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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Date ( Creation )
2015-03-23T00:00:00
Date ( Publication )
2020-11-11T00:00:00
Date ( Revision )
2020-02-19T00:00:00
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2.0 
Citation identifier
http://dx.doi.org / doi: 10.4227/05/552486484985D

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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
Funding was provided by Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) through the Education Investment Fund (EIF) under the Super Science Initiative. LD Prior (UTAS) assisted in the study design. J Foulkes (UA), B Sparrow (UA) and I Fox (UA) provided administrative support. 
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Completed  

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Topic category
  • Environment
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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Time period
2012-01-232015-02-13 
  • Tree Diameter ,
  • centimeter ,
  • ,
  • AusPlots
  • Tree Condition ,
  • unitless ,
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  • Ecology Plot
  • Tree Status ,
  • unitless ,
  • Growth Stage ,
  • unitless ,
  • CROWN ,
  • unitless ,
  • Bole Height ,
  • meter ,
  • Tree Height ,
  • meter ,
  • Soil Metagenomic Sample Identifier ,
  • unitless ,
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  • AusPlots
GCMD Earth Science and Earth Science Services Keywords
  • BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS ,
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ,
  • ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • ECOLOGY ,
  • PLANT BIOLOGY
  • 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
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CC-BY 
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4.0 
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All rights owned by University of Tasmania. 
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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 
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Australian Government Security Classification System 
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2018-11-01T00:00:00  
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Unclassified  
Handling description
OFFICIAL (Australian Government Security Classification System) 
Language
English  
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Distribution format
  • CSV

OnLine resource
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

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

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

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data_large_tree_survey.csv

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data_metagenomic.csv

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data_site_description.csv

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dictionary_large_tree_survey.csv

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dictionary_metagenomics.csv

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dictionary_site_description.csv

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mdb:MD_Metadata

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

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Date info ( Creation )
2008-11-12T00:00:00
Date info ( Revision )
2020-11-18T06:32:58
Title
ISO 19115.1:2015 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals 
Edition
1.0 
Title
ISO 19115-3:2016 
Edition
1.0 

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