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SWATT leaf d13C

A total of 53 native Australian species (52x C3, 1x C4) were sampled from 22 plant families and 7 growth forms along a transect in WA spanning 9.56 degrees latitude and 6.85 degrees longitude. Samples were collected using the nationally-accepted AusPlots Rangelands methodology. Samples were stored to preserve isotopic signatures and analysed using standard techniques for mass spectroscopy, including internationally-calibrated standards. Technical replicates of 13% showed very low drift (0.07).

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2016-10-12
Date (Publication)
2017-10-31
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
1

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.4227/05/59f7af5bb42db
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

Author

University of Adelaide - Caddy-Retalic, Stefan ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Co-author

University of Adelaide - McInerney, Francesca ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Co-author

University of Adelaide - Nielson, Kristine ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Co-author

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australian Government - Byrne, Margaret (Director Science and Conservation)
Locked Bag 104 , Bentley Delivery Centre , 6983, Western Australia, Australia
Bentley Delivery Centre
Western Australia
6983
Australia

Co-author

Curtin University - van Leeuwen, Stephen ()
Kent Street, Bentley, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
Bentley
Western Australia
6102
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
This project was established to investigate the leaf stable carbon isotope response of terrestrial plants to aridity along a bioclimatic gradient known as the South West Australian Transitional Transect (SWATT) in Western Australia. The South West Australian Transitional Transect (SWATT) is an ecological infrastructure initiative developed to measure biodiversity attributes and biophysical processes. The infrastructure informs key ecosystem science questions and assists with the development and validation of ecosystem models. Many of the questions addressed by research programs using the SWATT relate to the impacts of changing climate, land use and management practice on the patterns and processes that influence the distribution of genes, species and communities. Research underpinned by SWATT data is enabling better management and provides evidence to support sustainable development, landscape restoration and increased ecosystem resilience. The program is a collaboration between TERN (Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network) and the Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA).
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

University of Adelaide - Nielson, Kristine ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite Road
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota

Extent

Description
South Wet Australian Transect (SWAT)- 27 sites spanning 9.56 degrees latitude and 6.85 degrees longitude. IBRA region: Avon Wheatbelt; Coolgardie ;Esperance Plains; Great Victoria Desert; Jarrah Forest; Little Sandy Desert; Mallee; Murchison; Swan Coastal Plain
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Temporal extent

Time period
1983-11-04 2016-10-12
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • CARBON ISOTOPE
  • NITROGEN ISOTOPES
  • STABLE ISOTOPES
  • DROUGHTS
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Climate change science
  • Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • field species name
  • Unitless
  • leaf carbon content
  • Percent
  • mean leaf nitrogen content
  • Percent
  • maximum temperature
  • Degree Celsius
  • elevation
  • Metre
  • growth form
  • Unitless
  • leaf Delta13C
  • Parts per Thousand
  • leaf Delta15N
  • Parts per Thousand
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Unitless
  • Percent
  • Percent
  • Degree Celsius
  • Metre
  • Unitless
  • Parts per Thousand
  • Parts per Thousand
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • irregular
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Arid ecology
  • Ecosystem Modelling
  • Long-Term Community Monitoring
  • Long-Term Species Monitoring
  • leaf isotopes
  • Climate
  • Landscape Type
  • Native Vegetation
  • Vegetation Structure

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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Linkage
https://w3id.org/tern/static/cc-by/88x31.png

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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)2017 University of Adelaide. Rights owned by University of Adelaide.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
SWATT_species_list

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
SWATT_Samplecollection_Dates

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
isotope_swatt_site_list

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
SWATT_C3_isotope_data_final

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
SWATT_climate_final

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

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
Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS): Leaf tissue samples from were dried in synthetic gauze bags on silica gel. Samples from species that occurred at more than seven sites (see Table SWATT_climate2.csv for locations) were selected, with the exception of one species (Grevillea hookeriana), which is only present at six sites. Leaves were ground using a ball mill (Retsch MM400 fitted with a Qiagen TissueLyser 24 adapter set). Leaves that did not grind within 3 minutes in the TissueLyzer (for example, Allocasuarina spinosissima) were ground in a 5 mL stainless steel grinding jar. For carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis, 2-2.5 mg of ground material was weighed to six significant figures into a tin capsule using an A&D BM-22 microbalance. Technical replicates for 13% of samples were run to correct for drift. Samples were combusted at 1000°C in an Elemental Analyser (EuroVector EuroEA 3000) in line with a continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Nu Instruments Nu Horizon, University of Adelaide). Pure glycine, glutamic acid and triphenylamine (all calibrated to international C & N standards) were used as standards. A standard error of 0.07‰ was achieved. Two-point drift and size corrections based on glycine and glutamic acid standards were undertaken. Growth forms were attributed to species based on the growth forms described in the National Vegetation Attribute Manual (ESCAVI, 2003) with grasses and forbs further divided in to annual and perennial groups. Sub-specific determinations were ignored. Climate data were extracted from BIOCLIM layers modelled at 9 second resolution extracted from ANUCLIM 6.1 (Xu & Hutchinson, 2013).
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:3577

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/6564a202-6665-4a48-b72d-2c3b10f0fd48

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

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/6564a202-6665-4a48-b72d-2c3b10f0fd48

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2022-10-31T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:41:05.598972+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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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Climate change science Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
GCMD Science Keywords
CARBON ISOTOPE DROUGHTS NITROGEN ISOTOPES STABLE ISOTOPES TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS

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