Bird response to the size and isolation of unburnt residuals at Pinkawillinie CP, South Australia
The dataset describes the occurrence of bird species at sites within a burnt woodland. These sites comprise the following design: 5 replicate block. each with 2 large patch sites, 2 small patch sites and 2 matrix sites. One site of each pair was relatively more isolated than the other (surrounded by a higher proportion of unburnt vegetation). In addition, there are also 6 sites located beyond the extent of the fire. The data-set also lists vegetation attributes at each of these sites.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2010-09-01
- Date (Publication)
- 2014-12-08
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-04-30
- Edition
- 1.0
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Publisher
Author
Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University - Berry, Laurence ()
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- Fire managers are engaged with the concept that retaining small unburnt residual areas of vegetation within extensively burnt landscapes may facilitate biodiversity conservation. However, it remains uncertain how the size and isolation of these unburnt residuals influence faunal distributions, persistence and recovery following fire. We observed bird responses to the size and isolation of unburnt residuals in a Mallee woodland area recently burnt by fire in southern Australia. Within five replicated spatial blocks, we crossed two levels of isolation with large (57ha) and small (13ha) unburnt patches and matrix sites burnt five years previously. We compared these site types to six continuous (non-fragmented) unburnt sites. We surveyed each site on eight occasions. Most birds occurred more frequently in unburnt habitat beyond the extent of the fire. Bird responses to the availability and spatial distribution of unburnt remnants within the fire were largely influenced by their ability to use the recently burnt matrix. Bird occurrence was higher in unburnt residuals when less unburnt habitat was available within 500 m.
- 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
Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University - Berry, Laurence ()
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
10 East Road
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
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- Biota
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- Description
- The study was conducted within the 2005 fire scar at Pinkawillinie Conservation Park on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
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- Time period
- 2010-09-01 2010-12-20
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Ecosystem Assessment And Management (9605)
- Flora, Fauna And Biodiversity (9608)
- Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales (960805)
- Dune Systems
- Fire
- Ground Cover
- Vegetation Structure
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- 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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- CC-BY
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- 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. <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
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- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
- Other constraints
- (C)2014 Australian National University. Rights owned by Australian National University.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
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Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
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- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Timed-active search: We used the timed active-search method to survey birds. We recorded all birds observed by sight or heard within a 30-minute period; excluding those observed flying overhead.. A 3-ha search area was used at burnt matrix and continuous unburnt sites as it was representative of mean unburnt patch size. We conducted surveys between 28th September and 17th November 2010 to coincide with peak breeding season, when birds are most detectable. We completed surveys between 06:00 and 12:00 (Australian Standard Daylight Saving Time) and did not survey on days of heavy rain or strong wind. One observer surveyed each site eight times, on eight different mornings, each separated by at least one week. The timing of site surveys was varied upon each revisit, reducing possible sampling time bias.
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- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:3577
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/4bfba32f-29de-496e-9ea5-b032263722a3
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
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Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/4bfba32f-29de-496e-9ea5-b032263722a3
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-07-11T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-04-30T00:00:00
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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