AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - COWAL04 Vegetation Survey

Botanical Assessment of the Young RLPB district: Native Grassland, Briar's Gate on the Horror Stretch. The COWAL04(Botanical Assessment of the Young RLPB district: Native Grassland, Briar's Gate on the Horror Stretch) 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: Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns, Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata Hughes, Avena fatua L., Brachyscome microcarpa F.Muell., Brachyscome perpusilla var. tenella (Steetz) J.M.Black, Calandrinia pleiopetala, Calocephalus sonderi F.Muell., Cryptocarya leucophylla, Cyperus disjunctus, Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall., Dracophyllum sayeri, Drypetes vernicosa, Eryngium rostratum Cav., Ficus virgata var. virgata, Flora, Goodenia pinnatifida Schltdl., Goodenia pusilliflora F.Muell., Gossia pubiflora, Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Hypoxis spp., Lolium rigidum Gaudin, Marsdenia lloydii, Medicago truncatula Gaertn., Notelaea microcarpa, Passiflora sp., Peripleura diffusa, Plantago turrifera B.G.Briggs, Carolin & Pulley, Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black, Pycnosorus chrysanthus (Schltdl.) Sond., Rhodanthe pygmaea (DC.) Paul G.Wilson, Romulea rosea var. australis (L.) Eckl., Rytidosperma spp., Sclerolaena bicornis var. horrida, Sclerolaena spp., Sida fibulifera Lindl., Soliva anthemifolia (Juss.)R.Br. ex Less., Species Presence/Abundance, Swainsona murrayana Wawra, Syncarpia verecunda, Teucrium racemosum R.Br., Vegetation Structure, Wahlenbergia communis Carolin, Wurmbea dioica (R.Br.) F.Muell. subsp. dioica
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Bird Count Survey, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017

These data are records of all bird observations at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot. At each 100 x 100 m plot 9 x 10 minute meander walking searches were performed during daylight hours at different times of the day (morning, midday and late afternoon) during a 4 day period. 
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, Invasive animals
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
AMSR-E derived daily soil moisture: 0.05 degree, Australian Coverage, 2002-2011

Daily top-layer (~ 0-2 cm) soil moisture derived from AMSR-E sensor aboard Aqua satellite. The data are from the VUA (Free University of Amsterdam) and derived using the Land Parameter Retrieval Model (LPRM) of Owe, M., R. de Jeu, and T. Holmes (2008), Multisensor historical climatology of satellite-derived global land surface moisture, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F01002, doi:10.1029/2007JF000769. The daily product is generated for Australia using the just the and descending passes. The data are resampled using nearest neighbour resampling to 0.05 degree resolution for the whole country.

Tags: ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Topographic Position Index derived from 1&quot; SRTM DEM-S

Topographic Position Index (TPI) is a topographic position classification identifying upper, middle and lower parts of the landscape. This dataset includes a mask that identifies where topographic position cannot be reliably derived in low relief areas.
The TPI product was derived from Smoothed Digital Elevation Model (DEM-S; ANZCW0703014016), which was derived from the 1 arc-second resolution SRTM data acquired by NASA in February 2000. A masked version of the TPI product was derived using the slope relief classification product.
The TPI data are available at 1 arc-second and 3 arc-second resolution.
The 3 arc-second resolution dataset was generated from the 1 arc-second TPI product and masked by the 3” water and ocean mask datasets.

Tags: Australia, ECOLOGY Landscape, LAND Topography Models, Land Surface, TERN_Soils, Topographic Position Index
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR20, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

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 WOUR20. 
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 2013. 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 (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.145.23/html
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2013.   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-uplandsmdup_bird_survey_data_2013

Tags: Birds, Grazing domestic livestock
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - GREENAPLOT Vegetation Survey

Single vegetation quadrat completed at 89 Greenacre Road and 82 Mimosa Road Greenacre. The GREENAPLOT(Single vegetation quadrat completed at 89 Greenacre Road and 82 Mimosa Road Greenacre) 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: Angophora costata (Gaertn.) Britten, Araujia sericifera Brot., Baloskion sp., Bidens pilosa L., Breynia oblongifolia (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg., Buddleja spp., Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten., Clematis glycinoides DC., Clerodendrum tomentosum (Vent.) R.Br., Conyza spp., Corchorus sericeus subsp. sericeus, Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Cyperus gracilis R.Br., Dianella caerulea Sims, Dianella nervosa, Disturbance, Ehrharta erecta Lam., Einadia hastata (R.Br.) A.J.Scott, Entolasia marginata (R.Br.) Hughes, Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Epidendrum spp., Eremophila goodwinii, Erosion, Eucalyptus fibrosa F.Muell., Eucalyptus globoidea Blakely, Eucalyptus leucophloia subsp. euroa, Eucalyptus longifolia Link, Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Flora, Gossia acmenoides, Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br., Ischaemum triticeum, Landscape, Leucopogon margarodes, Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton, Litsea glutinosa, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Maytenus silvestris Lander & L.A.S.Johnson, Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br., Myrsine variabilis (R.Br.) Mez, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ophioglossum gramineum, Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa, Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis, Paspalidium distans (Trin.) Hughes, Paspalum dilatatum Poir., Passiflora edulis Sims, Pemphis acidula, Peripleura obovata, Phoenix canariensis Hort. ex Chabaud, Phytolacca octandra L., Plantae sp., Portulaca bicolor, Rhaphidophora sp., Scaevola spinescens, Setaria parviflora Kunth, Soil, Solanum spp., Species Presence/Abundance, Stemona australiana, Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze, Taraxacum officinale Weber, Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR08, 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 WOUR08.
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
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - FRESHWATER Vegetation Survey

