public read uid=green,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all Dr Peter Green La Trobe University

Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria 3086 Australia

03 9479 3675 p.green@latrobe.edu.au 1374809252523 Casual research assistants and volunteer fieldworkers Content Provider 1374809101561 Principal Investigator Prof Joseph H. Connell University of California, Santa Barbara

Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology University of California Santa Barbara California 93106 United States of America

Originator La Trobe University Staff

Department of Botany La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria 3086 Australia

03 9479 3675 p.green@latrobe.edu.au Content Provider This rainforest tree demographic data package comprises recruitment, growth and mortality census data for rainforest trees Davies Creek Plot in Dinden National Park, (25 km south west of Cairns), Queensland for 1963-2013. This plot consists of one 1.7 hectare plot in tropical rainforest, established in 1963. Rainforest tree attributes recorded comprise the size (height or girth) of tagged and mapped, free-standing stems of shrub and tree species. Sampling has been undertaken at intervals of 1-6 years. The Davies Creek Plot was incorporated over an existing 0.4 ha plot established by the Queensland Department of Forestry in 1951 (Nicholson et al. 1988), so the central part of the Davies Creek Plot has records extending back more than a decade prior to 1963. This data package forms part of the collection of vegetation data undertaken at plots situated in both Lamington National Park and Davies Creek initiated by Professor Joseph H. Connell (University of California, Santa Barbara) in 1963. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Connell Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest. Girth Height Diameter Population dynamics Seedling recruitment Tropical Keywords 0602 ANZSRC-FOR Biological Classification > Plants Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Community Dynamics Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species/Population Dynamics Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Forests GCMD Vegetation structure Plant species composition Plant species abundance Individual plants On plot weather LTERN Monitoring Themes CC-BY-4_0 Special Conditions Prior to publication of research utilising this data - the data provider (Dr Peter Green) requests consultation. Spatial coordinates for the site are available at https://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern9.54/html (Connell Rainforest Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Dinden National Park and Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia). Davies Creek Plot: Dinden National Park, Lamb Range, 20 km South West of Cairns. 145.622 145.626 -17.0316 -17.0361 1963 2013 Species Abrophyllum ornans Species Aceratium megalospermum Species Acronychia acronychioides Species Acronychia parviflora Species Acronychia sp Species Agathis atropurpurea Species Alangium villosum polysmoides Species Alloxylon wichamii Species Alphitonia petriei Species Alphitonia whitei Species Alyxia ilicifolia Species Antidesma erostre Species Antirhea tenuiflora Species Apodytes brachystylis Species Archidendron grandiflorum Species Archidendron vaillantii Species Archirhodomyrtus beckleri Species Ardisia brevipedata Species Arytera pauciflora Species Atractocarpus fitzalanii tenuipes Species Atractocarpus merikin Species Auranticarpa papyracea Species Austromatthaea elegans Species Austrosteenisia stipularis Species Balanops australiana Species Beilschmiedia bancroftii Species Beilschmiedia brunnea Species Beilschmiedia collina Species Beilschmiedia obtusifolia Species Beilschmiedia recurva Species Bobea myrtoides Species Brackenridgea australiana Species Bubbia semecarpoides Species Buckinghamia celsissima Species Calamus sp Species Caldcluvia australiensis Species Canarium australasicum Species Canthium sp Species Cardwellia sublimis Species Carnarvonia araliifolia Species Casearia costulata Species Castanospora alphandii Species Cephalaralia cephalobotrys Species Ceratopetalum succiruburm Species Chionanthus axillaris Species Cinnamomum laubatii Species Cissus penninervis Species Citronella smythii Species Clerodendrum floribundum Species Cnesmocarpon dasyantha Species Connarus conchocarpus Species Cordyline cannifolia Species Cryptocarya angulata Species Cryptocarya cocosoides Species Cryptocarya corrugata Species Cryptocarya densiflora Species Cryptocarya grandis Species Cryptocarya leucophylla Species Cryptocarya lividula Species Cryptocarya mackinnoniana Species Cryptocarya melanocarpa Species Cryptocarya murrayi Species Cryptocarya putida Species Cryptocarya