public read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_desert_uplands,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read Dr Daniel J. Metcalfe CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Senior Research Scientist

EcoSciences Precinct 41 Boggo Road Dutton Park Queensland 4102 Australia

07 3833 5529, dan.metcalfe@csiro.au Mr Eric Vanderduys CSIRO Technical Officer

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Australian Tropical Sciences Innovation Precinct, PMB PO Aitkenvale Queensland 4814 Australia

07 4753 8529 eric.vanderduys@csiro.au The Desert Uplands Plot Network Bird Count Data contains bird fauna data collected at 60 1-hectare plots spanning 2006 to 2016. This is part of a larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2016. The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50 km by 50 km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodified native woodlands where significant thinning or clearing has not occurred. Within each 1 ha site, eight five-minute diurnal bird counts are conducted over a four day period. Two counts are completed per day at each site: one count in the morning within three hours of sunrise and the other a minimum of three hours after this period and before sunset. The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2014 and 2016. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Birds GCMD Birds Grazing domestic livestock LTERN Monitoring Themes 0501 0602 ANZSRC-FOR CC-BY-4_0 Special Conditions: None Spatial coordinates for quadrats are available at https://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.167/html (Desert Uplands Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Queensland, Australia) Northern Queensland, Australia 144.688969 145.191784 -20.762424 -21.235266 Species Acanthagenys rufogularis Species Acanthiza apicalis Species Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Species Acanthiza reguloides Species Accipiter cirrhocephalus Species Accipiter fasciatus Species Aegotheles cristatus Species Anthus novaeseelandiae Species Aprosmictus erythropterus Species Aquila audax Species Ardeotis australis Species Artamus cinereus Species Artamus leucorynchus Species Artamus minor Species Artamus personatus Species Artamus superciliosus Species Cacatua galerita Species Cacomantis pallidus Species Cacomantis variolosus Species Calyptorhynchus banksii Species Centropus phasianinus Species Chrysococcyx basalis Species Chrysococcyx lucidus Species Chrysococcyx osculans Species Cincloramphus mathewsi Species Circus assimilis Species Climacteris picumnus Species Colluricincla harmonica Species Conopophila rufogularis Species Coracina maxima Species Coracina novaehollandiae Species Coracina papuensis Species Corvus Species Corvus coronoides Species Corvus orru Species Coturnix Species Coturnix ypsilophora Species Cracticus nigrogularis Species Cracticus tibicen Species Cracticus torquatus Species Dacelo leachii Species Dacelo novaeguineae Species Daphoenositta chrysoptera Species Dicaeum hirundinaceum Species Dromaius novaehollandiae Species Entomyzon cyanotis Species Eolophus roseicapillus Species Epthianura tricolor Species Eurystomus orientalis Species Falco berigora Species Falco cenchroides Species Falco longipennis Species Falco peregrinus Species Gavicalis virescens Species Geopelia cuneata Species Geopelia humeralis Species Geopelia striata Species Geophaps scripta Species Gerygone fusca Species Gerygone olivacea Species Grallina cyanoleuca Species Grus rubicunda Species Haliastur sphenurus Species Hamirostra melanosternon Species Hieraaetus morphnoides Species Lalage sueurii Species Lichmera indistincta Species Lophoictinia isura Species Malurus Species Malurus lamberti Species Malurus leucopterus Species Malurus melanocephalus Species Manorina flavigula Species Megalurus timoriensis Species Melanodryas cucullata Species Melithreptus albogularis Species Melopsittacus undulatus Species Merops ornatus Species Microeca fascinans Species Milvus migrans Species Mirafra javanica Species Myiagra inquieta Species Myiagra rubecula Species Neochmia modesta Species Nymphicus hollandicus Species Ocyphaps lophotes Species Oreoica gutturalis Species Oriolus sagittatus Species Pachycephala rufiventris Species Pardalotus rubricatus Species Pardalotus striatus Species Petrochelidon ariel Species Petroica goodenovii Species Phaps chalcoptera Species Philemon citreogularis Species Philemon corniculatus Species Platycercus adscitus Species Plectorhyncha lanceolata Species Pomatostomus temporalis Species Ptilonorhynchus Species Ptilonorhynchus maculatus Species Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis Species Ptilotula penicillata Species Ptilotula plumula Species Rhipidura albiscapa Species Rhipidura leucophrys Species Scythrops novaehollandiae Species Smicrornis brevirostris Species Stizoptera bichenovii Species Struthidea cinerea Species Sugomel niger Species Taeniopygia guttata Species Threskiornis spinicollis Species Todiramphus macleayii Species Todiramphus pyrrhopygius Species Todiramphus sanctus Species Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Species Trichoglossus haematodus Species Turnix pyrrhothorax Species Turnix velox Species Zosterops lateralis 2006 2016 1408532875740 1405646064156

