public read uid=green,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all Dr Peter Green La Trobe University Head of Department

Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution La Trobe University Bundoora Vic 3086 Australia

03 9479 3675 p.green@latrobe.edu.au Professor Joseph H. Connell University of California

Sata Barbara California

Dr Bob Black University of Western Australia Data Collector Dr Meg Lowman Data Collector This data package shows longitudinal variation in seedling recruitment, the proportion of all recruits, and the corresponding number of standing seedlings for eight species of trees. These demonstrate that there is considerable variation in seedling recruitment across both species and time. These data are used to produce the graphs found in figures 5.18 on page 141. This plot consists of one 1.7 hectare plot in tropical rainforest, established in 1963. Rainforest tree attributes recorded comprise the size (height or girth) of tagged and mapped, free-standing stems of shrub and tree species. Sampling has been undertaken at intervals of 1-6 years since 1963, and this data package describes longitudinal variation in seedling recruitment over almost four decades. This data package forms part of the collection of vegetation data undertaken at plots situated in both Lamington National Park and Davies Creek initiated by Professor Joseph H. Connell (University of California, Santa Barbara) in 1963. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Connell Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest. Vegetation structure Plant species composition Plant species abundance LTERN Monitoring Themes 0602 ANZSRC-FOR Earth Science > Biosphere> Ecological Dynamics > Community Dynamics > Plant Succession GCMD Seedling recruitment Keyword List TERN-BY-SA Special Conditions Prior to publication of research utilising this data - the data provider (Dr Peter Green) requests consultation. 1965 2004 Davies Creek Plot: Dinden National Park, Lamb Range, 25 km South West of Cairns 145.622 145.626 -17.0316 -17.0361 Species Cardwellia sublimi Species Ceratopetalum succirubrum Species Cryptocarya angulata Species Cryptocarya corrugata Species Darlingia darlingiana Species Franciscodendron laurifolium Species Niemeyera sp Mt Lewis Species Syzygium endophloium 1434004703403

Prof Joseph H. Connell (University of California at Santa Barbara) established a long-term forest dynamics plot in 1963, in tropical rainforest at Davies Creek National Park 25 km south west of Cairns. The plot is 1.7 hectare, and was established over an existing an existing 0.4 ha plot established by the Queensland Department of Forestry in 1951. This plot has never been logged.

The total number of recruit seedlings for each species was censused on the standard seedling census transects (total sampling area 1628 m2; see Connell Plots in Burns et al. [in press]) in 25 surveys between 1965 and 2004. These totals varied across two orders of magnitude between the eight species, so to facilitate comparisons between them, recruitment within species at each survey was also scaled as a proportion of the total for that species across all surveys. The standing crop of seedlings is (≤ 30 cm tall) can only be estimated in census years in which both births (new seedling recruits) and deaths (plants that died since the previous survey) are censused simultaneously. Seedling recruitment and mortality surveys have coincided on 12 occasions between 1965 and 2004.

See: Burns E, Tennant P, Boyer T, Nolan K, Dickman C, Gillespie G, Green P, Hoffmann A, Keith D, Lindenmayer D, Metcalfe D, Russell-Smith J, Wardle G, and Williams D. The Long Term Ecological Research Network, Australia: Objectives, Design and Methods. LTERN, Australia [in press] None The Dinden National Park Plot is a 1.7 hectare plot. The plot was selected by Prof. Joseph H. Connell in 1963 on the advice of his CSIRO collaborators Dr Len Webb and Mr Geoff Tracey, and was chosen for three reasons; it was accessible, it was unlogged, and a smaller 0.4 ha plot belonging to the Queensland Department of Forestry had already been established there in 1951. This plot is one of two plots established by Connell in 1963 – the other is in subtropical rainforest near O’Reilly’s Guesthouse in Lamington National Park, 65 km south of Brisbane. The same sampling methods are employed at both plots, at intervals of 1-6 years. See Connell Rainforest Plot Network’s full program provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest for further details. 1434004703403 Data Owner The National Science Foundation was the sole funder of this research between 1963 and 2003. The plots were unfunded from 2003–2011. Since 2012 the Connell Rainforest 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. 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. crft_longitudinal_variation_in_seedling_recruitment_1965-2004_p369t632_wide_format.csv Data used to generate the graphs in Figure 5.18 on p 141 of the book Lindenmayer et al. 2014 Biodiversity and Environmental Change in wide format crft_longitudinal_variation_in_seedling_recruitment_1965-2004_p369t632_wide_format.csv 4656 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.187.3 cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all census_year Year of census YYYY number_of_new_recruits_cardwellia_sublimis Number of new Cardwellia sublimis recruits number whole number_of_new_recruits_ceratopetalum_succirubrum Number of new Ceratopetalum succirubrum recruits dimensionless whole number_of_new_recruits_cryptocarya_angulata Number of new Cryptocarya angulata recruits number whole number_of_new_recruits_cryptocarya_corrugata Number of new Cryptocarya corrugata recruits number whole number_of_new_recruits_darlingia_darlingiana Number of new Darlingia darlingiana recruits number whole number_of_new_recruits_syzygium_endophloium Number of new Syzygium endophloium recruits number whole number_of_new_recruits_niemeyera_sp_mt_lewis Number of new Niemeyera sp. Mt Lewis recruits number whole number_of_new_recruits_franciscodendron_laurifolium Number of new Franciscodendron laurifolium recruits number whole proportion_of_recruits_cardwellia_sublimis Proportion of recruits comprising of Cardwellia sublimis number real proportion_of_recruits_ceratopetalum_succirubrum Proportion of recruits comprising of Ceratopetalum succirubrum number real proportion_of_recruits_cryptocarya_angulata Proportion of recruits comprising of Cryptocarya angulata number real proportion_of_recruits_cryptocarya_corrugata Proportion of recruits comprising of Cryptocarya corrugata number real proportion_of_recruits_darlingia_darlingiana Proportion of recruits comprising of Darlingia darlingiana number real proportion_of_recruits_syzygium_endophloium Proportion of recruits comprising of Syzygium endophloium number real proportion_of_recruits_niemeyera_sp_mt_lewis Proportion of recruits comprising of Niemeyera sp. Mt Lewis number real proportion_of_recruits_franciscodendron_laurifolium Proportion of recruits comprising of Franciscodendron laurifolium number real number_of_standing_seedlings_cardwellia_sublimis Number of standing Cardwellia sublimis seedlings number whole number_of_standing_seedlings_ceratopetalum_succirubrum Number of standing Ceratopetalum succirubrum seedlings number whole number_of_standing_seedlings_cryptocarya_angulata Number of standing Cryptocarya angulata seedlings number whole number_of_standing_seedlings_cryptocarya_corrugata Number of standing Cryptocarya corrugata seedlings number whole number_of_standing_seedlings_darlingia_darlingiana Number of standing Darlingia darlingiana seedlings number whole number_of_standing_seedlings_syzygium_endophloium Number of standing Syzygium endophloium seedlings number whole number_of_standing_seedlings_niemeyera_sp_mt_lewis Number of standing Niemeyera sp. Mt Lewis seedlings dimensionless whole number_of_standing_seedlings_franciscodendron_laurifolium Number of standing Franciscodendron laurifolium seedlings number whole 23 crft_longitudinal_variation_in_seedling_recruitment_1965-2004_p369t902_long_format.csv Data used to generate the graphs in Figure 5.18 on p 141 of the book Lindenmayer et al. 2014 Biodiversity and Environmental Change in long format crft_longitudinal_variation_in_seedling_recruitment_1965-2004_p369t902_long_format.csv 8697 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.195.4 cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all census_year Year of census YYYY species_id Species identifier Character species_name Species scientific name Character number_of_new_recruits Number of new recruits number whole proportion_of_recruits Proportion of recruits number real number_of_standing_seedlings Number of standing seedlings number whole 177 crft_longitudinal_variation_in_seedling_recruitment_summary_table_1965-2004_p369t898.csv Summary table of new recruits data crft_longitudinal_variation_in_seedling_recruitment_summary_table_1965-2004_p369t898.csv 778 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.211.2 cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all species_id Species identifier Character species_name Species scientific name Character sum_of_new_recruits Total number of new recruits recorded on surveys between 1965–2004 number integer average_new_recruits Average number of new recruits per survey number real standard_deviation Sample standard deviation number real coefficient_of_variation Coefficient of variation (%) number real 9 http://www.ltern.org.au/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest This data package is comprised of data from the book Lindenmayer et al. 2014 Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring Challenges and Direction