public read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read Professor David Lindenmayer The Fenner School of Environment and Society Principal investigator

ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

+61 2 6125 0654 David.Lindenmayer@anu.edu.au Herpetofauna is surveyed every two years using artificial substrates and active search methods. Artificial substrates comprise eight standard roofing tiles, eight half-size (cut-off) railway sleepers and four sheets of corrugated iron per site. A set of two sheets of corrugated iron placed on top of one another, four half-size railways sleepers and four roofing tiles are placed around a point at the 0 m and 100 m point of the permanent 200 m transect. These artificial substrates are gently turned over to record occupants with some of the animals hand-captured to identify the species, substrates are replaced and then the animals put carefully back underneath the substrates. Active searching is done by gently turning over any rocks, logs or fallen bark at locations along a 200 m transect for 20 minites. Several measurements including sex, age and tail condition are recorded where possible. The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C & Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160). The study area is located in the Southwest slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Reptiles > Lizards/Snakes GCMD Herpetofauna Artificial substrates Keywords List Herpetofauna Grazing domestic livestock Fragmentation LTERN Monitoring Themes 0501 0602 0608 ANZSRC-FOR CC-BY-4_0 Special Conditions: 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. 2013 Species Acritoscincus platynotum Species Carlia tetradactyla Species Christinus marmoratus Species Cryptoblepharus pannosus Species Ctenotus spaldingi Species Ctenotus taeniolatus Species Delma inornata Species Diplodactylus vittatus Species Egernia cunninghami Species Egernia striolata Species Eulamprus heatwolei Species Hemiergis talbingoensis Species Lampropholis delicata Species Lampropholis guichenoti Species Lialis burtonis Species Morethia boulengeri Species Pogona barbata Species Pseudonaja textilis Species Tiliqua scincoides scincoides The Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network is located in the southwest slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. 148.413437 148.523614 -34.942003 -35.057807 Sachiko Okada The Fenner School of Environment and Society Manager, Participant

ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

sachiko.okada@anu.edu.au

Initially all patches of remnant native vegetation on areas designated for pine plantation were characterised. Fifty remnants were randomly selected with stratification, such as vegetation type, patch size, and established year of surrounding pine trees. Fifty-six remnants on adjacent farmstopine plantations were selected to match those 50 remnants, to make sure that remnants from two groups were as similar as possible. Ten sites in cleared paddocks around the woodland remnants on the grazing properties and 10 sites in areas dominated by newly planted radiate pine trees were established as ‘‘landscape matrix’’ sites. Those sites were established in 1998, but a few sites were scrapped due to non-accessibility or vast invasion of weed. To make up for those abandoned sites, additional sites were established within a few years since the first establishment. For more details, please refer to Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C & Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, pp. 157-169. After setting up a 200m permanent transect with star-pickets (refer to site selection/set-up), a set of two sheets of corrugated iron placed on top of one another, four half-size railways sleepers and four roofing tiles are placed around a point at the 0 m and 100 m point of the permanent 200 m transect.

Corrugated iron sheets, half-size railways sleepers, roofing tiles and gloves.

Artificial substrates are gently turned over to record occupants with some of the animals hand-captured to identify the species, substrates are replaced and then the animals put carefully back underneath the substrates. Active searching is done by gently turning over any rocks, logs or fallen bark at locations along a 200 m transect for 20 minutes.

Gloves and field guide.

Species name, abundance and substrates (or microhabitats) where animals were found, are recorded. Age, sex and tail condition are also recorded where possible.

Clipboard, datasheets and pencil. NAN-15 was not surveyed for 2013. Refer to Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C & Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2 1408532875740 Data Owner 1409029639827 Manager, Participant 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. lngr_herpetofauna_search_data_2013_p30t349.csv lngr_herpetofauna_search_data_2013_p30t349.csv 1 0 \r\n column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.22.4 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read visitcode Combination of survey year-survey season-site code-repeat number Character surveyyear Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY surveyseason Survey season S Spring Sm Summer A Autumn W Winter sitecode Location and site number Character plotnumber Site marker point on a permanent transect 1 0m artificial substrates 2 100m artificial substrates 3 active search species Species scientific name Character abundance Number of animals number whole distancealongtransect The distance (metre) between the start of a transect (0 metre) to where the 'Off Distance' measurement meets the transect. meter real cover Artificial substrate Character microhabitat Microhabitat of active search Character comments Comments Character lngr_herpetofauna_search_data_2013_site_infor_p30t397.csv lngr_herpetofauna_search_data_2013_site_infor_p30t397.csv 1 0 \r\n column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.23.2 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read visitcode Combination of survey year-survey season-site code-repeat number Character surveyyear Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY surveyseason Survey season S Spring Sm Summer A Autumn W Winter sitecode Location and site number Character plotnumber Site marker point on a permanent transect 1 0m artificial substrates 2 100m artificial substrates 3 active search surveydate Date of survey YYYY-MM-DD starttime Start time of survey hh:mm temperature Temperature 1 Cold 2 Cool 3 Mild 4 Warm wind Wind 1 Calm 2 Light 3 Moderate 4 Windy cloud Cloud 1 Clear 2 Scattered 3 Broken 4 Overcast grassbeneathcover Scales for grass cover underneath of artificial subatrates 0 None 1 Dominated by bare earth or leaf litter 2 Dominated by grasses, but not fully covered 3 Fully covered by grasses soilmoisture Scales of soil moisture level underneath of artificial substrates 0 Dry 1 Some Moisture 2 Wet 3 Saturated externalgrasscover Scales of grass cover in immediate vincinity of artificial substrates 0 None 1 Dominated by bare earth or leaf litter 2 Dominated by grasses, but not fully covered 3 Fully covered by grasses comments Comments Character http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation