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

Forresters Beach and Eucalyptus camfieldii. The FB and EC Vegetation Survey(Forresters Beach and Eucalyptus camfieldii) 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., Astroloma humifusum (Cav.) R.Br., Bidens pilosa L., Billardiera scandens Sm., Boronia parviflora Sm., Briza minor L., Cassytha spp., Centella asiatica (L.) Urb., Coldenia procumbens, Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist var. canadensis, Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine ex E.Morren) N.E.Br., Cryptocarya triplinervis var. pubens, Cupaniopsis newmanii, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Dianella caerulea Sims, Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Dioscorea sp., Echinopogon ovatus (G.Forst.) P.Beauv., Ectrosia agrostoides, Elattostachys microcarpa, Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes, Epacris microphylla R.Br., Eucalyptus camfieldii Maiden, Flora, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Geology, Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey, Gonocarpus micranthus Thunb., Gonocarpus teucrioides DC., Goodenia paniculata Sm., Haemodorum planifolium R.Br., Hakea teretifolia (Salisb.) Britten, Hibbertia empetrifolia (DC.) Hoogland subsp. empetrifolia, Hydrocotyle bonariensis Lam., Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides R.Br. ex A.Rich., Imperata cylindrica (Nees) C.E.Hubb., Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce, Landscape, Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell., Leptospermum semibaccatum, Leucopogon margarodes, Lithology, Lomandra confertifolia, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Melaleuca linariifolia Sm., Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm., Melaleuca thymifolia Sm., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br., Mirbelia rubiifolia (Andrews) G.Don, Myrsine angusta, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa, Paspalum dilatatum Poir., Paspalum urvillei Steud., Phyllanthus similis, Piper mestonii, Plantago lanceolata L., Portulaca bicolor, Pterocaulon serrulatum var. serrulatum, Ptilothrix deusta (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson, Ptilotus decipiens, Rubus ulmifolius Schott, Scleria brownii, Senecio madagascariensis Poir., Soil, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Species Presence/Abundance, Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze, Streptoglossa decurrens, Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf, Themeda avenacea (F.Muell.) Hack. ex Maiden & Betche, Trichosanthes pentaphylla, Vegetation Structure, Viola betonicifolia Sm., Viola hederacea Labill., Watsonia spp., Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell., Xanthium occidentale Bertol., Xanthosia tridentata DC., Xyris cheumatophila
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia

This dataset contains spatial information for plots established in the Royal National Park. These permanent plots, arranged in eight 30 metre transects, were originally established in 1990. This spatial data complements data collected from soil moisture, soil properties and floristics surveys conducted at these sites. 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.

Tags: Geographic, Plot details, Plot setup, Spatial coordinates
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mean monthly total shortwave radiation on a sloping surface modelled using the 1&quot; DEM-S - 1&quot; tiles

Mean monthly solar radiation was modelled across Australia using topography from the 1 arcsecond resolution SRTM-derived DEM-S and climatic and land surface data. The SRAD model (Wilson and Gallant, 2000) was used to derive:
•   Incoming short-wave radiation on a sloping surface
•   Short-wave radiation ratio (shortwave on sloping surface / shortwave on horizontal surface)
•   Incoming long-wave radiation
•   Outgoing long-wave radiation
•   Net long-wave radiation
•   Net radiation
•   Sky view factor
All radiation values are in MJ/m2/day except for short-wave radiation ratio which has no units. The sky view factor is the fraction of the sky visible from a grid cell relative to a horizontal plane.
The radiation values are determined for the middle day of each month (14th or 15th) using long-term average atmospheric conditions (such as cloudiness and atmospheric transmittance) and surface conditions (albedo and vegetation cover). They include the effect of terrain slope, aspect and shadowing (for sun positions at 5 minute intervals from sunrise to sunset), direct and diffuse radiation and sky view.
The monthly data in this collection are available at 1 arcsecond resolution as 1x1 degree tiles in ESRI float grid format. 813 tiles make up the extent of Australia. The 1 arcsecond mosaic data can be found here: https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:18851 .
The 3 arc-second resolution versions of these radiation surfaces have been produced from the 1 arc-second resolution surfaces, by aggregating the cells in a 3x3 window and taking the mean value.
The 3 arcsecond mosaic data can be found here: https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:18852

