public read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_3parks_savanna_fauna,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read Dr Graeme Gillespie Department of Land Resource Management, Northern Territory Government Director of Terrestrial Ecosystems

PO Box 496 Palmerston Northern Territory 0831 Australia

08 8995 5025 graeme.gillespie@nt.gov.au Dr Alaric Fisher Flora & Fauna Division Department of Land Resource Management Northern Territory Government

PO Box 496 Palmerston Northern Territory 0831 Australia

08 8995 5002 alaric.fisher@nt.gov.au Principal Investigator Dr Graeme Gillespie Department of Land Resource Management, Northern Territory Government Director of Terrestrial Ecosystems

PO Box 496 Palmerston Northern Territory 0831

08 8995 5025 graeme.gillespie@nt.gov.au Associated Party Dr John Woinarski Charles Darwin University Data Collector

Charles Darwin University Research Institute of Environment and Livelihoods

Associated Party 1463961416027 Associated Party These data are records of all nocturnal spotlighting observations at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot. At each 100 x 100 m plot 6 x 10 minute meander walking searches were performed after dark using a spotlight. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna Vertebrates Spotlighting Keywords Earth Science > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Savannas Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates GCMD Birds Mammals Herpetofauna Invasive animals LTERN Monitoring Themes 0502 0602 0608 ANZSRC-FOR CC-BY-4_0 Special Conditions Users are required to contact the data provider (Graeme Gillespie) to discuss use of these data, including collaboration or co-authorship where appropriate. Users are also required to seek permission from Northern Territory Government Department of Land Resource to discuss use of all of these data packages, and Parks Australia prior to use of data packages from Kakadu National Park. Spatial coordinates for site codes are available at https://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern6.93/html (Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Territory, Australia). Nimiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park 132.16505 132.74043 -13.81268 -14.39819 2017 Species Amalosia rhombifer Species Antaresia childreni Species Boiga irregularis Species Carlia amax Species Carlia munda Species Carlia triacantha Species Crinia Species Crinia remota Species Ctenotus Species Gehyra Species Gehyra australis Species Gehyra nana Species Gehyra pamela Species Heteronotia binoei Species Litoria coplandi Species Litoria meiriana Species Litoria nasuta Species Litoria personata Species Litoria rothii Species Litoria watjulumensis Species Lucasium stenodactylum Species Myiagra inquieta Species Ninox novaeseelandiae Species Oedura marmorata Species Petaurus breviceps Species Rhinella marina Species Strophurus ciliaris Species Tachyglossus aculeatus Species Zyzomys argurus 1453849663177 1453850071943 Luke Einoder Department of Land Resource Management Scientist, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Flora and Fauna Division

PO Box 496 Palmerston Northern Territory 0831

These data are records of all nocturnal spotlighting observations at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savannah Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot.

At each 100 x 100 m plot 6 x 10 minute meander walking searches were performed after dark using a spotlight.

Binoculars and GPS NT Government Data Owner 1453849663177 Plot Network Leader (Fauna) 1453850071943 Principal Investigator 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. tpsn_nocturnal_spotlighting_2018_p945t1239.csv tpsn_nocturnal_spotlighting_2018_p945t1239.csv 4802 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern9.22.1 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_3parks_savanna,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read id Observation identification number Character species_id Species identification number Character full_name Scientific name of observed species Character common_name Common name of observed species Character survey Name of survey area Character site Site identification number Character yyyymmdd Date of observation YYYY-MM-DD 0 abundance Species abundance. 'Zero' value means species was observed outside the plot. number whole 60