public read uid=keith,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read uid=delacey,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read uid=tozer,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,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

Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

02 9385 2111 david.keith@unsw.edu.au The Mallee Plot Network Disturbance History Data Package contains fire occurrence data for fifty-three experimental 0.2 hectare sites which have been established on dune crests and upper slopes in Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1996 to 2011. The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1996 and were revisited annually for 3 years and then on a decadal basis. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Mallee Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/mallee Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics> Fire Ecology Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics> Fire Ecology > Fire Dynamics Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics> Fire Ecology > Fire Occurrence GCMD Science Keywords Planned fire Prescribed fire Wildfire Keywords List Fire LTERN Monitoring Themes 0501 Ecological Applications 0602 Ecology ANZSRC-FOR Codes 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/ltern6.321/html (Mallee Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia). 2013 Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia 140.958503 141.222776 -33.271362 -33.467802 Mark Tozer NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) Research Scientist

PO Box 1967 Hurstville Sydney NSW 2220

02 9585 6496 mark.tozer@environment.nsw.gov.au Chris Simpson Centre for Ecosystem Science Research Assistant

Centre for Ecosystem Science School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052

0409 159 334 Christopher.Simpson@unsw.edu.au 1408532875740 Renee Woodward Centre for Ecosystem Science Research Assistant

Centre for Ecosystem Science School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052

02 9585 6051 Renee.Woodward@environment.nsw.gov.au Katy Wilkins Centre for Ecosystem Science Research Assistant

Centre for Ecosystem Science School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052

02 9385 8296 k.wilkins@unsw.edu.au

Fifty-three experimental 0.2 hectare sites were established on dune crests and upper slopes in Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park. This is part of a much larger dataset collected between 1996 to 2011.

All but one of the 53 sites (1998/CON1) has been burnt since 1995, either in prescribed fires (33 sites) or wildfires (19 sites). Prescribed fires varied in area from 1 – 70 ha, whereas wildfires varied in area from 70 ha to 3000 ha. Prescribed fires were implemented in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The 33 sites sampling prescribed fires were stratified across this chronosequence, with four sites sampled in each burn year except 2005 (five sites), 2009 and 2010 (two sites each) and 2011 (eight sites). For each burn year, the sites were stratified between locations with different prior fire histories; half had previously been long unburnt (1917 or earlier) and half had been unburnt for 20-30 years (1979-1984). However, the four sites sampling prescribed burns in Scotia in 2010 only sampled a single fire history. When new sites to be burnt in prescribed fires are established, three surveys are undertaken in successive years at the time of treatment. These sites are initially marked out and surveyed one to three months prior to burning treatment (pre-fire survey). They are fenced to exclude all vertebrate herbivores, usually within one to three months after burning treatment. A second survey (post-fire survey) is carried out approximately one year after the first survey. Within one to two months after the second survey, fences are modified to allow access to selected herbivores into compartments of the exclosures (see details below). During the second survey, additional plots are recorded outside the exclosures where herbivores have continual access to the vegetation prior to and after burning. A third survey (post-grazing survey) is carried out within and outside the exclosures approximately one year after the second survey. Pre-fire surveys could not be carried out at any sites burnt in wildfires or the four sites burnt in prescribed fires during 2010 within Scotia Sanctuary. The eight sites in Danggali CP were not fenced to exclude herbivores and consequently only one post-fire postgrazing survey was carried out, equivalent to the external plots carried out on the third annual visit to the other sites.

1408532875740 Data Owner 1410741491082 Plot contact 1410741595318 Plot contact 1410741683956 Plot contact 1410741759667 Plot 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. kmle_disturbance_p138t317.csv kmle_disturbance_p138t317.csv 1 0 \r\n column , ecogrid://knb/ltern2.187.2 cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all sitelabel Site identification number Character eventid Event identification number Character type Type of disturbance HSPlanF Management fire set within controlled boundaries, whole plot burnt & all foliage consumed MSPlanF Management fire set within controlled boundaries, whole plot burnt & some foliage scorched & not consumed LSPlanF Management fire set within controlled boundaries, unburnt patches within plot & some foliage scorched & not consumed PlanF Management fire set within controlled boundaries, severity unknown HSWildF Wildfire, whole plot burnt & all foliage consumed MSWildF Wildfire, whole plot burnt & some foliage scorched & not consumed LSWildF Wildfire, unburnt patches within plot & some foliage scorched & not consumed WildF Wildfire, severity unknown areaburnt Area burned in hectares hectare natural eventdate Date of disturbance event YYYY-MM-DD locality Stratified location of disturbance Character comment comment comment http://dev.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/mallee