400sqm flora plot survey, cover-abundance by species. The FRESHWATER(400sqm flora plot survey, cover-abundance by species) 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 longifolia (Andrews) Willd., Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M.King & H.Rob., Araujia sericifera Brot., Bidens pilosa L., Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Sojak, Carex appressa R.Br., Cassinia uncata A.Cunn., Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Chloris gayana Kunth, Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) Norl. subsp. monilifera, Cladium procerum S.T.Blake, Conyza spp., Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Cyperus gracilis R.Br., Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Echinochloa dietrichiana, Eucalyptus longifolia Link, Eucalyptus saligna Sm., Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm., Fimbristylis leucocolea, Flora, Galium aparine L., Glycine clandestina J.C.Wendl., Indigofera ewartiana, Juncus acutus L. subsp. acutus, Juncus continuus L.A.S.Johnson, Juncus usitatus L.A.S.Johnson, Lantana camara L., Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Melaleuca linariifolia Sm., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br., Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. ex G.Don) Cif., Parsonsia fulva, Paspalidium aversum, Paspalum dilatatum Poir., Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud., Plantae sp., Plantago drummondii, Plantago lanceolata L., Pomaderris argyrophylla, Portulaca bicolor, Sageretia hamosa, Senecio madagascariensis Poir., Species Presence/Abundance, Stephania japonica, Typha orientalis C.Presl, Vegetation Structure, Verbena spp.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Monthly temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100): eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage, 1970-2012

Monthly temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100) for the Australian continent. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Tags: 04 EARTH SCIENCES, 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Bird Point Count Data, Southwest Slopes, NSW,  Australia, 2012

The Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network Bird Point Count Data contains counts of all birds seen and heard over five minute periods at each of the 0 m, 100 m and 200 m posts along a permanent 200m transect at each site.  Dawn bird counts are conducted every 1-2 years using repeated point interval counts.  Repeated point counts by two different observers on two different days are undertaken. The distance that each bird was seen/heard at is recorded along with bird abundance and any anecdotal comments (e.g. breeding behaviour). Bird species presence/absence or detection rates within 50 m of the observer is commonly used for analysis.
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: Bird counts, Birds, Fragmentation, Grazing domestic livestock
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, 1983+

These data represent the entire collection of vegetation floristics and structure data for the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network.
This package contains information on the vegetation species present in 54 established swamp monitoring sites in upland swamps scattered throughout the study area (Keith and Myerscough 1993). 
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
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Herpetofaunal Search Data (Summer), Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2015

This herpetofaunal search data package comprises herpetofaunal data recorded along permanent 100 m transects along which three artificial substrates have been incorporated.    At the 20 m and 80 m points along each transect two sheets of corrugated iron, four roof tiles and four half-length railway sleepers, are situated. Searches for reptiles and frogs are conducted bi-annually, once around September to beginning October and again in December of each year.
The Jervis Bay Plot Network was established in 2002 in Booderee National Park in the Jervis Bay Territory, south-eastern Australia.  The study location is a floristically diverse area in which fire history has been well-documented over several decades.
The plot network’s objectives involve quantifying the inter-relationships between natural disturbance and/or management intervention (including weed and feral animal control and prescribed burning) and the reciprocal changes in vegetation condition and biodiversity response.
This particular study forms part of the collection of data packages from the Jervis Bay Plot Network.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/jervis-bay-booderee-national-park.

Tags: Herpetofauna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot PENR05, 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 PENR05.
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
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Bird Count Survey Data, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2014

This bird count data package comprises repeated time-controlled point interval counts conducted annually along a permanent 100 metre-long transect.  The abundance of species observed or heard is recorded, and counts are not undertaken in poor weather (rain, fog or high wind).  Two five-minute counts are conducted at each site, one at the 20 m mark and the other at 80 m mark of the transect. All birds seen or heard are recorded and assigned to different distance classes.  Each site is surveyed on a different day by a different observer to reduce day effects on detection and reduce problems with observer differences.  Surveys are usually completed around late September each year.  Bird count surveys commenced in 2003 and have been conducted since on an annual basis, with the exception of 2008 when there was no survey. 
The Jervis Bay Plot Network was established in 2002 in Booderee National Park in the Jervis Bay Territory, south-eastern Australia.  The study location is a floristically diverse area in which fire history has been well-documented over several decades.
The plot network’s objectives involve quantifying the inter-relationships between natural disturbance and/or management intervention (including weed and feral animal control and prescribed burning) and the reciprocal changes in vegetation condition and biodiversity response.
This particular study forms part of the collection of data packages from the Jervis Bay Plot Network.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/jervis-bay-booderee-national-park.

Tags: Birds, Booderee National Park
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects 4WD Tracks Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2014

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects 4WD Track Data Package comprises transect-based vegetation data for 5 Lowland-to-highland 4WD Roadside Transects in the South-East Highlands, Australia. These data have been used against background quadrat data to test a hypothesis about roads as vectors for dispersal of invasive species. Plots are located at altitudinally stratified intervals along five altitudinally-stratified transects. The transects follow major roads and management tracks in the Victorian Alps. Each track is divided into 20 altitudinal sectors in which a single plot is situated. Within each plot, all species are identified and are assigned abundance and cover scores. 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, Altitudinal gradient, Compositional changes, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Species richness, Vegetation structure, Weed invasion
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery