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Camera Trap Images from Daintree Discovery Centre, Cow Bay, Core 1 ha

The Daintree Rainforest SuperSite comprises two sites (a) the Daintree Rainforest Observatory at Cape Tribulation, comprising a long-term monitoring sites, canopy crane, and extensive researcher and teaching infrastructure and (b) research facilities at the Daintree Discovery Centre at Cow Bay, an award winning ecotourism interpretive centre featuring a canopy tower, aerial walkway and scientific monitoring. This dataset contains high quality passive infrared wildlife cameras were used to acquire information on faunal biodiversity at the Daintree Discovery Centre at Cow Bay. One camera trap was deployed adjacent to the 1 ha core plot between 22/01/2017 and 08/06/2017. The core plot is located within the fetch of the flux tower and is the focal site of recurrent monitoring. The camera (Reconyx HC600 HyperFire) was attached to a tree at 0.5 metre high. <br>

The forest is classed as complex mesophyll vine forest (type 1a) and has an average canopy height of 25m. The dominant canopy trees belong to the Arecaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Myristicaceae and Icacinaceae families. It is continuous for several kilometres around the Cow Bay Tower except for an area 600m north-east of the flux tower, which is cleared agricultural land used for a cattle farm. For additional information on the Daintree Rainforest SuperSite, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/daintree-rainforest-supersite/

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Other images collected at the site include digital cover photography, phenocam time-lapse images (3 above canopy, 1 under canopy), panoramic landscape and photopoints.

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<br />Camera trap results for the Daintree Discovery Centre between January and April 2017.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2017-01-22
Date (Publication)
2021-08-09
Date (Revision)
2025-12-10
Edition
1.0

Publisher

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

Author

James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia

Co-author

James Cook University - Weigand, Nico (Research Worker)
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

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
The Cow Bay site is managed by James Cook University in a collaboration with the Daintree Discovery Centre. The site was co-funded by the Daintree Discovery Centre and the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN).
Status
Completed

Point of contact

James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
1 James Cook Drive
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota

Extent

Description
Daintree Discovery Centre at Cow Bay, 100km from Cairns in Far North Queensland.
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Temporal extent

Time period
2017-01-22 2017-06-08
Title
Daintree Rainforest SuperSite
Website
Daintree Rainforest SuperSite

Related documentation

Title
Camera Trap Survey Trial (Daintree Discovery Centre, between January and April 2017)
Website
Camera Trap Survey Trial (Daintree Discovery Centre, between January and April 2017)

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • VISIBLE IMAGERY
  • ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Forest biodiversity
  • Animal physiological ecology
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Daintree Rainforest, Cow Bay, core1ha
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Reconyx Hyperfire HC600
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • animal occurrence
  • Unitless
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Unitless
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Daily - < Weekly
Keywords (Discipline)
  • TERN Ecosystem Processes
  • camera trap
  • Complex Mesophyll Vine Forest
  • acidic, dystrophic, brown dermosol
  • Casuarius casuarius johnsonii
  • Melomys cervinipes- melomys
  • Uromys caudimaculatus
  • Megapodius reinwardt

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/
File name
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File description
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File type
png
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 <br /><br /> For use of individual images, please ensure that the source is acknowledged, example: Source: TERN. If the photographer’s name is provided in the file name, please also acknowledge the individual person, example: Source: M Karan, TERN.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TERN EcoImages Portal

OnLine resource
TERN EcoImages REST API

OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Resource lineage

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Process step

Description
Camera Trap: Deployment of a camera trap adjacent to the one hectare core Cow Bay plot. Instruments: <br> 1 x wildlife camera (Reconyx HC600 HyperFire HD Covert IR)<br> 1 x camera security boxes<br> 1 x Python cable locks<br>

Process step

Description
Sampling description: The camera was deployed adjacent to the one hectare core Cow Bay plot between 22/01/2017 and 08/06/2017. The camera (Reconyx HC600 HyperFire HD Covert IR) was attached to a tree at 0.5 metres high. Data were downloaded from SD cards and NiCad batteries replaced on a regular cycle during the camera trap deployment.

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/7c725b4c-1202-4862-869e-87855e0bb389

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/7c725b4c-1202-4862-869e-87855e0bb389

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2017-01-22T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-10T09:53:35.881646+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
Animal physiological ecology Forest biodiversity
GCMD Science Keywords
ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR VISIBLE IMAGERY

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