public read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_upland_heath_swamps,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read 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 Soil Moisture data package for Royal National Park contains soil moisture data obtained from monitoring tubes for soil moisture probes installed within 10 cm of each of the floristics plots (see Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Vegetation Floristics, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1990+). Soil moisture sampling commenced in early August 2013 and was repeated at monthly intervals until July 2014. 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-health-swamps. This data package is associated with the following publication: Letten, A. D., Keith, D. A., Tozer, M. G., Hui, F. K.C. (2015), Fine-scale hydrological niche differentiation through the lens of multi-species co-occurrence models. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12428 Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content GCMD Soil moisture Keywords List Soil Hydrology LTERN Monitoring Themes 0503 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 transects and quadrats (trans_quad) are available at http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern6.221/html (Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia). Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia 150.935 151.17 -34.044 -34.262 2013 2014 1408532875740 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 Dr Andrew Letten Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales Research Assistant

University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

andrewletten@gmail.com

In 1990, 56 permanent 0.5 x 0.5 metre plots were established along eight 30 metre transects arranged in pairs, with each transect comprising seven plots spaced 5 metres apart. The four transect pairs are spaced a mean distance of 211 metres apart (min = 104 m; max = 323 m).

Steel pickets, measuring tape, GPS

In March-May 2013, 56 100 cm access tubes for a PR2/6 soil moisture profile probe (Delta-T Devices: http://www.delta-t.co.uk) were installed within 10 cm of each plot. The probe is fitted with six sensors allowing for instantaneous soil moisture measurements at six depths (10/20/30/40/60/100 cm). After a two month settling-in period, soil moisture sampling commenced in early August 2013 and was repeated at approximately monthly intervals until July 2014. At each monthly interval, three readings (x six depths) were taken at each plot, with the probe rotated through 120 degrees between each reading. The three replicate readings at each depth were subsequently averaged.

PR2/6 soil moisture Profile probe, HH2 Moisture Meter Sampling occurred monthly from August 2013 to July 2014. Plot T6Q6 was not surveyed. NA 1408532875740 Data Owner 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_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_p582t849.csv kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_p582t849.csv 51491 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.227.1 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_upland_heath_swamps,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read trans_quad Plot identifier (e.g. T1Q1 = transect 1; quadrat 1) Character year Survey year YYYY month Survey month Character d100 Volumetric soil moisture at 100 mm (%) dimensionless real d200 Volumetric soil moisture at 200 mm (%) dimensionless real d300 Volumetric soil moisture at 300 mm (%) dimensionless real d400 Volumetric soil moisture at 400 mm (%) dimensionless real d600 Volumetric soil moisture at 600 mm (%) dimensionless real d1000 Volumetric soil moisture at 1000 mm (%) dimensionless real 660 kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_long_format_p582t1238.csv kuhs_rnp_soil_moisture_2013-2014_long_format_p582t1238.csv 149152 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.228.1 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_upland_heath_swamps,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read trans_quad Plot identifier (e.g. T1Q1 = transect 1; quadrat 1) Character year Survey year YYYY month Survey month Character depth Depth of reading d100 100 mm d200 200 mm d300 300 mm d400 400 mm d600 600 mm d1000 1000 mm soil_moisture Volumetric soil moisture (%) dimensionless real 3960 http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/upland-health-swamps