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 Herpetofauna is surveyed every two years using artificial substrates and active search methods. Artificial substrates comprise eight standard roofing tiles, eight half-size (cut-off) railway sleepers and four sheets of corrugated iron per site. A set of two sheets of corrugated iron placed on top of one another, four half-size railways sleepers and four roofing tiles are placed around a point at the 0 m and 100 m point of the permanent 200 m transect. These artificial substrates are gently turned over to record occupants with some of the animals hand-captured to identify the species, substrates are replaced and then the animals put carefully back underneath the substrates. Active searching is done by gently turning over any rocks, logs or fallen bark at locations along a 200 m transect for 20 minutes. Several measurements including sex, age and tail condition are recorded where possible. Sightings of exotic species (e.g. rats) are also recorded. 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 > Reptiles > Lizards/Snakes GCMD Herpetofauna Artificial substrates Keywords List Herpetofauna 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 two others 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). 1999 2015 Species Acritoscincus duperreyi Species Acritoscincus platynotus Species Anilios proximus Species Antechinus agilis Species Carlia tetradactyla Species Chelodina longicollis Species Christinus marmoratus Species Crinia parinsignifera Species Crinia signifera Species Cryptoblepharus pannosus Species Ctenotus spaldingi Species Ctenotus taeniolatus Species Delma inornata Species Diplodactylus vittatus Species Egernia cunninghami Species Egernia striolata Species Eulamprus heatwolei Species Hemiergis decresiensis talbingoensis Species Lampropholis delicata Species Lampropholis guichenoti Species Lialis burtonis Species Limnodynastes dumerilii Species Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Species Liopholis whitii Species Litoria booroolongensis Species Litoria latopalmata Species Litoria peronii Species Morethia boulengeri Species Mus musculus Species Niveoscincus coventryi Species Nyctophilus geoffroyi Species Parasuta dwyeri Species Pogona barbata Species Pseudechis porphyriacus Species Pseudonaja textilis Species Rattus rattus Species Tachyglossus aculeatus Species Tiliqua scincoides scincoides Species Uperoleia laevigata 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 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, and 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. After setting up a 200m permanent transect with star-pickets (refer to site selection/set-up), a set of two sheets of corrugated iron placed on top of one another, four half-size railways sleepers and four roofing tiles are placed around a point at the 0 m and 100 m point of the permanent 200 m transect.

Corrugated iron sheets, half-size railways sleepers, roofing tiles and gloves.

Artificial substrates are gently turned over to record occupants with some of the animals hand-captured to identify the species, substrates are replaced and then the animals put carefully back underneath the substrates. Active searching is done by gently turning over any rocks, logs or fallen bark at locations along a 200 m transect for 20 minutes.

Gloves and field guide.

Species name, abundance and substrates (or microhabitats) where animals were found, are recorded. Age, sex and tail condition are also recorded where possible (2013 onwards).

Clipboard, datasheets and pencil. Note that age and tail condition were only recorded from 2013 onwards. 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_herpetofauna_survey_1999+_p889t1111.csv lngr_herpetofauna_survey_1999+_p889t1111.csv 688752 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.201.1 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read visit_code Combination of survey year-survey season-survey type-site code-repeat number Character survey_year Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY site_code Location and site number Character repeat_number Repeat number Character plot_number Site marker point on a permanent transect 1 0 m artificial substrates 2 100 m artificial substrates 3 Active search species Scientific name Character abundance Number of animals number whole distance_along_transect The distance (metre) between the start of a transect (0 metre) to where the 'Off Distance' measurement meets the transect. meter whole capture_method Artificial substrate type Character microhabitat Microhabitat of active search Character cover_present Whether cover is present or not (blank where not recorded) Yes Cover is present No Cover is missing age Age of animal Character tail_condition Tail condition of animal Character comments Comments Character 7181 lngr_herpetofauna_survey_site_information_1999+_p889t1112.csv lngr_herpetofauna_survey_site_information_1999+_p889t1112.csv 70652 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.202.1 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_nanangroe,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read visit_code Combination of survey year-survey season-site code-repeat number Character survey_year Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY site_code Location and site number Character survey_date Date of survey YYYY-MM-DD repeat_number Repeat number dimensionless natural start_time Start time of survey hh:mm temperature Temperature value labels 1 Cold 2 Cool 3 Mild 4 Warm wind Wind value labels 1 Calm 2 Light 3 Moderate 4 Windy cloud Cloud value labels 1 Clear 2 Scattered 3 Broken 4 Overcast comments Comments Character 1028 lngr_herpetofauna_survey_2012+_p889t1157.csv lngr_herpetofauna_survey_2012+_p889t1157.csv 243190 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.203.1 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-survey type-site code-repeat number Character survey_year Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY site_code Location and site number Character repeat_number Repeat number Character plot_number Site marker point on a permanent transect 1 0 m artificial substrates 2 100 m artificial substrates 3 Active search species Scientific name Character abundance Number of animals number whole distance_along_transect The distance (metre) between the start of a transect (0 metre) to where the 'Off Distance' measurement meets the transect. meter whole capture_method Artificial substrate type Character microhabitat Microhabitat of active search Character cover_present Whether cover is present or not (blank where not recorded) Character age Age of animal Character tail_condition Tail condition of animal Character comments Comments Character 2377 lngr_herpetofauna_survey_site_information_2012+_p889t1158.csv lngr_herpetofauna_survey_site_information_2012+_p889t1158.csv 18570 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern6.204.1 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 number Character survey_year Calendar year of survey conducted YYYY site_code Location and site number Character survey_date Date of survey YYYY-MM-DD repeat_number Repeat number dimensionless natural start_time Start time of survey hh:mm temperature Temperature value labels 1 Cold 2 Cool 3 Mild 4 Warm wind Wind value labels 1 Calm 2 Light 3 Moderate 4 Windy cloud Cloud value labels 1 Clear 2 Scattered 3 Broken 4 Overcast comments Comments Character 261 http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation