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Desert Ecology Research Group Plots (1990-2011) and Long Term Ecological Research Network (2012-2016), Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, Australia

The desert ecology plot network, located in the Simpson Desert in central Australia, aims to track long-term shifts in biodiversity and ecological processes in relation to key drivers, both intrinsic to the resource pulse dynamics and due to human disturbance. These drivers include unpredictable rainfall and droughts, fire, feral predators and grazing.

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Date (Publication)
2018-01-01
Date (Revision)
2018-01-01
Edition
2/2018

Publisher

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

Author

University of Sydney - Dickman, Chris (Professor in Terrestrial Ecology)
City Road, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
Camperdown
New South Wales
2050
Australia

Author

University of Sydney - Wardle, Glenda (Professor)
City Road, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
Camperdown
New South Wales
2050
Australia

Author

Australian National University
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Collaborator

University of Sydney
City Road, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
Camperdown
New South Wales
2050
Australia

Point of contact

University of Sydney - Wardle, Glenda (Professor)
City Road, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
Camperdown
New South Wales
2050
Australia

Point of contact

University of Sydney - Dickman, Chris (Professor in Terrestrial Ecology)
City Road, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
Camperdown
New South Wales
2050
Australia

Point of contact

Australian National University
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Lophagnathus longirostrus
  • Ramphotyphlops endoterus
  • Lucasium damaeum
  • Lerista xanthura
  • Ctenotus regius
  • Tachyglossus aculeatus
  • Eucalyptus terminalis
  • Zygochloa paradoxa
  • Portulaca intraterranea
  • Grevillea striata
  • Bonamia media
  • Ctenotus dux
  • Zaleya galericulata
  • Lerista labialis
  • Einadia nutans
  • Nephrurus levis
  • Ctenotus brooksi
  • Halgania cyanea
  • Sminthopsis hirtipes
  • Pseudonaja textilis
  • Crenadactylus ocellatus
  • Trachymene glaucifolia
  • Dodonaea viscosa
  • Aristida spp.
  • Stylobasium spathulatum
  • Acacia ligulata
  • Dactyloctenium radulans
  • Diplodactylus conspicillatus
  • Dicrastylis costelloi
  • Ctenotus leae
  • Cleome viscosa
  • Ramphotyphlops nigrescens
  • Planigale gilesi
  • Acacia bivenosa
  • Eremiascincus fasciolatus
  • Diplodactylus stenodactylus
  • Simoselaps fasciolatus
  • Senna artemisioides
  • Sida trichopoda
  • Oldenlandia pterospora
  • Sida spp.
  • Lialis burtonis
  • Fauna
  • Flora
  • Pluchea rubelliflora
  • Goodenia cycloptera
  • Enneapogon polyphyllus
  • Pseudomys hermannsburgensis
  • Euphorbia drummondii
  • Brunonia australis
  • Atalaya hemiglauca
  • Eucalyptus gamophylla
  • Trianthema pilosa
  • Codonocarpus cotinifolius
  • Ctenotus leonhardii
  • Ptilotus polystachyus
  • Senna oligophylla
  • Portulaca pilosa
  • Maireana campanulata
  • Indigofera spp.
  • Tribulopis angustifolia
  • Lucasium stenodactylus
  • Aristida holathera
  • Varanus gilleni
  • Tiliqua multifasciata
  • Haloragis gossei
  • Evolvulus alsinoides
  • Ctenotus lateralis
  • Paractaenum refractum
  • Mukia maderaspatana
  • Varanus gouldii
  • Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Corynotheca micrantha
  • Eremophila willsii
  • Notoscincus watersi
  • Scaevola parviflora
  • Leggadina forresti
  • Euphorbia tannensis
  • Cyclorana cultripes
  • Moloch horridus
  • Ctenophorus isolepis
  • Menetia maini
  • Scaevola depauperata
  • Adriana hookeri
  • Abutilon oxycarpum f. acutatum
  • Diplodactylus ciliaris
  • Eriachne aristidea
  • Trichodesma zeylanicum
  • Rhagodia spinescens
  • Ctenotus schomburgkii
  • Ctenotus piankai
  • Sminthopsis youngsoni
  • Menetia greyii
