Far North Queensland, Montane Tree Leaf Chemistry Data, 2019
The record contains information on leaf chemistry studied on co-occurring tropical mountaintop restricted tree species from various mountaintop sites in Far North Queensland in 2019. Data on leaf stable carbon and nitrogen isotope concentrations, and elemental chemistry such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, copper, boron, sulfur, zinc and manganese are provided.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-09-16
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-04-27
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-11
- Edition
- 1
Identifier
Publisher
Author
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network - Singh Ramesh, Arun (Ecology Research Data Analyst)
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
Co-author
James Cook University - Cheesman, Alexander ()
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
Co-author
James Cook University - Cernusak, Lucas ()
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- The data set was generated as part of the author's PhD project with the title, "Temperature and soil nutrient availability shape tree responses to elevation in the Australian Wet Tropics". The data is part of a study focusing on leaf traits of tropical mountaintop restricted tree species and is associated with a larger collaborative research project led by the Tropical Mountaintop Plant Science (TrOMPS) team, Australian Tropical Herbarium.
- 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
- <br>Funding for the field and analytical component of this data collection was provided by the Skyrail Rainforest Foundation and The Wet Tropics Management Authority to lead author, Arun Singh Ramesh.</br>
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network - Singh Ramesh, Arun (Ecology Research Data Analyst)
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
80 Meiers Road
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Description
- Selected mountaintop sites of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Mt Windsor National Park, Mt Lewis National Park and Mt Bellenden Ker.
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2019-04-04 2019-09-12
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Australian Plant Name Index
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- Austromuellera valida B.Hyland
- Flindersia bourjotiana F.Muell.
- Flindersia pimenteliana F.Muell.
- Flindersia oppositifolia (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & Jessup
- Garcinia brassii C.T.White
- Elaeocarpus hylobroma Y.Baba & Crayn
- Elaeocarpus linsmithii Guymer
- Elaeocarpus sericopetalus F.Muell.
- Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus C.T.White
- Elaeocarpus elliffii B.Hyland & Coode
- Cryptocarya bellendenkerana B.Hyland
- Litsea granitica B.Hyland
- Uromyrtus metrosideros (F.M.Bailey) A.J.Scott
- Ceratopetalum hylandii Rozefelds & R.W.Barnes
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Tropical Mountaintop Trees
- Far North Queensland
- Leaf Chemistry
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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- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
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- License
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- 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
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- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
- Other constraints
- <br>The authors would request all data users please contact the data owners for possible collaboration or co-authorship.</br>
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- FarNorthQueensland_TropicalMontaneTreeLeafChemistryData_ASR2019
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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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
- Field sampling: Healthy sun-exposed branches of co-occurring mountaintop restricted tree species were targeted. Branches were excised using a sling-shot and or a pole pruner for accessible branches. Fresh leaves were transported to laboratory in storage bags, moistened with damp tissues. Leaves were weighed to obtain fresh mass and oven dried for a about 42-78 h at 60℃ and its oven-dried mass were calculated. <br></br> Chemical analysis: Total elemental analysis was conducted using microwave-assisted acid digestion of the oven dried samples, followed by ionization detection using the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES) at the Advanced Analytical Centre (AAC), James Cook University - Townsville. Leaf Carbon (%C) and Nitrogen (%N) were measured using a Costech elemental analyser (EA) (Milan, Italy) fitted with a zero-blank auto-sampler at the AAC, JCU - Cairns. The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio (expressed as δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N respectively) of the samples was measured using a ThermoFinnigan Deltaplus XL isotope ratio mass spectrometer (ThermoFinnigan GmbH, Bremen, FRG), linked to the EA via a ConFlo III interface. Stable isotope results are reported as per mil (‰) deviations from the Vienna PDB and AIR reference standard scale respectively.
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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/79198b45-2975-4c6c-a206-f2c69becfde8
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- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/79198b45-2975-4c6c-a206-f2c69becfde8
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-04-21T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-11T22:35:10.024201+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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