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Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Stag and Fire Severity Observations in Ash Forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria, South-eastern Australia,1998–2011
- Citation
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Lindenmayer, D; McBurney, L; Blair, D (): Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Stag and Fire Severity Observations in Ash Forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria, South-eastern Australia,1998–2011. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.1055.74/html
- Identifier
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- docid
- ltern2.1055.74
- Data Creators
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- Individual
- Professor David Lindenmayer
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
- Individual
- Mr Lachlan McBurney
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment & Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
- Individual
- Mr David Blair
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment & Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
- Abstract
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In 1998, 1129 large trees with cavities (i.e. both living and dead stags) were mapped and permanently marked at 156 field sites. Each stag was assigned one of nine tree forms or decay classes based on observable characteristics. Each time the trees were re-surveyed, an additional 3 hour reconnaissance was undertaken at each site to determine if any new cavity trees had been recruited since the previous survey. These data were used in the IUCN Red List of Ecosystem Assessment of Burns, E. L., Lindenmayer, D. B., Stein, J., Blanchard, W., McBurney, L., Blair, D. & Banks, S. C. (2015). Ecosystem assessment of mountain ash forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria, South-eastern Australia. Austral Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/aec.12200. The data were subsequently used in a case study as part of the Collaborative Environment for Ecosystem Science Research and Analysis (CoESRA) (see https://www.coesra.org.au). This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983 when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced. These data have been collected as part of an ongoing program to examine key relationships in different vegetation types; within and across different regions and in response to different kinds of disturbance and management regimes. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at the LTERN Data Portal.
- Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
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- Individual
- Professor David Lindenmayer
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
- Address
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Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Frank Fenner Building (Building 141), Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Canberra. ACT 2601
- Phone
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- voice
- 02 61250654
- Email Address
- david.lindenmayer@anu.edu.au
- Individual
- Mr Lachlan McBurney
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment & Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
- Address
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Fenner School of Environment and Society
The Australian National University 48 Linnaeus Way Acton
Canberra. ACT 2601
- Phone
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- voice
- 0401 124 929
- Email Address
- lachlan.mcburney@anu.edu.au
- Individual
- Mr David Blair
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment & Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
- Address
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Fenner School of Environment and Society
Fenner School of Environment & Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
Canberra. ACT 2601
- Phone
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- voice
- 03 5962 4043, 0439 660996
- Email Address
- david.blair@anu.edu.au
- Project Information and Data Owners
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- Title
- Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network
- Personnel
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- Role
- Data Owner
- Individual
- Professor David Lindenmayer
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
- Role
- Senior Research Officer
- Individual
- Mr Lachlan McBurney
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment & Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
- Role
- Senior Research Officer
- Individual
- Mr David Blair
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment & Society ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
- Funding
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This data was collected between 1998 and 2011 and was funded by Parks Victoria, Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment and Australian Research Council Discovery program. Since 2012 the Plot Network infrastructure has been funded as part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). LTERN is a Facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). TERN is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
- Methods and Sampling Information
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- Methods
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Method Step 1
- Description
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Plot set-up
The form of 1129 large trees with cavities was determined at 156 permanent 1 hectare field sites on a repeated basis in 1997, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Method Step 2- Description
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Stag measurements
The stag attribute "form" was measured in 1997, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Trees were marked with a number both with spray paint and a small metal tag. Each time the trees were re-surveyed, an additional 3 hour reconnaissance in which all overstorey eucalypt trees on each site were inspected with binoculars as part of a detailed vegetation surveys on all field sites, to determine if any new cavity trees had been recruited since the previous survey. A compass and a rangefinder are used to map the layout of stags within each site. Trees were selected on the basis that they were viable (still standing) at 1998.
- Instrument
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- GPS and range finder
- Keywords and Subject Categories
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- GCMD Science Keywords
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- Earth Science>Biosphere>Vegetation>Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure
- ANZSRC-FOR Codes
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- 0501 Ecological Applications
- 0602 Ecology
- 0502 Environmental Science and Management
- 0705 Forestry Sciences
- LTERN Monitoring Themes
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- Vegetation structure
- Fire
- Logging forestry
- Fragmentation
- Keywords List
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- Stag
- Logging
- Fire
- Tree cavity
- Geographic Coverage
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- Geographic Description
- Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 145.477922 degrees
- East
- 146.195374 degrees
- North
- -37.342523 degrees
- South
- -37.919069 degrees
- Temporal Coverage
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- Date Begin
- 1998
- Date End
- 2011
- Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions
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CC-BY-4_0 Special Condition Co-authorship with the data provider (Professor David Lindenmayer) of any publication of research utilising this data is an expected outcome. The data provider requests consultation, including a summary of the proposed research and intended use before publication of research utilising this data is possible.
- Data Table
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- Name
- stag_data_all_years_p626t921.csv
- Attribute Information
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site
- Name
- site
- Definition
- Site code
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Character
fire_cat- Name
- fire_cat
- Definition
- Fire category
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- m
- moderate
- n
- unburnt
- s
- severe
age_category- Name
- age_category
- Definition
- Regeneration cohort age of mountain ash and alpine ash
- Measurement Type
- ordinal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- 1
- Forest cover established (regenerated) prior to 1939 and remained unburned until 2009
- 2
- Forest cover established (regenerated) in 1939 and remained unburned until 2009
- 3
- Forest cover established (regenerated) in 1983 and remained unburned until 2009
tree_code- Name
- tree_code
- Definition
- Unique code comprising site code and tree code
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Character
survey_year_num- Name
- survey_year_num
- Definition
- Year of survey
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- YYYY
form_num- Name
- form_num
- Definition
- Mountain Ash tree form
- Measurement Type
- ordinal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- 1
- Mature living tree
- 2
- Mature living trees with a dead or broken top
- 3
- Dead tree with most branches still intact
- 4
- Dead tree with 0–25% of the top broken off; branches remaining as stubs only
- 5
- Dead tree with top 25–50% broken away
- 6
- Dead tree with top 50–75% broken away
- 7
- Solid dead tree with ≥75% of the top broken away
- 8
- Hollow stump
- 9
- Collapsed tree
init_form_num- Name
- init_form_num
- Definition
- Initial Mountain Ash tree forms
- Measurement Type
- ordinal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- 1
- Mature living tree
- 2
- Mature living trees with a dead or broken top
- 3
- Dead tree with most branches still intact
- 4
- Dead tree with 0–25% of the top broken off; branches remaining as stubs only
- 5
- Dead tree with top 25–50% broken away
- 6
- Dead tree with top 50–75% broken away
- 7
- Solid dead tree with ≥75% of the top broken away
- 8
- Hollow stump
- 9
- Collapsed tree
- Number Of Records
- 5656
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- stag_data_all_years_p626t921.csv
- Size
- 254870 byte
- Text Format
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- Number of Header Lines
- 1
- Record Delimiter
- #x0A
- Attribute Orientation
- column
- Simple Delimited
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- Field Delimiter
- ,
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern2.1057.4
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
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- allowFirst
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Permission Principal [all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=pn_vc_tall_eucalypt,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
- Additional Metadata Links
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additionalLinksAdditional Metadata : additionalLinks
- Metadata
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- additionalLinks
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- url
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- @name
- Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
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- allowFirst
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