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Australian Individual Tree Biomass Library- v4

This data set is a compilation of individual tree and shrub above-ground biomass (dry weight), stem diameter, height, and associated auxiliary information about the sites from which the trees or shrubs were sampled. The data were derived from numerous different projects over the last 5 decades. However, the project under which support was given to collate these datasets was Australia's Department of the Environments Methodology Development Program's Complex Wood System Project (MDP-CWS). The objective of the MDP-CWS project was to develop tools and information to underpin increased land manager participation in the domestic carbon market; the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). However, the intention is that this database will be expanded over time and have much greater use than just supporting carbon accounting methodologies.

See publication for details: "Keryn I. Paul, John Larmour, Alison Specht, Ayalsew Zerihun, Peter Ritson, Stephen H. Roxburgh, Stan Sochacki, Tom Lewis, Craig V.M. Barton, Jacqueline R. England, Michael Battaglia, Anthony O'Grady, Elizabeth Pinkard, Grahame Applegate, Justin Jonson, Kim Brooksbank, Rob Sudmeyer, Dan Wildy, Kelvin D. Montagu, Matt Bradford, Don Butler, Trevor Hobbs, Testing the generality of below-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types, Forest Ecology and Management. 432: 102-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.08.04 3.

Paul, K.I., Larmour, J., Specht, A., Zerihun, A., Ritson, P., Roxburgh, S.H., Sochacki, S., Lewis, T., Barton, C.V.M., England, J.R., Battaglia, M., O’Grady, A., Pinkard, E., Applegate, G., Jonson, J., Brooksbank, K., Sudmeyer, R., Wildy, D., Montagu, K.D., Bradford, M., Butler, D., Hobbs, T., 2019. Testing the generality of below-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types. Forest Ecology and Management 432, 102–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.08.04 3

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2017-06-30
Date (Publication)
2018-09-07
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
4

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/5b95acd389f07
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

Author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Paul, Keryn (Senior Principal Research Scientist)
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

University of Sydney - Adams, Mark (Professor)
City Road, Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
Camperdown
New South Wales
2050
Australia

Co-author

University of the Sunshine Coast - Applegate, Grahame (Associate Professor)
90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 4556, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Sippy Downs
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
4556
Australia

Co-author

University of Melbourne - Attiwill, Peter (Professor)
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond Victoria 3121, Australia
Richmond
Victoria
3121
Australia

Co-author

University of Melbourne - Baker, Tom (Honorary)
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond Victoria 3121, Australia
Richmond
Victoria
3121
Australia

Co-author

Western Sydney University - Barton, Craig (Technical Manager)
Bourke Street, Richmond, 2753, New South Wales, Australia
Richmond
New South Wales
2753
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Gary, Bastin ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

University of Tasmania - Battaglia, Michael (Research Director)
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Bradford, Matt (Senior Experimental Scientist)
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

University of Wollongong - Bradstock, Ross ()
Northfields Ave Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia
Wollongong
New South Wales
2522
Australia

Co-author

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australian Government - Brooksbank, Kim (Principal Research Scientist)
3 Baron-Hay Court South Perth Western Australia 6151, Australia
South Perth
Western Australia
6151
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Carter, Jenny ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - England, Jacqui ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

Macquarie University - Falster, Daniel (ARC Future Fellow)
Balaclava Road, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
Macquarie Park
New South Wales
2109
Australia

Co-author

University of British Columbia - Feller, Michael (Professor)
2329 West Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
Vancouver
BC
V6T 1Z4
Canada

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Forrester, David (Senior Research Scientist)
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

University of Northern British Columbia - Green, Daryl (Professor)
3333 University Way, Prince George, V2N 4Z9, British Columbia, Canada
Prince George
British Columbia
V2N 4Z9
Canada

Co-author

State Government of South Australia - Hobbs, Trevor ()
81-95 Waymouth Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
Adelaide
South Australia
5000
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Agriculture and Food - Larmour, John ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Co-author

University of the Sunshine Coast - Lewis, Tom (Senior Research Scientist)
90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, 4556, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Sippy Downs
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
4556
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Mendham, Daniel ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

Western Sydney University - Montagu, Kelvin (Research Associate)
Bourke Street, Richmond, 2753, New South Wales, Australia
Richmond
New South Wales
2753
Australia

Co-author

Hamilton Environmental Services - Hamilton, Steve ()
2345 Benalla-Tatong Road, Tatong, 3673, Victoria, Australia
Tatong
Victoria
3673
Australia

