TERN Geospatial Catalogue
Litchfield Savanna Stem Diameter, Height, Basal Area and Aboveground Woody Biomass Data
This data contains stem diameter, height measurement, basal area and above ground living biomass calculations for all stems ≥10cm diameter at breast height located in the Litchfield Savanna site.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2022-01-28
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-04-20
- Date (Revision)
- 2014-07-14
- Edition
- 1.0
Publisher
Author
Charles Darwin University - Hutley, Lindsay ()
Ellengowan Dr, Casuarina, NT, 0815, Australia
Casuarina
NT
0815
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- This dataset records tree diameter and height data used to calculate above-ground biomass across vegetation types in Australia. This data is important for mapping and monitoring changes in plant growth, carbon storage and terrestrial energy fluxes.
- 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
- This work was funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project.
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Charles Darwin University - Hutley, Lindsay ()
Ellengowan Dr, Casuarina, NT, 0815, Australia
Ellengowan Dr
Casuarina
NT
0815
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
Extent
- Description
- The Litchfield Savanna site is located within Litchfield National Park, about 80 km south of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The area is classified as tropical savanna and is regularly exposed to fire.
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2013-01-01
- Title
- NT. Williams R.J., Zerihun A., Montagu K., Hoffman M., Hutley L.B., Chen X. (2005) Allometry for estimating aboveground tree biomass in tropical and subtropical eucalypt woodlands: towards general predictive equations. Australian Journal of Botany 53, 607-619
- Website
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NT. Williams R.J., Zerihun A., Montagu K., Hoffman M., Hutley L.B., Chen X. (2005) Allometry for estimating aboveground tree biomass in tropical and subtropical eucalypt woodlands: towards general predictive equations. Australian Journal of Botany 53, 607-619
Related documentation
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
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- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Litchfield Savanna
- Tropical savanna
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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- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- TERN services are provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN. <br> Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting. <br> Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Litchfield_Savanna_site_level_biomass_and_basal_area_data
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Litchfield_Savanna_diameter_height_biomass_basal_area_data
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
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
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Plot layout:<br> The 1-ha plot was divided into 25 subplots (20 m x 20 m). All stems within subplots were marked with aluminium tags if ≥10 cm and ≤ 30cm diameter at breast height. A line completely encircling the stem was painted at 1.3 m indicating point of measurement. All stems >30 cm diameter at breast height had the tree number painted onto the stem or marked using a stainless steel wire tapped into the stem. All trees were identified to the lowest taxonomic level.<br> Tree survey:<br> In August 2013, all individual stems ≥ 10 cm diameter at breast height (1.3 m) were mapped within each 20 x 20 m subplot. Diameter at breast height was recorded for all stems. Stem height was measured using a laser range finder. <br> Biomass calculations:<br> Above-ground woody biomass was calculated for each stem >10 cm diameter at breast height using the allometric equation from: Chen X. (2002) Carbon balance of a eucalypt open forest savanna of Northern Australia, PhD Thesis, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT. Williams R.J., Zerihun A., Montagu K., Hoffman M., Hutley L.B., Chen X. (2005) Allometry for estimating aboveground tree biomass in tropical and subtropical eucalypt woodlands: towards general predictive equations. Australian Journal of Botany 53: 607-619.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/1806a38d-ffbc-4890-8cec-d4b1dd3ef7ed
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/1806a38d-ffbc-4890-8cec-d4b1dd3ef7ed
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-01-28T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-08-23T00:00:00
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
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