public read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_desert_uplands,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read Dr Daniel J. Metcalfe CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Senior Research Scientist

EcoSciences Precinct 41 Boggo Road Dutton Park Queensland 4102 Australia

07 3833 5529, dan.metcalfe@csiro.au Mr Eric Vanderduys CSIRO Technical Officer

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Australian Tropical Sciences Innovation Precinct, PMB PO Aitkenvale Queensland 4814 Australia

07 4753 8529 eric.vanderduys@csiro.au The LTERN Desert Uplands Plot Network Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates contains location data for 60 permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. All sites are located within extensive ironbark (Eucalyptus whitei and E. melanophloia) woodland in the Prairie-Torrens Creeks subregion in the northwest of the Desert Uplands bioregion. The sites extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50 km by 50 km. The sites occur on alluvial sand and clay sheets, and flat sand and earth plains. The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands 0501 Ecological Applications ANZSRC-FOR Codes Plot setup Geographic Plot details Spatial coordinates Keywords List CC-BY-4_0 Special conditions Data users must request permission from the Data Provider before access to latitudinal and longitudinal data is granted. Northern Queensland, Australia 144.688969 145.191784 -20.762424 -21.235266 1405646064156 1408532875740

The LTERN Desert Uplands Plot Network Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates contains location data for 60 permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodified native woodlands where significant thinning or clearing has not occurred. Cleared sites had been chain-cleared and sown with buffel grass between 1995 and 1999. The sites are spread across four properties. The total number of sites within each category are as follows: a) cleared vegetation (n = 10), b) thinned vegetation (n = 10) and c) unmodified vegetation (n = 40).

None provided These plots have been visited in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016. The specific location of the 1 ha survey sites were selected on the basis that they were situated in large contiguous areas that were considered typical or characteristic of the respective vegetation management strategy. Within each property, sites are generally a minimum of 1 km apart but may be within 500 m of one another in some cases. At the property scale, sites are spread across a 10-15 km radius on each property. Sites are located a minimum of 500 m from any water point, commonly 50-100 m from the nearest access track and that the demarcation used for site selection within the “Unmodified vegetation management” class (30-45% vs. 45-60% canopy cover), was made using crown canopy mapping based on 1996 1:250 000 aerial photography. Sites are broadly situated within the same broad Ironbark woodland community (Eucalyptus whitei, E. melanophloia). Two Queensland land zones are mapped across the four properties with sandy plains and alluvial systems each represented by two properties. One of the leaseholders (with five thinned and five unmodified sites), withdrew from the study following the July 2008 survey leaving 50 sites distributed across three leasehold properties remaining in the study. CSIRO Data Owner 1405646064156 Plot Leader Dr Chris Pavey CSIRO Land and Water Flagship Plot network contact

PO Box 2111 Alice Springs Northern Territory 0871

08 9850 7173 chris.pavey@csiro.au Interim Research Group Leader & Research Scientist 1408532875740 Technical Officer 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. mdup_plot_and_spatial_coordinates_p160t367.csv mdup_plot_and_spatial_coordinates_p160t367.csv 1691 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern2.1111.1 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_desert_uplands,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read quadrat_id Unique site identifier Character lon_dec Longitude in decimal degrees, GDA94 degree real lat_dec Latitude in decimal degrees, GDA94 degree real 60