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Whroo Dry Eucalypt Stem Diameter, Height and Aboveground Woody Biomass Data

This data contains stem diameter, height measurement and above ground living biomass calculations for a Eucalyptus dominated woodland from 2012 - present. Diameter and height measurements for stems ≥10cm diameter at breast height were sampled within the core 1 ha plot within the Whroo Dry Eucalypt site.

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Date (Creation)
2022-01-28
Date (Publication)
2022-04-21
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
1.0

Publisher

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

Author

University of Western Australia - Beringer, Jason (Professor)
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
Crawley
Western Australia
6009
Australia

Co-author

Monash University - McHugh, Ian (Technical officer)
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, 3145, Victoria, Australia
Caulfield East
Victoria
3145
Australia

Contributor

University of Canberra - Thompson, Ross ()
11 Kirinari Street, Bruce, 2617, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Bruce
Australian Capital Territory
2617
Australia

Contributor

Deakin University - Cunningham, Shaun ()
221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia
Burwood
Victoria
3125
Australia

Contributor

University of Adelaide - Cavagnaro, Timothy ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Contributor

University of Melbourne - Baker, Patrick ()
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond Victoria 3121, Australia
Richmond
Victoria
3121
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
This dataset records tree diameter and height data used to calculate above-ground biomass across vegetation types in Australia. This data is important for mapping and monitoring changes in plant growth, carbon storage and terrestrial energy fluxes.
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
This work was funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project.
Status
On going

Point of contact

University of Western Australia - Beringer, Jason (Professor)
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley
Western Australia
6009
Australia

Point of contact

Monash University - McHugh, Ian (Technical officer)
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, 3145, Victoria, Australia
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East
Victoria
3145
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment

Extent

Description
Whroo Dry Eucalypt site is 45 km south-west of Shepparton, Victoria. Vegetation on the site is classified as box woodland, dominated by two main Eucalypt species (Eucalyptus microcarpa (Grey Box) and Eucalyptus leucoxylon (Yellow Gum).
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Temporal extent

Time period
2012-04-03
Title
Paul, K.I., Roxburgh, S.H., England, J.R., Ritson, P., Hobbs, T., Brooksbank, K., John Raison, R., Larmour, J.S., Murphy, S., Norris, J., Neumann, C., Lewis, T., Jonson, J., Carter, J.L., McArthur, G., Barton, C., Rose, B., 2013. Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings. For. Ecol. Manag. 310, 483–494.
Website
Paul, K.I., Roxburgh, S.H., England, J.R., Ritson, P., Hobbs, T., Brooksbank, K., John Raison, R., Larmour, J.S., Murphy, S., Norris, J., Neumann, C., Lewis, T., Jonson, J., Carter, J.L., McArthur, G., Barton, C., Rose, B., 2013. Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings. For. Ecol. Manag. 310, 483–494.

Related documentation

Title
Bennett, L. T., C. Aponte, K. G. Tolhurst, M. Löw, and T. G. Baker. 2013. Decreases in standing tree-based carbon stocks associated with repeated prescribed fires in a temperate mixed-species eucalypt forest. Forest Ecology and Management 306:243-255.
Website
Bennett, L. T., C. Aponte, K. G. Tolhurst, M. Löw, and T. G. Baker. 2013. Decreases in standing tree-based carbon stocks associated with repeated prescribed fires in a temperate mixed-species eucalypt forest. Forest Ecology and Management 306:243-255.

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GCMD Science Keywords
  • ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
  • BIOMASS
  • BIOMASS DYNAMICS
  • PRIMARY PRODUCTION
  • COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
  • COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
  • VEGETATION
  • FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE
  • PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Forestry management and environment
  • Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified
  • Forestry biomass and bioproducts
  • Ecology
  • Forest biodiversity
  • Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
  • Forestry sciences
  • Climate change impacts and adaptation
  • Environmental management
  • Plant biology
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Whroo Dry Eucalypt
  • Whroo Dry Eucalypt, core1ha
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • above-ground biomass
  • Kilogram
  • standing dead above-ground biomass
  • Kilogram
  • stem height
  • Metre
  • stem diameter
  • Centimetre
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Kilogram
  • Kilogram
  • Metre
  • Centimetre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 100 meters - < 250 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • quinquennial
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Whroo
  • Diameter at breast height
  • Plant height
  • Victorian Dry Eucalypt

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
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. 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> Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting. <br> Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.

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
Whroo_Dry_Eucalypt_site_level_biomass_data

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

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

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

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

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

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

OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Resource lineage

Statement
Tree survey:<br> A vegetation survey was carried out at the Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite, Whroo node, at the Whroo Conservation Park, from 03 -05 April 2012. Tree diameter at breast height (1.3 m) and circumference were measured with measuring tape and height estimated using a clinometer sighted at 10 m from the base of the trees.<br> Biomass calculations:<br> Aboveground tree biomass estimated from above measurements using locations and species-specific allometric equations as detailed in the following publication: Paul, K.I., Roxburgh, S.H., England, J.R., Ritson, P., Hobbs, T., Brooksbank, K., John Raison, R., Larmour, J.S., Murphy, S., Norris, J., Neumann, C., Lewis, T., Jonson, J., Carter, J.L., McArthur, G., Barton, C., Rose, B., 2013. Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings. For. Ecol. Manag. 310, 483–494. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.054. Biomass of dead stems was calculated using a reduction factor of 85% of alive biomass (Bennett et al., 2013) Note: both alive and dead stems are included in the site level calculation of above ground woody biomass.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/f900ad31-6375-4844-ac15-b0b35f0d0c63

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/f900ad31-6375-4844-ac15-b0b35f0d0c63

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2022-01-28T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:58:08.448308+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
Climate change impacts and adaptation Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) Ecology Environmental management Forest biodiversity Forestry biomass and bioproducts Forestry management and environment Forestry sciences Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified Plant biology
GCMD Science Keywords
BIOMASS BIOMASS DYNAMICS COMMUNITY DYNAMICS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE PLANT CHARACTERISTICS PRIMARY PRODUCTION VEGETATION

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