30 years of ground flora composition and cover data in Queensland tropical woodlands
The dataset consists of species identity and projective foliage cover (PFC) of ground layer vascular plants from five sites located near Mareeba, in northern Queensland. The sites are located in eucalypt communities with altitudes ranging from 380 to 840 m. Data have been collected annually since 1992, in April and May, i.e. during the annual peak of plant species richness. At each site, data collection is carried out using ten 0.5 m<sup>2</sup> quadrats deployed within a permanently marked 50 x 10 m plot. For each quadrat, all plant species visible above ground are identified and sampled. PFC data for each species from the ten quadrats are averaged. Any additional species occurring within the 50 x 10 m plot is also recorded and assigned a PFC of 0.1% (Neldner and Butler, 2021).
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- Date (Creation)
- 2021-12-15
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-03-07
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-12-16
- Edition
- 1.0
Publisher
Author
Queensland Herbarium - Neldner, Victor ()
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, Queensland, 4066, Australia
Toowong
Queensland
4066
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- This study collects data to provide insights from long-term monitoring into the dynamics of savanna plant species composition, specifically on the ground layer. Key questions are: (1) How much variation is there from year to year in plant species abundance and composition? And (2) is there evidence of directional change in community composition?
- 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
- Queensland Herbarium provided the funding and equipment to conduct this research.
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Queensland Herbarium - Neldner, Victor ()
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, Queensland, 4066, Australia
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha Road
Toowong
Queensland
4066
Australia
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- Environment
- Biota
Extent
- Description
- Five sites within 30 km of Mareeba, northern Queensland.
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1992-05-01
- Title
- Neldner V.J. and Butler D. B., 2021. Dynamics of the ground layer communities of tropical eucalypt woodlands of northern Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 69(2), pages: 85-101.
- Website
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Neldner V.J. and Butler D. B., 2021. Dynamics of the ground layer communities of tropical eucalypt woodlands of northern Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 69(2), pages: 85-101.
Related documentation
- Title
- Brown G.K. and, Bostock P.D. (2020). Introduction to the Census of Queensland flora 2020. Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane.
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Brown G.K. and, Bostock P.D. (2020). Introduction to the Census of Queensland flora 2020. Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane.
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- Biennially
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- Vegetation dynamics
- Ground layer dynamics
- Themeda triandra
- Heteropogon triticeus
- Mnesithea rottboellioides
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- 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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- 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 /><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 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}.
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- Classification
- Unclassified
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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
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- All data are collected by V. J. Neldner and collaborators. Any unknown plant is collected and the specimen identified at the Queensland Herbarium. Most species are vouchered in the Queensland Herbarium. Plant nomenclature follows Brown and Bostock (2020).
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Result
- Statement
- Most species were recorded to the species level. If a species could only be identified to genus level then it was recorded as genus species, e.g. <em>Fimbristylis sp.</em>
Resource lineage
- Statement
- In the first three years of data collection (1992-1994) sampling was conducted at three monthly internvals. These data are recorded in Neldner, V. (2021): Seasonal changes in ground flora composition and cover in Queensland tropical woodlands. Version 1.0.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.25901/0jtn-qr55
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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/73ef6908-1b4e-4a85-9d1c-c62689c38cd4
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- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
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- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/73ef6908-1b4e-4a85-9d1c-c62689c38cd4
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-12-15T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-12-16T00:00:00
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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