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Cumberland Plain Leaf Functional Trait Data, 2014 

Ver: 1
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: notPlanned
Security Classification: unclassified
Dataset Published: 2022-06-22
Dataset Last Modified: 2026-08-18
Metadata viewed 179 times
Dataset accessed 26 times
Metadata Created: 2022-06-08
Metadata Last Modified: 2026-08-19
How to cite this collection:
Atkin, O. & Bloomfield, K. (2022). Cumberland Plain Leaf Functional Trait Data, 2014. Version 1. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://dx.doi.org/10.25901/md90-ca64 
Data can be accessed from the following links:
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HTTPLandscape Data Visualiser - Cumberland Plain Leaf Functional Trait Data, 2014
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HTTPCumberland_Plain_functional_trait_data_dictionary
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URL
HTTPro-crate-metadata.json
This dataset contains leaf functional trait measurements describing leaf structure, chemistry and metabolism collected from the Cumberland Plain site in 2014. 
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. This work was funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project. 
Purpose
Assessing infraspecific and seasonal variability in leaf traits can help develop our understanding of both vegetation distribution and providing Dynamic Global Vegetation Models with an accurate representation of carbon, water and energy budgets. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure StepsData not provided.
Spatial Description
The Cumberland Plain site is located in remnant Eucalyptus species woodland on the Cumberland Plain, at the University of Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury campus at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 
Temporal Coverage
From 2014-01-14 to 2014-07-17 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Ecological physiology
Ecology
Plant biology
Data Stream
Flora Survey
GCMD Sciences
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY - ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS - ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS - PHOTOSYNTHESIS
VEGETATION - LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
VEGETATION - NITROGEN
VEGETATION - PHOSPHORUS
VEGETATION - PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Horizontal Resolution
100 meters - < 250 meters
Parameters
air carbon dioxide concentration
atmospheric pressure
leaf area
leaf intercellular carbon dioxide concentration
mean leaf dark respiration per dry mass
mean leaf dark respiration rate
mean leaf dark transpiration rate
mean leaf dry mass per leaf area
mean leaf dry mass per leaf fresh mass trait
mean leaf fresh mass per leaf area
mean leaf light saturated net photosynthesis
mean leaf net photosynthesis per unit nitrogen
mean leaf net photosynthesis per unit phosphorus
mean leaf nitrogen content
mean leaf nitrogen content per leaf area
mean leaf phosphorus content
mean leaf phosphorus content per leaf area
mean leaf photosynthetic rate per leaf dry mass
mean leaf stomatal conductance
mean leaf temperature
mean leaf temperture in the dark
mean leaf transpiration rate
mean leaf water use efficiency
mean photosynthetic active radiation
mean vapour pressure deficit based on leaf temperature
plant functional type
ratio of mean intercellular to atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration
ratio of mean leaf nitrogen to leaf phosphorus
Platforms
Cumberland Plain
Cumberland Plain, core1ha
Project
TERN Ecosystem Processes
Temporal Resolution
one off
Topic
biota
environment
User Defined
Cumberland Plain
Leaf traits
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Water efficiency
Author
Atkin, Owen
Co-Author
Bloomfield, Keith
Contact Point
Bloomfield, Keith
Atkin, Owen
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Bloomfield, KJ, Cernusak, LA, Eamus, D, et al. A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons. Functional Ecology. 2018; 32: 1492– 1506.
Bloomfield, K.J., Prentice, I.C., Cernusak, L.A., Eamus, D., Medlyn, B.E., Rumman, R., Wright, I.J., Boer, M.M., Cale, P., Cleverly, J., Egerton, J.J.G., Ellsworth, D.S., Evans, B.J., Hayes, L.S., Hutchinson, M.F., Liddell, M.J., Macfarlane, C., Meyer, W.S., Togashi, H.F., Wardlaw, T., Zhu, L. and Atkin, O.K. (2019), The validity of optimal leaf traits modelled on environmental conditions. New Phytologist, 221: 1409-1423.
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