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Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Bird Point Counts Associated with Fire Severity, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2004–2011
Professor
David
Lindenmayer
Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Principal Investigator
Frank Fenner Building (Building 141), Fenner School of Environment and Society
The Australian National University
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
02 6125 0654
david.lindenmayer@anu.edu.au
Melbourne Water
http://www.melbournewater.com.au/Pages/home.aspx
Land manager
Parks Victoria
http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/
Land manager
Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DELWP)
http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/
Land manager
The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Bird Point Count Data contains transect-based bird fauna data collected annually at a subset of 81 of the 175 permanent 3 hectare plots studied by the plot network in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. Fire severity scores are also collected.
These data were aggregated and published in the book Lindenmayer et. al., 2014. Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction. CSIRO Publishing. p. 545. This data package is comprised of subsets of two other Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network data packages, and hence should be considered a derivative product.
This is part of a much larger dataset that began in 1983, when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-tall-eucalypt-forest
Birds
Bird point count
Avifauna
Fire severity
Keywords List
Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Birds
Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Ecology
GCMD
0501
0602
ANZSRC-FOR
Fire
Birds
LTERN Monitoring Themes
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.
Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia
145.477922
146.195374
-37.342523
-37.919069
2004
2011
Species
Acanthiza lineata
Species
Acanthiza pusilla
Species
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Species
Alisterus scapularis
Species
Anthochaera carunculata
Species
Ardea pacifica
Species
Artamus cyanopterus
Species
Artamus superciliosus
Species
Cacomantis flabelliformis
Species
Cacomantis variolosus
Species
Callocephalon fimbriatum
Species
Calyptorhynchus funereus
Species
Chalcites basalis
Species
Chalcites lucidus
Species
Cisticola exilis
Species
Climacteris erythrops
Species
Climacteris picumnus
Species
Colluricincla harmonica
Species
Coracina novaehollandiae
Species
Coracina tenuirostris
Species
Cormobates leucophaea
Species
Corvus coronoides
Species
Cracticus tibicen
Species
Cracticus torquatus
Species
Dacelo novaeguineae
Species
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Species
Eopsaltria australis
Species
Eurostopodus mystacalis
Species
Falcunculus frontatus
Species
Glossopsitta concinna
Species
Hirundapus caudacutus
Species
Hirundo neoxena
Species
Lichenostomus chrysops
Species
Lichenostomus leucotis
Species
Lichenostomus melanops
Species
Malurus cyaneus
Species
Meliphaga lewinii
Species
Melithreptus brevirostris
Species
Melithreptus lunatus
Species
Menura novaehollandiae
Species
Myiagra cyanoleuca
Species
Myiagra rubecula
Species
Myzomela sanguinolenta
Species
Neochmia temporalis
Species
Oriolus sagittatus
Species
Pachycephala olivacea
Species
Pachycephala pectoralis
Species
Pachycephala rufiventris
Species
Pardalotus punctatus
Species
Pardalotus striatus
Species
Petrochelidon ariel
Species
Petrochelidon nigricans
Species
Petroica boodang
Species
Petroica goodenovii
Species
Petroica phoenicea
Species
Petroica rodinogaster
Species
Petroica rosea
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Phaps chalcoptera
Species
Phaps elegans
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Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
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Platycercus elegans
Species
Psophodes olivaceus
Species
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Species
Pycnoptilus floccosus
Species
Rhipidura albiscapa
Species
Rhipidura rufifrons
Species
Sericornis frontalis
Species
Sericornis magnirostra
Species
Strepera graculina
Species
Strepera versicolor
Species
Turdus merula
Species
Zoothera lunulata
Species
Zosterops lateralis
Mr
David
Blair
Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Plot network contact
Fenner School of Environment and Society
The Australian National University
Canberra
ACT
2601
03 5962 4043, 0439 660 996
david.blair@anu.edu.au
Mr
Lachlan
McBurney
Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Plot network contact
Fenner School of Environment and Society
The Australian National University
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
0401 124 929
lachlan.mcburney@anu.edu.au
1408532875740
Plot set-up
Each long term monitoring site is 3 ha, with monitoring occurring only on the central hectare which is usually square, being 100 m x 100 m. Occasionally sites are 200 m x 50 m where they back onto a gully.
The central hectare “the site” has a transect line running up the middle from 0 m (usually on the road edge) to the back of the site (100 m mark), perpendicular to the road. Along the transect are three 10m x 10m plots, located at 10-20 m (plot 1), 50-60 m (plot 2) and 90-100 m (plot 3). These straddle the transect, 5 m either side. The first plot is set back from the road to reduce roadside influences. The central transect is flagged. Bird counts are conducted at 0, 50 m and 100 m along the central 100 m transect.