smaragdina Species Cupaniopsis flagelliformis australia Species Cupaniopsis foveolata Species Cyathea rebeccae Species Cyclophyllum coprosmoides Species Daphnandra repandula Species Darlingia darlingiana Species Davidsonia pruriens pruriens Species Delarbrea michieana Species Dendrocnide moroides Species Denhamia viridissima Species Desmos goezeanus Species Dinosperma stipitatum Species Diospyros pentamera Species Diospyros sp Species Doryphora aromatica Species Dysoxylum oppositifolium Species Dysoxylum papuanum Species Dysoxylum parasiticum Species Elaeocarpus elliffii Species Elaeocarpus largiflorens largiflorens Species Elaeocarpus ruminatus Species Elaeocarpus sericopetalus Species Elaeocarpus sp Mt Bellenden Kerr Species Endiandra cowleyana Species Endiandra dielsiana Species Endiandra insignis Species Endiandra sankeyana Species Endiandra wolfei Species Eupomatia barbata Species Eupomatia laurina Species Fagraea fagraeacea Species Ficus destruens Species Ficus pleurocarpa Species Ficus racemosa Species Flindersia acuminata Species Flindersia bourjotiana Species Flindersia brayleyana Species Flindersia laevicarpa Species Flindersia pimenteliana Species Franciscodendron laurifolium Species Galbulimima baccata Species Garcinia sp Davies Creek Species Geissois biagiana Species Geniostoma rupestre var australianum Species Gevuina bleasdalie Species Gillbeea adenopetla Species Glochidion harveyanum harveyanum Species Gmelina fasciculiflora Species Gossia grayi Species Gossia shepherdii Species Guioa acutifolia Species Guioa lasioneura Species Guioa montana Species Gynochtodes sessilis Species Halfordia scleroxyla Species Harpullia rhyticarpa Species Hedraianthera porphyropetala Species Hedycarya loxocarya Species Helicia lamingtoniana Species Helicia nortoniana Species Homalanthus novoguineensis Species Hylandia dockrillii Species Hypsophila dielsiana Species Ixora oreogena Species Lethedon setosa Species Litsea connorsii Species Litsea leefeana Species Lomatia fraxinifolia Species Macaranga subdentata Species Mackinlaya confusa Species Melastoma malabathricum Species Melicope broadbentiana Species Melicope elleryana Species Melicope vitiflora Species Melicope xanthoxyloides Species Melodinus bacellianus Species Mischarytera lautereriana Species Mischocarpus stipiatus Species Musgravea stenostachya Species Myristica insipida Species Myrsine achradifolia Species Myrsine subsessilis cryptostemon Species Myrsine variabilis Species Neisosperma poweri Species Neolitsea dealbata Species Neosepicaea jucunda Species Niemeyera sp Mt Lewis Species Opisthiolepis heterophylla Species Oraniopsis appendicultat Species Pandanus monticola Species Parsonsia sp Species Perrottetia arborescens Species Pilidiostigma tetramerum Species Piper sp Species Pitaviaster haplophyllus Species Pittosporum ferrugineum Species Pittosporum wingii Species Placospermum coriaceum Species Planchonella euphlebia Species Polyosma alangiacea Species Polyosma hirsuta Species Polyosma rhytophloia Species Polyscias australiana Species Polyscias elegans Species Polyscias murrayi Species Pouteria brownlessiana Species Pouteria papyracea Species Prumnopitys ladei Species Prunus turneriana Species Pseuduvaria mulgraveana glabrescens Species Psychotria dallachiana Species Psychotria loniceroides Species Psychotria sp Danbulla Species Psychotria submontana Species Pullea stutzeri Species Rhodamnia blairiana Species Rhodamnia sessiliflora Species Rhodomyrtus trineura Species Ripogonum sp Species Rockinghamia angustifolia Species Sarcopteryx martyana Species Sarcotoechia cuneata Species Sarcotoechia lanceolata Species Schizomeria whitei Species Siphonodon membranaceus Species Sloanea australis Species Sloanea langii Species Sloanea macbrydei Species Smilax glyciphylla Species Solanum maccorai Species Solanum mauritianum Species Sphenostemon lobosporus Species Steganthera cooperorum Species Stenocarpus reticulatus Species Stephania japonica Species Streblus glaber australiensis Species Symplocos cochinchinensis var glaberrima Species Symplocos paucistaminea Species Synima cordierorum Species Synima reynoldsiae Species Synoum glandulosum Species Syzygium alatoramulum Species Syzygium canicortex Species Syzygium cormiflorum Species Syzygium endophloium Species Syzygium johnsonii Species Syzygium kuranda Species Syzygium papyraceum Species Syzygium trachyphloium Species Syzygium unipunctatum Species Syzygium wesa Species Syzygium wilsonii wilsonii Species Tapeinosperma pseudojambosa Species Tasmannia insipida Species Toona ciliata Species Trophis scandens subsp scandens Species Uvaria concava Species Wendlandia inclusa Species Wilkiea angustifolia Species Wilkiea pubescens Species Xanthophyllum octandrum Species Zanthoxylum veneficum 1374809101561

