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

Gulthul fauna survey sites for the WRBCP. The GULTHUL(Gulthul fauna survey sites for the WRBCP) 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: Abutilon guineense, Acacia colletioides Benth., Acacia ligulata A.Cunn. ex Benth., Acacia oswaldii F.Muell., Alectryon oleifolius Desf., Atriplex stipitata Benth., Austrostipa spp., Beyeria opaca F.Muell., Brachyscome spp., Cassinia aculeata (Labill.) R.Br., Cassinia laevis R.Br., Casuarina cristata Miq., Casuarina pauper F.Muell. ex L.A.S.Johnson, Centaurium spp., Centipeda cunninghamii (DC.) A.Braun & Asch., Chamaesyce drummondii Boiss., Chenopodium curvispicatum Moq., Citrus garrawayi, Craspedia spp., Cullen plumosum, Cyperus portae-tartari, Diploglottis bracteata, Dissocarpus paradoxus (R.Br.) Ulbr., Disturbance, Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq., Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima A.Cunn., Erosion, Eucalyptus costata subsp. murrayana Labill., Eucalyptus dumosa A.Cunn. ex J.Oxley, Eucalyptus intertexta, Eucalyptus thozetiana, Eupomatia laurina, Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br., Ficus microcarpa var. microcarpa, Flora, Gompholobium virgatum, Gossypium sturtianum, Grevillea huegelii Meisn., Halgania cyanea Lindl., Heliotropium europaeum L., Homalanthus stillingiifolius, Ipomoea aquatica, Lasianthus hirsutus, Libertia paniculata, Lysiana spathulata, Maireana appressa (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana brevifolia, Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana erioclada (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana georgei (Diels) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana pentagona (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana sedifolia (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Maireana spp., Medicago minima (L.) L. ex Bartal., Olax pendula, Olearia muelleri (Sond.) Benth., Olearia pimeleoides (DC.) Benth., Osteocarpum spp., Peripleura diffusa, Polycarpaea spirostylis, Ptilotus sessilifolius (Lindl.) Benl var. sessilifolius, Rhagodia spinescens R.Br., Richardia sp., Salsola kali L. var. kali, Schinus terebinthifolius, Sclerolaena birchii (F.Muell.) Domin, Sclerolaena obliquicuspis (R.H.Anderson) Ulbr., Senna artemisioides (Gaudich. ex DC.) Randell subsp. artemisioides, Senna artemisioides subsp. filifolia A.Cunn. ex Vogel, Senna form taxon 'petiolaris', Seringia collina, Soil, Solanum spp., Species Presence/Abundance, Syzygium moorei, Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Terminalia sericocarpa, Triodia scariosa R.Br., Triplarina volcanica subsp. borealis, Vegetation Structure, Zygophyllum apiculatum F.Muell., Zygophyllum aurantiacum (Lindl.) F.Muell.
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot PENR03, 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 PENR03. 
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-uplands

Tags: Birds, Grazing domestic livestock
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Arboreal Marsupial (Stag-watch) Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2012+

The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Arboreal Marsupial Data contains plot-based arboreal marsupial fauna data collected intermittently at a rotating subset of 40 sites taken from the complete pool of 175 permanent plots studied by the plot network in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. 
Arboreal marsupials are counted using the stag-watching method (direct counts of nocturnal animals emerging from tree hollows at dusk). Hollow bearing trees or stags located within the 1 ha area are also measured, mapped and monitored over time. Each site is surveyed from dusk for approximately 1 hour. The stag-watching method uses one volunteer/ watcher per tree on site. A site with 30 trees requires 30 people. Animals are recorded as they emerge, noting; species, abundance, time, which tree they emerged from or whether it was just “on site”, whether it came from “off-site”, the type of hollow it emerged from and the tree number. Animals heard in the distance are also noted.
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

Tags: Fauna, Mammals, Stag-watching, Stagwatch
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - ROYLE Vegetation Survey

End of Royle Styreet Chittaway on Tuggerah Lake. The ROYLE(End of Royle Styreet Chittaway on Tuggerah Lake) 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: Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent., Atriplex australasica Moq., Flora, Gamochaeta pensylvanica, Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis Hochst., Murdannia gigantea, Paspalum vaginatum Sw., Phyllanthus carpentariae, Polygonum aviculare L., Sageretia hamosa, Schoenoplectus subulatus (Schrad.) Palla, Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L., Sloanea australis subsp. parviflora, Species Presence/Abundance, Triglochin striata Ruiz & Pav., Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot TIMA11, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The LTERN Desert Uplands Plot Network Vegetation Survey Data contains presence data, species richness data and structural data for 1 of 60 (50 after 2008) permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot TIMA11, and this data is accessible as a composite data package at the following location: Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts), Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.143.33/html 
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. 
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-uplands

Tags: Grazing domestic livestock, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, Vegetation structure, disturbance, hollows, permanent plot, stem counts
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - JTH_NP Vegetation Survey

