AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Connell Rainforest Plot Network: Tropical Rainforest Understorey Light Environment Data, Davies Creek Plot, Dinden National Park, Queensland, Australia, 2013

This data package comprises data from a series of hemispherical photographs taken in October 2013 at the Connell Rainforest Plot which is situated at Davies Creek, Dinden National Park, 25 km south west of Cairns, Queensland.  The 1.7 ha plot consists of mapped and tagged trees in all size classes from tiny seedlings to large canopy trees.  Rates of recruitment, growth and mortality have been measured at intervals of 1-6 years with records extending back to 1963. 
The primary determinant of growth rate in the understorey is light.  Gaps created by the death of large canopy trees have been systematically surveyed many times over the decades until 2002, with the boundaries of the gaps being noted on hand drawn maps.  These maps have never been digitized, and the originals are held at the University of California.  Copies of some later maps are held by Green at La Trobe University.  A digital camera with a fish-eye lens was used for the first time in 2013 to measure understorey light environments along the seedling transects.  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: Growth rates, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Population dynamics, Seedling recruitment, Sub-Tropical Understorey light environment, Tropical Understorey light environment, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR07, 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 WOUR07. 
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
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The LTERN Desert Uplands Plot Network Bird Count Data contains bird fauna data for 50 permanent 1 hectare plots (60 prior to 2008) in Northern Queensland, Australia. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2013. 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.
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
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Camera Trapping, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2016

These data are records of all camera trapping observations during the 2016 Litchfield survey. A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots were established between 1994-2002 across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) in the Top End of the Northern Territory, representing the Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network. A detailed flora and fauna survey has been conducted at each plot on a 5-6 year cycle to monitor biotic changes. Plots represent a variety of landforms and vegetation types. 
Litchfield National Park contains 40 plots. In 2016, 20 plots were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods.
A 5 camera array was installed during the 4 day fauna survey, operational for a 5 week period. Current methodology has been adopted to balance maximising detection of feral cats and native mammals, including dogs, in an integrated fashion.
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: Camera trapping, Herpetofauna, Invasive animals, Mammals
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - MUNDIWA Vegetation Survey

Fauna sites for the Brigalow second survey, related to the BRIGALOW dataset from 1991.. The MUNDIWA(Fauna sites for the Brigalow second survey, related to the BRIGALOW dataset from 1991.) 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 aneura F.Muell. ex Benth., Acacia cambagei R.T.Baker, Acacia excelsa Benth., Acacia harpophylla F.Muell. ex Benth., Alectryon oleifolius Desf., Allocasuarina luehmannii (R.T.Baker) L.A.S.Johnson, Alternanthera denticulata R.Br., Amaranthus spp., Apowollastonia sp., Atriplex spp., Austrostipa spp., Boerhavia dominii L., Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Ceratophyllum demersum, Chamaesyce drummondii (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall, Chamaesyce drummondii Boiss., Chenopodium auricomum Lindl., Chenopodium melanocarpum (J.M.Black) J.M.Black, Chloris spp., Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv., Disturbance, Dracophyllum sayeri, Drosera spatulata, Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A.J.Scott, Elaeocarpus linsmithii, Eleocharis sphacelata, Eragrostis eriopoda Benth., Eremophila mitchellii, Eremophila sturtii R.Br., Eriachne mucronata f. (Alpha C.E.Hubbard 7882), Erosion, Eucalyptus brassiana, Eucalyptus oreades, Eucalyptus thozetiana, Ficus microcarpa var. microcarpa, Flindersia maculosa (Lindl.) Benth., Flora, Gardenia pyriformis subsp. orientalis, Goodenia stelligera, Hakea lorea subsp. lorea, Homalium alnifolium, Lachnagrostis filiformis J.F.Gmel., Lasianthus hirsutus, Leucopogon margarodes, Lysiana spathulata, Maireana brevifolia, Maireana integra (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson, Marsdenia australis (R.Br.) Druce, Marsdenia cymulosa, Marsdenia spp., Micromyrtus littoralis, Paspalidium constrictum (Domin) C.E.Hubb., Persicaria subsessilis, Plantae sp., Polygonum aviculare L., Portulaca spp., Ptilotus nobilis (Lindl.) F.Muell., Rhagodia spinescens R.Br., Ripogonum discolor, Rostellularia adscendens var. pogonanthera, Rutaceae sp., Salsola kali L. var. kali, Sclerolaena bicornis Lindl., Sclerolaena birchii (F.Muell.) Domin, Sclerolaena eriacantha (F.Muell.) Ulbr., Sclerolaena muricata (Moq.) Domin, Sclerolaena tricuspis (F.Muell.) Ulbr., Seringia collina, Soil, Solanum esuriale Lindl., Solanum spp., Species Presence/Abundance, Spergularia rubra, Sporobolus jacquemontii, Syzygium alatoramulum, Syzygium kuranda, Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze, Teucrium racemosum R.Br., Tragus australianus S.T.Blake, Tripogon loliiformis (F.Muell.) C.E.Hubb., Vegetation Structure, Zornia ramosa
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot TIMA02, 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 TIMA02. 
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
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot WOUR18, 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 WOUR18, 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
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 1990-2009 period, CCCMA3.1 and R3 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 1990-2009 period using CCCMA3.1 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
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates for Vegetation Data, South-East Highlands, Australia

