TERN Geospatial Catalogue
Cumberland Plain Stem Diameter, Height and Aboveground Woody Biomass Data
This data contains stem diameter, height measurement and above ground living biomass calculations for a remnant Eucalyptus woodland from 2014 - present. Diameter and height measurements for stems ≥10cm diameter at breast height were sampled within the core 1 ha plot within the Cumberland Plain site. Mistletoe cover data is also presented.
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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
Western Sydney University - Boer, Matthias ()
Bourke Street, Richmond, NSW, 2753, Australia
Richmond
NSW
2753
Australia
Co-author
Western Sydney University - Pendall, Elise ()
Bourke Street, Richmond, NSW, 2753, Australia
Richmond
NSW
2753
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
Western Sydney University - Boer, Matthias ()
Bourke Street, Richmond, NSW, 2753, Australia
Bourke Street
Richmond
NSW
2753
Australia
Point of contact
Western Sydney University - Pendall, Elise ()
Bourke Street, Richmond, NSW, 2753, Australia
Bourke Street
Richmond
NSW
2753
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
Extent
- Description
- The Cumberland Plain site is located in remnant Eucalyptus species woodland on the Cumberland Plain, at the University of Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury campus at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2014-03-28
- Title
- Paul, K. I., Roxburgh, S. H., England, J. R., Ritson, P., Hobbs, T., Brooksbank, K., John Raison, R., Larmour, J. S., Murphy, S., Norris, J., Neumann, C., Lewis, T., Jonson, J., Carter, J. L., McArthur, G., Barton, C. and Rose, B. (2013) Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings. Forest Ecology and Management, 310 . pp. 483-494
- Title
- Bennett, L. T., C. Aponte, K. G. Tolhurst, M. Löw, and T. G. Baker. 2013. Decreases in standing tree-based carbon stocks associated with repeated prescribed fires in a temperate mixed-species eucalypt forest. Forest Ecology and Management 306:243-255.
- Website
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Bennett, L. T., C. Aponte, K. G. Tolhurst, M. Löw, and T. G. Baker. 2013. Decreases in standing tree-based carbon stocks associated with repeated prescribed fires in a temperate mixed-species eucalypt forest. Forest Ecology and Management 306:243-255.
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- As needed
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- Keywords (Discipline)
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- species composition
- Cumberland Plain
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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- Edition
- 4.0
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- 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
- Cumberland_Plain_site_level_biomass_data
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Cumberland_Plain_diameter_height_biomass_data
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Cumberland_Plain_diameter_height_biomass_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
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- Potential diameter and height outliers were assessed by looking at the absolute difference in 1) diameter and 2) height values for each individual stem between two measurement time points. If the diameter or height difference for an individual falls outside the 3rd standard deviation of the mean of that species, then it was flagged as a potential outlier.
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Result
- Statement
- All potential outliers were assessed by researchers who collected the data. Any value that was considered to be an outlier was removed from the final dataset.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Tree survey:<br> Using the 100 m tape measure and the Gentry Transects as guidance, the core 1 hectare was subdivided in circa 12 m wide strips running East-West. Doing one strip at a time (starting in SE corner of the plot), all trees (> 10 cm DBH) within the core 1 hectare were fitted with a numbered aluminium tag. The tag was attached to the Eastern side of the trunk using stainless steel wire inserted into the bark with a custom made tool (i.e. small screwdriver with small notch). Trees with multiple stems were given multiple tags if forking below breast height. The species were identified by Dr. Tony Haigh. <br> The diameter at breast height (DBH) of all tagged stems within the core 1 hectare were measured using a DBH tape. The maximum height of all trees within the core 1 hectare was measured using a Haglof Vertex Laser. The maximum height refers to the top 0.5 m of the tree because the Vertex must be aimed at sufficiently dense foliage and branches in order to make a measurement.<br> Biomass calculations:<br> Aboveground biomass of trees was estimated from DBH using allometric equations from Paul, K.I., Roxburgh, S.H., England, J.R., Ritson, P., Hobbs, T., Brooksbank, K., John Raison, R., Larmour, J.S., Murphy, S., Norris, J., Neumann, C., Lewis, T., Jonson, J., Carter, J.L., McArthur, G., Barton, C. & Rose, B. (2013) Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings. Forest Ecology and Management, 310, 483-494. Biomass of dead stems was calculated using a reduction factor of 85% of alive biomass (Bennett et al., 2013) Note: both alive and dead stems are included in the site level calculation of above ground woody biomass.<br> Mistletoe survey:<br> The extent of mistletoe infestation was estimated for all eucalyptus trees present in the core 1-ha plot.
- 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/35bdcb46-17f6-455d-9a98-b540b98e9aea
- 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/35bdcb46-17f6-455d-9a98-b540b98e9aea
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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