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Karawatha Peri-Urban Site, Koala Presence Survey, Karawatha Forest Park, 2009-2010

This record contains information on surveys of koala activity for 33 one-hectare plots in Karawatha Forest Park during the period October 2009 to January 2010. The data set contains Koala presence/absence from individual trees in the study plots.In addition, information on tree species identification, stem diameter at breast height for each individual, distance of tree from transect and Koala activity level have been documented.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2009-10-01
Date (Publication)
2010-01-31
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
1

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/n1f2-0983
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

Author

Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University - Mossaz, Alexa ()
170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Queensland, Australia
Nathan
Queensland
4111
Australia

Co-author

Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University - Castley, Guy (Senior Lecturer)
170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Queensland, Australia
Nathan
Queensland
4111
Australia

Co-author

Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University - Hero, Jean-Marc (Deputy Director)
170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Queensland, Australia
Nathan
Queensland
4111
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.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University - Castley, Guy (Senior Lecturer)
170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Queensland, Australia
170 Kessels Road
Nathan
Queensland
4111
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota

Extent

Description
The Karawatha site is on the southern peri-urban edge of Brisbane. It contains a variety of habitats from freshwater lagoons and sandstone ridges, to dry eucalypt forests and wet heath.
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Temporal extent

Time period
2009-01-01 2010-01-31
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • POPULATION ABUNDANCE
  • ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
  • MAMMALS
  • ENDANGERED SPECIES
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Ecology
  • Wildlife and habitat management
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Karawatha Peri-Urban
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • ringbarked treatment presence
  • Unitless
  • latitude
  • Degree
  • longitude
  • Degree
  • diameter at breast height
  • Centimetre
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Unitless
  • Degree
  • Degree
  • Centimetre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 500 meters - < 1 km
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Monthly - < Annual
Australian Plant Name Index
  • Melaleuca L.
  • Eucalyptus siderophloia Benth.
  • Acacia concurrens Pedley
  • Allocasuarina littoralis (Salisb.) L.A.S.Johnson
  • Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth.
  • Angophora leiocarpa (L.A.S.Johnson ex G.J.Leach) K.R.Thiele & Ladiges
  • Angophora woodsiana F.M.Bailey
  • Corymbia intermedia (R.T.Baker) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Eucalyptus major (Maiden) Blakely
  • Eucalyptus teretecornis Grimwade
  • Eucalyptus carnea C.A.Gardner
  • Eucalyptus resinifera J.White
  • Eucalyptus acmenioides Schauer
  • Banksia L.f.
  • Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Corymbia henryi (S.T.Blake) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Corymbia trachyphloia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Eucalyptus baileyana F.Muell.
  • Eucalyptus dura L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill
  • Eucalyptus fibrosa F.Muell.
  • Eucalyptus microcorys F.Muell.
  • Eucalyptus planchoniana F.Muell.
  • Eucalyptus tindalae Blakely
  • Lophostemon suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.
  • Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.
  • Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
Australian Faunal Directory
  • Phascolarctos_cinereus
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Animal presence
  • Koala
  • Peri-Urban Habitat

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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Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
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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
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Other constraints
<br>Please note: This data has been migrated “as is” from TERN’s SuperSite data portal. Minimal quality assessment has been applied to this data. Please contact the dataset authors for queries regarding the data.</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
KarawathaPeri-Urban_Koala_Presence_Absence_data_2009-2010

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
KarawathaPeri-Urban_Koala_Prescence_Abscence_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
Surveys of koala activity for 33 one-hectare plots in Karawatha Forest Park during the period October 2009 to January 2010. The plots are at 500&nbsp;m intervals in a grid that covers the entire Park. Each plot follows the elevational contour and is 250&nbsp;m long x 40&nbsp;m wide. Koala activity was determined from scat surveys using the Spot Assessment Technique.<br></br> Scat survey: The Spot Assessment Technique (SAT) was applied at a distance of 125&nbsp;m on each of the 33 Karawatha plots. The tree with DBH greater than 10&nbsp;cm closest to the transect midpoint (at 125&nbsp;m) was used as the focal tree. Once the focal tree was located, observers completed the Spot Assessment Technique by searching for koala scats around the base of the tree for approximately two minutes. An additional 29 surrounding trees greater than 10&nbsp;cm DBH were also sampled in a radius around the focal tree. A tree was defined as a woody plant species with a DBH greater than 10&nbsp;cm excluding cycads, palms and grass-trees. The two observers searched for koala scats within a 1&nbsp;m radius at the base of each tree for a maximum of 2 person minutes per tree, or until scats were detected. The trees were identified and DBH measured. The SAT was performed for an average of 1h by the two observers and 45min when volunteers were assisting the observers. To avoid any biases, the scats identified by the volunteers were checked by the experienced observers before being confirmed as koala presence. A presence was recorded for each plot once one or more scats were found and each tree where scats were found was noted. Koala activity levels for each plot were calculated as the percentage of trees with scats within the 30 trees sampled. The total number of trees with scats was divided by the total number of trees searched per plot, thus indicating the koala activity and tree use across KFP. Active plots were defined by any level of activity and variation in activity level was assumed to be normally distributed (Phillips et al. 2000). (EcoAccess Permit Number – WISP05347908)
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/a5dcc03d-5953-4b22-8ec9-f95e78f256a7

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/a5dcc03d-5953-4b22-8ec9-f95e78f256a7

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2023-04-11T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:59:38.998910+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
Ecology Wildlife and habitat management
GCMD Science Keywords
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES ENDANGERED SPECIES MAMMALS POPULATION ABUNDANCE

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