public read uid=keith,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all Professor David Keith Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales Plot Leader

University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

02 9385 2111 david.keith@unsw.edu.au The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Fire History Data Package records the history of fire across 54 established swamp monitoring sites in upland swamps scattered throughout the study area (Keith and Myerscough 1993). The fire history prior to the establishment of plots in 1983 has been compiled from records and maps held by Sydney Catchment Authority and the National Parks and Wildlife Service including wildfires and prescribed burns (Keith et al. 2006). Since 1982, fire occurrences on the plots have been verified by personal observations (David Keith). Spatial distributions of upland swamp vegetation was interpreted visually from aerial photography flow in 1960 and 1998, and the data were digitally captured and stored. The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network research plots were established in 1983. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-heath-swamps. Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Ecology > Fire Occurrence GCMD Fire Upland heath swamps Keywords List Fire LTERN Monitoring Themes 0602 ANZSRC-FOR 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/ltern6.317/html (Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Dharawal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia). Dharawal National Park and Dharawal Nature Reserve, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia 150.84554 150.93563 -34.2008 -34.26344 1965 2012 Renee Woodward Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Research Assistant

University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

02 9585 6051 Renee.Woodward@environment.nsw.gov.au Katy Wilkins Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Research Assistant

University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

02 9385 8296 k.wilkins@unsw.edu.au Mark Tozer NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) Research Scientist

PO Box 1967 Hurstville NSW 2220 Australia

02 9585 6496 mark.tozer@environment.nsw.gov.au 1408532875740 Tanya Mason Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Research Fellow

University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

02 9385 8296 t.mason@unsw.edu.au Chris Simpson Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Research Assistant

University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

0409 159 334 christopher.simpson@unsw.edu.au

Each permanent swamp monitoring site consists of a belt transect of 30 contiguous 0.5x0.5 metre quadrats. Quadrats 1 and 30 are marked with steel star pickets, extending approximately 1. 5 m above ground surface, and located on the Map Grid of Australia (Geodectic Datum of Australia) using a global positioning system.

•Steel star pickets •measuring tape •GPS

The fire history from the mid-1960s to the present was compiled from records and maps held by Sydney Catchment Authority and the National Parks and Wildlife Service including wildfires and prescribed burns (Keith et al. 2006). Since 1982, fire occurrences have been verified by personal observations (David Keith). Spatial distributions of upland swamp vegetation was interpreted visually from aerial photography flow in 1960 and 1998, and the data were digitally captured and stored.

•Digital camera Sites have been sampled in 1983, 2004, 2009–2010 and 2014. The next census is scheduled for 2019 or within 12 months of the next bushfire, whichever occurs first. Originally each sample site was a belt transect of 60 contiguous 0.5x0.5 m quadrats, in which presence/absence of all vascular plant taxa were recorded (based on whether they were overhanging the quadrats) and tallied to give a frequency out of 60. The sites were originally sampled in 1983, marked in the field by two wooden stakes at either end of the transect, and plotted on a 1:10 000 aerial photograph. By 2004, it was possible to relocate 54 of the 60 original transects and of these, at least one of the original markers was found for 20 transects. During the intervening years, some of the wooden markers had been consumed by fires, but based on the annotated aerial photograph, field notes and detailed recollections of the original observer (David Keith), transects were confidently reestablished within approximately 10 m of their original location. These formed the basis for establishing permanent swamp monitoring sites, which are now marked in the field at the positions of quadrats 1 and 30 with steel star pickets, extending approximately 1.5 m above ground surface, and located on the Map Grid of Australia (Geodectic Datum of Australia) using a global positioning system. Exploration and subsampling of the 1983 data showed that the floristic relationships between the 60 sites could be adequately retrieved if species frequencies were calculated from a sample of 30 quadrats within each transect (correlation of association matrices based on 60 and 30 quadrats yielded Mantel’s R>0.95). Therefore, only the first 30 quadrats of each transect were re-sampled in 2004 (Keith et al. 2007), 2009-2010 and 2014. 1408532875740 Data Owner 1416448970563 Plot Network Contact 1416440473965 Plot Network Contact 1416440539634 Plot Network Contact 1416440643143 Plot Network Contact 1416440710772 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. kuhs_fire_history_p140t308.csv kuhs_fire_history_p140t308.csv 1 0 \r\n column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.77.2 cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all transect Transect identifier Character veg Vegetation type BT Banksia Thicket CH Cyperoid Heath RH Restioid Heath SL Sedgeland TT Ti-tree Thicket x1965 Presence of fire in 1965 Y Yes NA No x1968 Presence of fire in 1968 Y Yes NA No x1974 Presence of fire in 1974 Y Yes NA No x1975 Presence of fire in 1975 Y Yes NA No x1977 Presence of fire in 1977 Y Yes NA No x1978 Presence of fire in 1978 Y Yes NA No x1980 Presence of fire in 1980 Y Yes NA No jul_81 Presence of fire in July 1981 Y Yes NA No apr_82 Presence of fire in April 1982 Y Yes NA No aug_84 Presence of fire in August 1984 Y Yes NA No x1984 Presence of fire in 1984 Y Yes NA No dec_90 Presence of fire in December 1990 Y Yes NA No dec_01 Presence of fire in December 2001 Y Yes NA No sep_12 Presence of fire in September 2012 Y Yes NA No comments Comments Character kuhs_fire_history_p140t604.csv kuhs_fire_history_p140t604.csv 1 0 \r\n column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.79.1 cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all transect Transect identifier Character years_burnt Year burn occurred YYYY http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-health-swamps