Tags: Australia, ECOLOGY Landscape, LAND Topography Models, Land Surface, Monthly shortwave radiation, TERN_Soils
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Woodland Restoration Plot Network: Bird Survey Data (Winter), Western Sydney Parklands (Western Sydney Regional Park), Australia, 2014

The Woodland Restoration Plot Network Winter Bird Survey Data Package contains bird point count survey data for thirty 0.1 hectare sites which were established on retired farmland that includes a mosaic of restored vegetation (native plantings) of varying ages juxtaposed with patches of remnant vegetation and untreated, abandoned pasture. All sites were originally woodland prior to agricultural development about 200 years ago.  
The Woodland Restoration Plot Network research plots commenced in 1992 and have been revisited every 3-4 years since 2001. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Woodland Restoration Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/woodland-restoration

Tags: Abandoned pasture, Bird point count, Birds, Farmland, Invasive animals, Native plantings, Originally woodland, Remnant vegetation, Restored vegetation
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - API_SCRA Vegetation Survey

Southern CRA API sites: surveyID created by Mark Tozer for sites contained in the Southern CRA databae for which no surveyID was specified. The API_SCRA(Southern CRA API sites: surveyID created by Mark Tozer for sites contained in the Southern CRA databae for which no surveyID was specified) 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 bakeri E.C.Hall, Angophora costata (Gaertn.) Britten, Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet, Brachychiton populneus (Schott & Endl.) R.Br. subsp. populneus, Callitris endlicheri (Parl.) F.M.Bailey, Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq. subsp. cunninghamiana, Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Corymbia maculata (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson, Dianella longifolia var. stupata, Diospyros calycantha, Echinopogon caespitosus var. caespitosus, Elaeagnus sp., Eucalyptus agglomerata Maiden, Eucalyptus aggregata H.Deane & Maiden, Eucalyptus albens Benth., Eucalyptus amplifolia Naudin subsp. amplifolia, Eucalyptus angophoroides R.T.Baker, Eucalyptus baueriana Schauer, Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden, Eucalyptus bosistoana F.Muell., Eucalyptus botryoides Sm., Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., Eucalyptus camphora subsp. humeana L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill, Eucalyptus cinerea F.Muell. ex Benth., Eucalyptus cypellocarpa L.A.S.Johnson, Eucalyptus dalrympleana Maiden subsp. dalrympleana, Eucalyptus delegatensis R.T.Baker subsp. delegatensis, Eucalyptus dives Schauer, Eucalyptus dwyeri Maiden & Blakely, Eucalyptus elata Dehnh., Eucalyptus fastigata H.Deane & Maiden, Eucalyptus globoidea Blakely, Eucalyptus goniocalyx F.Muell. ex Miq., Eucalyptus longifolia Link, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth., Eucalyptus maidenii F.Muell., Eucalyptus mannifera Mudie, Eucalyptus microcarpa (Maiden) Maiden, Eucalyptus ovata Labill., Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng., Eucalyptus piperita Sm., Eucalyptus polyanthemos Schauer subsp. polyanthemos, Eucalyptus pseudoglobulus (Naudin) Maiden, Eucalyptus punctata DC., Eucalyptus quadrangulata H.Deane & Maiden, Eucalyptus radiata Sieber ex DC. subsp. radiata, Eucalyptus robertsonii Blakely subsp. robertsonii, Eucalyptus rossii R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm., Eucalyptus rubida H.Deane & Maiden subsp. rubida, Eucalyptus saligna Sm., Eucalyptus sclerophylla (Blakely) L.A.S.Johnson & Blaxell, Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls, Eucalyptus smithii R.T.Baker, Eucalyptus tenuipes, Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm., Eucalyptus triflora (Maiden) Blakely, Euphorbia parvicaruncula, Ficus rubiginosa, Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent., Fimbristylis schoenoides, Flora, Glochidion philippicum, Plantae sp., Scaevola spinescens, Senna artemisioides subsp. artemisioides, Senna barclayana, Species Presence/Abundance, Syzygium luehmannii, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Railway Corridor - Mid North TSA (Gawler to Burra), Biological Survey of South Australia - Roadside Vegetation Survey, Biological Database of South Australia

The project systematically surveys the extent and condition of remnant native vegetation on railway corridors / roadsides . A standard drive-by survey methodology is used to record dominant species (overstorey, understorey, emergent, threatened and alien species), structural type, density/distribution and understorey vegetation type in roadside vegetation. Mapping outputs are used to inform roadside vegetation management by Local and State Governments.