  • Yakirra australiensis
  • Triumfetta winneckeana
  • Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
  • Diplodactylus elderi
  • Boerhavia coccinea
  • Sida fibulifera
  • Alternanthera nodiflora
  • Rhynchoedura ornata
  • Cenchrus ciliaris
  • Grevillea stenobotrya
  • Notomys alexis
  • Crotalaria eremaea
  • Eucalyptus pachyphylla
  • Eremophila longifolia
  • Adriana tomentosa
  • Adriana spp.
  • Setaria surgens
  • Eremophila obovata
  • Eragrostis eriopoda
  • Convolvulus erubescens
  • Indigofera psammophila
  • Heliotropium moorei
  • Enchylaena tomentosa
  • Ctenotus calurus
  • Ctenophorus clayi
  • Calandrinia balonensis
  • Pseudomys desertor
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Ctenotus pantherinus
  • Triodia basedowii
  • Ctenophorus nuchalis
  • Ctenotus helenae
  • Pygopus nigriceps
  • Tribulus terrestris
  • Climate
  • Corchorus sidoides
  • Aristida contorta
  • Crotalaria cunninghamii
  • Tragus australianus
  • Fimbristylis dichotoma
  • Tribulus cistoides
  • Petalostylis cassioides
  • Notoscincus ornatus
  • Senna pleurocarpa
  • Blennodia canescens
  • Morethia ruficauda
  • Species Presence/Abundance
  • Dasycercus cristicauda
  • Ptilotus latifolius
  • Neobatrachus centralis
  • Ningaui ridei
  • Abutilon otocarpum
  • Ctenotus ariadnae
  • Pseudonaja modesta
  • Acacia hookeri
  • Newcastelia spodiotricha
  • Delma nasuta
  • Sminthopsis macroura
  • Acacia stenophylla
  • Pogona vitticeps
  • Heliotropium spp.
  • Delma tincta
  • Frankenia gracilis
  • Maireana spp.
  • Aspidites ramsayi
  • Sclerolaena muricata
  • Planigale tenuirostris
  • Varanus eremius
  • Suta punctata
  • Tephrosia rosea
  • Heteronotia binoei
  • Pseudechis australis
  • Psoralea eriantha
  • Acacia melleodora
  • Acacia dictyophleba
  • Mus musculus
  • Rattus villosissimus
  • Egernia inornata
  • Rulingia loxophylla
  • Varanus brevicauda
  • Lerista aericeps
  • Gehyra variegata
  • Tribulus hystrix
  • Scaevola parvibarbata
  • Eremophila macdonnellii
  • Calotis erinacea
  • Diporiphora winneckei
  • Sminthopsis crassicaudata
  • Lechenaultia divaricata
  • Notaden nichollsi
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-economic Objective
  • Environmental management
  • Terrestrial systems and management

Extent

Description
Simpson Desert, QLD
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Temporal extent

Time period
1990-03-31 2016-04-30

Resource constraints

Use limitation
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Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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License
Use constraints
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Other constraints
These data can be freely downloaded via the TERN AEKOS and used subject to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Attribution and citation is required as described under Licence and Citation. We ask you to send citations of publications arising from work that use these data to esupport@tern.org.au and citation and copies of publications to ltern@anu.edu.au and glenda.wardle@sydney.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
Distribution format
OnLine resource
http://aekos.org.au/collection/sydney.edu.au/DERG

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:3577

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/6e78e080-db43-5923-8836-4c8aaa8ae8e2

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID - Advanced Ecological Knowledge and Observation System

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/6e78e080-db43-5923-8836-4c8aaa8ae8e2

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2015-11-15T00:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2018-02-20T00:00:00

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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E
W


Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-economic Objective
Environmental management Terrestrial systems and management

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