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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

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

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
  • 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
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
GCMD Science Keywords
  • ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
  • BIOMASS
  • BIOMASS DYNAMICS
  • PRIMARY PRODUCTION
  • COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
  • COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
  • VEGETATION
  • FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE
  • PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Forestry Management and Environment
  • Forestry Sciences not elsewhere classified
  • Forestry Biomass and Bioproducts
  • ECOLOGY
  • Terrestrial Ecology
  • Community Ecology
  • FORESTRY SCIENCES
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Litchfield Savanna
  • Litchfield Savanna, core1ha
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • vegetative height
  • Metre
  • diameter at breast height
  • Centimetre
  • stem diameter
  • Centimetre
  • above-ground biomass
  • Kilogram
  • stem basal area
  • Square Metre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 100 meters - < 250 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • quinquennial
Keywords (Discipline)
  • 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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Linkage
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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
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

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

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

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

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

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

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

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

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
urn:uuid/1806a38d-ffbc-4890-8cec-d4b1dd3ef7ed

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/1806a38d-ffbc-4890-8cec-d4b1dd3ef7ed

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2022-01-28T00:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2023-02-06T00:00:00

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
Community Ecology ECOLOGY FORESTRY SCIENCES Forestry Biomass and Bioproducts Forestry Management and Environment Forestry Sciences not elsewhere classified Terrestrial Ecology
GCMD Science Keywords
BIOMASS BIOMASS DYNAMICS COMMUNITY DYNAMICS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE PLANT CHARACTERISTICS PRIMARY PRODUCTION VEGETATION

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