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Tags: 04 EARTH SCIENCES, 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Connell Rainforest Plot Network: Subtropical Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, O’Reilly’s Plot, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, 2015

This rainforest tree data package comprises stand structure data for rainforest trees at the O'Reilly's Connell Rainforest Plot, Lamington National Park (84 km south of Brisbane), Queensland for 2015. The O'Reilly's Plot consists of two 1.0 hectare plots spaced 600 m apart in sub-tropical rainforest, established in 1963. They have always been treated as a single unit for the purpose of analysis. 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. It essentially provides a snapshot of stand structure on the site.  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, Plant species abundance, Population dynamics, Seedling recruitment, Sub-tropical, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Aspect derived from 1&quot; SRTM DEM-S

Aspect measures the direction in which a land surface slope faces. The direction is expressed in degrees from north.
The aspect products were derived from the Smoothed Digital Elevation Model (DEM-S; ANZCW0703014016), which was derived from the 1 arc-second resolution SRTM data acquired by NASA in February 2000. The calculation of aspect from DEM-S accounted for the varying spacing between grid points in the geographic projection. 
The aspect data are available at 1 arc-second and 3 arc-second resolution
The 3” resolution version of the aspect product has been masked by the 3” water and ocean mask datasets.

Tags: Aspect, Australia, ECOLOGY Landscape, LAND Topography Models, Land Surface, TERN_Soils
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 2020-2039 period, MIROC3.2 and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 2020-2039 period using MIROC3.2 and R2 ensemble member using the WRF 3.3 model.  This product will provide policy makers, land managers and researchers access to accurate and temporally fine scaled information with which to make hazard reduction and management strategies.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - AVOCA Vegetation Survey

Public reserve behind Avoca Beach Public School. The AVOCA(Public reserve behind Avoca Beach Public School) 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: Acmena smithii (Poir.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth., Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. & Drude, Astrotricha floccosa DC., Breynia oblongifolia (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg., Bulbostylis sp., Carex appressa R.Br., Carex fascicularis Sol. ex Boott, Carex spp., Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Cayratia clematidea (F.Muell.) Domin, Cinnamomum camphora (L.) T.Nees & C.H.Eberm., Cissus antarctica Vent., Claoxylon australe Baill., Cryptocarya microneura Meisn., Cupaniopsis newmanii, Cyathea cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) Domin, Delairea odorata Otto ex Walp., Desmodium sp., Dianella caerulea Sims, Dioscorea transversa R.Br., Diospyros australis (R.Br.) Hiern, Ehretia sp. (Whitfield Range R.Jago 17), Elattostachys megalantha, Enneapogon pallidus, Entolasia marginata (R.Br.) Hughes, Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Eremophila goodwinii, Erythrina × sykesii Barneby & Krukoff, Eucalyptus leucophloia subsp. euroa, Eucalyptus rhombica, Eucalyptus saligna Sm., Eupomatia laurina R.Br., Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Ficus coronata Spin & Colla, Fimbristylis velata, Flora, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Gardenia ovularis, Geitonoplesium cymosum (R.Br.) A.Cunn. ex Hook., Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey, Guioa semiglauca (F.Muell.) Radlk., Hedychium gardnerianum Sheppard ex Ker Gawl., Hibbertia dentata R.Br. ex DC., Homalanthus populifolius Graham, Hypolepis muelleri N.A.Wakef., Lantana camara L., Leucopogon margarodes, Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton, Lonicera japonica Thunb. ex Murray, Marsdenia rostrata R.Br., Morinda jasminoides A.Cunn., Myrsine howittiana F.Muell. ex Mez, Neolitsea dealbata (R.Br.) Merr., Neosepicaea jucunda, Notelaea longifolia Vent., Ophioglossaceae sp., Ophioglossum sp., Oplismenus aemulus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis, Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell., Parsonsia ventricosa, Passiflora edulis Sims, Peripleura obovata, Pimelea microcephala, Pittosporum revolutum Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton, Plantae sp., Platycerium superbum, Pluchea baccharoides, Polygala macrobotrya, Pteridium esculentum, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Rhaphidophora sp., Scleria brownii, Senecio madagascariensis Poir., Smilax australis R.Br., Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers, Stephania japonica var. discolor (Blume) Forman, Thaumastochloa major, Toechima tenax, Tribulus cistoides, Vegetation Structure, Watsonia spp.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - BOG Vegetation Survey