Bird Point Count Surveys
Birds are counted using repeated time-controlled (5min) point interval counts conducted at 0, 50 m and 100 m along a permanent 100 m long transect every year. These transect points are not intended to represent different sites, but rather to increase the chances of observing the presence of birds at each site.
Starting at dawn, and working through until 10-11 am depending on the temperature (on hotter days the birds stop calling earlier). Each site has 3x (five minute) counts of all the birds seen and heard during the five minute period. Species type, abundance and distance away are recorded as well as time and weather variables. A separate data sheet is filled in for each plot.
Binoculars
Field sheet
Fire Severity Data
Within months of the February 2009 Black Saturday fires, a number of variables were collected.
Fire severity – scorch/consumption of strata:
Three readings were taken on each site, one in each 10 m x 10 m plot. The readings referred only to the vegetation within each plot, not an average of the whole site. At each plot, the forest was divided into four strata based on height:
1) 0-2 m Ground cover and low shrubs
2) 2-10 m Shrub layer and small trees
3) 10-30 m Understorey trees
4) 30+ m Overstorey trees
Within each 10 m x 10 m plot, an estimate was made of the amount (%) of each stratum that was:
1) Green/unburnt
2) Scorched
3) Consumed
The total of all three burn classes above should equal 100%. A fire severity scale was then developed. This was initially a scale of 1-3, then 1-4 and finally 1-5 as the severity was divided. (The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment scale is similar, however it runs reverse to ours with 6=unburnt and 1=highest severity.)
For 0-2 m Ground cover and low shrubs:
1) Unburnt
2) Light mosaic ‘trickle burn’
3) Consumed/scorched
4) Consumed
5) Consumed
For 2-10 m Shrub layer and small trees:
1) Unburnt
2) Patchy scorch
3) Consumed/scorched
4) Consumed
5) Consumed
For 10-30 m Understorey trees:
1) Unburnt
2) Unburnt
3) Mostly scorched
4) Consumed/scorched
5) Consumed
For 30+ m Overstorey trees:
1) Unburnt
2) Unburnt
3) Unburnt/patchy scorch
4) Scorched
5) Consumed
Scorch and consumption refers to fine fuels only such as leaves and fine twigs.
Field sheet
Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network
1408532875740
Data Owner
1428994340204
Plot network contact
1428994283461
Plot network contact
These data were curated and published with strategic funds from a TERN initiative to publish long term data packages from the book Lindenmayer et al. 2014 Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction. Since 2012 the Victorian Tall Ecucalypt Plot Network 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 project established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and Education Infrastructure Fund–Super Science Initiative through the (now) Department of Education and Training.
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year
The year of the survey
YYYY
site_number
Site number
Character
fire_severity
The raw fire severity score
1
0-2 m Ground cover and low shrubs – Unburnt. 2-10 m Shrub layer and small trees – Unburnt. 10-30 m Understorey trees – Unburnt. 30+ m Overstorey trees – Unburnt.
2
0-2 m Ground cover and low shrubs – Light mosaic ‘trickle burn’. 2-10 m Shrub layer and small trees – Patchy scorch. 10-30 m Understorey trees – Unburnt. 30+ m Overstorey trees – Unburnt.
3
0-2 m Ground cover and low shrubs – Consumed/scorched. 2-10 m Shrub layer and small trees – Consumed/scorched. 10-30 m Understorey trees – Mostly scorched. 30+ m Overstorey trees – Unburnt/patchy scorch.
4
0-2 m Ground cover and low shrubs – Consumed. 2-10 m Shrub layer and small trees – Consumed. 10-30 m Understorey trees – Consumed/scorched. 30+ m Overstorey trees – Scorched.
5
0-2 m Ground cover and low shrubs – Consumed. 2-10 m Shrub layer and small trees – Consumed. 10-30 m Understorey trees – Consumed. 30+ m Overstorey trees – Consumed.
fire_cat
The category code of the fire
m
Moderately burnt
n
Unburnt
s
Severely burnt
repeat_visit
Repeat denotes first or second survey
1
First survey visit
2
Second survey visit
plot
Plot number
Character
scientific_name
Species of bird
Character
common_name
Species common name
Character
observed
If the species was detected
0
False (bird was not observed)
1
True (bird was observed)
http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-tall-eucalypt-forest
This data package is comprised of data from the book Lindenmayer et al.
2014 Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring Challenges and Direction