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TERN AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network – Large Tree Survey, 2012–2015 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: notPlanned
Security Classification: unclassified
Dataset Published: 2020-11-11
Dataset Last Modified: 2026-08-18
Metadata viewed 98451 times
Dataset accessed 783 times
Metadata Created: 2015-03-23
Metadata Last Modified: 2026-08-19
How to cite this collection:
Wood, S., Stephens, H. & Bowman, D. (2020). TERN AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network – Large Tree Survey, 2012–2015. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://dx.doi.org/10.4227/05/552486484985D 
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPTERN EcoPlots API
HTTPdata_metagenomic.csv
HTTPdata_site_description.csv
HTTPdictionary_metagenomics.csv
HTTPdictionary_site_description.csv
HTTPTERN EcoPlots Portal
HTTPLandscape Data Visualiser – TERN AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network
HTTPAusplots_large_tree_survey_data
HTTPAusplots_large_tree_survey_data_dictionary
HTTPAusplots_large_tree_survey_site_level_biomass_data
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URL
HTTPro-crate-metadata.json
The dataset comprises data from the first survey of ~24,000 large trees (>10 cm diameter at breast height; DBH) within 48 1 ha forest monitoring plots established across Australia between 2011 and 2015. Data includes: [1] Site identifiers (ID and Site Name); [2] Plot Establishment Dates; [3] Tree identifiers and descriptors (ID, Species, Status, Growth Stage, Crown Class); [4] Tree measurements (Diameter, Point of Measurement, Height, Location, above-ground biomass); [5] Comments and ancillary information; and [6] List of Metagenomic Sample Identifiers. 
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. Funding was provided by Education Investment Fund (EIF). LD Prior (UTAS) assisted in the study design. J Foulkes (UA), B Sparrow (UA) and I Fox (UA) provided administrative support. 
Purpose
The AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network aims to establish a continental-scale plot based monitoring network that improves our understanding of tree growth, forest productivity and carbon dynamics in tall eucalypt forests in relation to continental-scale environmental gradients. This permanent plot network provides the infrastructure and data for tracking all aspects of forest dynamics (tree growth, mortality and recruitment) over long periods of time. Between 2012 and 2015, the AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network established 48 large 1 ha plots in mature, highly productive tall eucalypt forests across the Australian continent. Over 20,000 trees in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia have been tagged, measured and located. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure StepsData not provided.
Spatial Description
Tall eucalypt forests including south-west Western Australia, Central and Southern Victoria, Northern and Southern New South Wales, Tasmania and Far North Queensland 
Temporal Coverage
From 2012-01-23 to 2015-02-13 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Ecology
Plant biology
Data Stream
Site Survey
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS - BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS - COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
HUMAN DIMENSIONS
Horizontal Resolution
100 meters - < 250 meters
Parameters
above-ground biomass
above-ground dead biomass
above-ground live biomass
bole height
crown class
plant condition
plant growth form
plant growth stage
stem diameter
stem height
tree break height
tree mode of death
tree mortality
Platforms
TERN AusPlots Forest
Project
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance
Temporal Resolution
one off
Topic
environment
User Defined
Acacia melanoxylon | Allocasuarina decussata | Allocasuarina torulosa | Corymbia intermedia | Eucalyptus andrewsii | Eucalyptus coccifera | Eucalyptus cypellocarpa | Eucalyptus dalrympleana | Eucalyptus delegatensis |
Biogeography | Long-Term Community Monitoring | Long-Term Species Monitoring | Macroecology
Ecosystem Assessment And Management (9605)
Environmental And Natural Resource Evaluation (9606)
Eucalyptus diversicolor | Eucalyptus fastigata | Eucalyptus grandis | Eucalyptus jacksonii | Eucalyptus microcorys | Eucalyptus obliqua | Eucalyptus ovata | Eucalyptus pilularis | Eucalyptus radiata |
Eucalyptus regnans | Eucalyptus resinifera | Eucalyptus sieberi | Eucalyptus viminalis | Monotoca glauca | Pomaderris apetala | Syncarpia glomulifera
Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales (960805)
Tall Open Forests
Author
Wood, Samuel
Co-Author
Stephens, Helen
Bowman, David
Contact Point
Bowman, David
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Wood, W. W., Stephens, H. C. & Bowman, D. M. (2015) Ausplots Forest Monitoring Network Establishment Report
Wood, S. W., Stephens, H. C., Foulkes, J, Ebsworth, E & Bowman, D. M. (2015). Ausplots Forest Monitoring Network Survey Protocols Manual Version 1.6
Wood, S. W., Prior, L. D., Stephens, H. C., & Bowman, D. M. (2015). Macroecology of Australian Tall Eucalypt Forests: Baseline Data from a Continental-Scale Permanent Plot Network. PloS one, 10(9), e0137811. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.01378
Christopher D. Philipson et al. (2020), Active restoration accelerates the carbon recovery of human-modified tropical forests. Science 369, 838-841
Bennett, L. T., C. Aponte, K. G. Tolhurst, M. Löw, and T. G. Baker. 2013. Decreases in standing tree-based carbon stocks associated with repeated prescribed fires in a temperate mixed-species eucalypt forest. Forest Ecology and Management 306:243-255.
Paul, K. I., Roxburgh, S. H., England, J. R., Ritson, P., Hobbs, T., Brooksbank, K., John Raison, R., Larmour, J. S., Murphy, S., Norris, J., Neumann, C., Lewis, T., Jonson, J., Carter, J. L., McArthur, G., Barton, C. and Rose, B. (2013) Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings. Forest Ecology and Management, 310 . pp. 483-494
Rosa C. Goodman, Oliver L. Phillips, Dennis del Castillo Torres, Luis Freitas, Sebastián Tapia Cortese, Abel Monteagudo, Timothy R. Baker, Amazon palm biomass and allometry, Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 310, 2013, Pages 994-1004
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TERN AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network - Forest Fuel Survey, 2014-2015
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