Vegetation Survey site of Region: NP. The JTH_NP(Vegetation Survey site of Region: NP) 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: Alternanthera angustifolia R.Br., Alternanthera denticulata R.Br., Alysicarpus schomburgkii, Asperula conferta Hook.f., Austrostipa setacea (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett, Avena fatua L., Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson, Brachyscome microcarpa F.Muell., Brassica × juncea (L.) Czern., Bromus catharticus Vahl, Carex appressa R.Br., Casuarina cristata Miq., Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun & Asch. subsp. minima, Chamaesyce drummondii (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall, Chloris virgata Sw., Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten., Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don, Dianella caerulea Sims, Dichondra sp., Diospyros calycantha, Diploglottis diphyllostegia, Disturbance, Drypetes vernicosa, Einadia nutans subsp. linifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson, Einadia polygonoides (Murr) Paul G.Wilson, Elatine gratioloides, Erosion, Eucalyptus populnea subsp. bimbil L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill, Ficus microcarpa var. microcarpa, Fimbristylis furva, Flora, Geology, Glycine tabacina (Labill.) Benth., Gossia pubiflora, Hymenophyllum sp., Juncus remotiflorus L.A.S.Johnson, Lactuca serriola f. integrifolia (S.F.Gray) S.D.Prince & R.N.Carter, Landscape, Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium Hewson, Lithology, Lomandra filiformis (Thunb.) Britten, Lomandra multiflora (R.Br.) Britten subsp. multiflora, Maireana humillima (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson, Marrubium vulgare L., Olax pendula, Oxalis perennans Haw., Oxalis rubens, Panicum decompositum R.Br., Paspalidium constrictum (Domin) C.E.Hubb., Petalostylis labicheoides, Poa sieberiana, Polyscias murrayi, Proteaceae sp., Pterocaulon sp., Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black, Rorippa eustylis (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson, Rostellularia adscendens (R.Br.) R.M.Barker var. adscendens, Rumex brownii Campd., Rytidosperma bipartitum (Link) A.M.Humphreys & H.P.Linder, Sclerolaena muricata (Moq.) Domin var. muricata, Sida filiformis A.Cunn., Soil, Solanum esuriale Lindl., Sonchus oleraceus L., Species Presence/Abundance, Spinifex longifolius, Stackhousia spathulata, Terminalia sericocarpa, Triodia pungens, Triumfetta micracantha, Vegetation Structure, Verbascum virgatum Stokes, Vittadinia cuneata DC., Vittadinia muelleri N.T.Burb., Wahlenbergia gracilenta Lothian, Xerochrysum viscosum (DC.) R.J.Bayer
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Vegetation Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2016

This vegetation data package comprises structure and floristic data for selected points across grids described in related data packages. Vegetation attributes were recorded in an area occupying 2.5 m radius around six traps on each trapping grid and have been aggregated to grid level data. Percentage cover of all plant species, flowering index and seeding index (from 0-5, where 0 is no flowering or seeding and 5 is maximal flowering/seeding) were recorded and are presented here as plot averages which represent the mean amount of flowering or seeding per species. 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: Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Bird Point Count Data, Southwest Slopes, NSW,  Australia, 1998–2011

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
Prescott Index derived from 1&quot; SRTM DEM-S

The Prescott Index is a measure of water balance that has proven to be a useful in soil mapping both to stratify study areas for sampling and as a quantitative predictor of soil properties (Prescott, 1949; McKenzie et al, 2000). The index was designed to give an indication of the intensity of leaching by excess water and is calculated using long-term average precipitation P and potential evaporation E, both expressed as mean monthly values in mm (mean annual values divided by 12):
PI = 0.445P / E^0.75 
The evaporation was estimated from temperature and net radiation; the net radiation was computed by the SRAD solar radiation model using the smoothed 1 arc-second resolution DEM-S (ANZCW0703014016) and includes both regional climatic influences and local topographic effects. 
Precipitation and temperature were obtained from national climate surfaces averaged over the same time period as the climatic information used in the radiation calculations (1981-2006).
The Prescott Index has no units. Larger values indicate wetter conditions.
The 3 arc-second resolution version of the Prescott Index has been produced from the 1 arc-second resolution surface, by aggregating the cells in a 3x3 window and taking the mean value.

Tags: Australia, ECOLOGY Landscape, LAND Topography Models, Land Surface, Prescott Index, TERN_Soils
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data (Plot EP34), 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 EP34, 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
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 2060-2079 period, CSIRO-MK3.0 and R3 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 2060-2079 period using CSIRO-MK3.0 and R3 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 Ecology Plot Network: Mammal Abundance Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 1990+

This mammal abundance trap data package comprises capture data for a specified duration of trapping nights (usually 3 night session) in the Simpson Desert, Western Queensland. Captured mammal fauna 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 ear notch 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: Mammals
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Growing degree days - baseline 0 degrees Celsius: eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage, 1970-2012

Monthly growing degree days above 0 degrees Celsius - GDD0 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
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Bird Point Count Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2004-2011

The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Bird Point Count Data contains transect-based bird fauna data collected annually at a subset of 81 of the 175 permanent 3 hectare plots studied by the plot network in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. Birds are counted using repeated time-controlled (5 minute) point interval counts conducted at 0 m, 50 m and 100 m along a permanent 100 m long transect, ordinarily over November/December and usually on an annual basis (note there was no data collection in 2006, 2008, or 2015, for example). Observations are made by two different observers on two separate mornings. This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983, when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced (but the research methods changed in 2004, which is the start year for this time series). 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

Tags: Avifauna, Birds
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Ecology Plot Network: Reptile Abundance Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2015

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