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation Data Package comprises spatial data for vegetation surveys (composition and life-form) in the South-East Highlands, Australia. Twenty 1 metre squared quadrats are situated along each of four varying length permanent transects established on mountain summits.
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: Plot setup, Spatial coordinates
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 TIMA17, 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 TIMA17, 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
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 1970-1989 period, NNRP and R1 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 1970-1989 period using NNRP 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
Daily evapotranspiration, 2.5th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates. AWRA 0.5, 0.05 degree, Australian Coverage, 2000-2011

Modelled evapotranspiration (mm day) using the Australian Water Resources Assessment model via assimilation of satellite soil moisture products: 2.5th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates. Note that the data represents the mean of an ensemble of 100 modelled estimates for each data derived via perturbed meteorological forcing. Resolution of the output data is 0.05-degree for the whole country.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR02, 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 WOUR02.
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 - SF_MUR Vegetation Survey

State Forest Murraguldrie SF Survey (SF_MUR). The SF_MUR(State Forest Murraguldrie SF Survey (SF_MUR)) 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 dealbata Link, Acrotriche serrulata R.Br., Aira elegantissima Schur, Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns, Brachyloma daphnoides (Sm.) Benth., Briza minor L., Caladenia carnea R.Br., Caladenia gracilis R.Br., Coldenia procumbens, Corybas fimbriatus (R.Br.) Rchb.f., Cullen sp., Cymbonotus preissianus Steetz, Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall., Denhamia pittosporoides subsp. pittosporoides, Dichopogon strictus (R.Br.) Baker, Digitaria ramularis, Disturbance, Drosera auriculata Backh. ex Planch., Drosera peltata Thunb., Erosion, Eucalyptus albens Benth., Eucalyptus goniocalyx F.Muell. ex Miq., Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth., Flora, Galium murale (L.) All., Geology, Geranium solanderi Carolin var. solanderi, Glossodia major R.Br., Glycine clandestina J.C.Wendl., Goodenia heterophylla Sm. subsp. heterophylla, Gossia pubiflora, Hibbertia obtusifolia (DC.) A.Gray, Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br., Landscape, Lithology, Lomandra filiformis (Thunb.) Britten subsp. filiformis, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Luzula flaccida (Buchenau) Edgar, Melichrus urceolatus R.Br., Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. var. stipoides, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ophioglossum lusitanicum L., Ozothamnus rufescens, Plantae sp., Plantago varia R.Br., Poranthera microphylla Brongn., Pseudoraphis sp., Pterostylis nutans R.Br., Pultenaea millarii var. millarii, Ranunculus sessiliflorus R.Br. ex DC. var. sessiliflorus, Rourea brachyandra, Senecio prenanthoides sensu Harden, Senecio quadridentatus Labill., Species Presence/Abundance, Stenotaphrum secundatum, Streptoglossa decurrens, Stuartina hamata Philipson, Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf, Tribulus cistoides, Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure, Viola hederacea subsp. hederacea, Wahlenbergia gracilis (G.Forst.) A.DC., Wendlandia basistaminea, Wilkiea huegeliana, 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, 2015

A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots were established between 1994–2002.  The plots extend across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) in the Top End of the Northern Territory, representing the Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network. A detailed flora and fauna survey has been conducted at each plot on a 5–6 year cycle to monitor biotic changes. Plots represent a variety of landforms and vegetation types. Nitmiluk National Park contains 46 plots, each with a paired plot located within 1 km of the primary plot. In 2015, 23 paired plots were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. 
At each paired plot 12 x 10 minute bird surveys were conducted during daylight hours during a 4 day period. Bird surveys were carried out within a 100 x 100 metre quadrat, encompassing the standard 50 x 50 metre trapping grid and an additional 25 metre around all sides.
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savannah Fire-effects Plot Network’s 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
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 1990-2009 period, MIROC3.2 and R1 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 1990-2009 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