Boginderra Hills Nature Reserve Vegetation Survey.. The BOG(Boginderra Hills Nature Reserve Vegetation Survey.) 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 doratoxylon A.Cunn., Acacia penninervis Sieber ex DC., Acacia rubricaulis, Ajuga australis R.Br., Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L.A.S.Johnson, Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns, Astroloma humifusum (Cav.) R.Br., Austrostipa densiflora Hughes, Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Hughes, Austrostipa setacea R.Br., Avena fatua L., Brachyscome ciliaris var. subintegrifolia G.L.Davis, Briza minor L., Bromus molliformis J.Lloyd, Brunonia australis Sm. ex R.Br., Burchardia umbellata R.Br., Callitris endlicheri (Parl.) F.M.Bailey, Carduus pycnocephalus L., Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia H.M.Quirk & T.C.Chambers, Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze subsp. sieberi, Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten., Coldenia procumbens, Corchorus sericeus subsp. sericeus, Cryptandra amara var. floribunda Maiden & Betche, Cryptocarya leucophylla, Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall., Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray, Dianella revoluta R.Br., Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Digitaria breviglumis, Digitaria ramularis, Diplocyclos sp., Diuris spp., Drosera peltata Thunb., Drypetes vernicosa, Eleusine indica, Enneapogon avenaceus, Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton, Eucalyptus dwyeri Maiden & Blakely, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth., Ficus rubiginosa, Fimbristylis phaeoleuca, Flora, Geology, Glycine canescens F.J.Herm., Gonocarpus elatus (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Orchard, Gossia pubiflora, Hibbertia obtusifolia (DC.) A.Gray, Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin, Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce, Landscape, Laxmannia gracilis R.Br., Linum marginale A.Cunn. ex Planch., Lithology, Lolium rigidum Gaudin, Ludwigia hyssopifolia, Opercularia sp., Oxalis perennans Haw., Petrorhagia dubia (Guss.) P.W.Ball & Heywood, Phyllangium sulcatum B.J.Conn & R.Br., Pittosporum rubiginosum, Plantae sp., Polyalthia johnsonii, Poranthera microphylla Brongn., Pterostylis spp., Pultenaea millarii var. millarii, Rhodanthe microglossa, Rhodomyrtus sp., Rourea brachyandra, Ruppia maritima, Rytidosperma racemosum R.Br. var. racemosum, Rytidosperma setaceum R.Br., Schoenus scabripes, Sclerolaena glabra, Senecio quadridentatus Labill., Soil, Solanum nemophilum, Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Spinifex longifolius, Stackhousia viminea Sm., Stuartina muelleri Sond., Stypandra glauca R.Br., Terminalia prostrata, Thelymitra spp., Tribulus cistoides, Trifolium angustifolium L., Trifolium arvense L., Trifolium dubium Sibth., Triptilodiscus pygmaeus Turcz., Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure, Vittadinia cuneata DC., Waterhousea floribunda, Wurmbea dioica (R.Br.) F.Muell. subsp. dioica
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Reptile Abundance Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 1990–2011

This herpetofauna abundance plot data package comprises capture data for both reptiles and frogs, and a specified duration of trapping nights (usually 3 night session) in the Simpson Desert, Western Queensland. Date, site and grid number were identified and recaptures during the same session were removed (i.e. individuals were only counted once). Date, site and grid number were recorded for all captures, and captured animals were also marked by a unique toe clip prior to their release to identify recaptures. The network program uses a core of 12 sites. The trapping survey aims to quantitatively track long-term shifts in biodiversity and ecological processes in relation to key drivers, including unpredictable rainfall and droughts, fire, feral predators and grazing. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Ecology's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology.

Tags: Herpetofauna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Reptile Abundance Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2016

This herpetofauna abundance plot data package comprises capture data for a specified duration of trapping nights (usually 3 night session) in the Simpson Desert, Western Queensland. Date, site and grid number were identified and recaptures during the same session were removed (i.e. individuals were only counted once). Date, site and grid number were recorded for all captures, and captured animals were also marked by a unique toe clip prior to their release to identify recaptures. The network program uses a core of 12 sites which are sampled every April-May. The trapping survey aims to quantitatively track long-term shifts in biodiversity and ecological processes in relation to key drivers, including unpredictable rainfall and droughts, fire, feral predators and grazing. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Ecology's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology.

Tags: Herpetofauna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 2020-2039 period, ECHAM5 and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~10km resolution for 2020-2039 period using ECHAM5 and R2 ensemble member using the WRF 3.3 model.  This product will provide policy makers, land managers and researchers access to accurate and temporally fine scaled information with which to make hazard reduction and management strategies.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot TIMA07, 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 TIMA07.
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 Uplandst 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: Fire Scar Mapping, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2014

Geotiff Images of fire affected areas in Nitmiluk National Park for the year 2014 based on the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). These Images are clipped from geotiff images of fire affected areas in far northern Australia available from North Australian Fire Information (NAFI) website.  The images have a resolution of 250 m (pixel size) and each burnt pixel is tagged with the month that covers the largest part of the date interval in which the burnt pixel was detected. These data cover Kakadu National Park, but are part of a larger data set that extends across far northern WA down to 21 degrees S, across the entire NT (down to 26 degrees S) and all of Qld (down to 29 degrees S). The NAFI mapping covers the years 2000 to present and since 2012, the mapping also includes northern SA down to 29 degrees S. Mapping landscapes north of 20 degrees S in WA, NT and Qld has been validated by aerial and on-ground transects across northern Australia.

Tags: Fire, History, NAFI, North Australia Fire Information
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery