public read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read Professor David Lindenmayer The Fenner School of Environment and Society Principal investigator

ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

+61 2 6125 0654 David.Lindenmayer@anu.edu.au This nocturnal birds survey data package comprises spotlight surveys conducted every two years along 200 metre fixed transects at each site for 20 minutes per site. Animal species and abundance are recorded. Distances along and adjacent to a transect are also recorded. If animals are up on a tree, tree species and animal height (distance from the ground to the animal) are also recorded. Nocturnal birds are also detected by the calls during spotlighting. The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C & Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160). The study area is located in the Southwest Slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation. Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Birds GCMD Spotlighting Nocturnal birds Keywords List Birds Grazing domestic livestock Fragmentation LTERN Monitoring Themes 0501 0602 0608 ANZSRC-FOR CC-BY-4_0 Special Conditions: Co-authorship with the data provider (Professor David Lindenmayer) of any publication of research utilising this data is an expected outcome. The data provider requests consultation, including a summary of the proposed research and intended use before publication of research utilising this data is possible. Please note that data collected prior to 2012 is available via mediated access only. Accordingly, this package provides four data tables: two with mediated access containing all data in the time series to date, and another two with open access containing all data from 2012 onwards. Spatial coordinates for site codes are available at http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern.25/html (Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia). The Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network is located in the Southwest Slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. 148.313807 148.534563 -34.912979 -35.069528 1999 2017 Species Aegotheles cristatus Species Eucalyptus albens Species Eucalyptus blakelyi Species Eucalyptus melliodora Species Eucalyptus viminalis Species Ninox connivens Species Ninox novaeseelandiae Species Ninox strenua Species Pinus radiata Species Podargus strigoides Species Tyto javanica Dr Mason Crane The Australian National University Senior Research Officer

Fenner School of Environment and Society The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601

0427 770 594 mason.crane@anu.edu.au

Initially all patches of remnant native vegetation on areas designated for pine plantation were characterised. Fifty remnants were randomly selected with stratification, such as vegetation type, patch size, established year of surrounding pine trees. Fifty-six remnants on adjacent farmstopine plantations were selected to match those 50 remnants, to make sure that remnants from two groups were as similar as possible. Ten sites in cleared paddocks around the woodland remnants on the grazing properties and 10 sites in areas dominated by newly planted radiate pine trees were established as ‘‘landscape matrix’’ sites. Those sites were established in 1998, but a few sites were scrapped due to non-accessibility or vast invasion of weed. To make up for those abandoned sites, additional sites were established within a few years since the first establishment. For more details, please refer to Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C & Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, pp. 157-169.

ArcGIS, GPS, Tape measure, Steel star picket posts, reflective tape, cattle ear tags: a star picket has been placed from 0 m to 200 m along a transect with 50 m intervals.

Spotlighting is conducted sporadically, but in recent years the aim has been to achieve a survey every two years. These are conducted along 200 m fixed transects at each site for 20 minutes per site. Animals are detected by getting a reflection of the eye shine with the spotlight. Nocturnal birds are also detected by the calls and estimate distances along and adjacent to a transect.

Spotlight, binoculars.

Animal species name and abundance are recorded along with time they are found and distances along and adjacent to a transect, are also recorded. If animals are up on a tree, tree species and animal height (distance from the ground to the animal) are also recorded.

Datasheet, clipboard and pencil. No limitations or missing units in temporal coverage outlined. Refer to Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C & Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2 1408532875740 Plot leader 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. lngr_nocturnal_bird_spotlighting_1999+_p858t1076.csv lngr_nocturnal_bird_spotlighting_1999+_p858t1076.csv 91980 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.87.2 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=nesp,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read visit_code Combination of survey year-survey season-site code-repeat numbers Character survey_year Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY site_code Location and site number Character species Species scientific name Character sum_of_abundance Total abundance of a given species detected during a 20 minute spotlighting survey, those animals are found within 100 m on either side of a permanent transect number whole along_distance The distance (metre) between the start of a transect (0 metre) to where the 'Off Distance' measurement meets the transect. meter whole off_distance Shortest distance (metre) between a point (A) directly below where the animal is detected, and any point along a permanent transect which is 90 degrees horizontal to A meter real height Distance from the ground to the animal in feature meter whole tree_species Tree species if animal is up a tree and where tree species could be identified by spotlight Tree species comments Comments Character 1283 lngr_nocturnal_bird_spotlighting_site_infor_1999+_p858t1077.csv lngr_nocturnal_bird_spotlighting_site_infor_1999+_p858t1077.csv 93808 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.68.4 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=nesp,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read visit_code Combination of survey year-survey season-site code-repeat numbers Character survey_year Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY site_code Location and site number Character survey_date Date of survey YYYY-MM-DD start_time Survey start time hh:mm temperature Temperature 1 Cold 2 Cool 3 Mild 4 Warm wind Wind 1 Calm 2 Light 3 Moderate 4 Windy cloud Cloud 1 Clear 2 Scattered 3 Broken 4 Overcast night_light Nightlight 1 Dark 2 Dim 3 Moderately Bright 4 Bright comments Comments Character 1276 lngr_nocturnal_bird_spotlighting_2012+_p858t1118.csv lngr_nocturnal_bird_spotlighting_2012+_p858t1118.csv 37887 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.88.2 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read visit_code Combination of survey year-survey season-site code-repeat numbers Character survey_year Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY site_code Location and site number Character species Species scientific name Character sum_of_abundance Total abundance of a given species detected during a 20 minute spotlighting survey, those animals are found within 100 m on either side of a permanent transect number whole along_distance The distance (metre) between the start of a transect (0 metre) to where the 'Off Distance' measurement meets the transect. meter whole off_distance Shortest distance (metre) between a point (A) directly below where the animal is detected, and any point along a permanent transect which is 90 degrees horizontal to A meter whole height Distance from the ground to the animal in feature meter whole tree_species Tree species if animal is up a tree and where tree species could be identified by spotlight Tree species comments Comments Character 532 lngr_nocturnal_bird_spotlighting_site_infor_2012+_p858t1119.csv lngr_nocturnal_bird_spotlighting_site_infor_2012+_p858t1119.csv 38229 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.89.3 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read visit_code Combination of survey year-survey season-site code-repeat numbers Character survey_year Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY site_code Location and site number Character survey_date Date of survey YYYY-MM-DD start_time Survey start time hh:mm temperature Temperature 1 Cold 2 Cool 3 Mild 4 Warm wind Wind 1 Calm 2 Light 3 Moderate 4 Windy cloud Cloud 1 Clear 2 Scattered 3 Broken 4 Overcast night_light Nightlight 1 Dark 2 Dim 3 Moderately Bright 4 Bright comments Comments comments 525 http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation