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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

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/e1yb-ea83
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

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
  • Biota

Extent

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
  • LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
  • VEGETATION
  • STABLE ISOTOPES
  • CARBON
  • NITROGEN
  • PHOSPHORUS
  • MICRONUTRIENTS/TRACE ELEMENTS
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Terrestrial ecology
  • Tree nutrition and physiology
  • Ecological physiology
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Mt Lewis National Park site
  • Mt Bellenden Ker site
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Finnigan DELTAplus XP
  • Costech ECS 4010 CHNSO Analyzer
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • scientific name
  • Unitless
  • leaf Delta13C
  • Parts per Million
  • leaf Delta15N
  • Parts per Million
  • leaf carbon content
  • Percent
  • mean leaf nitrogen content
  • Percent
  • mean leaf phosphorus content
  • Milligram per Gram
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Unitless
  • Parts per Million
  • Parts per Million
  • Percent
  • Percent
  • Milligram per Gram
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • irregular
Australian Plant Name Index
  • 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)
  • 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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File description
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Linkage
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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
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Other constraints
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
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
FarNorthQueensland_TropicalMontaneTreeLeafChemistryData_ASR2019

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
FarNorthQueensland_TropicalMontaneTreeLeafChemistry_ASR2019_dataDictionary

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
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&nbsp;h at 60&#8451; 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.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/79198b45-2975-4c6c-a206-f2c69becfde8

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/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

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
Ecological physiology Terrestrial ecology Tree nutrition and physiology
GCMD Science Keywords
CARBON LEAF CHARACTERISTICS MICRONUTRIENTS/TRACE ELEMENTS NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS STABLE ISOTOPES VEGETATION

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