Co-author

Threshold Environmental - Jonson, John ()
PO Box 1124, Albany, Western Australia, 6331, Australia
Albany
Western Australia
6331
Australia

Co-author

Auscarbon Group - McArthur, Geoff (Operations and Resources Manager)
61 Carrington Street, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
Nedlands
Western Australia
6009
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - O'Grady, Antony ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Pinkard, Elizabeth ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Rance, Stanley ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

Equinox Environmental - Huxtable, Dan ()
6 Craigie Cres, Manning, Western Australia, 6152, Australia
Manning
Western Australia
6152
Australia

Co-author

New Forests - O'Brien, Nick ()
Level 23, 141 Walker Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, 2060, Australia
North Sydney
New South Wales
2060
Australia

Co-author

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland - Specht, Alison (Associate Professor)
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Roxburgh, Stephen ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Agriculture and Food - Snowdon, Peter ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Co-author

Murdoch University - Sochacki, Stanley ()
90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia
Murdoch
Western Australia
6150
Australia

Co-author

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australian Government - Sudmeyer, Robert ()
3 Baron-Hay Court South Perth Western Australia 6151, Australia
South Perth
Western Australia
6151
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Theiveyanathan, S. ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia

Co-author

FarmWoods - Ritson, Peter ()
95 Blackwood Ave, Augusta, 6290, Western Australia, Australia
Augusta
Western Australia
6290
Australia

Co-author

Macquarie University - Wenk, Elizabeth ()
Balaclava Road, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
Macquarie Park
New South Wales
2109
Australia

Co-author

Fares Rural - Wildy, Dan ()
11/25 Walters Drive, Osborne Park, 6017, Western Australia, Australia
Osborne Park
Western Australia
6017
Australia

Co-author

Forsci - Turner, John ()
63 Malton Road, Beecroft, 2119, New South Wales, Australia
Beecroft
New South Wales
2119
Australia

Co-author

FLINTpro - Waterworth, Robert ()
14 Moore Street, Canberra, 2600, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2600
Australia

Co-author

Curtin University - Zerihun, Ayalsew (Research Fellow)
Kent Street, Bentley, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
Bentley
Western Australia
6102
Australia

Co-author

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australian Government - Spencer, Beren ()
Locked Bag 104 , Bentley Delivery Centre , 6983, Western Australia, Australia
Bentley Delivery Centre
Western Australia
6983
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
The data on individual tree or shrub biomass were derived from numerous projects over the last five decades. Support was given to collate these datasets under the Complex Woody Systems Project (MDP-CWS) funded by the Australian Department of the Environment's Methodology Development Program and CSIRO. The objective of the MDP-CWS project was to develop tools and information to underpin increased land manager participation in the domestic carbon market; the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). However, the intention is that this database will be expanded over time and have broader use beyond supporting carbon accounting methodologies.
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
We thank the Australian Government's Department of the Environment for funding this work. Assistance with data collation was also provided by Coral Allan, Grant Allan, John Bartle, Jason Barnetson, Rick Bennett, Coline Bourru, Mark Brammar, Steven Bray, Mila Bristow, Don Butler, Rob Chambers, Vanessa Chewings, Robin Cromer, Mike Cully, Eve Damm, Micah Davies, Alex Drew, Robert Eager, Tom Fairman, Ben Finn, David Freudenberger, Sean Gleason, Bob Hingston, Mark Hunt, Bruce Hogg, Laura Kmoch, Rob Law, Hamish Luck, Tracey May, Rick Giles, Gordon McLachlan, Geoff Minchin, Simon Murphy, Matt Nicholson, Jaymie Norris, Len Norris, Craig Neumann, Anthony O'Connell, David Osborne, Dailiang Peng, John Raison, Sandra Roberts, Harry Roberts, Ben Rose, Katelyn Ryan, Tim Smith, Adam Smith, Scott Swift, Mervyn Tucker, Brendan Vollemaere, Paul Warburton, Peter Walsh, Ray Wilson, Stephanie Wilson, Alex Winter, Ralph Woodford, Fabinao Ximenes, and Byron Yeo. We also thank the property owners and managers who allowed us to sample their trees for above-ground biomass. In addition to the organisations of the contributing authors, we also acknowledge Oil Mallee Association of Australia Inc, Carbon Neutral, Northern Agricultural Catchments Council, Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, RIRDC, University of New England, Queensland Forestry Department, and WA Plantation Resources. Older datasets of D. Ashton, J. Lewis, W. Forrest, J. Dargavel, W. Westman, R. Rogers, P. Baldwin, H. Stewart, F. Hingston, M. Lambert, R. Cromer are acknowledged. See sources below. Forrest WG (1969) Variations in the accumulation, distribution and movement of mineral nutrients in radiata pine plantations. Ph.D. Thesis. Australian National University, Canberra. Dargavel JB (1970) Provisional tree weight tables for radiata pine. Australian Forestry, 34: 131-140. Forrest W, Ovington J (1970) Organic Matter Changes in an Age Series of Pinus radiata Plantations. Journal of Applied Ecology, 7, 177-186. Ashton D (1976) Phosphorus in Forest Ecosystems at Beenak, Victoria. Journal of Ecology, 64, 171-186. Westman, WE, Rogers RW (1977) Biomass and structure of a subtropical eucalypt forest, north Stradbroke Island. Australian Journal of Botany, 25, 171-191. Lewis JW (1978) Ecological studies of coastal forests and its regeneration after mining. PhD Thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Lambert MJ (1979) Sulphur relationships of native and exotic species. MSc(Hons) thesis, Macquarie Uni. 170pp. Cromer R, Williams E (1982) Biomass and Nutrient Accumulation in a Planted E. globulus (Labill.) Fertilizer Trial. Australian Journal of Botany, 30, 265-278. Baldwin PJ, Stewart HTL (1987) Distribution, length and weight of roots in young plantations of Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex. Maiden irrigated with recycled water. Plant Soil, 97, 243-252 Cromer RN, Cameron DM, Rance SJ, Ryan PA, Brown M (1993). Response to nutrients in Eucalyptus grandis. 1. Biomass accumulation. Forest Ecology and Management, 62, 211-230. Hingston F, Galbraith J (1998) Application of the process-based model BIOMASS to Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus plantations on ex-farmland in south western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management, 106, 157-168. Hingston F, Galabraith J, Jones M (1990) Dimensional data for trees at several sites in northern Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest. DFFP Division of Forestry and Forestry Products User Series. No. 11.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Paul, Keryn (Senior Principal Research Scientist)
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
147 Underwood Avenue
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota

