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Mallee Plot Network: Disturbance History Data, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2013
- Citation
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Keith, D (): Mallee Plot Network: Disturbance History Data, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.186.31/html
- Identifier
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- docid
- ltern2.186.31
- Data Creators
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- Individual
- Professor David Keith
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
- Abstract
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The Mallee Plot Network Disturbance History Data Package contains fire occurrence data for fifty-three experimental 0.2 hectare sites which have been established on dune crests and upper slopes in Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1996 to 2011. The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1996 and were revisited annually for 3 years and then on a decadal basis. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Mallee Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/mallee
- Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
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- Individual
- Mark Tozer
- Position
- Research Scientist
- Organization
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
- Address
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PO Box 1967
Hurstville
Sydney. NSW 2220
- Phone
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- voice
- 02 9585 6496
- Email Address
- mark.tozer@environment.nsw.gov.au
- Individual
- Chris Simpson
- Position
- Research Assistant
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science
- Address
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Centre for Ecosystem Science
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Sydney. NSW 2052
- Phone
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- voice
- 0409 159 334
- Email Address
- Christopher.Simpson@unsw.edu.au
- Individual
- Professor David Keith
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
- Address
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Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of New South Wales
Sydney. NSW 2052
Australia
- Phone
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- voice
- 02 9385 2111
- Email Address
- david.keith@unsw.edu.au
- Individual
- Renee Woodward
- Position
- Research Assistant
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science
- Address
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Centre for Ecosystem Science
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Sydney. NSW 2052
- Phone
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- voice
- 02 9585 6051
- Email Address
- Renee.Woodward@environment.nsw.gov.au
- Individual
- Katy Wilkins
- Position
- Research Assistant
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science
- Address
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Centre for Ecosystem Science
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Sydney. NSW 2052
- Phone
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- voice
- 02 9385 8296
- Email Address
- k.wilkins@unsw.edu.au
- Project Information and Data Owners
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- Title
- Mallee Plot Network
- Personnel
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- Role
- Data Owner
- Individual
- Professor David Keith
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales
- Role
- Plot contact
- Individual
- Chris Simpson
- Position
- Research Assistant
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science
- Role
- Plot contact
- Individual
- Renee Woodward
- Position
- Research Assistant
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science
- Role
- Plot contact
- Individual
- Katy Wilkins
- Position
- Research Assistant
- Organization
- Centre for Ecosystem Science
- Role
- Plot contact
- Individual
- Mark Tozer
- Position
- Research Scientist
- Organization
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
- Funding
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Since 2012 this project has been part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). This work was supported by the Australian Government’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (www.tern.org.au) – an Australian research infrastructure facility established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and Education Infrastructure Fund–Super Science Initiative through the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
- Methods and Sampling Information
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- Methods
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Method Step 1
- Description
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Plot set-up
Fifty-three experimental 0.2 hectare sites were established on dune crests and upper slopes in Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park. This is part of a much larger dataset collected between 1996 to 2011.
Method Step 2- Description
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Disturbance History Sampling
All but one of the 53 sites (1998/CON1) has been burnt since 1995, either in prescribed fires (33 sites) or wildfires (19 sites). Prescribed fires varied in area from 1 – 70 ha, whereas wildfires varied in area from 70 ha to 3000 ha. Prescribed fires were implemented in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The 33 sites sampling prescribed fires were stratified across this chronosequence, with four sites sampled in each burn year except 2005 (five sites), 2009 and 2010 (two sites each) and 2011 (eight sites). For each burn year, the sites were stratified between locations with different prior fire histories; half had previously been long unburnt (1917 or earlier) and half had been unburnt for 20-30 years (1979-1984). However, the four sites sampling prescribed burns in Scotia in 2010 only sampled a single fire history.
When new sites to be burnt in prescribed fires are established, three surveys are undertaken in successive years at the time of treatment. These sites are initially marked out and surveyed one to three months prior to burning treatment (pre-fire survey). They are fenced to exclude all vertebrate herbivores, usually within one to three months after burning treatment. A second survey (post-fire survey) is carried out approximately one year after the first survey. Within one to two months after the second survey, fences are modified to allow access to selected herbivores into compartments of the exclosures (see details below). During the second survey, additional plots are recorded outside the exclosures where herbivores have continual access to the vegetation prior to and after burning. A third survey (post-grazing survey) is carried out within and outside the exclosures approximately one year after the second survey. Pre-fire surveys could not be carried out at any sites burnt in wildfires or the four sites burnt in prescribed fires during 2010 within Scotia Sanctuary. The eight sites in Danggali CP were not fenced to exclude herbivores and consequently only one post-fire postgrazing survey was carried out, equivalent to the external plots carried out on the third annual visit to the other sites.
- Keywords and Subject Categories
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- GCMD Science Keywords
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- Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics> Fire Ecology
- Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics> Fire Ecology > Fire Dynamics
- Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics> Fire Ecology > Fire Occurrence
- Keywords List
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- Planned fire
- Prescribed fire
- Wildfire
- LTERN Monitoring Themes
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- Fire
- ANZSRC-FOR Codes
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- 0501 Ecological Applications
- 0602 Ecology
- Geographic Coverage
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- Geographic Description
- Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 140.958503 degrees
- East
- 141.222776 degrees
- North
- -33.271362 degrees
- South
- -33.467802 degrees
- Temporal Coverage
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- Date
- 2013
- Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions
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CC-BY-4_0 Special conditions Prior to publication of research utilising this data, the data provider (David Keith) requests consultation. Spatial coordinates for sites are available at https://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern6.321/html (Mallee Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia).
- Data Table
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- Name
- kmle_disturbance_p138t317.csv
- Attribute Information
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sitelabel
- Name
- sitelabel
- Definition
- Site identification number
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Character
eventid- Name
- eventid
- Definition
- Event identification number
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Character
type- Name
- type
- Definition
- Type of disturbance
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- HSPlanF
- Management fire set within controlled boundaries, whole plot burnt & all foliage consumed
- MSPlanF
- Management fire set within controlled boundaries, whole plot burnt & some foliage scorched & not consumed
- LSPlanF
- Management fire set within controlled boundaries, unburnt patches within plot & some foliage scorched & not consumed
- PlanF
- Management fire set within controlled boundaries, severity unknown
- HSWildF
- Wildfire, whole plot burnt & all foliage consumed
- MSWildF
- Wildfire, whole plot burnt & some foliage scorched & not consumed
- LSWildF
- Wildfire, unburnt patches within plot & some foliage scorched & not consumed
- WildF
- Wildfire, severity unknown
areaburnt- Name
- areaburnt
- Definition
- Area burned in hectares
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- hectare
- Number Type
- natural
eventdate- Name
- eventdate
- Definition
- Date of disturbance event
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- YYYY-MM-DD
locality- Name
- locality
- Definition
- Stratified location of disturbance
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Character
comment- Name
- comment
- Definition
- comment
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- comment
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- kmle_disturbance_p138t317.csv
- Text Format
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- Number of Header Lines
- 1
- Number of Footer Lines
- 0
- Record Delimiter
- \r\n
- Attribute Orientation
- column
- Simple Delimited
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- Field Delimiter
- ,
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern2.187.2
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
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- allowFirst
- Allow:
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- Additional Metadata Links
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- Metadata
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- additionalLinks
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- url
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- @name
- Mallee Plot Network
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