60 permanent 1 hectare plots were set up in Northern Queensland. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodified native woodlands where significant thinning or clearing has not occurred. Cleared sites had been chain-cleared and sown with buffel grass between 1995 and 1999. The sites are spread across four properties. The total number of sites within each category are as follows: a) cleared vegetation (n = 10 ), b) thinned vegetation (n = 10) and c) unmodified vegetation (n = 40). As of September 2014 four of the previously cleared sites, which contained regrowth vegetation, have been re-cleared.

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Each of the Desert Uplands bird monitoring plots is 1 ha in size, and located at least 1 km from any other site, 500 m from any water point, and 50 m from the nearest access track. Plots are stratified according to vegetation management history: 1. Cleared (vegetation has been pulled, removing all trees and shrubs); 2. Thinned (sub-canopy vegetation has been largely removed by the use of a mechanical device called a "crocodile", which is towed behind a tractor and removes vegetation such as Currant Bush, Carissa species, which is normally prevalent in the woodlands); and 3. Unmodified woodlands. Within each 1 ha site, eight timed diurnal bird counts are conducted over a four day period. Each count is of 5 minutes duration. Two counts are completed per day at each site: one count in the morning within three hours of sunrise and the other a minimum of three hours after this period and before sunset. Each count is completed by a single observer walking through the 1 ha plot. A predefined path is not followed; however, the observer attempts to cover all of the 1 ha plot area. Birds are located and identified and, where possible counted, by both sound and sight.

10 X 42 Binoculars These plots have been visited six times so far – June 2004, May 2005, August 2006, July 2008, June-July 2013, October 2014 and May-August 2016. The 10 KALL sites were not surveyed post-2008. The specific location of the 1 ha survey sites were selected on the basis that they were situated in large contiguous areas that were considered typical or characteristic of the respective vegetation management strategy. Within each property, sites are generally a minimum of 1 km apart but may be within 500 m of one another in some cases. At the property scale, sites are spread across a 10-15 km radius on each property. Sites are located a minimum of 500 m from any water point, commonly 50-100 m from the nearest access track and that the demarcation used for site selection within the “Unmodified vegetation management” class (30-45% vs. 45-60% canopy cover), was made using crown canopy mapping based on 1996 1:250 000 aerial photography. Sites are broadly situated within the same broad Ironbark woodland community (Eucalyptus whitei, E. melanophloia). Two Queensland land zones are mapped across the four properties with sandy plains and alluvial systems each represented by two properties. One of the leaseholders (with five thinned and five unmodified sites), withdrew from the study following the July 2008 survey leaving 50 sites distributed across three leasehold properties remaining in the study. CSIRO Data Owner 1405646064156 Plot Leader Dr Chris Pavey CSIRO Land and Water Flagship Plot network contact

PO Box 2111 Alice Springs Northern Territory 0871

08 9850 7173 chris.pavey@csiro.au Interim Research Group Leader & Research Scientist 1408532875740 Technical Officer 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. mdup_bird_counts_2006+_p855t1161.csv mdup_bird_counts_2006+_p855t1161.csv 1136553 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern9.51.3 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all cn=pn_desert_uplands,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read quadrat_id Plot identification number character fauna_id Species identification number character family Species family name character sci_name Scientific name of species character common_name Common name of species character abundance Abundance score. Number observed during a standardised count. Zeros (0) in a column means the animal was recorded near the site, within the same habitat type, but not within the monitoring hectare. Ranges from 0 to infinity, but in practice, highest number is a few hundred. number whole seen_or_heard The type of observation. i.e. whether the animal was seen or heard as the first detection method. Missing values = data not recorded. character strata_id The stratum in the vegetation where the bird is located. T1 = tree layer 1 T2 = tree layer 2 T3 = tree layer 3 AE = aerial GR = ground SH = shrub Missing values = value not recorded character dist_id Distance from observer when first observed. Missing values = value not recorded. 0 <10 m 1 0-25 m 2 25-50 m 3 > 50 m mixf_no Indicates record was observed as part of a mixed species feeding flock. Number indicates ID of mixed flock. Missing value = single species only Character date Date of observation YYYY-MM-DD time Time of observation. Missing value = data not recorded. hh:mm 10694 http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands