TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Saltbush Transects Data
<p>Four paired transects were set up early in the Reserve history to monitor the spread of saltbush (<em>Atriplex</em> spp.) into the reserve across the eastern and southern boundaries. These were read regularly for the first few years but data from them are not available digitally. The transects were reactivated in 1989 and measurements are provided for four occasions: 1989, 2003, 2008 and 2014. Species are identified as <em>Atriplex vesicaria</em>, <em>A. stipitata</em>, or if uncertain as A. sp., using the classifications of the 'Census of South Australian Plants, Algae and Fungi' (2024*).</p>
<p>This is version 2.0 of the Koonamore Saltbush Transect Survey data release.</p>
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 1989-04-15
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-07-10
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-11
- Edition
- 2.0
Publisher
Author
University of Adelaide
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia
Custodian
University of Adelaide
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia
Editor
University of Queensland - Specht, Alison (Associate Professor)
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia
Co-author
University of Queensland - Specht, Alison (Associate Professor)
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- In the mid-1920's Professor Theodore George Bentley Osborn, Professor of Botany in the University of Adelaide, put forward strong scientific arguments concerning the lack of knowledge of the ecology of arid zone vegetation, and the effect of grazing on it. In 1925, a parcel of land of around 390 ha was identified in Koonamore Station in South Australia and fenced to exclude rabbits and other stock, and Mr Wilcox, one of the directors, had a three-roomed house erected to serve as a field laboratory. The area was originally referred to as the Arid Region Flora Reserve but later was named the TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve after its founder. For simplicity it is commonly referred to as the Koonamore Vegetation Reserve. There have been some unwanted animal incursions over the years, but these have been rare. In 1931, for example, rabbits were able to enter due to fence damage. Kangaroos and emus are not fully excluded. As is clear from the objectives stated by TGB Osborn, the reserve was to provide the basis for systematic measurements of the now-protected vegetation. Osborn and his team (including Prof. J.G. Wood and Mr Terry Paltridge) set up a series of quadrats (square plots) and photopoints within the reserve. A series of transects was later added. All of the foregoing were permanently marked, and observations on species occurrence (presence and abundance) and physical measurements of the plants were made repeatedly, but at varying intervals. <br></br>
- 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
- <p></p> Acknowledgement is due to all the students, staff and researchers who have collected data at the site since its establishment, to those who have entered the data, and to the support of funders and interested parties, including the University of Adelaide.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
University of Adelaide
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite Road
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia
Point of contact
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite Road
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Biota
Extent
- Description
- The Reserve is located in Koonamore Station, a sheep-grazing lease 400 km north-east of Adelaide, South Australia in predominantly chenopod shrubland with mean annual rainfall of about 200mm.
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- Time period
- 1989-04-15 2014-11-28
- Title
- TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve: Background to the collection in TERN
- Website
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TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve: Background to the collection in TERN
Related documentation
- Title
- TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Location Maps
- Website
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TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Location Maps
Related documentation
- Title
- TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Georeferences_2025_v1
- Website
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TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Georeferences_2025_v1
Related documentation
- Title
- TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Species List_2025_v1
- Website
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TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Species List_2025_v1
Related documentation
- Title
- TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve Publications_2025_v2
- Website
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TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve Publications_2025_v2
Related documentation
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Australian Plant Name Index
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Flora
- Line Transect
- KVR
- Long-term Monitoring
- TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve
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- 4.0
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- 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
- Please contact the School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide for permission to access the TGB Osborn VR location.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Saltbush Transects_Preview_2025_v2
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- NetCDF
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- NetCDF
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- NetCDF
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Method Summary <br></br> For detailed information please refer to the <em>TGB_Osborn(Koonamore)_VR_Saltbush_Transect_Preview_250619</em> available on the <a href="https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/3157656800/TGB_Osborn(Koonamore)_VR_Saltbush_transects_metadata_250627.pdf?api=v2">TGB_Osborn(Koonamore)_VR_Saltbush_Transects_metadata_250627</a>
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- 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/615b121a-3c4f-41b5-90f6-1b7e95ce7a9d
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Title
- TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Background to Collection
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- Codespace
- https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/
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- 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/615b121a-3c4f-41b5-90f6-1b7e95ce7a9d
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-11T22:45:46.525010+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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