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TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Disturbance 

Ver: 2.0
Status of Data: onGoing
Update Frequency: asNeeded
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Accessed 8 times
Dataset Created: 2013-01-29
Dataset Published: 2025-06-16
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPTERN EcoPlots APIHTTPro-crate-metadata.jsonHTTPTERN EcoPlots Portal
How to cite this collection:
Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Leitch, E., Guerin, G., O'Neill, S., Macdonald, C., Lowe, A., Flitton, R., Saleeba, T., Coish, C., Starkey, M., Irvine, K., Francis, N., Potter, T., Pink, L., Finn, L., Martin-Fores, I. & TERN Ecosystem Surveillance (2025). TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Disturbance. Version 2.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/459188e5-6fdb-4e0e-a0c4-de407435c803 
This dataset lists the parameters associated with disturbance from Rangeland sites across Australia described by the TERN Surveillance Monitoring team, using standardised AusPlots methodologies. For each site, the disturbance parameters such as erosion type, state of erosion, extent of erosion is studied following the AusPlots Plot Description protocol and becomes an important part of understanding the site disturbance in the AusPlots Rangelands. 
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. Datasets funded by TERN include the following statement “This work was jointly funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project. 
Purpose
Collation of data on site disturbance from Australian Rangelands will provides significant background information to gain an appreciation of the plot history, topography, position in the landscape and for understanding the likely relationship between the soils, vegetation and fauna. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationAusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual
Procedure Steps

1. 

AusPlots Rangelands Protocol – Plot Description 

Australia's major biomes
Temporal Coverage
From 2010-10-30 to on going 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Landscape ecology
Terrestrial ecology
GCMD Sciences
LAND SURFACE - DISTURBANCE
Horizontal Resolution
30 meters - < 100 meters
Parameters
accelerated erosion
erosion type
state of erosion
wind erosion extent
Temporal Resolution
Decadal
Topic
environment
User Defined
TERN Surveillance Monitoring
Author
Sparrow, Ben
Co-Author
Tokmakoff, Andrew
Leitch, Emrys
Guerin, Greg
O'Neill, Sally
Macdonald, Christina
Lowe, Andy
Flitton, Rick
Saleeba, Tom
Coish, Caleb
Starkey, Michael
Irvine, Katie
Francis, Nikki
Potter, Tamara
Pink, Lachlan
Finn, Luke
Martin-Fores, Irene
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance
Contact Point
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance
Steen, Carly
Lewis, Donna
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
AusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual
By Parent record
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance Monitoring
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