Extent

Description
IBRA: Australian Continent
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W


Temporal extent

Time period
1950-01-01 2017-06-30
Title
Testing the generality of above-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types at the continent scale
Website
Testing the generality of above-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types at the continent scale

Related documentation

Title
Testing the generality of below-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types
Website
Testing the generality of below-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • BIOMASS
  • ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS
  • BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS
  • LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
  • FIRE ECOLOGY
  • ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
  • RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Plant biology
  • Ecology
  • Landscape ecology
  • Environmental management
  • Ecosystem function
  • Other biological sciences
  • Biodiscovery
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • field species name
  • Unitless
  • region
  • Unitless
  • air temperature
  • Degree Celsius
  • rainfall amount
  • Millimetre
  • wood density
  • Gram per Cubic Centimetre
  • plant height
  • Metre
  • stem diameter
  • Centimetre
  • above-ground biomass
  • Kilogram
  • below-ground biomass
  • Kilogram
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Unitless
  • Unitless
  • Degree Celsius
  • Millimetre
  • Gram per Cubic Centimetre
  • Metre
  • Centimetre
  • Kilogram
  • Kilogram
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • > 1000 km or > 10 degrees
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • one off
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Climate And Climate Change (9603)
  • Ecological Modelling Ecosystem Assessment And Management (9605)
  • Environmental And Natural Resource Evaluation (9606)
  • Flora, Fauna And Biodiversity (9608)
  • Land And Water Management (9609)
  • Rehabilitation Of Degraded Environments (9612)
  • Remnant Vegetation And Protected Conservation Areas (9613)

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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/

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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
(C)2016 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Rights owned by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

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Classification
Unclassified

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  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

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

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

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

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
Biomass sampling: Various methods were used. But all involved harvesting individual trees or shrubs and measuring the fresh weight of the above-ground biomass. Sub-sampling was used to determine moisture content. Then dry weight of the above-ground biomass was calculated.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:3577

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/d9f08fc2-28dd-4065-974d-d03f9bf46dbd

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
Australian Individual Tree Biomass Library- v2

Identifier

Code
aef6e89d-6fde-42dc-b77b-fc512acb72de
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/d9f08fc2-28dd-4065-974d-d03f9bf46dbd

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2022-06-19T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:43:30.834816+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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S
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W


Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Biodiscovery Ecology Ecosystem function Environmental management Landscape ecology Other biological sciences Plant biology
GCMD Science Keywords
BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS BIOMASS ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS FIRE ECOLOGY LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION

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