Ford, A., Metcalfe, D. & Bradford, M. (2018). Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Understorey Floristic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 1972+. Version 19. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/1c43a666-e25c-5d4a-aa33-88d5e736a384
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Understorey Floristic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 1972+
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The Tropical Rainforest Plot Network Rainforest Understorey Floristic Data contains understorey floristic data from all 20 of its 0.5 ha (100 m x 50 m) permanent rainforest plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. Data was collected for all plots at the time of establishment before 1981 and data was again collected for half of the plots post-2000. The CSIRO permanent rainforest plots are located within 60 km of the north Queensland coast between Mackay (21.5ºS, 149ºE) and the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula (12.5ºS, 143ºE). The plots have a rainfall range of 1200 to 3500 mm, represent eleven vegetation types, six parent materials, and range from 15 m to 1200 m above sea level. Except for minor disturbances associated with selective logging on two plots, the plots were established in old growth forest and all plots have thereafter been protected. In conjunction with the Tree Demographic Data packages which have been collected by the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network, the data collected from these 20 plots provides an insight into the floristical composition, structure and long term forest dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests and allows direct comparisons to be made with long-term monitoring plots at a global scale. For further background data please refer to Bradford, M.G., Murphy, H.T., Ford, A.J., Hogan, D. and Metcalfe, D.J. (2014) "Long-term stem inventory data from tropical rain forest plots in Australia", Ecology, 95(8): 2362. Ecological Archives E095-209-D1. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/14-0458R.1 A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/tropical-rainforest. Data can be sourced from: http://doi.org/10.4225/08/59475c67be7a4 or https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:6638
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Spatial Description
The CSIRO permanent rainforest plots are located within 60 km of the north Queensland coast between Mackay (21.5ºS, 149ºE) and the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula (12.5ºS, 143ºE). North-eastern Australia is topographically diverse, and the plots span much of the geographical variation in environmental gradients across the study area. The climate is tropical with mean annual rainfall ranging from 1200 mm to over 8000 mm on the higher coastal ranges. Seventeen of the plots are located within the Wet Tropics Bioregion (sensu Department of Environment 2013) between 19.4ºS, 146.5ºE and 15.7ºS, 145.3ºE.
Temporal Coverage
From 1972-01-01 to 2016-01-01
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Australia
biomass
Climate change
cyclone
Cyclones
disturbance
hurricane
Individual plants
mortality
permanent plot
Plant species abundance
Plant species composition
rainforest
recruitment
stem growth
stem height
Vegetation structure
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Spatial coordinates for plots are available at https://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.99/html (Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Queensland, Australia).