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Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt 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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Dataset Created: 2016-08-06
Dataset Published: 2021-09-17
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPro-crate-metadata.jsonHTTPTERN EcoImages REST APIHTTPTERN EcoImages Portal
How to cite this collection:
Arndt, S., Hinko-Najera, N. & Griebel, A. (2021). Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt Site, Five Photopoint Image Collection. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/89c9b3d3-9502-4e6b-aed1-6ffc5d719307 
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 are taken annually using the five point photo-point 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 site was established in 2010 in the Wombat State Forest in Central Victoria. The site is dry Eucalypt forest with main species Eucalyptus obliqua, Eucalyptus radiata and Euclayptus rubida. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/wombat-stringybark-eucalypt-supersite/.

Other images collected at the site include digital hemispherical photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras and ancilliary 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. TERN Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt Site is managed by the University of Melbourne. 
Purpose
Data not provided. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure Steps

1. 

Vegetation Monitoring Protocol:  

The Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt site is in the Wombat State Forest, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Temporal Coverage
From 2016-07-01 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
Point Resolution
Instruments
Nikon D600
Parameters
plant presence status
RGB values
vegetation community site context
Platforms
Wombat Stringybark Eucalypt
Temporal Resolution
Annual
Topic
environment
User Defined
dry eucalypt forest
TERN Ecosystem Processes
wsbe
Author
Arndt, Stefan
Co-Author
Hinko-Najera, Nina
Griebel, Anne
Contact Point
Arndt, Stefan
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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