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Calperum Mallee Site, Five Photopoint Image Collection 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: onGoing
Update Frequency: annually
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Accessed 10 times
Dataset Created: 2015-03-24
Dataset Published: 2021-09-17
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPTERN EcoImages REST APIHTTPTERN EcoImages PortalHTTPro-crate-metadata.json
How to cite this collection:
Meyer, W. & Koerber, G. (2021). Calperum Mallee Site, Five Photopoint Image Collection. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/005c5974-87ea-4e48-a3d4-6d57290e54d7 
High quality digital site reference images are captured for the core 1 hectare vegetation plot of the site on an annual basis to provide context for researchers to understand the general layout and vegetation of the study site, and as a visual reference to monitor any changes over time. Photopoints will be taken annually using the five point photopoint method. The set of images for each year usually consists of twenty images: four images taken at each corner of the plot facing each of the four cardinal points, and four images taken from the center of the plot facing each corner.

The Calperum Mallee Site was established in 2011 and is located on Calperum Station with research plots located in mallee woodland (burnt in 2014), Callitris woodland and a river floodplain (recovering from extensive grazing), consisting of black box, river red gum and lignum. The core 1 ha plot is located in mallee woodland. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/calperum-mallee-supersite/ .
Other images collected at the site include digital cover photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, panoramic landscape and ancillary images of fauna and flora. 
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. The Calperum Mallee Site was established in 2011 by a partnership between the Adelaide University and Australian Landscape Trust with initial funding from the Australian Federal Government, Education Investment Fund. 
Purpose
Data not provided. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure Steps

1. 

SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocol:  

The Calperum Mallee site is in a mallee semi-arid ecosystem, fringing the River Murray floodplains on Calperum Station, near Renmark, South Australia. The area comprises undulating mallee woodlands and riverine vegetation alongside the river.
Temporal Coverage
From 2015-03-24 to on going 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Environmental management
Forest biodiversity
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE - VEGETATION COVER
LAND SURFACE - LAND USE/LAND COVER
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING - VISIBLE IMAGERY
Horizontal Resolution
1 meter - < 30 meters
Instruments
Sony Alpha NEX-7
Parameters
plant presence status
RGB values
vegetation community site context
Platforms
Calperum Mallee, core1ha
Temporal Resolution
Annual
Topic
environment
User Defined
clpm
SASMDD0001
TERN Ecosystem Processes
Author
Meyer, Wayne
Co-Author
Koerber, Georgia
Contact Point
Meyer, Wayne
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Karan, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16
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