Prof Joseph H. Connell (University of California, Santa Barbara) established a long-term forest dynamics plot in 1963, in tropical rainforest at in Dinden National Park, 25 km south west of Cairns. The plot is 1.7 hectare, and was established over an existing an existing 0.4 ha plot established by the Queensland Department of Forestry in 1951. This plot has never been logged. Although a summary of methods employed in the study has been provided below, the reader should refer to a comprehensive description of the methods and the plot configuration provided in the Conceptual Design (p 84) and accompanying documentation. In summary, samples of trees in three broad size classes have been monitored on the plots over several decades. ‘Large trees’ (≥ 10.0 cm dbh) were first tagged, mapped and measured in 1963 across both plots. At the same time, ‘medium trees’ (2.5 cm dbh but < 10.0 cm dbh) were mapped and tagged along several belt transects 6.1 m wide running through the plot, centred on survey lines 20.1 m apart. The medium-tree belt transects comprise 30% of each plot. In 1965, ‘small trees’ (tiny seedlings to saplings < 2.5 cm dbh), were mapped and tagged along narrower transects either 1.8 or 3.6 m wide, centred on the same survey lines used to sample medium trees. Large trees rooted outside the plot boundaries, but whose canopies extended over the plots have also been monitored. Large and medium trees are tagged with numbered aluminium tree tags inscribed with a unique number, nailed into the trunk with galvanized nails. Small trees are also tagged with numbered aluminium tags, attached to the plant using loops of insulated copper wire. The plots are laid out and trees are mapped using imperial and engineering units (feet and tenths of feet). Large and medium trees are measured for girth at breast height using inches and tenths of inches, and small trees are measured for height in feet and tenths of feet. These are converted to SI Units for analyses and publication. The belt transects comprise 30% of each plot. The seedlings of vines are occasionally tagged by inexperienced workers, but these are excluded from analyses. Further details relating to the methods employed by the Connell Rainforest Plot Network during this study can be found on the LTERN Plot Network site.

Measuring tapes especially imported from the United States – feet and tenths of feet, and inches and tenths of inches. Star pickets marks the ends of transects, and short steel posts mark transects at 25 feet intervals. Plants are tagged with numbered aluminium tags, attached to the plant using loops of insulated copper wire on smaller stems, or nailed onto larger stems. There are no environmental monitoring devices on the plot.

Gaps created by the death of large canopy trees have been systematically surveyed many times over the decades until 2002, with the boundaries of the gaps being noted on hand drawn maps. These maps have never been digitized, and the originals are held at the University of California. Copies of some later maps are held by Peter Green at La Trobe University.

See instrumentation details in "general" methods section.

Voucher specimens have been collected on an ad hoc basis over the years for many individuals on the plot. These specimens are subject to curation at La Trobe University. Species lists are updated as taxonomic changes are published. Major taxonomic revisions of the rainforest Myrtaceae and Lauraceae pose some problems for analyses. These revisions have erected many new species and changed old ones, and of course it is impossible to apply the revised taxonomy to unvouchered specimens (i.e. dead stems).