Tags: Acacia acinacea, Acacia ligulata, Acacia pycnantha, Acacia retinodes var. (NC), Acacia sp., Acacia victoriae subsp. victoriae, Agave americana var. (NC), Agrostis sp., Allocasuarina verticillata, Aristida sp., Asparagus asparagoides, Atriplex sp., Austrostipa sp., Avena sp., Bergia perennis subsp. exigua, Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa, Caladenia toxochila Tate, Callitris gracilis, Casuarinaceae sp., Centaurea calcitrapa, Compositae sp., Convolvulus sp., Crataegus sp., Cynodon sp., Danthonia sp., Daviesia asperula subsp. obliqua Crisp, Daviesia sp., Dianella sp., Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Disturbance, Duma florulenta, Echium plantagineum, Enchylaena tomentosa var. tomentosa, Enneapogon nigricans, Epacris obtusifolia Sm., Eucalyptus sp., Flora, Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Geranium sp., Gladiolus undulatus, Grevillea quinquenervis J.M.Black, Grevillea rosmarinifolia A.Cunn. subsp. rosmarinifolia, Hibbertia crispula J.M.Black, Hypoxis hygrometrica, Ipomoea diamantinensis Eardley, Iris sp., Juncus pallidus, Kennedia prostrata, Lepidosperma concavum R.Br., Lomandra leucocephala, Lomandra sp., Lonicera japonica Thunb., Marrubium vulgare, Melaleuca lanceolata subsp. lanceolata, Millotia myosotidifolia (Benth.) Steetz, Nitraria billardierei, Not naturalised in SA sp., Oenothera stricta subsp. stricta, Olea europaea subsp. africana, Olearia brachyphylla, Opuntia stricta, Oxalis pes-caprae, Paspalum dilatatum, Pholiurus pannonicus (Host) Trin., Pinus sp., Pittosporum angustifolium, Polycarpaea corymbosa var. minor Pedley, Prunus sp., Ricinus communis, Rosa sp., Salvia verbenaca var. verbenaca, Scabiosa atropurpurea, Schinus molle, Solanum sp., Soliva sp., Species Presence/Abundance, Specimens, Teucrium racemosum, Themeda triandra, Thyridolepis multiculmis (Pilg.) S.T.Blake, Trithuria submersa Hook.f., Vegetation Structure, Vicia sp., Zygophyllum sp.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data (Plot EP41), Northern Queensland, Australia, 2011–2013

The LTERN Tropical Rainforest Plot Network Rainforest Tree Demographic Data contains stem measurement data for 1 of 20, 0.5 ha (100 m x 50 m) permanent rainforest plots in Northern Queensland, Australia from 2011 to 2013.  
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1971 to 2013 that is managed by CSIRO. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot EP41, and  this data is accessible as a composite data package at the following location:
Metcalfe, D; Murphy, H; Bradford, M; Hogan, D; Ford, A (2014): Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2011-2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.90.42/html  
The CSIRO permanent rainforest plots are located within 60 km of the north Queensland coast between Mackay (21.5ºS, 149ºE) and the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula (12.5ºS, 143ºE). The plots have a rainfall range of 1200 to 3500 mm, represent eleven vegetation types, six parent materials, and range from 15 m to 1200 m above sea level. Except for minor disturbances associated with selective logging on two plots, the plots were established in old growth forest and all plots have thereafter been protected. Plots were regularly censused and at each census the diameter at breast height (DBH) of all stems ≥10 cm DBH is recorded.  Due to the wide geographical range of the plots, no species dominate, although the families Lauraceae, Rutaceae and Myrtaceae contribute a large number of species. The data collected from the 20 plots provides an insight into the floristical composition, structure and long term forest dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests and allows direct comparisons to be made with long-term monitoring plots at a global scale (Bradford, M.G., Murphy, H.T., Ford, A.J., Hogan, D. and Metcalfe, D.J. (2014). Long term stem inventory data from tropical rainforest plots in Australia. Ecology 95:2362. http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au/publications/permanent_plots1.pdf. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2014; a synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/tropical-rainforest.

