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TERN AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network - Large Tree Survey - 2012-2015

The dataset comprises data from the first survey of ~24,000 large trees (>10 cm diameter at breast height; DBH) within 48 1 ha forest monitoring plots established across Australia between 2011 and 2015. Data includes: [1] Site identifiers (ID and Site Name); [2] Plot Establishment Dates; [3] Tree identifiers and descriptors (ID, Species, Status, Growth Stage, Crown Class); [4] Tree measurements (Diameter, Point of Measurement, Height, Location); [5] Comments and ancillary information; and [6] List of Metagenomic Sample Identifiers.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2015-03-23
Date (Publication)
2020-11-11
Date (Revision)
2014-07-14
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.4227/05/552486484985D
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Author

University of Tasmania - Wood, Samuel ()
Churchill Ave, Hobart, TAS, 7005, Australia
Hobart
TAS
7005
Australia

Co-author

University of Tasmania - Stephens, Helen ()
Churchill Ave, Hobart, TAS, 7005, Australia
Hobart
TAS
7005
Australia

Co-author

School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania - Bowman, David ()
College Road, Sandy Bay, TAS, 7000, Australia
Sandy Bay
TAS
7000
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
The AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network aims to establish a continental-scale plot based monitoring network that improves our understanding of tree growth, forest productivity and carbon dynamics in tall eucalypt forests in relation to continental-scale environmental gradients. This permanent plot network provides the infrastructure and data for tracking all aspects of forest dynamics (tree growth, mortality and recruitment) over long periods of time. Between 2012 and 2015, the AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network established 48 large 1 ha plots in mature, highly productive tall eucalypt forests across the Australian continent. Over 20,000 trees in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia have been tagged, measured and located.
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Credit
Funding was provided by Education Investment Fund (EIF). LD Prior (UTAS) assisted in the study design. J Foulkes (UA), B Sparrow (UA) and I Fox (UA) provided administrative support.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania - Bowman, David ()
College Road, Sandy Bay, TAS, 7000, Australia
College Road
Sandy Bay
TAS
7000
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

Description
Tall eucalypt forests including south-west Western Australia, Central and Southern Victoria, Northern and Southern New South Wales, Tasmania and Far North Queensland
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Temporal extent

Time period
2012-01-23 2015-02-13
Title
Wood, S. W., Prior, L. D., Stephens, H. C., & Bowman, D. M. (2015). Macroecology of Australian Tall Eucalypt Forests: Baseline Data from a Continental-Scale Permanent Plot Network. PloS one, 10(9), e0137811. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.01378
Website
Wood, S. W., Prior, L. D., Stephens, H. C., & Bowman, D. M. (2015). Macroecology of Australian Tall Eucalypt Forests: Baseline Data from a Continental-Scale Permanent Plot Network. PloS one, 10(9), e0137811. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.01378

Related documentation

Title
Wood, S. W., Stephens, H. C., Foulkes, J, Ebsworth, E & Bowman, D. M. (2015). Ausplots Forest Monitoring Network Survey Protocols Manual Version 1.6
Website
Wood, S. W., Stephens, H. C., Foulkes, J, Ebsworth, E & Bowman, D. M. (2015). Ausplots Forest Monitoring Network Survey Protocols Manual Version 1.6

Related documentation

Title
Wood, W. W., Stephens, H. C. & Bowman, D. M. (2015) Ausplots Forest Monitoring Network Establishment Report
Website
Wood, W. W., Stephens, H. C. & Bowman, D. M. (2015) Ausplots Forest Monitoring Network Establishment Report

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
  • ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
  • COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
  • ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • EARTH SCIENCE
  • HUMAN DIMENSIONS
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • ECOLOGY
  • PLANT BIOLOGY
  • BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • TERN Surveillance Monitoring
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • stem diameter
  • Centimetre
  • tree condition
  • Unitless
  • tree status
  • Unitless
  • life stage
  • Unitless
  • crown cover class
  • Unitless
  • bole height
  • Metre
  • vegetative height
  • Metre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 1 meter - < 30 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • one off
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Tall Open Forests
  • Biogeography | Long-Term Community Monitoring | Long-Term Species Monitoring | Macroecology
  • Ecosystem Assessment And Management (9605)
  • Environmental And Natural Resource Evaluation (9606)
  • Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales (960805)
  • Acacia melanoxylon | Allocasuarina decussata | Allocasuarina torulosa | Corymbia intermedia | Eucalyptus andrewsii | Eucalyptus coccifera | Eucalyptus cypellocarpa | Eucalyptus dalrympleana | Eucalyptus delegatensis |
  • Eucalyptus diversicolor | Eucalyptus fastigata | Eucalyptus grandis | Eucalyptus jacksonii | Eucalyptus microcorys | Eucalyptus obliqua | Eucalyptus ovata | Eucalyptus pilularis | Eucalyptus radiata |
  • Eucalyptus regnans | Eucalyptus resinifera | Eucalyptus sieberi | Eucalyptus viminalis | Monotoca glauca | Pomaderris apetala | Syncarpia glomulifera