Stand structure, canopy cover and variation in understorey light environments have not been measured systematically on the plots. Under LTERN, new surveys for canopy cover and understorey light environments using hemispherical photography are being incorporated into regular plot monitoring.

None The Dinden National Park Plot is a 1.7 hectare plot. The plot was selected by Prof. Joseph H. Connell in 1963 on the advice of his CSIRO collaborators Dr Len Webb and Mr Geoff Tracey, and was chosen for three reasons; it was accessible, it was unlogged, and a smaller 0.4 ha plot belonging to the Queensland Department of Forestry had already been established there in 1951. This plot is one of two plots established by Connell in 1963 – the other is in subtropical rainforest near O’Reilly’s Guesthouse in Lamington National Park, 65 km south of Brisbane. The same sampling methods are employed at both plots, at intervals of 1-6 years. See Connell Rainforest Plot Network’s full program provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest for further details. 1374809101561 Principal Investigator 1374809252523 Originator This group conducts research in the rainforest looking at tree demographics. The National Science Foundation was the sole funder of this research between 1963 and 2003. LTERN was the sole funder between 2003 and 2006 (see project data 2013) ltern_crft_tree_demographic_daviescreek_background.csv (P59T364) ltern_crft_tree_demographic_daviescreek_background.csv 8782525 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern2.102.2 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all uid=green,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read "RcID" Record identification number Character "Area" Location Character "Line" Line number (belt transect numeric identifier) Character "Repl" No. of replicate plant for counts of seedlings within a 3x3 ft square, used when new seedlings are too numerous to tag and map individually number whole "Tag" Tag number numeric identifier Character "X" X coordinates (ft) Chainage (feet) foot real "Y" Y coordinates chainage (feet) foot real "Spec" Species code number Text "Species" Species recorded Text "Family" Plant family Text "Map" Date the stem(s) were originally mapped YYYY "Dead" Date of census that death was recorded YYYY "H.Map" Height at date of first mapping (ft) foot real "H.1978" Height in 1978 foot real "H.1986" Height in 1986 foot real "H.1992" Height in 1992 foot real "H.1998" Height in 1998 foot real "H.2006" Height in 2006 foot real "H.2013" Height at 2013 foot real "G.Map" Girth at date of first mapping (inches) inch real "G.1978" Girth at 1978 inch real "G.1986" Girth in 1986 inch real "G.1992" Girth in 1992 inch real "G.1996" Girth in 1996 inch real "G.2006" Girth in 2006 inch real "G.2013" Girth in 2013 inch real "Idx1" Index 1 NA N/A 2 trees found in field in 1992 and 1993 which could not be located in the Master File, so original field notes need to be consulted before these can be used for analysis 1 large trees whose size was measured as diameter, not girth, due to the presence of large buttresses. In 1992 most of these were remeasured as girth above the buttress, from 6 to 12ft above the ground. The 1992 data are OK for basal area, but since measurements before 1992 are inaccurate, they should be omitted when calculating basal area or analysing growth. 3 those seedling recruits from incomplete surveys which were dead the next complete recruitment survey. Omit from analysis of recruitment. The years are as follows: O’Reilly’s: 1963 dead 65, O’Reilly’s & Davies Creek: 1976 dead 78, O’Reilly’s & Davies Creek: 1992 dead 93 6 trees > 25.0" Girth 1, that occur at O’Reilly’s on Line 5, x=300 to 1800. They were mapped in 1963 and have been census and remeasured fairly regularly. They should be included only in those analyses in which only trees >25.0 girth are used, where they will be useful to increase sample sizes of larger trees. "Idx2" Index 2 NA N/A 9 At both sites, individuals that occur beyond the boundaries of the standard census areas. Omit from most analyses "Idx3" Index 3 NA N/A 8 Killed or badly damaged by nearby tree fall 4 Trunk broken when tree was alive 7 Fell, unknown whether broken or uprooted 3 Dead or missing, no obvious cause apparent 1 Standing trees 5 Uprooted when tree was alive 2 Top off, died back "Idx4" Index 4 NA N/A 1 Uknown "AbsX" Absolute X coordinate (ft) foot real "AbsY" Absolute Y coordinate (ft) foot real "Comment" Comment Text 60616 http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest