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

EcoSciences Precinct 41 Boggo Road Dutton Park Qld 4102 Australia

07 3833 5529 dan.metcalfe@csiro.au These data show the change in basal area and stem number following infection by Cinnamon Water Mould (Phytophthora cinnamomi) at the Garrawalt permanent plot NW of Townsville between 1975–2009. It demonstrates the recovery in dieback areas in Australia's tropical rainforests. The data tables attached are used to generate the graph in Figure 5.11 on p133 of the book Lindenmayer et al. 2014 Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring Challenges and Direction. The CSIRO permanent rainforest plots are located within 60 km of the north Queensland coast between Mackay (21.5ºS, 149ºE) and the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula (12.5ºS, 143ºE). The plots have a rainfall range of 1200 to 3500 mm, represent eleven vegetation types, six parent materials, and range from 15 m to 1200 m above sea level. Except for minor disturbances associated with selective logging on two plots, the plots were established in old growth forest and all plots have thereafter been protected. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/tropical-rainforest. Cinnamon Water Mould Phytophthera cinnamomi Dieback Basal area Stem count Tropical rainforest Keywords List Biological Classification > Plants GCMD 0501 0602 ANZSRC-FOR Vegetation structure Plant species abundance LTERN Monitoring Themes CC-BY-4_0 Special Conditions: None 1975 2009 1434613721225 Matt G. Bradford CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Senior Technical Officer

P.O. Box 780 Atherton Queensland 4883 Australia

07 4091 8800 matt.bradford@csiro.au

CSIRO Experimental Plot 19 (18°30'S, 145°45'E, 620 m), known as the 'Garrawalt plot’, was established in June 1975 in unlogged rain forest on the eastern side of the Seaview Range in the Bargoo Logging Area, State Forest 750, inside what is now the Girringun National Park in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The forest was classified as simple notophyll vine forest. — Metcalfe, D. J., and M. G. Bradford. 2008. Rainforest recovery from dieback, Queensland, Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 256:2073–2077.

Plot boundaries were surveyed with prismatic compasses, 50 m steel survey band and Abney level.

The plot was surveyed to provide a slope corrected 100 m x 50 m, giving a plan-projected area of 0.5 ha, around which a 20 m buffer zone was established within which no logging activities took place by agreement with the Queensland Department of Forestry. Values in this paper are converted to a true ground area of 0.515 ha, which takes account of the slope within the plot. — Metcalfe & Bradford, 2008: 2074. All data values in the attached tables are adjusted to plot slope (e.g. stem no in plot x 1.941748 to generate numbers per standardised hectare).

In the plot all trees >= 10 cm diameter at breast height (dbh) were identified, measured and painted with a unique number.The plot was visited for recensus every 2 years from 1975 to 1991, and thereafter in 1998 and in 2005. — Metcalfe & Bradford, 2008: 2074

At each census all trees that recruited into the >= 10 cm dbh size class were measured and all trees that died were noted. Trees that were documented as dead at a census event prior to the recording of dieback (i.e. dead 2–4 years before new dieback recorded) within a particular area were not counted as dieback fatalities. Trees that died up to 2 years after new dieback was recorded were included as dieback fatalities. Mortality rates were calculated as the number of deaths within a census period (i.e. 2 years) divided by the number of live trees which had been within the area affected at the previous census. — Metcalfe & Bradford, 2008: 2074.

See: Metcalfe, D. J., and M. G. Bradford. 2008. Rainforest recovery from dieback, Queensland, Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 256:2073–2077. As for Study Extent. CSIRO Data owner 1434613721225 Principal Investigator Matt G. Bradford CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Senior Technical Officer

P.O. Box 780 Atherton Queensland 4883 Australia

07 4091 8800 matt.bradford@csiro.au Research Projects Officer Commonwealth Forest and Timber Bureau (1971-1978), CSIRO internal funding (since 1978), Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management and the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centres (1992-2006), Earthwatch (2006). The most recent censuses have been supported by the Long-Term Ecological Research Network sub facility, part of the Australian Government’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (http://www.tern.org.au/Long-Term-Ecological-Research-Network-LTERN-pg17872.html). 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 Tropical Rainforest Plot Network 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. mtrf_veg_associations_with_phytophthora_1975-2009_p367t630.csv Data used to generate the graph in Figure 5.11 on p133 of the book Lindenmayer et al. 2014 Biodiversity and Environmental Change mtrf_veg_associations_with_phytophthora_1975-2009_p367t630.csv 1435 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.199.1 cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all year Survey year YYYY stems_whole_plot Number of stems across the whole plot number whole stems_per_ha_adjusted_whole_plot Number of stems per standardised hectare (adjusted for surface area) for the whole plot numberPerHectare real basal_area_per_ha_adjusted_whole_plot Basal area (m^2) per standardised hectare (adjusted for surface area) for the whole plot dimensionless real stems_pc_area Number of stems in the Phytophthora cinnamomi infected area (dieback area) number whole stems_per_ha_pc_area Number of stems per standardised hectare (adjusted for surface area) in the Phytophthora cinnamomi infected area (dieback area) numberPerHectare real basal_area_pc_area Basal area in the Phytophthora cinnamomi infected area (dieback area) squareMeter real basal_area_per_ha_pc_area Basal area (m^2) per standardised hectare (adjusted for surface area) in the Phytophthora cinnamomi infected area (dieback area) dimensionless real stems_not_pc_area Number of stems not in the Phytophthora cinnamomi infected area (dieback area) number whole stems_per_ha_not_pc_area Number of stems not in the Phytophthora cinnamomi infected area (dieback area) numberPerHectare natural basal_area_not_pc Basal area not in the Phytophthora cinnamomi infected area (dieback area) squareMeter real basal_area_per_ha_not_pc_area Basal area (m^2) per standardised hectare (adjusted for surface area) not in the Phytophthora cinnamomi infected area (dieback area) dimensionless real 12 Number per hectare http://www.ltern.org.au/ltern-plot-networks/tropical-rainforest This data package is comprised of data from the book Lindenmayer et al. 2014 Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring Challenges and Direction