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 Dr Ross Cunningham Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University Content Provider Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network was established in 1998 with a principle objective 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. These long term data include: • vegetation data, • bird point counts, • herpetofauna survey, • arboreal marsupial spotlighting, • nocturnal bird spotlighting, • opportunistic frog spotlighting 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. GPS co-ordinates Plot setup Geographic Plot details Spatial coordinates Keywords 0501 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. 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. 148.313807 148.534563 -34.912979 -35.069528 Dr Mason Crane The Australian National University Senior Research Officer

Fenner School of Environment and Society The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601

0427 770 594 mason.crane@anu.edu.au

The study area is 10–20 km south-east of the town of Jugiong in southern NSW (Fig. 1), and it is bounded by the Murrumbidgee River to the north and the Bungongo State Forest, 5–8 km to the south and east. Annual precipitation across the study area ranges from 775 to 900 mm and is uniformly distributed throughout the year. Summers are typically hot. The name of the field study is taken from the Nanangroe Station — a large property where a major new radiata pine plantation has recently been established. The study region was chosen because: (1) recent large-scale changes in landscape cover have occurred due to the establishment of new radiata pine plantations at four former grazing properties newly acquired by State Forests of NSW; (2) long-term access to semi-cleared grazing properties which support numerous woodland remnants and which are located adjacent to the new Radiata Pine plantation has been obtained; (3) the region contains a wide range of woodland vegetation types (see later). This will allow us to quantify the differences in fauna between different types of woodland. This makes our natural experiment different from many other studies that have focussed on one or only a few woodland types (e.g. Er, 1995; Prober and Thiele, 1995; Haddeon and Westbrooke, 1996; Arnold and Weeldenberg, 1998); and (4) the woodland remnants in the study region vary in their physical condition, location (hilltops versus midslopes, etc.), and many other attributes (Table 1) making it possible to sample a broad range of environmental conditions and, in turn, model the relationships between species occurrence and these covariates. The original vegetation cover in the study area included a suite of woodland vegetation types, particularly those dominated by yellow box (Eucalyptus melliodora), red box (Eucalyptus polyanthemos), white box (Eucalyptus albens), red stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha), and Blakely’s red gum (Eucalyptus blakelyi). Much of the original cover has been cleared over the past 150 years, primarily for domestic stock grazing (Bungongo Centenary Committee, 1986). Only fragmented patches now remain of what was formerly continuous woodland vegetation cover. Clearing operations to plant radiata pine in the areas surrounding the woodland remnants involves the felling and burning of isolated paddock trees and other shrubby vegetation. The cleared land is then deep-ripped with a bulldozer to create mounds of earth in which radiata pine seedlings are planted. These are standard plantation establishment procedures employed widely throughout south-eastern Australia. [Lindenmayer, et al. 2001, A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data. Biological Conservation 101: 157–169 [159–160]

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. Thus, the initial phase of the experiment is the establishment of a set of foundation sites. This involved characterizng all patches of remnant native vegetation on areas designated for pine plantation. Attributes of the 70 remnants included patch size (ha), dominant tree species, age and condition of overstorey trees, understorey condition, shape class, topographic position, and the density of trees within the patch. Patch sizes varied from 0.5 to 9.7 ha. Four broad vegetation classes were recognizd as part of field surveys. The species in these groups were: (1) red box and red stringybark (co-dominant), apple box (Eucalyptus bridgesiana), long-leaf box (Eucalyptus goniocalyx), and broad-leaved peppermint (Eucalyptus dives); (2) swamp gum (Eucalyptus camphora); (3) yellow box, white box, red stringybark (co-dominant) and Blakely’s red gum; and (4) river oak (Casuarina cunninghamiana). [Lindenmayer, et al. 2001, A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data. Biological Conservation 101: 157–169 [160]

1500360509028 Data Owner 1500359251156 Plot network contact 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_plot_details_spatial_coordinates_p150t567.csv Spatial data for Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network's plots lngr_plot_details_spatial_coordinates_p150t567.csv 19960 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.345.1 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=nesp,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read uid=lane,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read id Record identifier ID number property_code Property identifier Character property_name Property name Character site_code Location and site number Character easting_0m Latitude coordinate at 0 m point on the transect degree real northing_0m Longitude coordinate at 0 m point on the transect degree real easting_100m Latitude coordinate at 100 m point on the transect degree real northing_100m Longitude coordinate at 100 m point on the transect degree real easting_200m Latitude coordinate at 200 m point on the transect degree real northing_200m Longitude coordinate at 200 m point on the transect degree real elevation Elevation above sea level meter real context Plot context AGR Agricurtural land PPR Private property reserve SFR State forest reserve PIN Pine forest plantation size_ha Size of plot hectare real size_class Relative size of remnant vegetation patch very small Very small small Small medium Medium large Large shape_of_remnant Shape of remnant vegetation circular Circular elongated Elongated oval Oval square Square landscape_position Position of plot within landscape Character topography Topography of plot Character avg_slope_degrees Average degree of the slope of the landscape based on the slope at three points along the transect (0 m, 100 m, and 200 m) degree real comments Comments Character 143 lngr_plot_details_baseline_attributes_p150t1113.csv Baseline attributes for Nanangroe Plantation sites lngr_plot_details_baseline_attributes_p150t1113.csv 7028 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.347.1 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=nesp,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read uid=lane,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read id Record identifier ID number site_code Location and site number Character planting_year Year pine plantation trees were planted YYYY dist_to_nearest_remnant_m Distance to nearest remnant native vegetation meter whole dist_to_water_m Distance to closest water meter whole forest_type Forest type 99 Red Box 103 Apple Box 104 Long leaved Box 111 Peppermint 124 Red Stringybark 143 Swamp Gum 172 Yellow Box associated with Blakely's Red Gum 173 Yellow Box - White Box co-dominant with Blakely's 175 White Box dominant. Blakely's, Yellow Box + Kurrajong 176 White Box - Stringybark co-dominant 177 Red Gum - Stringybark co-dominant 178 Blakely's dominates 211 River Oak 216 Improved Pasture and Cropland 217 Farm Plantings 218 Forestry Plantations league_type League type 94 Scribbly Gum-Stringybark-Silvertop Ash 132 Snow Gum 170 Yellow-White-Red Gum 211 Non-Eucalypt 216 Non Forest and Artificial veg_type Vegetation type 1 Non Forest and Artificial 2 White Box Dom. 3 Apple/Long leaved Box 4 Swamp Gum/Oak 5 Blakelys/Yellow Box 6 Misc. avg_edge_distance_m Average degree of the slope of the landscape based on three the slope at points at 0 m, 100 m, and 200 m along the transect. degree natural disturbance Disturbance score avereaged from 3 points along the transect (0 m, 100 m, and 200 m). The score is based on the number of disturbance categories evident at each point. The categories are: Logging, Fire, Livestock grazing, Mining, Other number real no_sides_pine Score which is indicative of the number of sides to the remnant vegetation that are adjacent to pine plantations number whole 143 http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation