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TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Vegetation Quadrats Data

<p>There are data from 30 quadrats in the TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve, varying in size and duration of measurements, several of which are shown in the Reserve map. They range in size from large quadrats (100 x100 m), one 60 x80m, to intermediate (10 x10 m) and small (1x1m and irregular). Most quadrats are inside the reserve but some lie adjacent outside the fenced area.</p>

<p>The data from the quadrats is presented in three different files:<br />(a) the abundance (numbers) of individuals of species within the quadrat, <br />(b) a selection of species measured within the quadrat (subplot), and <br />(c) individual plant locations within the quadrats.<br />This is version 2.0 of the Koonamore Vegetation Quadrats Survey data release.</p>

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
1926-05-23
Date (Publication)
2025-07-10
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
2.0

Publisher

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

Author

University of Adelaide
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Custodian

University of Adelaide
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Editor

University of Queensland - Specht, Alison (Associate Professor)
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia

Co-author

University of Queensland - Specht, Alison (Associate Professor)
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
In the mid-1920's Professor Theodore George Bentley Osborn, Professor of Botany in the University of Adelaide, put forward strong scientific arguments concerning the lack of knowledge of the ecology of arid zone vegetation, and the effect of grazing on it. In 1925, a parcel of land of around 390 ha was identified in Koonamore Station in South Australia and fenced to exclude rabbits and other stock, and Mr Wilcox, one of the directors, had a three-roomed house erected to serve as a field laboratory. The area was originally referred to as the Arid Region Flora Reserve but later was named the TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve after its founder. For simplicity it is commonly referred to as the Koonamore Vegetation Reserve. There have been some unwanted animal incursions over the years, but these have been rare. In 1931, for example, rabbits were able to enter due to fence damage. Kangaroos and emus are not fully excluded. As is clear from the objectives stated by TGB Osborn, the reserve was to provide the basis for systematic measurements of the now-protected vegetation. Osborn and his team (including Prof. J.G. Wood and Mr Terry Paltridge) set up a series of quadrats (square plots) and photopoints within the reserve. A series of transects was later added. All of the foregoing were permanently marked, and observations on species occurrence (presence and abundance) and physical measurements of the plants were made repeatedly, but at varying intervals. <br></br>
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
<p></p> Acknowledgement is due to all the students, staff and researchers who have collected data at the site since its establishment, to those who have entered the data, and to the support of funders and interested parties,  including the University of Adelaide.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

University of Adelaide
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite Road
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Point of contact

School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite Road
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota

Extent

Description
The Reserve is located in Koonamore Station, a sheep-grazing lease 400 km north-east of Adelaide, South Australia in predominantly chenopod shrubland with mean annual rainfall of about 200mm.
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Temporal extent

Time period
1926-05-23 2014-11-29
Title
TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve: Background to the collection in TERN
Website
TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve: Background to the collection in TERN

Related documentation

Title
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Location Maps
Website
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Location Maps

Related documentation

Title
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Georeferences_2025_v1
Website
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Georeferences_2025_v1

Related documentation

Title
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Species List_2025_v1
Website
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Species List_2025_v1

Related documentation

Title
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve Publications_2025_v2
Website
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve Publications_2025_v2

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • VEGETATION
  • ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
  • COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • SPECIES DISTRIBUTION
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Ecology
  • Environmental management
  • Terrestrial ecology
  • Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • crown diameter (NS)
  • Centimetre
  • crown diameter (EW)
  • Centimetre
  • plant height
  • Centimetre
  • scientific name
  • Unitless
  • plant count
  • Number
  • animal life stage
  • Unitless
  • plant mortality
  • Unitless
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Centimetre
  • Centimetre
  • Centimetre
  • Unitless
  • Number
  • Unitless
  • Unitless
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • < 1 meter
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • irregular
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Flora
  • Sampling Plot
  • KVR
  • Long-term Monitoring
  • TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve
  • Quadrat
  • Abundance
  • Individual Plant
  • Geolocation

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
88x31.png
File description
CCBy Logo from creativecommons.org
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
Other constraints
Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
Other constraints
Please contact the School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide for permission to access the TGB Osborn VR location.

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
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Quadrat_Preview_2025_v2

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Quadrat Abundance_Data_2025_v2

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Quadrat Abundance_Data_Dictionary_2025_v2

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Quadrat Individual_Data_2025_v2

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Quadrat Individual_Data_Dictionary_2025_v2

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Quadrat Subplot_Data_2025_v2

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) VR_Quadrat Subplot_Data_Dictionary_2025_v2

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
Method Summary <br></br> For detailed information please refer to the <em>TGB_Osborn(Koonamore)_VR_Vegetation_Quadrat_Preview</em> available on the <a href="https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/3157656800/TGB_Osborn(Koonamore)_VR_quadrat_metadata_2025_v2.pdf?api=v2">TGB_Osborn(Koonamore)_VR_quadrat_metadata_2025_v2</a>
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/90a26f3a-cf42-41e5-ada4-9b0166b15b09

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
Title
TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Background to Collection

Identifier

Code
b5d744de-1ea7-5cb8-9569-0849796d7d7b
Codespace
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/
Description
Parent Metadata Record

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/90a26f3a-cf42-41e5-ada4-9b0166b15b09

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2025-06-24T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:41:13.501221+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
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) Ecology Environmental management Terrestrial ecology
GCMD Science Keywords
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS SPECIES DISTRIBUTION TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS VEGETATION

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