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
All rights owned by University of Tasmania.
Other constraints
We ask you to send citations of publications arising from work that use these data to TERN at tern@uq.edu.au and citation and copies of publications to david.bowman@utas.edu.au

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097
OnLine resource
/attachment/0e503109-2fb6-4182-969f-2d570abdbabd/data_large_tree_survey.csv

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097
OnLine resource
/attachment/0e503109-2fb6-4182-969f-2d570abdbabd/data_metagenomic.csv

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097
OnLine resource
/attachment/0e503109-2fb6-4182-969f-2d570abdbabd/data_site_description.csv

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097
OnLine resource
/attachment/0e503109-2fb6-4182-969f-2d570abdbabd/dictionary_large_tree_survey.csv

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097
OnLine resource
/attachment/0e503109-2fb6-4182-969f-2d570abdbabd/dictionary_metagenomics.csv

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097
OnLine resource
/attachment/0e503109-2fb6-4182-969f-2d570abdbabd/dictionary_site_description.csv

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TERN EcoPlots Portal

OnLine resource
TERN EcoPlots API

Resource lineage

Statement
Data was collected as per the methods described in the Ausplots Forest Monitoring Network Survey Protocols Manual Version 1.6 (see links to associated resources)
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Process step

Description
Species identification: Field identification of all trees >10 cm diameter at breast height to genus and species level. Voucher specimens from unknown species (prefix UNN) were collected and submitted to local herbarium. [see Manual]

Process step

Description
Tree Description: All trees >10 cm diameter at breast height were described by field observation. The following information was collected for each tree: [1] Tree Condition (i.e. Live or Dead); [2] Tree Status (Multi-stem, Buttressed, Burnt, Hollow, etc.); [3] Growth Stage (Regeneration, Regrowth, Mature, Senescent, etc.); [4] Crown Class (Suppressed, Intermediate, Co-dominant, Dominant, etc.); [5] Mode of Death (Standing, Broken, Anthropogenic, Burnt, Lightning, etc.). [see Manual]

Process step

Description
Diameter measurement: For all trees >10 cm diameter at breast height, the diameter was measured (in centimeters) at an ascribed point of measurement with a diameter tape. The standard point of measurement was a height of 1.3 m, except in the case of buttressed or 'problem trees' whereby strict rules governed an alternative point of measurement. [see Manual]

Process step

Description
Tree Height measurement: For a subset of trees measured for diameter, the height to the top of the tree was measured (in meters) using trigonometric principles using a Vertex Hypsometer. The hypsometer calculates tree height using (a) horizontal distance to the tree and (b) angle to the top of the tree. Tree heights were collected across the observed diameter range for each plot.[see Manual]

Process step

Description
Height of Break: Visually estimated height of broken tree (Tree_Status=B), in meters. [see Manual]

Process step

Description
Tree location: For all trees >10 cm diameter at breast height, the distance from the 0,0 corner (in meters) along the X and Y axis was collected using a 100 m measuring tape and a electronic rangefinding device.

Process step

Description
Bole Height measurement: For a subset of trees measured for diameter, the height to the top of first substantial branch (i.e. Bole Height) was measured (in meters) using trigonometric principles using a Vertex Hypsometer. The hypsometer calculates Bole Height using (a) horizontal distance to the tree and (b) angle to the first substantial branch on the tree. Bole heights were collected across the observed diameter range for each plot.[see Manual]

Process step

Description
Sampling Design: Gradient Designs | Repeated Measures | Self-selected (Landscape Scale) Sampling

Process step

Description
Flora Sampling Technique: Quadrat/Plot/Grid

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/0e503109-2fb6-4182-969f-2d570abdbabd

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0e503109-2fb6-4182-969f-2d570abdbabd

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2015-03-23T00:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2022-11-23T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
Edition
1

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Edition
1.0

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
Edition
1.0
Title
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
Date (published)
2021
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ECOLOGY PLANT BIOLOGY
GCMD Science Keywords
BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS BIOSPHERE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS EARTH SCIENCE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT HUMAN DIMENSIONS

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