Tags: Australia, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure, biomass, cyclone, disturbance, hurricane, mortality, permanent plot, rainforest, recruitment, stem growth, stem height
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Arboreal Marsupial Spotlight Survey, Southwest Slopes, NSW, 2013

This arboreal marsupials 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.
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
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - YATTALU Vegetation Survey

Yattalunga Foreshore. The YATTALU(Yattalunga Foreshore) 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 floribunda (Sm.) Sweet, Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Delairea odorata Otto ex Walp., Eucalyptus saligna Sm., Fitzalania bidwillii, Flora, Gamochaeta pensylvanica, Gardenia ovularis, Hibiscus brachychlaenus, Juncus acutus L. subsp. acutus, Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis Hochst., Lilaeopsis polyantha (Gand.) H.Eichler, Notothixos subaureus Oliv., Ophioglossaceae sp., Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud., Phyllanthus similis, Plantae sp., Senecio madagascariensis Poir., Sloanea australis subsp. parviflora, Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Spermacoce jacobsonii, Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth, Thaumastochloa major, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Do Temporal Changes In Vegetation Structure Predict Changes In Bird Occurrence Additional To Time Since Fire, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2003–2013

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 have been conducted at each site, one at the 20 metre mark and the other at 80 metre 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 completed in late September each year.  Bird count surveys commenced in 2002 and have been conducted since on an annual basis. 
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.
The Jervis Bay Plot Network study forms part of the collection of data packages by this 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.
These data were published as a component of the paper Lindenmayer et al., 2016. Do temporal changes in vegetation structure predict changes in bird occurrence additional to time since fire? Ecological Applications. DOI:10.1002/eap.1367

Tags: Birds, Fire, Invasive plants, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Victorian Central Highlands Long Term Monitoring Vegetation and Logging Data, 2011–2012

We conducted a study comparing the recovery of vascular plants in the Mountain ash forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands after various disturbances.  Prior to disturbance, all sites had a dominant overstorey of Mountain Ash that had regenerated from the 1939 wildfire.  Our sites covered four disturbance treatment types – two severities of wildfire (low and high severity) and two types of logging treatment (clearfell and salvage logging).  Comparisons were made between the treated sites with undisturbed forest which were unlogged and unburnt since 1939.
The data were collected from long term monitoring sites in 2011 following the large 2009 Black Saturday wildfire.  All vascular plant species were recorded along a 100 metre transect that extended centrally down the middle of each 1.0 hectare (100 x 100 metre) study sites.  Plant species presence was recorded within 5 metres either side of the transect, and in three 10 x 10 metres plots situated 10–20 metres, 50–60 metres and 90–100 metres along the central transect. Clearfelled sites were logged in 2009 as well as cut unburnt forest. Slashed areas were subsequently burnt in a regeneration burn, typically 6 months post-harvest.  Salvage logging  also involved clearfelling, undertaken within 12 months of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfire.  Forest that was salvage logged was  burned at high severity.
The study concluded there were important differences in response to fire and logging.  Species richness declined across the ‘disturbance gradient’ from low severity burned, high severity burned, clearfell logged to salvage logged forest, and the frequency of certain functional groups (sprouting species, ferns and midstorey trees) declined across the gradient of disturbance.
This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983 when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-tall-eucalypt-forest
These data were published as a component of the paper Blair et al., in press. Disturbance gradient shows logging affects plant functional groups more than fire. Ecological Applications. DOI:10.1002/eap.1369

Tags: Disturbance, Eucalyptus regnans, Fire, Individual plants, Logging, Logging forestry, Logging functional groups, Mountain ash, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Species diversity, Vascular plants, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery