TERN Geospatial Catalogue
Ausplots Rangelands supplementary dataset (Guerin et al. 2016)
This dataset contains information on vegetation at a set of field sites along with associated environmental data extracted from spatial layers and selected ecological statistics. Measurements of vascular plants include species, growth form, height and cover from 1010 point intercepts per plot as well as systematically recorded absences, which are useful for predictive modelling and validation of remote sensing applications. The derived cover estimates are robust and repeatable, allowing comparisons among environments and detection of modest change. The field plots span a rainfall gradient of 129-1437 mm Mean Annual Precipitation ranging from aseasonal to highly seasonal. The dataset consists of a processed version the AusPlots Rangelands dataset with three components: 1) a site table with locality, environmental and summary ecology statistics for each plot; 2) a set of compiled point intercept records identified by individual hits, site visits and plots and; 3) a processed species percent cover against site/visit matrix for ecological analysis. The data have re-use potential for studies on vegetation properties in the Australian rangelands or as a species presence/absence dataset for testing ecological models. The dataset also provides opportunities for generic application such as testing community ecology theories or developing or demonstrating community ecology software, whether using the raw point by point intercept data or the derived percent cover matrix.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-02-01
- Date (Publication)
- 2016-09-02
- Date (Revision)
- 2014-07-14
- Edition
- 1
Identifier
Publisher
Author
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Guerin, Greg ()
Molecular Life Sciences Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
Co-author
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Sparrow, Ben (Director - TERN Ausplots and Eco-informatics)
Molecular Life Sciences Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
Co-author
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Tokmakoff, Andrew (Technical Lead)
Molecular Life Sciences Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
Co-author
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Smyth, Anita ()
Molecular Life Sciences Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
Co-author
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Leitch, Emrys (Senior Botanist and Field Lead)
Molecular Life Sciences Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
Co-author
University of Adelaide - Baruch, Zdravko (Professor)
Kintore Avenue, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
Co-author
University of Adelaide - Lowe, Andy (Professor)
Kintore Avenue, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- The derived cover abundance matrix (species against sites) can be used immediately within a range of existing ecological analysis functions where species composition and relative abundance are required, along with a set of environmental variables for each site. Potential metrics and applications include species richness and diversity metrics; ordination (such as NMDS, CCA, DCA, etc); species accumulation curves and rarefaction; species abundance distribution (SAD) models; validation of remotely sensed metrics such as fractional cover, tree cover and vegetation type; community ecology modelling applications such as GDM and GLMM; clustering and classification applications. The raw point intercept data can be used to derive community matrices based on abundance of growth forms rather than individual species if desired. The intercept data can also be used to examine within-plot patterns of frequency and co-occurrence because each record is associated with a coordinate system system identifying location within plot (transect number and direction and point along transect in m). The dataset provides basic baseline information on species and vegetation types present at locations across Australia but can also be used generically to test or demonstrate community ecology theories or software functions, particularly where species composition, robust measures of relative cover/abundance or detailed information on vegetation structure at small scales (within plots) is relevant.
- 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.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Guerin, Greg ()
Molecular Life Sciences Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Molecular Life Sciences Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
- Description
- The extent of the dataset is mainland Australia. Study locations are mostly within the rangelands, but not exclusively so.
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2010-10-30 2016-02-01
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
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- Alice Mulga, NTABRT0001
- Alice Mulga, NTABRT0003
- Alice Mulga, NTABRT0004
- Alice Mulga, NTABRT0005
- Alice Mulga, NTABRT0006
- Litchfield Savanna, NTADAC0001
- Fletcherview Tropical Rangeland, QDAEIU0010
- Calperum Mallee, SASMDD0002
- Calperum Mallee, SASMDD0003
- Calperum Mallee, SASMDD0004
- Calperum Mallee, SASMDD0005
- Great Western Woodlands, WAACOO0021
- Great Western Woodlands, WAACOO0022
- Great Western Woodlands, WAACOO0023
- Great Western Woodlands, WAACOO0024
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
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- plant cover
- Percent
- latitude
- Degree
- longitude
- Degree
- field species name
- Unitless
- substrate
- Unitless
- in-canopy sky
- Unitless
- tree alive status
- Unitless
- growth form
- Unitless
- vegetative height
- Metre
- precipitation annual mean
- Millimetre
- air temperature
- Degree Celsius
- maximum temperature
- Degree Celsius
- soil phosporous
- Percent
- soil nitrogen content
- Percent
- soil depth
- Metre
- species richness
- Percent
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Biodiversity Inventory
- Biogeography
- Ecosystem Modelling
- Long-Term Community Monitoring
- Long-Term Species Monitoring
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/
- File name
- 88x31.png
- File description
- CCBy Logo from creativecommons.org
- File type
- png
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
- 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. <br />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 /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
- Other constraints
- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
- Other constraints
- (C)2016 TERN AusPlots. Rights owned by TERN AusPlots.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Ausplots_R_code_Guerin_et_al
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Ausplots_dataset_locations
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Ausplots_dataset_species_list
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- Ausplots_percent_cover_matrix
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- ReadMe
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- AusPlots_sites_enviro_stats
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- AusPlots_point_intercept_hits_table
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Raw vegetation and site data were acquired via an internal AusPlots database and compiled/processed into tables for analysis. All available sites were included. Environmental data were extracted from a set of spatial layers at the coordinates of sites, specifically Soil and Landscape Grid National Soil Attribute Maps obtained from https://esoil.io/TERNLandscapes/Public/Pages/SLGA/ and WorldClim climatic data obtained from http://www.worldclim.org. Summary ecological statistics and environmental variables were prepared in R 3.1.3 using packages including 'raster', 'vegan' and 'sads'.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:3395
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/f94d3dd5-2e19-4bde-8393-352557c3ba96
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Title
- TERN AusPlots - Ausplots Rangelands Survey Program biodiversity mapping supplement dataset
Identifier
- Codespace
- https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/
- Description
- Parent Metadata Record
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f94d3dd5-2e19-4bde-8393-352557c3ba96
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-10-09T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-01-24T04:41:48
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
Overviews
Spatial extent
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Associated resources
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